Naohiko Mitsui

DANS CEO
Architect, Designer, Business consultant

MA in Architecture at Tokyo National University of Arts
BEng in Architecture at Tokyo University of Science

1968 Born in Tokyo.
1993 Awarded full scholarship by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy. Moved to Italy.
Worked as an assistant at Department of Architecture in the Politecnico di Milano (Science and Technology University)
1996 Offered a place at Studio Mario Bellini and participated in product design, architectural and interior design.
2000 Appointed as member of the board of directors at Studio Mario Bellini. Involved in management of the company and client management.
2004 Established his own consultancy company “Triumph Design and Consulting Co., Ltd.”
2011 Established the company in Italy “Triumph Design Resource s.r.l”
2013 Established the project consultancy company “DANS INC” with Nobuyuki Idei, ex CEO of Sony.
2014 He works mainly in Milan and Tokyo as CEO of both companies, "DANS and Triumph "

Awards: Good Design Award (Japan), JWDA Web Design Award (Japan), Reddot Design Award (Germany)

Ichiro Morinaga






DANS CSO
Architect, Executive Vice President DANS INC, Member of Japan Association of Corporate Executives

1993 Joined Plantech General Planning Office, Inc. appointed as Director.
2006 Plantech Consulting, Inc. appointed as President.
2012 Plantech Associates, Inc. appointed as Executive Vice President.


Major Achievement

2003 Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. new south building (design and supervision) Received the Good Design Award in 2005.
2006 Sony Corporation, Sony City Headquarters (design and supervision) Won the Good Design Award in 2007.
2011 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, New Construction of Shonan Research Center (Design and Supervision).
2012 Japan Institute of Architects, Excellent Architecture Award
2015 Fujita Health University Reorganization project, Toyoake/Bantane/Shichiguri/Okazaki

Awards: Good Design Award, BCS Awards (Special Award), SDA Awards (Award of Excellence), Japan Institute of Architects Award of Excellence, Japan Society of Seismic Isolation Structure Association Award, The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineering of Japan Awards (Technical Award), IIDA (International Illumination Design Awards) IES: Illumination Engineering Society of North American Award of Merit, the Eco-Bild Award, Association of Railway Architects Award, BELCA Award (Best Renovation Category), Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award (Osaka Machinami Awards) Special Jury Award, Good Lighting Award ( the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan).

Our Team

Haruka Furuyama

Managing Director / Milan Office
Japan

Mitsuko Tezuka

PR / Account Manager
Japan

Maki Mori

Poject Leader / PR
Japan

Akihiro Hamatake

Partner / Project Manager
Japan

Sathima Karunamitr

Visual Communication
Thailand

Naz Gulce Kocoglu

Interior Designer
Turkey

Hiroyuki Asai

Cooperator
Japan

Evgeniia Mezhebetckaia

Architect
Russia

Yuichi Saito

Application Engineer
Japan

Cristina Solano

UI / UX Designer
Italy

Donatella De Rosa

Visual Communication
Italy

Tatsuya Ito

Web / UX Engineer
Japan

Kaho Watanabe

Architect
Japan

Hiroaki Ito

Architect
Japan

Warittha Nilodom

Visual Communication
Thailand

Francesca Caronna

Product Designer
Italy

Hideo Abe

Architect
Japan

Rie Shirayanagi

Interior Designer
Japan

Advisors

Business Consultant
Japan

Branding & Marketing Expert
Japan

Marketing Consultant
Japan

IoT Technology Expert
Japan

Collaborators

Japan Italy Bridge

Japan Italy Bridge is a company which presents itself as a channel of connection between Japanese and Italian culture and lifestyle. Their mission is to connect and promote Italian companies in Japan and Japanese companies in Italy.


Erika Panzeri

Founder & Marketing Director
Italy

Angela Antenucci

Director of Operations & Event Coordinator
Italy

Tay Huitze

Head of Business Development
Singapore