Team
RESTAR members come from diverse backgrounds.
CEO
Hibiki Uno
Head of Sales&Marketing
Keisuke Tago
VPoE
Ken Izumi
Head of Global Operations
Wei Ming Yen Dorado
Head of Corporate
Tereza Kaneta
Data Analyst
Yang Qing Chen
Engineer
Julien Crevits
Sales Development
Eri Otsuka
Field Sales
Takahiro Kobayashi
Engineer
Jonas Villanueva
CEO
Hibiki Uno
Hibiki Uno graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Economics.
After passing the Certified Public Accountant Examination, he began engaging in M&A advisory and project finance support business at PwC.Later, he started working in real estate investment business at Angelo Gordon.
Inspired by his side work to improve and streamline daily operations in real estate acquisition, he created "REMETIS," a management and analysis platform for real estate and geographic information, and founded RESTAR Inc, where he currently works as CEO.
After passing the Certified Public Accountant Examination, he began engaging in M&A advisory and project finance support business at PwC.Later, he started working in real estate investment business at Angelo Gordon.
Inspired by his side work to improve and streamline daily operations in real estate acquisition, he created "REMETIS," a management and analysis platform for real estate and geographic information, and founded RESTAR Inc, where he currently works as CEO.
Head of Sales&Marketing
Keisuke Tago
Keisuke Tago started his career at a major Japanese IT company, and for over 20 years, he has been engaged in market development and solution sales expansion in Japan at various foreign IT companies. In the last 10 years, he has been responsible for setting up businesses and organizations at IT research firms, security companies, and SaaS companies as a sales manager.
In December 2022, he joined RESTAR, having learned of the company's potential and philosophy.
Currently, he leads the sales, sales support, and marketing teams.
In December 2022, he joined RESTAR, having learned of the company's potential and philosophy.
Currently, he leads the sales, sales support, and marketing teams.
VPoE
Ken Izumi
With a Master of Information Technology from Waseda University, Ken Izumi worked at Goldman Sachs for 16 years as a software engineer, focusing on payment and risk management systems. Prior to RESTAR, he held major technology leadership roles, including VPoE at Paidy and CIO at Adecco Japan, leading big technology projects such as BNPL integration with big clients systems, and Salesforce introduction.
He decided to join RESTAR as he was attracted by the diversity of the company and the potential of REMETIS.
Joining RESTAR in Januray 2024 as VPoE, he currently oversees the engineering team and promotes service development and support.
He decided to join RESTAR as he was attracted by the diversity of the company and the potential of REMETIS.
Joining RESTAR in Januray 2024 as VPoE, he currently oversees the engineering team and promotes service development and support.
Head of Global Operations
Wei Ming Yen Dorado
Wei Ming Yen Dorado graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a certified Blockchain Solution Architect.
He started his career as a banker in Citigroup in London and worked on projects in Japan and Asia for Nomura Securities in Tokyo. He also worked as a consultant at PwC and Oliver Wyman for 5 years and has over 15 years of experience in financial services, consulting, and corporate side/tech, spending his career building relationships with Tier 1 clients and partners in Japan, US, and Europe.
He then joined RESTAR in February 2023 to lead cross-disciplinary high impact projects to take the company on to the next stage of growth.
He currently leads Global Operations at RESTAR, leading business development initiatives with both Japanese and international partners in the real estate industry. He is also in charge of developing long term relationships with other startups and Venture Capital firms while leading high growth and transformational projects to further expand RESTAR's presence internationally.
He started his career as a banker in Citigroup in London and worked on projects in Japan and Asia for Nomura Securities in Tokyo. He also worked as a consultant at PwC and Oliver Wyman for 5 years and has over 15 years of experience in financial services, consulting, and corporate side/tech, spending his career building relationships with Tier 1 clients and partners in Japan, US, and Europe.
He then joined RESTAR in February 2023 to lead cross-disciplinary high impact projects to take the company on to the next stage of growth.
He currently leads Global Operations at RESTAR, leading business development initiatives with both Japanese and international partners in the real estate industry. He is also in charge of developing long term relationships with other startups and Venture Capital firms while leading high growth and transformational projects to further expand RESTAR's presence internationally.
Head of Corporate
Tereza Kaneta
Tereza has a MBA from Columbia Business School, Executive Program from Harvard Business School and a BS in Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo.
She has experience in banking and consulting, working for Brunswick, Deutsche Bank and Banco Votorantim, among others. She has worked in M&As and capital raising deals across Americas, Europe and Asia, and has also worked in post-merger integration and new business set-up, as in-house executive and external advisor. She has been teaching at leading institutions including Rikkyo University and ESPM, and serves in the Board of technology and education start-ups.
She joined RESTAR in August 2024 as Head of Corporate to strenghten internal processes and controls, and overall Governance, setting up scalable foundations for the next phase of growh of the company.
She has experience in banking and consulting, working for Brunswick, Deutsche Bank and Banco Votorantim, among others. She has worked in M&As and capital raising deals across Americas, Europe and Asia, and has also worked in post-merger integration and new business set-up, as in-house executive and external advisor. She has been teaching at leading institutions including Rikkyo University and ESPM, and serves in the Board of technology and education start-ups.
She joined RESTAR in August 2024 as Head of Corporate to strenghten internal processes and controls, and overall Governance, setting up scalable foundations for the next phase of growh of the company.
Data Analyst
Yang Qing Chen
Yang Qing Chen worked in urban planning as a national civil servant in China, and later studied economic activities in graduate school.
While working as an intern, he became convinced that there was a great opportunity for RESTAR to report on the prop-tech (real estate tech) industry in the Chinese market in Japan.
He is currently working as a data analyst, reflecting on products and resolving issues by building forecasting models.
While working as an intern, he became convinced that there was a great opportunity for RESTAR to report on the prop-tech (real estate tech) industry in the Chinese market in Japan.
He is currently working as a data analyst, reflecting on products and resolving issues by building forecasting models.
Engineer
Julien Crevits
Julien Crevits worked for various videogame publishers in Europe (United Kingdown, Ireland, Germany) before settling down in Japan where he decided to start a career as a backend developer. His first experience with development was at one of Japan's first startups, Gengo, where he spent a few years honing his skills before joining another startup and eventually landing at RESTAR in January 2022.
His passion for the Elixir language was one of the reasons he decided to join the company, as was the continued stable revenue. He's also always been interested in automatizing processes and workflows - a dire need in the current real estate industry - and working with geographical data.
He now contributes to product development by leading the team responsible for developing product features for enterprise users as well as team building.
His passion for the Elixir language was one of the reasons he decided to join the company, as was the continued stable revenue. He's also always been interested in automatizing processes and workflows - a dire need in the current real estate industry - and working with geographical data.
He now contributes to product development by leading the team responsible for developing product features for enterprise users as well as team building.
Sales Development
Eri Otsuka
Eri Otsuka has experience in a wide range of real estate operations including management, leasing, and purchasing for real estate consulting firms and was previously in charge of several offices in Japan.
After experiencing childbirth and returning to work twice, she had a desire to grow more despite the constraints of location and time.
She joined RESTAR in June 2023 because she was impressed by the way RESTAR was building the organization, looking at global expansion from an early stage and REMETIS, a product that will have a big impact on the industry.
She established an Sales Development team and strengthened the sales organization at RESTAR. She has been keen to contribute to the business of each company through REMETIS.
After experiencing childbirth and returning to work twice, she had a desire to grow more despite the constraints of location and time.
She joined RESTAR in June 2023 because she was impressed by the way RESTAR was building the organization, looking at global expansion from an early stage and REMETIS, a product that will have a big impact on the industry.
She established an Sales Development team and strengthened the sales organization at RESTAR. She has been keen to contribute to the business of each company through REMETIS.
Field Sales
Takahiro Kobayashi
After joining Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Takahiro Kobayashi worked in asset management business and real estate brokerage.
He joined RESTAR in February 2021 because he saw the potential of REMETIS and was convinced that he could make use of his experience and strengths at RESTAR, as well as the opportunities to take on various challenges such as recruiting, organizational development, service planning, and event management.
From the beginning of the service release until today, he has contributed to the sales expansion as a field sales representative, which is his main responsibility. Currently, he is leading the team as a field sales team leader.
He joined RESTAR in February 2021 because he saw the potential of REMETIS and was convinced that he could make use of his experience and strengths at RESTAR, as well as the opportunities to take on various challenges such as recruiting, organizational development, service planning, and event management.
From the beginning of the service release until today, he has contributed to the sales expansion as a field sales representative, which is his main responsibility. Currently, he is leading the team as a field sales team leader.
Engineer
Jonas Villanueva
Jonas Villanueva, originally from the Philippines, started his career working as a Java developer for companies that offered IT solutions to other companies and organizations. While in the Philippines, he worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from government process digitization to banking and ride-hailing apps.
To gain more experience, he started looking for opportunities outside his home country and moved to Japan to work as a full-stack Javascript software engineer on an IoT No-code development platform.
A few years later, he joined RESTAR in October 2022 as a full-stack software engineer, excited to work more with the Elixir Programming Language.
He has since been in charge of overall REMETIS development and currently, he is mainly supporting the frontend .
To gain more experience, he started looking for opportunities outside his home country and moved to Japan to work as a full-stack Javascript software engineer on an IoT No-code development platform.
A few years later, he joined RESTAR in October 2022 as a full-stack software engineer, excited to work more with the Elixir Programming Language.
He has since been in charge of overall REMETIS development and currently, he is mainly supporting the frontend .
In addition, we have a diverse workforce from numerous companies and industries, including Japanese and foreign-affiliated companies, start-ups, and major corporations.