| Company Name | TOKYO GLOCAL EDGE Co., Ltd. |
| Established | June 2025 |
| Location | 6F Daiwa Shibuya Square, 16-28 Nanpeidai, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0036 |
| Phone Number | 03-4360-5067 |
| Business Description | Support for expansion into Singapore and Southeast Asia / Support for foreign individuals and foreign companies expanding business in Japan |
| Capital | 1,000,000 yen |
Representative’s Career Summary
| 2004 Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law |
| 2004 Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation (PwC) |
| 2007 Joined Ernst Young ShinNihon LLC |
| 2013 MBA from HULT International Business School |
| 2013 Joined Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC |
| 2015 Stationed as Japan Desk Head at Grant Thornton Malaysia |
| 2018 Grant Thornton Taiyo Advisory Co., Ltd. |
| 2020 Established SG BizADVISOR PTE. LTD. Established |
| 2024 Master of Science in Wealth Management, Singapore Management University |
| 2025 Established Tokyo Glocal Edge Co., Ltd. |
Ryota Shimamoto Certified Public Accountant / CPA / Managing Director
While at the audit firm, he was engaged in accounting audits and consulting services for listed companies, companies preparing for IPO, and Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies.
During his assignment at Grant Thornton Malaysia, he was responsible for three countries – Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia, based in Malaysia. As the director of the Japan Desk, he provided services such as overseas expansion support, accounting audits, tax services, outsourcing, and business development consulting to local Japanese companies.
While at Grant Thornton Taiyo Advisors, he leveraged his experience of residing in Southeast Asia to primarily engage in advisory services related to cross-border M and overseas subsidiary governance. His main responsibilities included:
- Due diligence and corporate valuation for the acquisition of a Malaysian company by a Japanese service company
- Internal control establishment advisory services for the Indian subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company
- Business restructuring services for the Vietnamese subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company
- Due diligence services for the acquisition of a Singaporean company by a Japanese wholesale company
- Fraud investigation services for the Indonesian subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company
- Corporate valuation services for the Philippine subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company
- Advisory services for establishing a Singapore holding company for a Japanese wholesale company, etc.
In Singapore, he provided the following services to Japanese companies expanding into Singapore:
- Support for company establishment and advice on capital schemes
- Support for establishing consolidated financial reporting systems in Southeast Asia and business process outsourcing for Japanese service companies
- Advice on establishing regional headquarters in Singapore
- Financial due diligence for Singaporean and Malaysian companies
- Global internal audit support for the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company
- Provision of comprehensive corporate department services necessary for operating Singaporean companies, including bookkeeping, tax filing, and secretarial services (for approximately 50 companies)