Yuichi Kawasaki
Corporate Officer/Principal at SmartNews, Inc.
Profile
Yuichi Kawasaki is the founder of kamado, Inc. founded in 2010.
He was a Representative Director there in 2012.
Currently, he is a Senior Vice President & Executive Officer at SmartNews, Inc. since 2014.
Previously, he was a Director & Chief Business Officer at MIXI, Inc. from 2013 to 2014.
He was also a Director & SVP-Advertisement Business Development at SmartNews, Inc. and an Outside Director at Fringe81, Inc. He served as an Outside Director at Unipos, Inc. from 2013 to 2021.
Mr. Kawasaki received his undergraduate degree from Keio University in 1999.
Yuichi Kawasaki active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
SmartNews, Inc.
 SmartNews, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartNews, Inc. develops news aggregation smartphone applications. It designs, develops, and operates a Japanese aggregation and reading application. Its software application curates news information from tweets on twitter and the gives user’s current articles. It enables users to download articles and read them offline. The company was founded by Kaisei Hamamoto and Ken Suzuki on June 15, 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 11/08/2014 |
Former positions of Yuichi Kawasaki
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| UNIPOS INC. | Director/Board Member | 29/06/2021 |
| MIXI, INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2014 |
kamado, Inc.
 kamado, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services kamado, Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded by Yuichi Kawasaki. kamado, Inc. was acquired by MIXI, Inc. on December 27, 2012 for $0.48 million. | Founder | 01/12/2012 |
Fringe81, Inc.
 Fringe81, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Fringe81, Inc. is a holding company that specializes in internet advertisement technologies. Its business activities include rich site summary advertising, social networking sites banner development, social application development, and creative optimization. The firm's solution, iogous, is a broadcasting platform that enables CTR improvement of banner ads by learning and accumulating data such as catch copies and main visuals. The company was founded by Yuzuru Tanaka in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Director/Board Member | - |
SmartNews, Inc.
SmartNews, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartNews, Inc. develops news aggregation smartphone applications. It designs, develops, and operates a Japanese aggregation and reading application. Its software application curates news information from tweets on twitter and the gives user’s current articles. It enables users to download articles and read them offline. The company was founded by Kaisei Hamamoto and Ken Suzuki on June 15, 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Yuichi Kawasaki
| Keio University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 2 |
|---|---|
| MIXI, INC. | Technology Services |
| UNIPOS INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 3 |
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SmartNews, Inc.
SmartNews, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartNews, Inc. develops news aggregation smartphone applications. It designs, develops, and operates a Japanese aggregation and reading application. Its software application curates news information from tweets on twitter and the gives user’s current articles. It enables users to download articles and read them offline. The company was founded by Kaisei Hamamoto and Ken Suzuki on June 15, 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Technology Services |
kamado, Inc.
kamado, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services kamado, Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded by Yuichi Kawasaki. kamado, Inc. was acquired by MIXI, Inc. on December 27, 2012 for $0.48 million. | Technology Services |
Fringe81, Inc.
Fringe81, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Fringe81, Inc. is a holding company that specializes in internet advertisement technologies. Its business activities include rich site summary advertising, social networking sites banner development, social application development, and creative optimization. The firm's solution, iogous, is a broadcasting platform that enables CTR improvement of banner ads by learning and accumulating data such as catch copies and main visuals. The company was founded by Yuzuru Tanaka in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Technology Services |
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