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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. After serving as HR manager of an IT startup, etc. She joined Axelspace in September 2022.

After graduating from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, he joined OMRON Corporation in 1993. He worked in the product engineering, design, and marketing departments. He joined OPTEX CO., LTD. in 2005 and ASCO Japan Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson in the United States) in 2015. He joined Axelspace in September 2022 and was appointed the Head of the Engineering Division in December 2022.

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.

Joined Axelspace in 2014 after experience in the financial sector. Since then, he has been engaged in α wide range of operations, such as AxelLiner and AxelGlobe businesses, while focusing on business management operations, such as fundraising activities. Since April 2021, he has 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 of Axelspace Holdings.

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 in 2006, he worked as a project researcher at the University of Tokyo. He joined Axelspace in 2008 as a co-founder and has consistently led the company in technical aspects, including technology development and satellite project management. As Senior Fellow and Senior Engineering Unit Leader in the Engineering Department, he has been formulating technology development roadmaps and engineer talent development plans. As of June 2023, he holds the position of Co-CTO, responsible for spacecraft technologies.

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.

He worked as a developer of industrial control systems in a domestic manufacturing company for 14 years. He transitioned to the security industry, focusing on commercializing industrial cybersecurity, and actively engaging in activities such as giving lectures and writing articles domestically and internationally to raise awareness and provide solution proposals. Since 2016, he has served as a part-time advisor for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and since 2022, as a visiting associate professor at the Manufacturing and Innovation DX Laboratory at the Nagoya Institute of Technology. He is a CISSP certification holder. He has been contracted to provide security operations at Axelspace since December 2021.