General Manager of US Affairs

Norikazu Hayashi initiated the launch of advertising platform businesses at Yahoo! Japan and GREE. After relocating to San Francisco, he took charge of launching the US advertising business at GREE International. In May 2013, he joined the newly established AppLovin as the sales director at the San Francisco headquarters, driving the growth of the business. In April 2016, he was appointed CEO of AppLovin Japan. Returning to the AppLovin San Francisco headquarters in January 2020, he managed game companies and led the development of NFT marketplaces for video games. In November 2022, he was appointed CEO of MetaBash Inc. In March 2023, he was appointed CEO of Brave group US Inc.

General Manager of European Affairs

After studying abroad, Takahiro Takizawa worked in system consulting at systems integrator before being in charge of marketing and business solutions at a mobile business venture. In 2008, he started his own company with a focus on marketing and consulting. He then launched affiliated companies in Japan and established businesses in UK, Vietnam, and Thailand; with a focus on global marketing and off-shore development, he served as director at affiliates companies both in Japan and abroad. In January 2020, he joined Brave group as the head of Sales and Business Promotion. In June 2021, he was appointed head of Virtual IP Business , and in October 2021, he was appointed general manager of the Global Business HQ.
In March 2023, with the establishment of Brave group Europe, he took on the role of managing director of Brave group Europe.

After graduating from university, Yuichi Kita held various positions at a digital marketing company before being appointed a director, building a career in management. He then held key positions in business development at several startups. In October 2021, he joined Brave group Inc., and became director at MetaLab Inc. in April 2022. In October 2023, he assumed the role of CEO of MetaLab. He is actively supporting the growth of metaverse and is engaged in the development of the metaverse school ME CAMPUS, the FanTech platform FAVii and provides consulting services related to metaverses businesses.

Director, Brave group China

Takeshi Igarashi started his career in 2005, after graduating from Rikkyo University College of Arts at Cyber Agent, Inc in their Online Advertising Department. He was then loaned at to Trenders, Inc. in 2010, one of the companies that Cyber Agent has been investing in. After a full transfer to Trenders in 2011, he contributed to their successful IPO in 2012. He was then appointed as director at Trenders in 2014. In May 2015, he founded Smarprise, Inc. and serves as its current CEO.
After successively working with United, Inc. and Game8, Inc., he joined Brave group in 2024.