Mr. Otsuki is our executive director. He is responsible for the development and execution of our Group’s business strategies and plans as well as oversees our Group’s financial performance, investments and other business ventures.
Mr. Otsuki has over 20 years of work experience in the entertainment industry. From 2002 to 2013, he operated 株式会社 幸栄豊商事 (Koeiho Shoji Co., Ltd.)#, being a chain of nightclubs where he honed his expertise in hospitality, event management, and customer experience by implementing innovative marketing strategies, curating memorable events, training staff to deliver exceptional service, and leveraging customer feedback to enhance offerings. In 2013, Mr. Otsuki founded TryHard, a leading lifestyle entertainment company in Japan. Since 2013, he has been instrumental in conceptualizing and executing several flagship events at TryHard as Chief Operating Officer, including MUSIC CIRCUS, which has become a benchmark for music festivals in Japan. His strategic partnerships with esteemed organizations, such as SoftBank. Mr. Otsuki has also been appointed as a consultant to the Osaka Tourism Bureau in 2017 and founded the Japan Night-Club Entertainment Association in 2014 and the Japan Club Association in 2013.
Mr. Otsuki graduated with a Bachelor’s degree of business and marketing with distinction from Osaka Sangyo University in 2001.
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Mr. Hiraoka is our executive director. He is responsible for formulating and executing the overall direction, strategy, and operations of our Group. He is also responsible for organizing and developing human resources system, risk management and compliance, and operation management of our Group.
Mr. Hiraoka founded TryHard in October 2013 and has since served as the chief operating officer of the Group. Mr. Hiraoka has over 10 years of work experience in music-related entertainment industry.
In 2014, he organized the inaugural MUSIC CIRCUS at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. Since 2018, he has been at the forefront of a collaboration with Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Corporation, co-hosting five events, including the MUSIC CIRCUS. Mr. Hiraoka initiated a community-oriented integrated fireworks festival in Sensu, Japan. Additionally, he has been involved in nightclub business development and operations, leading to the establishment of over 22 nightclub venues across Japan during this period.
Mr. Hiraoka graduated from Sasebo Minami High School in 2005.
Mr. Kwok Ho Yin (“Mr. Kwok”) is our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kwok is responsible for the following matters relating to our Group:
- financial reporting of our Company, including managing accounting operations, statutory financial audit reporting and coordinating corporate tax submissions;
- preparation of budget and financial forecasts and
- development and implementation of financial policies and procedures in business process.
Mr. Kwok has over 10 years of work experience in auditing, accounting, corporate finance and financial management function. From October 2011 to September 2014, Mr. Kwok worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers- Hong Kong in relation to audit and assurance with his last position as a senior associate. From October 2013 to September 2014, he was promoted to be senior associate. From October 2014 to March 2015, Mr. Kwok worked as a senior of financial services assurance of Ernst and Young Hong Kong. From March 2015 to January 2016, he was the executive of the financial advisory department of Quam Capital Limited based in Hong Kong where he was primarily responsible for leading his team members in corporate finance matters and led initial public offering projects. From January 2016 to May 2017, he was the senior associate of Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited, a firm that provides financial advisory services in the Hong Kong capital market, and from May 2017 to May 2019, he was the senior associate of China Everbright Capital Limited where he led the initial and public offering projects.
In July 2020 to October 2020, Mr. Kwok worked as the assistant to the founder and the CEO of Lekarka Co., Limited based in Tokyo, Japan. The principal business of the company is cosmetic clinics operations and own-branded cosmetic products trading. He provided strategic advice to the company for its stem-cell cosmetic products from Japan to enter into various overseas markets and implemented strategic and digital marketing initiatives to enhance brand visibility in Japan and overseas distribution pipeline development. In August 2022 to February 2024, Mr. Kwok worked as the finance and operations lead of Zetl Limited in both Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr. Kwok oversaw financial controllership, compliance, and credit risk management while serving as the money laundering reporting officer in Hong Kong. He also collaborated with auditors and creditors, developed strategic initiatives for growth, and built a high-performing team, as well as managed a remote team in APAC. Since October 2024, Mr. Kwok joined our Group as the chief financial officer.
Mr. Kwok obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Finance, American Studies from the University of Hong Kong in August 2011 and a degree of Master of Business Administration in Waseda University, Japan in September 2021. He was admitted by the Guam Board of Accountancy in 2014 as a certified public accountant and admitted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in 2016. Mr. Kwok is also a Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst in Canada since 2021. He has also obtained the Google Project Management Professional Certificate and the Google Date Analytics Professional Certificate in the United States in 2021.