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Yuya was born in 1979 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He completed a doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo. While he was a student, he was involved in developing nano-satellites such as XI-IV, XI-V, and PRISM. After working as a project researcher at the university for one and a half years, he established Axelspace Corporation in 2008. He has been serving as a Committee on National Space Policy member since 2015. He received the highest Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 22nd Japan Venture Awards in 2022.

After working at Sanwa Bank and in product management at a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, he was engaged in Financial Advisory such as M&A and fundraising at Investment Banking Division at UBS Securities Japan Global Banking. Later, he was engaged in business strategy planning, hands-on management support, overseas projects, and domestic and international investment at Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. He then joined Innophys, a university-based startup involved in the development of exoskeletons, where he served as CFO, leading fundraising efforts and developing mid-term business plans. After serving as CEO of the company, he joined Axelspace.
He received his MBA from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.

After graduating from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, she worked for Benesse Corporation and CyberAgent, Inc., where she switched to human resources(HR). She created the HR infrastructure at MicroAd, a CyberAgent group company, and supported business expansion from the administrative side. After that, she led the renewal of the HR system as the head of the HR department at Business Breakthrough Inc.(Currently, Aoba-BBT, Inc.) After serving as HR manager of an IT startup, etc. She joined Axelspace in September 2022.

Co-founder of ACCESS Co., Ltd. (listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange), a global software company for information appliances and network devices. Dr. Kamada received a Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Tokyo. He is renowned as the inventor of “Compact HTML” for mobile phones, enabling mobile Internet services in the early days of the Internet. After retiring from ACCESS, in 2012, he founded TomyK Ltd., supporting many DeepTech startups. He is CEO, LPIXEL Inc. Since 2014 in May, he has been serving as a board member of Axelspace.

As a “Space Evangelist”, he has been working to promote the space business and create the private-sector-led space industry. After receiving a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University, he joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, where he developed the KOUNOTORI spacecraft and the SLIM lunar lander, for which he received many awards. After obtaining the MBA, he worked for Dream Incubator Inc. in space business consulting for large companies and incubation of deep tech startups. He now works for Global Brain Corporation supporting deep tech startups around the world with a focus on space and robotics.

Born in 1952 in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture. Selected as an astronaut in 1985. In 1994, she became the first Asian female astronaut to board the Space Shuttle “Columbia,” conducting life sciences and space medicine experiments. In 1998, she flew again on the Space Shuttle with astronaut John Glenn. She became Vice President of Tokyo University of Science in 2015 and has served as a specially appointed Vice President since 2016.

After graduating from university, he participated in the management of several IT and content-related companies.
In 2004, he was appointed President and CEO of Zappallas, Inc. The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market the following year, and in 2009, it was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. After stepping down from Zappallas, he became President and CEO of enish, Inc. in 2011, and in 2013, the company achieved its second listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
After resigning from enish, he has served as an outside director at companies such as ROXX, Inc. and Nikkatsu Corporation while also working as an angel investor, fostering young entrepreneurs.

Joined Axelspace in 2014 after experience in the financial sector. Since then, he has been engaged in a wide range of operations, such as AxelLiner and AxelGlobe businesses, while focusing on business management operations, such as fundraising activities. Since April 2021, he had been in charge of company-wide business management strategy as the Director and CSO of Axelspace Corporation. He has been the General Manager of the CEO Office and CSO of Axelspace Holdings as of June 2023.

Having overseen diverse software development at an independent system integration company, he moved to its US branch where he promoted various systems implementation projects, including ERP, for client companies. After progressing to the branch’s CEO there, he joined Rakuten Group as a system development manager for various services such as e-commerce and online supermarkets. In this role, he led a significant system reorganization for an investee company in a retail investment project. He joined Axelspace in April 2024.

Yuya was born in 1979 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He completed a doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo. While he was a student, he was involved in developing nano-satellites such as XI-IV, XI-V, and PRISM. After working as a project researcher at the university for one and a half years, he established Axelspace Corporation in 2008. He has been serving as a Committee on National Space Policy member since 2015. He received the highest Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 22nd Japan Venture Awards in 2022.

After working at Sanwa Bank and in product management at a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, he was engaged in Financial Advisory such as M&A and fundraising at Investment Banking Division at UBS Securities Japan Global Banking. Later, he was engaged in business strategy planning, hands-on management support, overseas projects, and domestic and international investment at Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. He then joined Innophys, a university-based startup involved in the development of exoskeletons, where he served as CFO, leading fundraising efforts and developing mid-term business plans. After serving as CEO of the company, he joined Axelspace.
He received his MBA from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.

After graduating from Seijo University, he joined Macnica Inc. After serving in managerial positions in the sales and overseas procurement divisions, he moved to a semiconductor startup in the United States and participated in its management as the APAC regional manager. He led the setup of a distributor network, the launch of the business, and led a buyout by a major semiconductor manufacturer. Afterward, he launched the domestic operations of an overseas optical satellite startup and oversaw organizational development and operations. He joined Axelspace in November 2022.

He was involved in developing the world's first CubeSat at the University of Tokyo Graduate School. After completing his doctoral degree at Tokyo University without obtaining the degree in 2006, he worked as a project researcher at the University of Tokyo. He joined Axelspace in 2008 as a co-founder and has been formulating technology development roadmaps and engineer talent development plans as Senior Fellow and Senior Engineering Unit Leader in the Engineering Department. He has consistently led the company in technical aspects, including technology development and satellite project management. As of June 2023, he holds the position of Co-CTO, responsible for spacecraft technologies, concurrently serving as Head of AxelLiner Business Division from February 2024.

After completing his Master's degree at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, in 2003, he worked at NTT IT Corporation, where he was involved in the development and provision of web conferencing software and services. He joined Axelspace in October 2018 and has been involved in the automated operation of the GRUS satellite constellation and the development of operational systems for that purpose. Since April 2021, he has also been the Head of the Digital Governance Group. As of June 2023, he was appointed Co-CTO, responsible for Information Technologies.