In 1986, Akira joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (SBI Shinsei Bank). Moved to A.T.Kearney in 1998. He worked at Advantage Partners Inc. as a Partner from 2001 to 2016. From 2007 to 2016, he was also the head of PIPEs investments team, Advantage Advisors. Graduated from Tokyo University (Economics) and holds MBA from Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.