Chuo Sogo LPC

Partner. Head of the Tokyo office. Leading the Insurance and Reinsurance Law Practice Group with special expertise in Insurance Business Act; advising on finance-related laws and regulations including Banking Act, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and Money Lending Business Act; advising on corporate matters including entity establishment and organization, M&As, and bankruptcies and liquidations; representing insurance companies in legal disputes concerning financial and insurance products and services, including judicial proceedings, mediation, and financial services ADR.

Partner at Chuo Sogo LPC; on loan to the Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau of Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan as a fixed-term governmental official (2005-2007); member of the "Working group on the provision of insurance products and services” of the Financial System Council, FSA (June 2012 – June 2013); member of the “Task force for making documents for the solicitation and explanation of insurance policies more consumer-friendly” of the General Insurance Association of Japan (Sep. 2012 - Sep. 2013); member of the “Study group assessing risks of natural disasters” of the PwC Research Institute (Japan) LLC (Oct. 2012 - July 2013); member of Advisory Council of the Life Insurance Association of Japan devoted to making “Efforts to render documents for insurance solicitation simpler and easily understandable” (Dec. 2012 - July 2013); Commissioner, Universal Communication Design Association (June 2017 – present); member of the “Safety Nets in Housing Warranty Insurance System” study group of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) (July 2017 - March 2018); member of the study group formed by the MLIT to review the housing warranty scheme for the 10th anniversary of its enforcement (July 2018 – October 2019); Director of Insurance Lawyer Forum, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (Aug. 2024 - present); chairperson of a third-party committee for a several companies (2021 – 2024); Auditor, Independent Insurance Agents of Japan, Inc. (Aug. 2025 – present).

Japanese; English.

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (Japan); The Japanese Society of Insurance Science.

Kyoto University (LL.B.)

As the Head of the Tokyo office, dedicated to overall supervision of the Tokyo office and to the development of younger lawyers and secretarial staff.