Message from Directors

Drawing on deep expertise and diverse experience, we run Echole.

高山 和寿

Kazutoshi Takayama

Chief Executive Officer

Profile

Graduate School of Law, The University of Tokyo.
Began career at a major advertising group, covering management accounting, tax, and subsidiary management.
Later joined the international business management team of an entertainment group, serving as a board director of a European subsidiary, leading business management and IPO preparation.
Founded Echole Inc. in January 2026.

Credentials

US Certified Public Accountant (USCPA)
NSCA Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT)

Message

We aim to be the partner whom companies facing challenges will think of first — overwhelmingly dependable when it matters most. By staying close to our clients and serving as their sounding board, we walk alongside them from identifying and articulating the issues to delivering real solutions. Our role is to help create an environment in which leaders can focus on the work they were meant to do.

池田 純一

Junichi Ikeda

Director

Profile

Graduate of the School of Commerce, Meiji University. Passed the Japanese CPA examination while still a student. After graduation, spent about ten and a half years at an accounting consulting firm, primarily serving listed companies in consolidated close support, preparation of disclosure documents such as securities reports, audit-firm coordination, financial due diligence, corporate valuation, and improvement of accounting and bookkeeping operations.
Subsequently, in the accounting departments of two IPO-preparing companies, handled advanced accounting practice including standalone and consolidated monthly close, the design and build-out of accounting treatments for new businesses, disclosure document preparation, audit-firm coordination, PPA, and impairment testing.
Appointed Director of Echole Inc. in January 2026.

In consolidated accounting in particular, has supported — with a small team — sophisticated close structures involving over 400 group companies, overseas operations, sub-consolidation, complex capital relationships, and M&A. Grounded in both practice and accounting standards, has addressed numerous cases of examining accounting treatments in light of a company's actual circumstances and intentions, and of negotiating and coordinating with audit firms. His strength lies not in mechanically applying standards, but in properly organizing the company's own thinking to reach practically convincing conclusions.
With hands-on experience at IFRS-adopting companies, he can handle accounting and disclosure under both Japanese GAAP and IFRS.
He is also strong in the design and improvement of Excel / spreadsheet materials for accounting operations. He excels at restructuring documents whose input fields or calculation logic are hard to follow, or management files that have become person-dependent, into forms that are easy to use for both preparers and users. He also handles advanced operational efficiency using VBA and Google Apps Script, delivering improvements that combine practicality and accuracy on the basis of a deep understanding of accounting practice.

Credentials

Certified Public Accountant (Reg. No. 47904)
Licensed Tax Accountant (Reg. No. 159152)
IPO Practice Certification (Advanced)

Message

As a Certified Public Accountant, I have supported a wide range of companies — from listed and IPO-ready companies to small and mid-sized businesses — in financial close and process improvement. My daily work is driven by the wish to give back, in whatever way I can, to those wrestling with back-office challenges. To help our clients' businesses grow and run more smoothly, I am committed to providing earnest, dependable service.

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