At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Japan based Managing Director operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a Managing Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Toshiki Nakayama
Managing Director of NTT
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About ABC Cooking Studio, ABC Holding Company, NTT, NTT DoCoMo: NTT is an IT firm that specializes in telecommunication, cybersecurity, cloud, ICT, research & development services..
Yuta Sugiyama
Managing Director of Asia Pacific of Trusona
Yuta Sugiyama serves as the Managing Director of Asia Pacific at Trusona.
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About Trusona: Trusona secures identity authentication, removes passwords from the user experience, and elevate login experience.

Kaoru Sonoda
Managing Director of Exida
Mr. Sonoda has over 30 years of professional experience. He is recognized as an expert in functional safety equipment certification, instrumentation design, new product development and product management/marketing. He was formerly Digital Solution Group Manager, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a manufacturer of DCS, Safety PLC and instrumentation. His principle work responsibilities included strategic planning, global market analysis, business management and product certification. Mr. Sonoda previously held positions in research and development including hardware design and development and engineering project management. He has published papers and magazine articles on functional safety.
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About Exida, Exida: Exida delivers best-in-class products, services, and solutions to both automation hardware manufacturers and process market end users.

Kaoru Sonoda
Managing Director of Exida
Mr. Sonoda has over 30 years of professional experience. He is recognized as an expert in functional safety equipment certification, instrumentation design, new product development and product management/marketing. He was formerly Digital Solution Group Manager, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a manufacturer of DCS, Safety PLC and instrumentation. His principle work responsibilities included strategic planning, global market analysis, business management and product certification. Mr. Sonoda previously held positions in research and development including hardware design and development and engineering project management. He has published papers and magazine articles on functional safety.
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About Exida, Exida: Exida delivers best-in-class products, services, and solutions to both automation hardware manufacturers and process market end users.
Minoru Karasawa
Senior Managing Director Group CTO of GMO Cloud KK
Joined Schumberger in July 2003 Joined Microsoft Corporation September 1999 Joined Microsoft Corporation August 2013 Joined us December 2011Technical Division of the Company Mar. 2012 Technical Director of the Company March 2014 March 2014 Group CTO March 2015 Executive Director of the Company Group CTO March 2017Group CTO (current)
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About GMO Cloud KK: Cloud services, digital identity, GlobalSign certificate authority company, cloud based development platforms
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