From 1996 to 1997, Takeo was seconded to Best Sanitizers, Inc. in the U.S., which was Saraya’s first overseas base, and participated in the launch of the business as a liaison.

After returning to the U.S., he used his experience to develop products for the U.S. market as a product manager. After the products he developed became a big hit, he established the Overseas Business Department. He has been in charge of the company’s overseas business since 2011, and from 2017 to 2020, he was assigned abroad in Uganda and Kenya, where he spearheaded the development and expansion of the business there.

His skills range from new business development, industry-academia-government collaboration, promotion planning.