Global Sales & Marketing Consulting

Obtained his master’s degree from Oxford Brookes Business School in UK.

Holding a level 7 certificate (the highest rank in UK) in strategic management and leadership of CMI, London.

After graduating from the school of business, he worked for a management consulting company in Europe where responsible for the marketing and strategy planning. Contributed to the independence of the company from an oversea company that had effective control over them, establishing their original brands.

After returning to Japan, Shimba was in charge of the global expansion of NAKED, INC., one of Japan’s top-level creative companies. While creating the flow of its overall strategy, he succeeded in expanding the business on a global scale. For a year or so, he acquired more than 400 leads with the executives of first-class global companies including Warner Media in NY as well as famous brands and other companies, and also reached out the world's major medias through promotional activities.

Having a unique career working around the world as a stage director, producer and professional performer. In western countries, there have been many studies on the deep connection between the creativity in art fields and in business fields, greatly raising expectations for its future progress. During his days in the school of business in UK, Shimba, through the comparison between Western and Eastern creativity, continued to pursue the essence of creative thinking. His thesis was supervised by Mr. James Bannerman, an innovation consultant for Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, Starbucks and others.

For your information, our company's name - Riceball - comes from Shimba’s love for onigiri (rice balls) and contains the hope that our company will be loved all over the world like Japanese onigiri.