Consultants｜兆株式会社

Tamotsu Kondou: President; President: One of the founding members of KIZASHI Corporation; Tamotsu Kondou started his career at Sanwa Bank (current Mitsubishi UFJ Bank) where he worked in branch office sales, derivative products marketing, and WEB business planning and promotion. In 2000, he joined one of the major executive search firms in Japan, and launched its Osaka office as the core member for its establishment. After assuming responsibility as General Manager of Western Japan Region, he was appointed as Director of Headhunting Business to manage all executive search projects. He has conducted a wide range of search projects including CEOs of listed companies, successor projects, and highly-specific engineer searches as a search consultant and experienced in most of the industries except in finance. In order to realize strong and powerful corporate society through headhunting activities based on his ideology, he deiced to establish KIZASHI Corporation in 2011He has conducted over 300 headhunting projects (20 CEO projects and over 100 board positions) cumulatively. He is considered as the Top Headhunter in Japan.
Tamotsu graduated from Nagoya Institute of Technology (MS in Production System Engineering).

Reiko Ishikawa: Director & Partner; President: One of the founding members of KIZASHI Corporation; Reiko Ishikawa worked in Patent Department of an electronics company when intellectual property strategy became the concerning issue of the time in Japan. After working for a foundation for a while, she joined Jomon Associates in 1999. She spent 13 years conducting various search projects involving manufacturer, professional firms, and distribution service industries for the Japanese and foreign clients. She contributed to the growth of Jomon by launching Nagoya Branch Office where she led the group as the General Manager. From early 2000’s, she expanded her expertise by conducting many projects to identify and recruit outside board members for numerous Japanese companies.
in 2012, Reiko joined the founding members of KIZASHI to connect various companies contributing to the society and key business persons who act as catalysts for change to create prosperous future. She also lectures at universities for career planning and development of university students.
Reiko graduated form Keio University (BA in Law).

Takeru Ohmatsu: Consultant; Takeru Ohmatsu started his career at Nomura Securities where he acquired extensive sales experience at major retail branch offices in Hiroshima, Osaka, and Nagoya for 14 years. He then joined Alico Japan (AIG Group) to assume responsibility as Agency Manager for 7 years.
He entered into the executive search industry in 2005. He has worked for major international search firms and placed numerous management executives for corporations in a wide range of industries, contributing to revitalize regional economies across Japan. Most recently, his focus has been AI and DX areas, where increasing demands for talents are seen in the market. He aims to contribute to strengthen the Japanese corporations and the society by promoting diversity.
Takeru graduated from Rikkyo University (BA in Economics). He was a member of the university wrestling team.

Yuko Shirazawa: Consultant; Yuko Shirazawa joined Kizashi Corporation in Nov 2016 as a consultant. Prior to join Kizashi, she was a senior associate in the Industrial Sector at Heidrick & Struggles Japan, where she took full responsibility for research and supported the consultant. She had done number of successful CEO, CFO and Country Manager searches in the area of automotive, electronics, chemical, machinery and business services in both Multinational and Japanese companies for 8 years.
Previously she was a head of research associate of Jomon Associates, a Japanese executive search firm, for six years. There, she was involved in a number of assignments and contributed to the completions.

Masashi Noritake: Consultant; Masashi Noritake joined Kizashi in 2022 as Consultant. Previously he worked at JAC Recruitment, a major recruiting service company in Japan.
There, he was involved in middle-management recruiting for clients in the Healthcare Industry as Senior Principal Consultant/Leader.
Later, he was selected to launch a new department specializing in executive-level for domestic and international pharmaceutical companies.
He successfully led search assignments for a CFO, Director of Administration, and General Manager of Legal & Compliance Division.
He received several monthly and annual awards for his achievements at JAC.
At Kizashi, he provides executive search services to a wide range of clients in the Healthcare Industry and is highly motivated to meet their needs.
Masashi graduated from Nagoya Institute of Technology with a BS in Materials Science and Engineering.

Takashi Ohtera: Consultant; Takashi Ohtera worked for Nomura Securities prior to joining Kizashi. He started his career in new business development at a branch office, then transferred as a trainee to Germany and UK. After returning from Europe, he served major clients at a branch office then was assigned to promote the company-wide business reform of Sales Department at the headquarters in Tokyo. He then moved to Osaka Branch to serve listed companies and large family businesses, focusing his effort to provide services for business continuity plan as well as asset management. He was recognized for his performance in delivering best customer experience and received numerous company awards including Best Partner of the Year.

He joined Kizashi to realize his ideal as a business person - to contribute to his clients’ success, not only in revenue and profit but also in human resources aspect of their businesses. He strives to be a part of the lives of people he meets, and aims to continue contributing to the future of people and their companies.
Takashi graduated from Waseda University (BA in Social Sciences). He was a member of the university Ouen Dan.

Masayuki Yamauchi: Advisor, Leadership Projects; Dr. Yamauchi is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. After graduating from Hokkaido University with A.B and A.M in Asian History, he earned his Ph.D in Area Studies from the University of Tokyo and worked at the university for 30 years. He has focused on Islamic history and Middle Eastern politics throughout his academic tenure, also studying modern civilization theory with a focus on leadership. He spent time abroad holding several roles such as Visiting Associate Professor at Cairo University in Egypt, Visiting Research Fellow of Turkish Historical Society in Ankara, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. He has assumed responsibilities as the first Director of the University of Tokyo Center for Middle Eastern Studies and also as Advisor to the Keidanren Forum 21. After retiring from the University of Tokyo, he has served as Specially Appointed Professor at Meiji University, Advisor to Mitsubishi Corporation, and Corporate Advisor to Fuji Television Network.
Recent notable social contributions include his appointments as a member of the Meeting of the Advisory Council on Easing the Burden of the Official Duties and Public Activities of His Majesty the Emperor and the Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and on Japan's Role and the World Order in the 21st Century, where he participated in preparing a statement by Prime Minister Abe on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
In 2006, Dr. Yamauchi received the Purple Ribbon Medal for his contributions towards the advancement of Islamic Area Studies and History of International Relations. He has been awarded various prizes including the Prize for the Study of Developing Countries, Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities, Mainichi Publication Prize, Yoshino Sakuzo Prize (current Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Prize), and the Shiba Ryotaro Prize.
Major publications include “An Introduction to the History of International Relations in the Middle East” (Iwanami), “Geopolitics in the Middle East and IS Activities” (Asahi Shimbun-shuppan) and “Leadership” (Shinchosha). His most recent publication on leadership is called “Shogun’s Century,” which examines Japan and its underlying psychological and behavioral principles through cross-examining the stories and lives of Edo period and analyzing the leadership theory applied to shoguns, bureaucrats and merchants at the time (Bungeishunju monthly/digital magazines).