Pursue the physical and mental well-being and growth of all our employees, and create fun and excitement in our life
For this corporate motto, we live wherever we like because we can create fun only if we would enjoy our own life.
And thanks to current access capability like Shinkansen and air flights, we can move quickly and can meet at 10AM on every Monday even if we live wherever we like.
As of 2024, our sales base is 6 places including Xiamen China.
| Company Name | WQ Inc. |
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| Date of Establishment | May 8, 2013 |
| Adress | GINZA GRASS GATE 4F, 1-19-12 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 Japan |
| Phone | +81(0)-3-6263-0677 |
| Fax | +81(0)-3-6263-0678 |
| Executive Chairman | Steffen Studeny |
| CEO | Koichi Nakanishi |
| Business | Renewable Energy Business Restaurant Business Agriculture Business Hotel Business |
| Our Banks | Resona Bank, Ltd.Mizuho Bank, Ltd.The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.Chiba Bank, Ltd.Keiyo Bank, Ltd.Kiraboshi Bank, Ltd. |
STEFFEN STUDENYSTEFFEN STUDENYSTEFFEN STUDENY
Steffen Studeny
Co- founder / Executive Chairman
Ex-Representative Director of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
Co- founder / Executive Chairman
Ex-Representative Director of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
He was born in an environmentally developed country, Germany and have lived in Japan since 2003. He is the ex-representative of Q cells Japan. With his mega solar consultant experience,he proposes to a customer by a global sense and a wide view. As a rare presence that is familiar with a solar power industry in Europe and Japan, his connection of foreign investors, domestic system integrators, and each manufacturer gets across to all over the world.
| February 17, 1973 | Born in Wolfen, Germany |
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| 2003-2008 | Bosch Ltd. |
| 2008-January 2013 | Representative director of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd. |
| February 2013- | Representative director of saferay Pte. Ltd. (Mega solar consulting company) Representative director of German investment company |
KOICHI NAKANISHIKOICHI NAKANISHIKOICHI NAKANISHI
Co- founder / CEO
Koichi Nakanishi
Ex-Sales / Marketing Department Executive Manager of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
Co- founder / CEO
Ex-Sales / Marketing Department Executive Manager of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
He has a record that launched Q cells Japan Co., Ltd as a sale and marketing manager. Also, he has leading insights in regards to manufacturing through his manufacturer work experience for 15 years. With respect to solar power generataion, he is a specialist who learned everything from environmentally advanced country, Germany.He proposes the world's first-class products to Japanese customers with a key word of "high quality."
| May 12, 1975 | Born in Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1999-2010 | Keyence Co. |
| 2010-March 2013 | Sales and Marketing Department Executive Manager of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd. |
TAKASHI HATANOTAKASHI HATANOTAKASHI HATANO
Board member / CSO
Takashi Hatano
Ex-Sales Department / Western Japan of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
Board member / CSO
Ex-Sales Department / Western Japan of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd.
Through the sale of residential solar power generation system for 9 years, he has a skill of product selection from the customer's viewpoint and product suggestion. Also, by module manufacturer work experience of two years, he has deep knowledge of manufacturing process and quality of modules. He has a nickname of Japanese Carl Lewis and also is a running broad jump record holder at Meiji University. No one surpasses his "leap" in his performance.
| July 12, 1980 | Born in Hyogo, Japan |
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| 2003-September 2011 | Solar Power Generataion System Sales Company |
| October 2011-August 2013 | Sales Department / Western Japan of Q cells Japan Co., Ltd. |
| September 2013- | WQ Inc. |
KOJI MUROGAKIKOJI MUROGAKIKOJI MUROGAKI
Sales Department / Western Japan Area
Koji Murogaki
Ex-Housing Low voltage project in charge of Hanwha Q Cells Japan Co., Ltd.
Sales Department / Western Japan Area
Ex-Housing Low voltage project in charge of Hanwha Q Cells Japan Co., Ltd.
He has a work experience at a residential solar power generation system sales company and is also familiar with B to C business. He has his own theory especially in door-to-door sales. His technical knowledge also became much firmer through a module manufacturer work experience. A style of customer's perspective and his cultivated guts from high school baseball team obtain trust from customers.
| July 13, 1982 | Born in Hyogo, Japan |
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| 2005-February 2013 | Solar Power Generataion System Sales Company |
| March 2013-June 2014 | Hanwha Q Cells Japan Co., Ltd. |
| July 2014- | WQ Inc. |
HIROTO OTAHIROTO OTAHIROTO OTA
Sales Department / Capital Area・Western Japan Area
Hiroto Ota
Ex-Director of Marine Sports Company
Sales Department / Capital Area・Western Japan Area
Ex-Director of Marine Sports Company
After graduating university, he has experience for a bank in Tokyo and was in charge of personal asset utilisation and financing operations. After that, he made up his mind and turned to a Flyboard(Hydro flight sport) competitor. He is involved in the management of the company as a director while improving his skills of flyboard. He has an exceptional career that has risen to the annual champion of the All Japan Flyboard Championship. After joining WQ, he is working as a sales person in the solar power industry. He always not forget the attitude of honesty and single-minded effort and aim for further success with WQ future.
| September 25, 1991 | Born in Kanagawa, Japan |
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| April 2015-April 2017 | Tokyo Tomin Bank, Ltd. (Formerly Kiraboshi Bank, Ltd.) Corporate Sales Department |
| April 2017-September 2021 | Director of Rainbow Road Co., Ltd. |
| September 2021- | WQ inc. |
KEITA SAKUMAKEITA SAKUMAKEITA SAKUMA
Project Development Department
Keita Sakuma
Ex-Sales Department of Foreign Car Dealer
Project Development Department
Ex-Sales Department of Foreign Car Dealer
After graduated the university, he has experienced the purchase, sale and after-sales follow-up of domestic cars as a major used car dealer. After that, he changed to work for the Italian car "FIAT", and refined his sales skills to convey that artistic design and driving pleasure to customers with his expressiveness. He moved to WQ in looking to the future, and now passionate about to put the focus on the spread of renewable energy.
| September 24,1994 | Born in Kanagawa, Japan |
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| 2017-December 2018 | Gulliver International Co.,Ltd. |
| December 2018-Octorber 2022 | Checker Motors Co.,Ltd. |
| Octorber 2022- | WQ inc. |
HITOSHI KANESUEHITOSHI KANESUEHITOSHI KANESUE
Project Development Department
Hitoshi Kanesue
Ex-Sales Solar power plant development company
Project Development Department
Ex-Sales Solar power plant development company
He has experience to abroad in Germany twice as a student. He had majored in business administration. After graduated university, he joined a residential solar system sales company. He has a management perspective and extensive development experience, as working the company, he made a business alliance with a German module manufacturer and involved in establishing a trading company for selling solar components. >Therefore, he not only has a experience in project development, but also has thoughts and considerations from a management perspective. Currently, his aim is that increasing the clean energy penetration rate of renewable energy in Japan.
| October 7, 1984 | Born in Fukuoka, Japan |
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| 2013-2016 | Solar trading company |
| 2017-2023- | Solar power plant development company |
| February 2023- | WQ inc. |
DAISUKE ICHIMARUDAISUKE ICHIMARUDAISUKE ICHIMARU
Sales Department / Chubu Area・Hokuriku Area
Daisuke Ichimaru
Ex- Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
Sales Department / Chubu Area・Hokuriku Area
Ex- Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
After graduating university, he has experience in sales for the domestic heavy equipment for approximately 10 years. From his experience working in the energy industry, he has a strong belief and passion in the spread of renewable energy and the realization of a sustainable society. He has 17 years experience of playing baseball, and when he was in high school, he participated as captain of Saga Kita High School and won the Koshien tournament in 2007, creating a “GABAI whirlwind'' across the country. Utilizing the perseverance and challenge that he had cultivated there, we will create a new "whirlwind" in the renewable energy industry.
| May 2, 1989 | Born in Saga, Japan |
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| 2012- 2024 | Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation /Electric power Sales Department |
| August 2024- | WQ inc. |
TAKAYUKI ORIGUCHITAKAYUKI ORIGUCHITAKAYUKI ORIGUCHI
Sales Department / Western Japan Area・Shikoku region
Takayuki Origuchi
Ex- Sales Department / Western Japan of Next Energy and Resources Co., Ltd.
Sales Department / Western Japan Area・Shikoku region
Ex- Sales Department / Western Japan of Next Energy and Resources Co., Ltd.
After graduating from university, he spent five years in the fresh seafood department of a major supermarket chain. Through rigorous product management and hands-on customer service, he developed a strong interest in delivering value on a larger scale—specifically through renewable energy—and made a career shift into the solar power industry. He went on to work at two solar module manufacturers, where he was involved in both sales and technical operations, ultimately establishing himself as a specialist in residential solar energy solutions. He later joined WQ, where he is now evolving into a “generalist” in solar and renewable energy, expanding his scope from residential systems to industrial-scale installations and grid-connected battery storage. Behind his charming dimples burns a passionate commitment to advancing the adoption of renewable energy in Japan.
| Octover 30, 1990 | Born in Osaka, Japan |
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| 2021-2025 | Next Energy and Resources Co., Ltd. |
| February 2025- | WQ inc. |