( Culture )
Culture
At RightDesignInc., members with different areas of expertise work together and are involved in a variety of in-house activities.Please take a look behind the scenes at our in-house activities and various projects.
( Team )
Member
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Takayuki Ogawa
CEO / Creative Director -
Shintaro Ishizaka
Project Manager / Interior Designer -
Daisuke Sekine
Project Manager / Corporate Planner -
Shu Yamamichi
UIUX Director -
Norimasa Ooi
Art Director / Graphic Designer -
Koki Nishikawa
UIUX Director / UIUX Designer -
Genya Ohashi
Web Designer / Front-end Engineer -
Shunta Ishigami
Contents Director / Design Strategist -
Shuto Umemura
Art Director / Graphic Designer -
Tomoya Wakasugi
Art Director / Graphic Designer -
Reo Ishii
Art Director / Graphic Designer -
Izumi Kawai
Project Manager -
Reona Shimizu
Art Director / Graphic Designer -
Karen Hoshino
Associate Planner
( Recruit )
Work together, Grow together.
RightDesignInc. employs members with diverse expertise in fields such as graphics, UI/UX, and spatial design. As the design landscape undergoes significant changes, we foster an environment where everyone can work and grow together through various initiatives like study sessions and overseas field trips.
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Takayuki Ogawa
CEO / Creative Director
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design. 2013 joined Hakuhodo Inc. and after leaving in 2018, joined a startup and worked as CD/AD at The Breakthrough Company GO before founding RightDesignInc. in 2022. He has been involved in a wide range of activities from branding and concept planning for startups and corporate new businesses to product UI and advertising strategies for media, while spanning other fields based on design.
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Shintaro Ishizaka
Project Manager / Interior Designer
After graduating from the University of the Arts London with a degree in product design, he worked for an interior design firm in Tokyo. He has led domestic and international projects including hotels, restaurants, and stores. He comprehensively designs and supervises not only spaces, but also fixtures, furniture, design lighting, art, plant vases, and other interior-related items. He pursues the relationship between people, objects, and space by dealing with diverse materials in an essential way, and expresses them with a contemporary approach using primitive materials.
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Daisuke Sekine
Project Manager / Corporate Planner
He joined JCB Corporation (JCB) in 2011 as a new graduate. For the first 3 years, he worked in the merchant operations department, where he was in charge of merchant management and setting up new locations. He then moved to the Core System Development Department, where he was in charge of large development projects and experienced the release of various services in payments. 2018 he moved to Suketai, and in 2019 to STORES (formerly coiny and hey), where he mainly experienced business development, partner sales, and alliance operations related to payments. 2025 he joined Right Design, where he is currently working. In 2025, he joined Right Design, where he is currently engaged, and at Right Design, he is mainly in charge of PM (project manager) and accounting and finance.
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Shu Yamamichi
UIUX Director
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Integrated Design. Responsible for all aspects of design work at construction industry startup “Suketai”. His responsibilities ranged from user research, app UI/UX design, corporate branding, web design, video editing, motion graphics, and advertising creative. His specialty is not limited to visual design, but rather to fundamentally consider the best means to address issues and design the optimal user experience.
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Norimasa Ooi
Art Director / Graphic Designer
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Genya Ohashi
Web Designer / Front-end Engineer
Graduated from the Faculty of Information Science and Technology at Ritsumeikan University. While still in college, he co-founded a company and was in charge of art direction and web production for various companies as the head of the Creative Division, including direction of his own brand. As a front-end engineer, he also handles all aspects of implementation himself.
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Shunta Ishigami
Contents Director / Design Strategist
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he joined an advertising production company. After working as a producer, he joined the editorial department of the Japanese edition of WIRED. 2017, he became independent and has been involved in editing various magazines and web media such as STUDIO VOICE, the Japanese edition of VOGUE, and BRUTUS, as well as working for various companies including major communication companies and developers. He also works on content creation, research, branding, and consulting for major telecommunications companies, developers, and a variety of other companies. Currently, he is also producing a media project called “UNLIRICE,” which focuses on the Asian region.
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Shuto Umemura
Art Director / Graphic Designer
After graduating from Tama Art University in 2013, he worked as a graphic designer at an advertising production company for 5 years, then worked at an advertising agency, a branding agency, and as an art director at XR Startup before joining RightDesignInc.
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He joined E. Co., Ltd. in 2013 and, after its dissolution, worked at KucHen Inc., followed by NSSG Inc. In 2022, he became independent under the name “PNTR”His work spans across media and genres, focusing on creating designs that communicate intuitively and visually.He joined RightDesign Inc. in 2024. His accolades include being selected for the TOKYO TDC Award 2013 and numerous international poster competitions. In 2019, he was featured in New Generation Graphics – 100 Notable Young Designers.
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Reo Ishii
Art Director / Graphic Designer
CEO/Art Director of Teco Inc. He founded the company in his third year at Musashino Art University, and is currently the deputy director of RightDesignInc. He has experience in branding and advertising campaigns for companies and products as a whole. He has worked on a wide range of projects from on-screen areas to graphic design. Currently, he is involved in long-term branding projects for startups, and is expanding his field beyond design to include concept development and business consulting.
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Izumi Kawai
Project Manager
She joined CIRCUS Inc. in 2015, where she was primarily responsible for athlete sponsorship contracts and advertising partnerships, accompanying players to all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. She later joined IMG Japan, managing clients in the Tennis Division. In 2019, she joined adot Group’s Brand Studio “KARASU,” and after the group’s integration, served as Head of the Production Department at Birdman Inc. She has managed end-to-end communication projects across graphics, film, web, events, and PR. In 2025, she joined RightDesign Inc.
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Reona Shimizu
Art Director / Graphic Designer
He joined an advertising production company in 2014, where he spent six years honing his foundational visual design skills and expressive techniques, focusing primarily on print media such as brochures, posters, and packaging. Afterward, he worked as an art director at an advertising agency, managing projects that extended into the digital domain. His experience spans a wide range of design areas, from brand expression to UI/UX visuals. Since 2024, he has been part of RightDesign Inc., combining visually striking, dynamic expression with strategic art direction. He works closely with clients to understand their challenges and deliver creative solutions that are both effective and refined.
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Karen Hoshino
Associate Planner