# Yasuo Sato

> Yasuo Sato is an Allganize co-founder, director of Allganize Holdings and CEO of Allganize Japan. Based in Tokyo, he leads the Japanese business after a career spanning NIFTY, Yahoo! JAPAN, 2Dfacto, Rakuten, 5Rocks and Tapjoy. His public interviews focus on customer trust, enterprise workflows and practical AI adoption.

- **Role:** Co-founder of Allganize and CEO of Allganize Japan
- **Organizations:** Allganize, Allganize Holdings, Allganize Japan, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Tapjoy, 5Rocks, Rakuten, 2Dfacto, Yahoo! JAPAN, NIFTY
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Helped launch and expand 5Rocks’ Japanese business before and after its acquisition by Tapjoy., Co-founded Allganize in 2017 and established its Japanese subsidiary in 2019., Leads the Japan business and is a director of Allganize Holdings.

## Career timeline

- **1998-2005** — Worked at NIFTY in e-commerce development, corporate planning and IPO preparation.
- **2005-2010** — Producer and project manager at Yahoo! JAPAN.
- **2010-2013** — General manager at 2Dfacto, working on an e-book business.
- **2013** — Briefly a group manager at Rakuten; became 5Rocks Japan country manager in September.
- **2014** — 5Rocks was acquired by Tapjoy.
- **2015-2016** — Head of Business Development and Insights / executive officer at Tapjoy Japan.
- **2015** — Began a lecturer role at Kyoto Computer Gakuin, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- **2016-2018** — Adviser at Tapjoy.
- **2017** — Co-founded Allganize in California with Changsu Lee and Kibin Shin.
- **2019** — Established Allganize Japan and became its representative in January.

## Achievements

- Helped launch and expand 5Rocks’ Japanese business before and after its acquisition by Tapjoy.
- Co-founded Allganize in 2017 and established its Japanese subsidiary in 2019.
- Leads the Japan business and is a director of Allganize Holdings.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Spoke at KDDI Business AI Fes 2026 about customer problems, internal AI use and agent governance; event account published March 31.
- **2026-01** — A January 28 TECHBLITZ interview covered Allganize’s platform strategy and practical enterprise adoption.
- **2025-01** — Presented Allganize at Morning Pitch on January 22.

## Links

- Website: https://www.allganize.ai/ja/leadership
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasuo-sato/

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