
President / CEO
Masahiro Morimoto Masahiro MorimotoBorn in Osaka in 1966. After graduating from the National Defense Academy in 1989, he served as an escort ship for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.After retiring, he worked at Applied Materials Japan Co., Ltd., a semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer, before establishing UBIC (currently FRONTEO) in 2003.He supports international lawsuit measures of global companies with big data analysis technology, and also promotes the development and practical application of the AI engine "KIBIT" that applies the research results of natural language processing and artificial intelligence. In 2007, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth), and in 2013 it was listed on the NASDAQ* in the United States.Currently, in addition to legal tech AI, including forensic investigations and international litigation support, which are the founding businesses, he has expanded his business fields to business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security. Leading research and development.He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a director of the NPO Digital Forensics Research Association, and a member of the Police Policy Society. * Delisted in February 2020

Director/In charge of Corporate
Tomohiro Uesugi Tomohiro UesugiJoined Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. in 1993 and engaged in real estate sales and property management. Joined Asahi Audit Corporation in 1999 and engaged in accounting audit and accounting consulting business. After joining Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. in 2003, he has served as Chief of Personnel Planning Division, General Manager of Planning Department including Management of Chinese Subsidiary, and CFO of US Subsidiary. Joined Konami Co., Ltd. in 2012 and served as Senior Vice President and President in charge of the management department of a US sales subsidiary. Joined Y International Co., Ltd. in 2015 and manages the entire company as Executive Vice President and CFO.
Participated in FRONTEO in 2017 and became a director in 2018. As CFO / General Manager of Administration Headquarters, he oversees the corporate divisions of accounting and finance, personnel affairs, legal affairs, general affairs, and information systems.He has overseen the corporate functions of subsidiaries in the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan as well as Japan, and has supported FRONTEO's global business development.In particular, he carried out structural and organizational reforms of the US subsidiary, drastically improved business performance, and led the solution of the internal control problem at the US subsidiary, which was a major management issue.
From a corporate perspective, we aim to accelerate the shift to a business centered on AI on a global basis.Certified public accountant (qualified person), real estate appraiser.
* All company names are the company names at the time of joining the company.

Director / AI Solution Business Manager and President's Office Manager
Mari Yamamoto Mari YamamotoAfter joining an advertising agency, he was enrolled in a risk management company.Launched the mental health care business, executed business plans, product development, marketing and sales strategies, and led the company to the top market share in the industry. Appointed as a director in 2014 and listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2017.
Participated in FRONTEO in 2018, became a director in 2020, and is in charge of and directs the president's office and the entire AI solution business.
In the life science AI business, he promotes the development of diagnostic support, disease prediction, and drug discovery support AI systems that utilize the AI engine "KIBIT", and directs the launch of the world's first medical device using language analysis AI.Challenging new areas in life sciences.In the business intelligence business, we support the promotion of corporate DX.Newly, in the field of economic security, we advocate a change in awareness together with experts and researchers, and develop intelligence-based solutions for governments, public offices, and companies.Supporting corporate strategic decision-making with a fact-based approach.
As a top company in the field of natural language analysis, he plans and directs the growth strategy of the AI solution business.
Outside director
Director Makoto Funahashi Makoto Funahashi |
Director Hirooki Kirizawa Hirouki Kirisawa |
Director Taeko Nagayama Taeko Nagayama |
Director Masao Torii Masao Torii |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Standing Statutory Auditor Kunihiro Sudo Kunihiro Sudo |
Statutory Auditor Takaharu Yasumoto Takaharu Yasumoto |
Statutory Auditor Kei Okubo Kei Okubo |
Executive Officer

Executive Officer / Global Head of Legal Tech AI Business
Naritomo Ikeue Naritomo IkeueAfter graduating from Chiba University Faculty of Science, joined Applied Materials Japan Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. He joined UBIC (now FRONTEO), which was just established in 2003.
Overseeing a wide range of sales and planning, including digital forensics business, discovery support business (support for disclosure of evidence in international lawsuits), and risk consulting business, and contributed greatly to the launch of FRONTEO's founding business.
Since 2015, as a new business launch, we have worked to expand the application fields of the artificial intelligence engine "KIBIT" developed in-house, laying the foundation for the current business intelligence field and life science field.At the same time, we acquired an e-discovery vendor in the United States (currently FRONTEO USA, Inc.) through M&A, expanding our business in the United States and greatly contributing to the acceleration of global expansion.
As Executive Officer in charge of global legal tech AI business, we propose an innovative e-discovery service that fully utilizes our unique AI, KIBIT Automator, to the labor-intensive legal tech industry, which has long relied solely on human power. and aim to expand business through the spread of AI.

Executive Officer / Deputy General Manager of Legal Tech AI Business Headquarters and President of PCF FRONTEO Co., Ltd.
Hideki Takeda Hideki TakedaIn the early days of the Internet in the late 90's, he started his career as a director and engineer of Web systems.He is engaged in building a wide range of systems from the front end to infrastructure. Since 2002, he has been engaged in the development of data mining technology applying natural language processing (NLP) at multiple venture companies, while working on the commercialization of the results.
Joined UBIC (currently FRONTEO) in 2009. He led the research and development of artificial intelligence related technologies centered on NLP, and developed the artificial intelligence engine "KIBIT". In 2014, he became the director of the Institute of Behavioral Information Science, gaining a track record in the legal tech field in the United States, which is the home of litigation, and contributed to the establishment of AI solutions that can be used globally.He has also been actively involved in magazine contributions, think tanks, and policy proposals at government agencies with the aim of popularizing AI-related technologies.
From May 2023, he will be appointed as President and CEO of PCF FRONTEO Co., Ltd., aiming to further expand the legal tech AI business based on his technical knowledge.

Executive Officer/Director of Neurolinguistics Research Institute Director of Behavioral Information Science Research Institute CTO Doctor of Science
Hiroyoshi Toyoshiba Hiroyoshi ToyoshibaWaseda University Graduate School of Science and Engineering Department of Mathematics.Since 2000, during the doctoral course in science (mathematics, obtained a doctorate in 1999), he has been in charge of statistical analysis of medical data at the Medical Information Department of Kyushu University Hospital. Since 2000, he has participated in research on carcinogenic processes by data analysis at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Since 2004, he has been engaged in statistical analysis of toxicity data, design of epidemiological research, and data analysis research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in 2006, and has served as a researcher in the field of bioinformatics, head of the Global Data Science Institute / Japan Site Bioinformatics, and a science fellow.He is also involved in gene expression data analysis and target search in clinical trial data, as well as biomarker search in immunity and cancer.
Engaged in life science AI development at FRONTEO since 2017.He develops AI algorithms specialized in the area of life sciences.Utilizing the feature of vectorization of text, we have developed various AI products based on this artificial intelligence, such as research paper search, drug discovery support, dementia diagnosis support, and fall prediction.
Life Science AI CTO since 2019. In 2021, he will be appointed as an executive officer.Further promote the social implementation of AI through a mathematical approach.
Overseas Subsidiary Country Manager

CEO, FRONTEO USA, Inc. / FRONTEO Taiwan, Inc.
Naritomo Ikeue Naritomo Ikeue
CEO, FRONTEO Korea, Inc.
Zheng Chang Chang Il JeongAdvisory board

Professor, Department of Health Economics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Koichi Kawabuchi Koichi KawabuchiHe graduated from Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Commerce in 1983 and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago School of Business in 1987.After working at a private hospital and company, worked at the National Institute of Public Health and Hospital Management (now the National Institute of Public Health), Medical Economics Research Department from 1989 to 1998 (Senior Researcher from 95). Retired from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 98, and concurrently served as a professor at the Faculty of Economics, Nihon Fukushi University, a senior researcher at Nihon Fukushi University, a faculty fellow at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and a visiting researcher at Stanford University. He has been in his current position since April 4.In addition, he is also a visiting professor at Japan-China Friendship Hospital, an emeritus professor at Shenyang Medical School, a visiting professor at Ningxia Medical University, and a special member of the China Health Industry Magazine Special Committee.Recent publications include "Is the visible landscape changing? A pharmacy in 2000 (Yakuji Nippo Co., Ltd., 4)", "The key to the success of a comprehensive community care system (Japan City Center, 2040)", "Visualization" "Introduction to Medical Economics (Medical and Dental Publishing Co., Ltd., 2016)", "Points of the Sixth Medical Law Amendment and Response Strategy 2015 (Japan Medical Planning, 2014)", "People's Insurance Can Still Be Saved (Freedom)" Kobo, 60) ”,“ Is Medical Regeneration Possible (Chikuma Shinsho, 2014) ”,“ Hospital Dignity (Japan Medical Planning, 2011) ”
As social activities, General Incorporated Association Japan Medical and Hospital Management Society Councilor / Director, Japan Clinical Path Society Councilor, General Incorporated Association Replet Fund Business Foundation Chairman, General Incorporated Association Japan Nursing Care Welfare Management Human Resources Education Association Director, Public Interest Incorporated Association Standing Director of Medical and Hospital Management Research Association
その他、第11回吉村記念厚生政策研究助成金受賞(1997年10月)、第4回ミクス賞受賞(1998年11月)、社団法人日本医療法人協会創立50周年記念懸賞論文優秀賞受賞(2001年4月)、2001年11月第54回日本医師会設立記念医学大会「日本医師会功労賞」(在任10年日本医師会委員会委員)受賞

Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Yukio Osawa Yukio OsawaAfter obtaining a doctor of engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 1995, he became an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Business Sciences at Tsukuba University, a specially appointed assistant professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and the system creation of the Graduate School of Engineering. After working as an associate professor in the Department of Science, he has been a professor since July 2009.He founded opportunity discovery science and data market design science at the boundary between intelligent informatics and design science, cognitive science, and held international conferences and industry-academia WS. From 7 onwards, he will lead workshops such as Market of Data to success at the IEEE Data Mining International Conference (ICDM) from the perspective of the data market. In addition to 2013 editorial books including Chance Discovery (Springer, 2003), Innovators' Marketplace (Springer 2017), Data Market (Modern Science Co., Ltd. 2017), more than 24 journal articles, about 100 international conference treatises, in both industry and academia. Many invited lectures.
In addition, former director of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (2017-18).Received the Achievement Award of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (2017).
Recent publications Technology for discovering business opportunities (Iwanami Shoten, 2004), Data analysis for discovering opportunities (Tokyo Denki University Press, 2006), Ideation technology for innovation: business opportunities opened by games (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing, Inc.) 2013)” “Data Market: Innovation Game Utilizing Data (Kindai Kagaku-sha, 2017)”

Strategic Advisor
Toshiyuki Ito Toshiyuki ItoGraduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, and completed the master's program (area studies) at the University of Tsukuba.Became a submarine rider in the Maritime Self-Defense Force.Captain Hayashio, Defense Attaché of the Japanese Embassy in the United States, Commander of the 2nd Submarine, Chief of the Public Relations Office of the Maritime Staff Office, Chief of the Information Division, Information Officer of the Defense Intelligence Headquarters, Chief of the Command and Communication Information Department of the Maritime Staff Office, Maritime Self-Defense Force After working as the second art school chief, the integrated staff school chief, and the Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure district general manager, he has been a professor at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School (Toranomon Campus) since 2 (Department of Innovation Management, Graduate School of Innovation Management).
Specialty: Leadership theory, organization theory, security theory, media theory, international relations theory, crisis management
Treatises / Books:
Dissertation: Russian Foreign Policy (Analysis from Cultural Anthropological Aspects)
・ Book: "Leadership can be acquired by anyone" (AlphaPolis 2018)
・ Supervision: "Defense Simulation! Self-Defense Forces vs Unified Korea" (Takarajimasha 2020)
・ Many contributions to Sankei Shimbun Seiron column authors and other newspapers and magazines
Awards: "The Legion of Merit" from the U.S. Secretary of Defense for service as a Defense Attaché, "The Legion of Merit" from the U.S. Secretary of Defense for service as a Chief of the Maritime Staff Other Specialized Information: Japan Security・Director of Crisis Management Society, Executive Director of All Japan Federation of Defense Associations, and Director of Japan Society for Leadership.

Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
Katsuya Tamai Katsuya TamaiGraduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1983.In April of the same year, he was an assistant at the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo.After that, he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Gakushuin University and an assistant professor at the same time. In October 4, he was transferred to the university and became an assistant professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology), the University of Tokyo. In May 1990, he became the professor (Intellectual Property Law) at the age of 4, and continues to this day.In addition to legal research on intellectual property law, he has published numerous research papers on legislative policy, industry-academia collaboration, and technology transfer.It is a pioneer in Japan regarding trade secrets, and its research theme is the "sovereign immunity" principle in the United States. In 1995, the Institute for Advanced Science and Technology launched the "Economic Security Research Program" to study economic security policies of major countries, legislation related to advanced technology management, and risk countermeasures. 10-1997 Keio University Special Invited Professor. Registered as a lawyer in 5 (belonging to the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association). Since April 36, he has also served as a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Law, Shinshu University.

Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Satoru Tezuka Satoru TezukaGraduated from the Department of Mathematical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Keio University in 1984.Joined Hitachi, Ltd. in the same year, professor at the Faculty of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology from 2009, specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University from 2016, professor at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University from September 2019. To reach.
Received the 2020 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Information and Communication Month" Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award, 2013 Information Security Culture Award, 2008 Information Processing Society of Japan Paper Award, IEEE-IIHMSP2006 Best Paper Award, 2004 Information Processing Society of Japan Paper Award.
Member of the Data Strategy Task Force of the Digital Government Ministerial Conference, Chief of the Working Team on Trusts established under the Data Strategy Task Force, Member of the Personal Information Protection Committee, Chairman of the Study Group on Trust Services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, SIP of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation Sub-program director in charge of ensuring cyber security in critical infrastructure, member of the critical infrastructure expert study group of the Cyber Security Strategy Headquarters, chair of the study group on smartphone installation of My Number card function of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, temporary member of the Electronic Administration Task Force of the IT Strategy Headquarters, Information Linkage Infrastructure Technology Working Group Member, Basic Resident Register System Investigation Committee Member, Electronic Signature Law and Legal Standards Examination Working Group Chair, Cryptocurrency Technology Evaluation Committee (CRYPTREC) Member, Cryptocurrency Technology Utilization Committee (CRYPTREC) Committee members, etc.
Representative of Digital Trust Council, Representative of Trust Service Promotion Forum, Representative of Japan Trust Technology Council, Chairman of Japan Security Audit Association, Chairman of 5th Generation Mobile Promotion Forum Security Research and Research Committee, Chairman of Information Network Law Society, Japan Security Management Executive Director of the Society, Director of the Digital Forensic Study Group, Expert Member of the Computer Security Study Group of the Information Processing Society, Member of the Japan-Germany Symposium Program, etc.
His books include "Q & A My Number Security Measures" Seibunsha, "Electronic Signature / Authentication Service Spreading with My Number" Nikkei BP, "Corporate Code that Strengthens Japan Another My Number" Corporate Number "" Nikkei BP , "Basics of Information Security" Kyoritsu Publishing, etc.