- Yukou Takamatsu
- OPEN8 Inc.
- President & CEO
Yukou began his carrier at Hakuhodo, carrying out marketing campaigns for major car manufacturers. Since 2005, he successively held the posts of the CMO and COO at istyle Inc as well as the CEO of the subsidiary or affiliated companies: Cosme.com, Cosme next and istyle Global Singapore. He led and managed the companies’ business in cosmetics internationally. In 2012, istyle Inc was listed on the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Earlier this year, in April, he founded and became the CEO of OPEN8 Inc. The company provides a woman-targeted video ad platform for smartphone users that allow advertisers to reach 40 million users in Japan.In Media Business,We launched a new Video media ”LeTRONC”.We raised founds about 800 million yen from JAFCO Co., Ltd, TBS Innovation parterers, istyle Inc and Excite Japan Co., Ltd in 7 months. With the aim to be the leader in Smartphone Video business.