A self-assembled peptide was discovered in 1992 by Dr. Shuguang Zhang of MIT. Our company is globally developing businesses based on various rights associated with self-assembling peptide technology licensed from MIT.
Board Members
- About Us
- Board Members
Chairman and Executive Director Keiji Nagano
After working at ExxonMobil Corporation and then Bain & Company, Nagano started taking
part in New Media as the director of New Media Japan Inc. in 2000. While he was vice-president of the
Tokyo office of Bain & Co., he also played a key role as the director of the South Korea office for
four years in establishing the office. He led projects with clients in various lines of businesses and
gained wide experience in communications, high technology, entertainment, and the healthcare businesses
at Bain & Co.Moreover, he supported foreign capital companies to launch businesses in Japan and
carried them toward success by understanding them at the operational level on the lines.
He graduated from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Tokyo (chemical engineering) and
earned a master’s degree in business economics (MBA) at Columbia University.
President and Representative Director Jun Okada
He started working as a consultant at the Tokyo office of Bain & Co. in 1998, and was
engaged in many projects, including bio investment support for a venture capital company and development
support for a pharmaceutical company (as a resident person for a year). In 2005, he started taking
charge of the corporate planning of 3-D Matrix and took up the post as director in 2007,and assumed his
current position in 2016.
He graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo and earned a
master’s degree in business economics (MBA) at the INSEAD in France.
Director（Business Development,Japan）Satoru Kobayashi
After working at Fresenius medical care, he started working in the Business development at
3-D Matrix in 2007 and assumed his current position in June 2017.
He graduated Hokkaido University
Graduate School of Medicine.
Director（North America Business）Toshi Amanuma
Toshi started his career at strategy consulting firm Bain & Company, and continued to
gain experience at Sony Corporation, 3-D Matrix and JBIC IG Partners. Recently, he served as managing
director of 3-D Matrix EMEA, responsible for commercializing 3-D Matrix’s first medical device product
across the EMEA region, and as managing director at JBIC IG Partners, a fund GP subsidiary of Japanese
government-owned bank JBIC (Japan Bank of International Cooperation), involved in making fund
investments and leading fund formation projects. Toshi rejoined 3-D Matrix in August 2019 to lead the US
subsidiary, 3-D Matrix, Inc.
Toshi received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
College, and his MS from Waseda University.
DirectorRyuhei Mogi
He registered as a lawyer in 1994. After working at a corporate law firm in Tokyo, Linklaters (formerly De Bandt, Van Hecke, Lagae & Loesche), and Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, he joined the Company in January 2022. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2023.
