President & CEO of ENCORED JAPAN Inc.
CEO and Founder of ENCORED, Inc.
ENCORED JAPAN Inc. was launched on August 1, 2017 as a member of the SoftBank Group, with the goal of offering a new kind of energy IoT service that fuses energy, telecommunications, and the internet.
Today, IoT businesses are being created in every kind of sector, all around the world. In the energy sector, IoT is expected to bring about advances in infrastructure and smart energy use in earnest, and IoT devices for the home are attracting a great deal of attention in Japan as well.
At ENCORED JAPAN, we aim to use revolutionary AI technology and IoT products to create new value and new services from energy data, and to contribute to the realization of a rich future that connects people to other people and to society.
We hope that customers everywhere, from the home to the office, will make our unique, high-performance products, platforms, and apps a familiar part of their daily lives and experience a level of convenience they have never known before. It is with this dream that ENCORED JAPAN will take on new challenges every day and continue to evolve.
Worked for many years in corporate planning at a major power company. 2012: Joined SoftBank Corp. (now SoftBank Group Corp.) as Assistant Manager of the Corporate Strategy Office. Currently holds concurrent positions as General Manager, Energy Business Promotion Division of SoftBank Corp., Representative Director and CEO of SB Power Corp., and President & CEO of ENCORED JAPAN Inc. Also serves as an Observer in the Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission’s Specialized Meeting for Policy Design (since 2016). Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. Holds an MBA from Australian National University and has completed the University of Tokyo Executive Management Program.
The energy industry is in the midst of great change.
As society moves toward decarbonization and the promotion of distributed energy use aimed at creating a sustainable society, the deregulation of the electricity market in recent years has made consumers increasingly sensitive to price.
Consumer awareness of the environment and energy-saving have become part of our lives, and the uptake of solar power generation, storage batteries, EV, and other technologies is starting to accelerate.
Further, with progress being made in ICT, centering on AI, our houses, offices, cars, factories, power stations, and all manner of infrastructure are being connected to each other through the use of IoT devices.
ENCORED has partnered with SoftBank to create more convenient services amid such change and competition. We will do our best to make people’s lives better by bringing energy to the internet with innovative technologies and products born thereof and through services that leverage energy data platforms.
As well as energy-focused smart home services, we will unite with all ENCORED employees in Japan and overseas on our journey to deliver new services, including demand response services, for the stable operation of electric power infrastructure.
1982: Joined Goldstar Instrument & Electric (forerunner of LS ELECTRIC). 2005: Senior Managing Director and CTO of LS ELECTRIC. 2012: President of LS ELECTRIC. 2018: President and CEO of ENCORED, Inc., President and CEO of ENCORED Technologies, Inc., Director of ENCORED JAPAN Inc. PhD (Computer Engineering), Chungnam National University (1999). Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University, USA (2003, research of electric power systems). International Member, Advisory Committee on Electricity Transmission and Distribution, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC-ACTAD), (2005 to present)
Encored Japan uses innovative technologies to create new value from energy data to contribute
to the realization of a prosperous future that connects people to people and people to society.
ENCORED JAPAN Inc.
April 1, 2016
TOKYO PORTCITY TAKESHIBA, 1-7-1
Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-7511
Akihiko Nakano, President & CEO
JPY 350 million
SoftBank Corp. : 50.1%
ENCORED, Inc. : 49.9%
Development, sales, and export/import of energy products, software,
and services related to Energy Big Data
TOKYO PORTCITY TAKESHIBA, 1-7-1
Kaigan, Minato-ku,
Tokyo,105-7511
JR Hamamatsu-cho station (4-minute walk)
Takeshiba station on the Yurikamome Line (2-minute walk)
Daimon Station on the Toei Subway (5-minute walk)
Title of Invention
Device control system and device control method
Demand Response Management System that Includes Scheduling Function
System and Method for Guiding Use of Electrical Household Appliances
System, User Management Server and Method of Providing User Customized
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System, User Management Server and Method of Providing User Customized
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Server and Information Adding Method
System and User Terminal, which Have Power Management Function, and Power Management Method Thereof
Energy Metering Device Compatible with Breaker in Distribution Switchboard
Method for Correction Between Power Usage Measuring Meters
System and User Terminal, which Have Power Management Function, and
Power Management Method Thereof
Prediction Method of Power Consumption in Accordance with Consumption Characteristics, Generation Method of Power Consumption Prediction Model, and Power Consumption Prediction Device
Server, Communication Apparatus, System, which Have Electric Power Demand Management Function, and Power Use Management Method
Method and Apparatus for Estimating Power Consumption Based on Temperature
Energy Metering Device Compatible with Breaker in Distribution Switchboard
Energy-Using Equipment and Energy Information Collection Device
Device and System for Provision of Energy Information
Apparatus, Server, System and Method for Energy Metering
Power Inlet Point Energy Metering Device and Energy Metering Information Labeling System Using Same
Title of Trademark
ENERCOIN
touch
connect
Title of Design
Sensor Housing
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