Summary
Kouji Tokubo is a founder-CEO and interdisciplinary technologist with over a decade of hands-on programming experience and 16 years of broader industry practice, blending deep engineering chops with product, publishing and creative direction. He built an in-house code-generation framework and early AI/search systems in the 2000–2005 period, and has shipped web, mobile and backend solutions across languages from Java and C# to modern JavaScript, Objective-C and database systems. As leader of STUDIO VOICE’s digital transformation he assembled and directed a 50+ person team to turn a vast cultural archive into an AI-driven online reference, combining editorial sensibility with technical productization. He runs Storytellers, a lean systems firm that leverages his Storyteller framework for high-ROI agile delivery and offshore partnerships. Comfortable collaborating with artists and creatives, he specializes in productizing art, music and publishing domains and enjoys tackling rare, cross-disciplinary challenges. Now aiming to go global, he’s open to joining international startups and brings rapid learning ability and a pragmatic, maker-oriented leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Keio University