Board of Directors
Representative Director, President and Chairman, Group CEO
Yasuhiko Okamoto
Graduated from the School of Law at Kwansei Gakuin University in 1985. Worked at a bank and a travel agency before founding the Company in 1993. Appointed Representative Director, President and Chairman, Group CEO in August 2023.
Career Summary
| Sep. 1993 | Founded Powers International, Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE, Inc.), President |
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| Dec. 2009 | President, J-COM Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Staffing, Inc.) Director, Success Academy Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Kids, Inc.) |
| Jan. 2014 | Chairman, Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Care, Inc.) |
| Apr. 2016 | Fellow, Kwansei Gakuin University (current position) |
| Jan. 2017 | Chairman, Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Care, Inc.) |
| Mar. 2020 | Outside Director, Libero Inc. (current position) |
| Aug. 2020 | Chairman, LIKE Staffing, Inc. (current position) |
| May 2022 | Chairman, LIKE Kids, Inc. |
| Aug. 2023 | Representative Director, President and Chairman, Group CEO of the Company (current position) |
| May 2024 | President, LIKE Kids, Inc. (current position) President, LIKE Care, Inc. (current position) |
| Mar. 2026 | Director, PT. LIKE GLOBAL INDONESIA (current position) |
Director
Shino Muranishi
Joined the Company in 2004. Appointed Director, Head of Compliance, and in charge of LIKE Kids, Inc. and LIKE Staffing, Inc. in June 2025.
Career Summary
| Apr. 2004 | Joined the Company |
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| Aug. 2019 | General Manager of Corporate Strategy Management Division |
| May 2020 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Management Division |
| Jan. 2021 | Executive Officer, Executive Manager of Business Administration Headquarters, General Manager of Business Administration Division |
| May 2021 | Director, Executive Manager of Administration and Human Resources Headquarters, LIKE Kids, Inc. |
| Aug. 2021 | Director, Head of Group Human Resources |
| May 2022 | Director, LIKE Kids, Inc. |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, General Manager of Human Resources Division, in charge of human resources of operating companies |
| Jun. 2023 | Director, Head of Compliance |
| May 2025 | Director and Vice President, LIKE Kids, Inc. (current position) |
| Jun. 2025 | Director, Head of Compliance, in charge of LIKE Kids, Inc. and LIKE Staffing, Inc. (current position) |
Director
Hirotaka Okamoto
Joined the Company in 2017. Appointed Director, Deputy Executive Manager of Management Headquarters, General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division, and in charge of Business Development in May 2026.
Career Summary
| Sep. 2017 | Joined the Company |
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| May 2020 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division |
| Jan. 2021 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division |
| Jun. 2021 | President, LIKE Capital, Inc. (current position) |
| Aug. 2021 | Director, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division, Head of Public and Investor Relations |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, Head of Investor Relations President, LIKE Kids, Inc. President, LIKE Care, Inc. |
| Jul. 2022 | President, LIKE Products, Inc. (current position) |
| Jun. 2023 | Director, in charge of Group Company Management |
| May 2024 | Director, LIKE Kids, Inc. Director, LIKE Care, Inc. |
| Jun. 2025 | Director, in charge of LIKE Care, Inc. |
| May 2026 | Director, Deputy Executive Manager of Management Headquarters, General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division, and in charge of Business Development (current position) |
Director
Daisuke Ishii
Joined the Company in 2016. Appointed Director, Executive Manager of Management Headquarters in May 2026.
Career Summary
| Jan. 2016 | Joined the Company |
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| Aug. 2019 | General Manager of Management Division |
| May 2020 | General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division |
| Jun. 2021 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division in Business Administration Headquarters |
| May 2022 | Director, LIKE Kids, Inc. (current position) |
| Jun. 2022 | Executive Officer, Executive Manager of Management Headquarters, and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division Director, LIKE Staffing, Inc. (current position) |
| Jul. 2022 | Corporate Auditor, LIKE Products, Inc. (current position) |
| Jan. 2023 | General Manager of Management Division, LIKE Care, Inc. |
| Aug. 2023 | Director, Executive Manager of Management Headquarters, and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division |
| Mar. 2026 | Corporate Auditor, PT. LIKE GLOBAL INDONESIA (current position) |
| May 2026 | Director, Executive Manager of Management Headquarters (current position) |
Outside Director
Yuji Asada
Appointed Outside Director in August 2024.
Career Summary
| Oct. 1997 | Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) |
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| Apr. 2000 | Transferred to Tohmatsu Tax Co. (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.) and registered as a Certified Public Accountant |
| May 2004 | Joined EDION Corporation, General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division |
| Apr. 2007 | Auditor, Pasona e-Professional, Inc. |
| Jun. 2008 | Director, EDION Corporation |
| Aug. 2008 | Director, Bic Camera, Inc. |
| Jun. 2012 | Managing Director, EDION Corporation |
| Apr. 2014 | Established Brain Assist, Inc., Representative Director and President (current position) Established Yuji Asada CPA and Tax Accountant Office, Representative (current position) |
| Jun. 2016 | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee member, SERIO Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2018 | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee member, WILLTECH Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| Jun. 2022 | Outside Director, i-plug, Inc. (current position) |
| Aug. 2024 | Director of the Company (current position) |
Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hitomi Horai
Joined the Company in 1994. Appointed Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) in August 2016.
Career Summary
| Feb. 1994 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2009 | Internal Auditor of the Company |
| Aug. 2013 | Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee of the Company Audit & Supervisory Committee member, J-COM Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Staffing, Inc.) (current position) |
| Aug. 2016 | Director (full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member) of the Company (current position) |
| Dec. 2017 | Audit & Supervisory Committee member, LIKE Care Next, Inc. (currently LIKE Care, Inc.) (current position) |
| Jul. 2019 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member), LIKE Kids Next, Inc. (currently LIKE Kids, Inc.) |
| Jul. 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Committee member, LIKE Academy, Inc. (currently LIKE Kids, Inc.) (current position) |
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Kengo Shazuki
Appointed Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) in August 2019.
Career Summary
| Apr. 2013 | Joined i-nex Co., Ltd. |
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| Mar. 2016 | Retired from i-nex Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2016 | Joined Nobuhisa Shazuki Tax Accountant Office |
| Dec. 2018 | Passed the certified public tax accountant examination |
| Aug. 2019 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) of the Company (current position) |
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Daiki Yoko
Appointed Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) in August 2019.
Career Summary
| Dec. 2011 | Registered as an attorney, Joined Yoko Law Office |
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| Oct. 2018 | Appointed as a founding member of Yoko Law Office |
| Aug. 2019 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) of the Company (current position) |
Skills Matrix
| Name | Positions and Attributes | Particularly Promising Knowledge and Expertise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Independence (Outside Director) |
Corporate Management / Business Strategy |
Finance / Accounting |
Human Resources / HR Development |
Risk Management / Corporate Law |
Sustainability | |
| Yasuhiko Okamoto | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Shino Muranishi | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Hirotaka Okamoto | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Daisuke Ishii | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Yuji Asada | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Hitomi Horai | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Kengo Shazuki | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Daiki Yoko | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||