[For Mid-sized Company Executives] AI Startup Matching Event "Mid-sized Company × Startup MeetUP"
2025.10.16 14:00〜
Seminar Overview
Title: Mid-sized Company × Startup MeetUp
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 14:00–17:30 (Doors open 13:30)
Format: Hybrid (in-person and online via ZOOM)
Venue: Haneda Innovation City PiO PARK (directly connected to Tenku-bashi Station, Keikyu/Monorail)
Target Audience: Executives of mid-sized and core companies in South Kanto (Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka)
Admission: Free (registration required)
Capacity: 50 in-person / 500 online (ZOOM)
Registration: https://transition-events.mirairelations.co.jp/
Co-organizers: Quality of Life Co., Ltd. / Mirai Relations Co., Ltd.
Timetable
14:00 — Opening Remarks
Introduction to the South Kanto Open Innovation Platform
Quality of Life Co., Ltd. Planner Shoichiro Shinagawa
14:10 — AI Utilization Presentation 1
"Data Challenges in AI Development for Mid-sized Companies: The Importance of Efficient Data Collection and Annotation"
Speaker: APTO Inc. CEO Ryo Takashina
14:35 — AI Utilization Presentation 2
"The Frontline of DX in Manufacturing and Logistics: An Accompaniment Approach to Prevent AI Implementation from Stalling at PoC"
Speaker: Portus AI Inc. CEO Kazunori Watanabe
15:00 — AI Utilization Presentation 3
"Turning Manufacturing Data into Assets Through Drawing-centric AI Utilization"
Speaker: STAR UP Inc. Executive Officer / ARCHAIVE Company CEO Hiroki Kimura
15:25 — Break
15:35 — AI Utilization Presentation 4
"No Development Required, Fastest Deployment: Generative AI Techniques for Mid-sized Companies to Master Their Own AI"
Speaker: Archaic Inc. CEO Jun Yokoyama
16:00 — AI Utilization Summary
"Systems Infrastructure and Co-creation Community to Support Corporate AI Adoption"
Speaker: NTTPC Communications Inc. Yoichiro Shoji
16:10 — Success Case 1
"AI × Mid-sized Company Growth Declaration 2045 (Tokyo Junior Chamber of Commerce)"
Speaker: Tentaku Inc. Chairman Junko Hashimoto
16:22 — Success Case 2
"AI Implementation in Food Manufacturer Marketing"
Speaker: Rice Island Inc. CEO Yosuke Ojio
16:30 — Success Case 3
"New Business Development Using AI at MOBILIX HOLDINGS"
Speaker: Visionary Architects Inc. Director So Yokozuka
16:40 — Closing Remarks
Mirai Relations Inc. President Kohei Saito
16:45 — Networking (in-person attendees only)
17:30 — End
Speaker Profiles
Ryo Takashina
APTO Inc.
CEO
After studying management engineering, he worked as an SE on large-scale core system infrastructure and backend development. In 2017, he launched a VR business producing entertainment VR content. In January 2020, recognising the challenges in AI data creation, he co-founded APTO.
Kazunori Watanabe
Portus AI Inc.
CEO
He studied Computer Science at university and, while still a student, served as a co-research engineer at UTokyo Matsuo Lab working on image analysis, then led large-scale AI development projects with major listed companies as a project manager. Drawing on that experience, he founded Portus AI, where he pursues the development of human-like AI and its real-world implementation.
Hiroki Kimura
STAR UP Inc.
Executive Officer / ARCHAIVE Company CEO
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Kyoto University. As a student, he worked on new business development using generative AI and launched an HR business at a startup company. He currently oversees ARCHAIVE, a manufacturing AI data utilization platform.
Jun Yokoyama
Archaic Inc.
CEO
Holds a PhD from Ritsumeikan University and studied at the University of British Columbia. After working at a government agency and at semiconductor and cybersecurity companies on R&D and AI research, he went on to found a hardware startup before establishing Archaic Inc. Selected for the MEXT International Human Resources Education Programme. Recipient of the Society for Mathematical Biology Poster Award. Reviewer for the Journal of Theoretical Biology. Holds numerous academic papers and patents.
Yoichiro Shoji
NTTPC Communications Inc.
AI Solution Division, Business Design Dept., HPC Consulting
After working as a marketing consultant serving over 60 domestic and international IT and high-tech companies, he joined NTTPC Communications in 2013. Since 2018 he has been engaged in consulting sales for GPU-centred AI infrastructure, handling numerous projects from startups to large enterprises, and is also active in promoting partnerships in the AI domain.
Junko Hashimoto
Tentaku Inc.
Chairman
Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology, then worked at Asahi Kasei and Boston Consulting Group before joining Tentaku Inc. Became President at 30, successfully restructured the company and returned it to profitability. Currently serves as Chairman, driving business growth centred on RFID and sustainable materials. Committee Chair of the Tokyo Junior Chamber of Commerce Minato Ward Chapter (2025).
Yosuke Ojio
Rice Island Inc.
CEO
Fourth-generation rice retailer. His life's work is promoting the widespread adoption of whole grains — commonplace in the West — throughout Japan. Career background includes banking, a leading international strategy consulting firm, and data consulting at Teikoku Databank, before taking his current role. Holds a BA in Political Economy from Waseda University and an Executive MBA (AACSB/AMBA/EQUIS) from NUCB Graduate School.
So Yokozuka
Visionary Architects Inc.
Director
Completed graduate studies at Waseda University. After working at a think tank, he led new business development, M&A, and fundraising at listed and venture companies. Joined MOBILIX HOLDINGS (formerly HSN Holdings) in 2022, spearheading DX across the group's subsidiaries. In 2024 he co-founded subsidiary Visionary Architects Inc. and currently serves concurrently as its Director.