Members

T Capital Innovations

ティーキャピタルパートナーズ

T Capital Innovations was established to accelerate the transformation and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, based on the track record, network, and expertise of T Capital Partners. This team is a select group of professionals with experience across private equity, financial institutions, consulting firms, and operating companies, providing integrated support from investment through value creation.

Akinori Nishida

President and Representative Director,
Senior Partner

Joined T Capital Partners in February 2026. Appointed President and Representative Director of T Capital Innovations in March 2026.

After graduating from university, he began his career as a certified tax accountant at an accounting firm. In 2003, he joined Sweet Garden Co., Ltd. (formerly Takarabune Co., Ltd., now part of the Yamazaki Baking Group), a portfolio company of T Capital (then Tokio Marine Capital). As Executive Officer and Head of the Corporate Administration Division, he led numerous business transformation initiatives and supported the company through to exit.

In 2007, he joined Frontier Management Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market; “FMI”), where, as Managing Director, he led a wide range of projects including business turnarounds, management improvement, business succession, and M&A transactions. At FMI, he built extensive expertise in hands-on execution support and management reform for small- and mid-sized enterprises. As Senior Executive Officer, he oversaw the management execution support division for seven years and developed it into one of the firm’s core business units. Most recently, he served as Representative Director, President and COO of the company.

He has also served as Outside Director of Shoei Co., Ltd. (now Hulic Co., Ltd.) and WILLER Inc., an emerging company. He is currently an Outside Director of 77 Partners Co., Ltd., an investment subsidiary of The 77 Bank, Ltd., and a member of its investment committee. He is a certified tax accountant.

Master’s Degree in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University.

Ryota Ida

Director

Joined T Capital Innovations in April 2026.

He began his career at independent investment company, where he was engaged in private equity investment activities, including evaluation of new investment opportunities and management of existing portfolio companies.

He later joined PwC, where he was engaged in M&A advisory services.

He subsequently joined financial investment company, where he was engaged in buyout investments. He managed the entire investment cycle from sourcing and execution to value creation and exit. He also served as Director and Corporate Auditor at several portfolio companies, providing hands-on growth and management support.

LL.B., School of Law, Waseda University

Koji Hayakawa

Director

Joined T Capital Innovations in June 2026.

He worked Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC, where he was engaged in M&A advisory services. His experience includes financial due diligence, financial modeling, valuation, and sell-side advisory services.

He joined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., where he participated in M&A advisory engagements

He subsequently joined invest company, where he was engaged in buyout investments. He covered the investment lifecycle.

Master’s Degree in Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University

Junpei Yasui

Vice President

Joined T Capital Innovations in April 2026.

At Sapporo Breweries, engaged in sales and supply chain management reform. At Accenture, engaged in ERP transformation projects.

At Frontier Management, engaged in consulting services including business due diligence, PMI support, and equity valuation support, mainly for private equity funds.

B.A. in Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Naoto Imagawa

Senior Associate

Joined T Capital Innovations in July 2026.

Engaged in management consulting services such as corporate strategy formulation, execution support and IPO readiness at Frontier Management.

University of Tokyo (B.Eng. in Systems Innovation), University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (M.Sc. in Advanced Energy).