User:Makotoiwkb/Tomohiro Tomiyama

Tomohiro Tomiyama (冨山 智広 born 22 April 1978) is a Japanese businessperson and investor. He was born and raised in Fukui Prefecture.

As CEO of RiskTaker Inc., he is commencing with automated alternative trading systems for FX and has launched various financial trading services.

Currently, he supports and sponsors startups in Japan and abroad as an angel investor.

He is also an active trader on the S&P 500, Russell 2000, Nikkei 225, US and Japanese stocks, as well as FX and cryptocurrency markets.

A multi-location resident of Taiwan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, UAE (Dubai), Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Estonia, Georgia, Egypt, Israel, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, USA, Panama, Chile, and many other countries.

Personal Life
1997～

After failing his university entrance exams, he got addicted to Pachislot (a form of Japanese slot machine). Since he was aiming for an engineering degree, he used his know-how to theoretically analyze the mechanism of slot machines and how to consistently win.

He later passed the entrance exam for engineering college but spent most of his time playing Pachislot instead of attending classes. While playing Pachislot, he came across the theories of "kikaiwari (payout ratio)" and "gensanchi (value to be subtracted from the count)," and earned 4-5 million yen a year playing the machines. As a result of the time spent gaming, he couldn't move up to the next grade in college for three years and felt left behind in society.

At the age of 24, he was invited to start an online business, but it did not go well. Then, through an online business connection, he met an entrepreneur living in the Philippines who changed his life. The entrepreneur taught him business theories and the fundamentals of finance, which laid the foundation for his current business. While collaborating with that entrepreneur on a new business project, the entrepreneur went missing with the funds, leaving him with a debt of 30 million yen. He was saved by the success of the automated FX and stock investment software business that he was running outside of the Philippines. After taking around 14 years to pay-off his debts, he realized that "all responsibility in business is one's own responsibility”. He acquired the belief that he should not hold others responsible for the failures, and that he could recover through his own business. This experience led him to his current position as an angel investor.

Career

 * 2004

He established his own business in the Philippines, beginning with his participation in the Japanese Healthy Village Project.

Amongst global business trends, he noticed the popularity of automated trading algorithm businesses in alternative markets such as the S&P500, Russell 2000, currency exchange, commodity futures, etc. in the U.S., and started an automated financial trading business.

In 2006, he formed an exclusive partnership with Lincoln Fisk, the developer of the Impetus system, which was ranked No. 1 in the S&P 500-day trading system category by Futures Truth, an organization that rates system trading and automated trading systems worldwide, for the exclusive rights to distribute their algorithmic system in Japan.

In the same year, he acquired exclusive distribution rights in Japan for the Dollar Trader System with David Fox, a well-known developer of currency long-term systems.


 * 2007 to 2009

In cooperation with Himawari Securities, Inc. and Traders Securities Co., Ltd., he led the dawn of automated system trading in Japan, including the Nikkei 225, stocks, and FX.


 * 2010

Shifted his businesses overseas again and developed a wide variety of overseas finance-related businesses such as financial system development, liquidity provider businesses, offshore corporation establishment support, and foreign real estate investment.


 * 2018

Started his activities as an angel investor. Invested in Otasuke's predecessor, VRCaffe, Mushbetter, etc.


 * May 2021

Founded RiskTaker Inc., a comprehensive startup vehicle

Invests in several startups, including Heimat, Inc, which manages shared-housing for entrepreneurs, and WarpSpace, a space venture launched at the University of Tsukuba.


 * December 2021

Appointed outside director of Achilles&Centurio Inc, a startup that connects swimming and fashion.

February 2022

A member of the Philippine Judo Federation

Investment

 * Mushbetter
 * Rucchi
 * Takkyu Hiroba Link
 * Cook Boat
 * Caramel Pod
 * Social Design Inc
 * SCARU Incorporated
 * nextry inc
 * Heimat,inc
 * Achilles&CenturioInc
 * WARPSPACE Inc.
 * Yspace inc.
 * Asian Breeze
 * YOICHO Co., Ltd
 * yaohachi
 * Ambii, Inc.・A University of Tsukuba Venture
 * ODD FUTURE
 * picki
 * Masentic,Inc
 * YOYO HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
 * Tawo
 * Fruits Holdings Pte. Ltd.
 * RAY-BARRIER
 * OtaCute Inc.

Sponsorship
Since December 2020, sponsorship of the Nakano brothers who are aiming represent the Philippines in Judo at the Paris Olympics.


 * Keisei Pablo Nakano
 * Shugen Pablo Nakano
 * Manny Pacquiao, the boxing champion to win six weight classes,