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After working in business development and sales at an online language education company, Kamiya relocated to Bangkok, Thailand in 2014. That same year he founded HUBASIA, operating online language services and a crowdsourcing platform for translation and interpretation. Following the wind-down of HUBASIA, he developed and launched a car-wrapping advertising platform in July 2017, establishing Flare Inc. and serving as its representative director.

After graduating from university, Ichihara joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation, where he focused on automotive parts logistics and supply chain development across the company's Japan and Singapore offices. From 2015 to 2021, he was stationed at Toyota Tsusho Thailand, working in airport business, startup investment, and new business development. He then transferred to SoftBank Corp., serving as general manager at STATION Ai — Japan's largest startup support hub — and as a capitalist at the STATION Ai Central Japan Fund. He was appointed CEO of DriveZ Co., Ltd. upon its establishment in April 2024.

Hayashi built his career as a sales engineer and in business development at IT ventures and Lucent Technologies (U.S.). From 2012, he served as head of overseas business for mobile advertising at Adways Inc., as a director of its Taiwan subsidiary, and concurrently as an overseas investment lead at Adways Ventures. From 2015, he concurrently led Drecom Co., Ltd.'s subsidiaries in Thailand and Singapore. He joined Flare Inc. as a director and CSO in June 2018.

After graduating from Waseda University, Iwaki joined JAFCO Co., Ltd., where he focused on buyout investments including take-private transactions for listed companies and business succession deals for owner-operated companies. He subsequently gained experience in business development, competitive acquisitions, and branch launches at a B2C startup, then founded and led a systems company focused on new business development. After serving as head of investment oversight at a TSE Prime-listed startup investment firm, he co-founded Flare Inc. with Kamiya in 2017 and serves as a director and CFO.

After completing his master's degree at Tokyo University of Science, Sasaki spent approximately five years at CyberAgent, Inc. as an iOS and Android engineer, developing curation media, video SNS, video streaming services, and matching apps. He joined Flare Inc. as an engineer in April 2019 and was appointed Executive Officer, Product Development in January 2023.

After earning her bachelor's and master's degrees from Chulalongkorn University, she obtained a master's degree in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in the UK. Upon returning to Thailand, she worked at Thanachart Capital before joining the Bank of Thailand as an economist covering monetary policy. She currently serves as CEO of JAO Group while concurrently holding board director and advisor positions at Toyota Tsusho Thailand, a partner company, and sits on committees of the Federation of Thai Industries. She was appointed advisor to Flare Inc. in May 2024.

After graduating from Keio University, Oba joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation, where he handled automotive parts trade at the Nagoya head office before taking up overseas postings in Germany, the UK, and Belgium. He served as President of Toyota Tsusho Australasia and President of Toyota Tsusho New Zealand, then was appointed Managing Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation. He subsequently served as President of Toyota Tsusho Thailand and President of Toyotsu Insurance Partners, and currently serves as Representative Director of KNOTS CORPORATION and as a new-future-creation advisor to Tokushima Prefecture. He was appointed advisor to Flare Inc. and DriveZ Co., Ltd. in May 2024.