1961年神奈川県横浜市生まれ。慶応義塾大学在学中の84年に学生ベンチャーで起業、98年に独立創業し現職。情報通信など大手企業の商品・サービス開発や事業開発に30年以上従事、数多くのヒット商品を手掛ける。地場産業など日本伝統文化の「イキ」も追求する現場主義経営者。ニューヨークの日本語新聞「NYジャピオン」などでも酒匠ならではのコラムを3年半にわたって執筆。2015年6月刊行の英語版Sake（Gatehouse社／在シンガポールが刊行、Amazon他世界12ヵ国以上で販売）の共同執筆者。

 

SSI認定　酒匠（57号）

SSI認定　日本酒学講師（136号）

SSI認定　焼酎きき酒師（220号）

SSI認定　きき酒師（17596号）

SSI 東京支部役員、SSI International 役員

 

 

Hayato Hishinuma / President & C.E.O.

 

Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1961, Hayato founded a venture company at the age of 23 before founding Oval One, a Tokyo-based marketing consultancy that specializes in sake and shochu products. For the past twenty-three years, Hayato has been deeply involved in new product and business domain developments for Nikkei 225-listed companies, such as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and NTT DoCoMo. In addition to his advisory work, he has always had a keen interest in Japan's traditional culture and is an SSI-certified Master of Sake and Shochu Adviser. This has prompted visits to numerous sake breweries.

 

SSI Certified Master of Sake (No.57)

SSI Higher Certificate in Sake & Shochu Education (No.136)

SSI Certified Shochu Sommlier (No.220)

SSI Certified Sake Sommelier (No.17596)