Managing Director
Advisor – Gaming Standards Association Japan
Recipient of G2E Asia Awards 2019 “Industry Rising Star” Award
Certificate of Gaming Management from University of Nevada, Reno
Joji has management-level gaming experience in R&D, sales, marketing, casino floor structuring, and regulatory compliance. He was based in Macau and was the Senior Compliance and Operations Manager of Aruze Gaming Macau, where he was in charge of operations in Asia and Europe until 2018. He has also worked closely with Aruze’s North American and African offices, where he gained operation, compliance and technical experience in high-difficulty jurisdictions in the US and South Africa.
After earning his degree in Educational Technology and Communications at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, Joji started off as a event management and language service specialist for the entertainment and educational fields. One simple job of translating a gaming machine manual lead to his interest in the gaming industry, and he worked his way up from translating manuals to pulling off multi-million dollar deals in a matter of years. He also played an integral role in the importing of gaming machines to a group company’s IR project opening in Entertainment City, Manila, and helped shape the first casino floor of the resort.
He most recently held executive consultant positions as Vice President, Corporate Finance for gaming platform firm Takara Gaming Group, and Director of Japan operations for blockchain gaming startup Alphaslot in Hong Kong. He also brought the first foreign gaming media to Japan in 2018, kick-starting Japanese-language media business in the gaming industry.
Currently based in Yokohama, Japan. Joji grew up in southern California during his childhood, Bay City represents the bay towns that have been a part of shaping Joji’s life. From Santa Monica and Dana Point in California, to Hong Kong and Yokohama, and even to that band singing about Saturday nights, Bay City rolls on.
Previous Positions
ARUZE GAMING MACAU – Senior Operations and Compliance Manager
ARUZE GAMING TECHNOLOGIES – R&D Compliance Leader
ALPHASLOT – Senior Consultant & Director, Japan Operations
TAKARA GAMING GROUP – Executive Consultant & Vice President, Corporate Compliance
Language and Events Services – Rugby WC 2019, Fuji Rock, Summer Sonic, Cirque de Soleil, MEXT, etc.
Speaker Experience:
ASEAN Gaming Summit (Manila, Philippines)
CITIC CLSA Japan Forum (Tokyo, Japan)
Global Gaming Expo Asia Conference (Macau)
Global Gaming Expo Asia Fintech Forum (Macau)
Global Gaming Expo Asia @ The Philippines Conference (Manila)
Global Gaming Expo Las Vegas (Nevada, USA)
IAG Trade Talk (Online)
IAG GAME6 (Online)
ICE Asia Digital (Online)
iGaming Asia Congress (Macau)
Japan Gaming Congress (Tokyo, Japan)
Kyushu IR Business Seminar (Nagasaki, Japan)
Kyushu-Nagasaki International Tourism HRD Seminar (Sasebo, Japan)
Macao Gaming Show (Macau)
SINA Global Digital Entertainment Summit (Macau)
Wakayama IR Business Connect Seminar (Wakayama, Japan)
Past Media References:
Asia Gaming Awards
Asia Gaming Brief
Asia Gaming Brief Nippon
Amusement Japan
Calvin Ayre
Casino.org
Casino Buzz
Casino Life Magazine
Casino Review
Congleton
European Gaming
Focus Gaming News
G2E Daily
G3 Newswire
Gambling Industry News
Gambling News
Games Magazine Brazil
GGB News
GGR Asia
Inside Asian Gaming
Japan Times
Macau Business
Macau Shimbun
Online Casino News
Public Gaming
Real Money Action.com
Sigma Digital
South China Morning Post
Tribuna de Macau
Twenty Black (20Black)
WEBE Gaming
WSIL ABC News
Education
International Christian University (Tokyo) – Bachelor in Educational Technology and Communications
American School In Japan High School – Class of 2001