Japan Entry,
Demystified
Our Services
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A comprehensive, one-stop solution to plan, execute, and optimize your Japan entry strategy—from initial market research to go-to-market execution. Ideal for teams seeking a trusted local partner to drive market traction.
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Craft and execute a localization strategy tailored to Japanese users. This includes product UI/UX, marketing websites, documentation, and customer-facing assets to ensure cultural and linguistic alignment.
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Build and grow your local user base through social media strategy, grassroots community programs, local user groups, and premier event execution—turning early adopters into advocates.
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Design and implement brand awareness and lead generation campaigns specifically for the Japanese market. Includes PR, digital marketing, webinars, events and content marketing optimized for local channels and buyer behaviors.
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Identify, recruit, and manage local partners—VARs, system integrators, and distributors—to scale indirect sales. We help you build the right partner ecosystem with aligned incentives and goals.
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Support your revenue growth by handling inbound lead follow-up, outbound prospecting, qualification, and even sales meetings. We localize your sales playbook to connect authentically with Japanese prospects.
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Design and operate Japanese-language customer support tailored to your product and user expectations. Options include Tier 1 support setup, process optimization, and user satisfaction initiatives.
About the founder
Kensuke is a Japan market entry and growth specialist with deep, hands-on experience building and scaling operations at Stripe, CircleCI, and Airwallex, serving as Japan Country Manager, APAC lead, and Head of Growth.
He has repeatedly built Japan operations from the ground up—assembling and scaling cross-functional GTM teams (sales, marketing, customer success, solutions engineering, user support, partnerships, and biz dev) as well as back-office functions (HR, recruiting, legal, licensing, and office operations). In the early stages, he personally led each function before building out dedicated teams. His leadership has driven business growth of up to 9x within two years.
Kensuke holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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