AWARD CEREMONY (2025)
On March 2, 2026 (Monday), we held the award ceremony for the Tokyo Financial Award 2025 as a collaborative event of “Japan Fintech Week 2026,” organized by the Financial Services Agency.
We honored the recipients in the Financial Innovation and Sustainability Categories.
The archived video of the event can be viewed from the link below.
Original Audio (Japanese and English mixed)
Japanese Audio (Translated)
English Audio (Translated)
| Time | Agenda | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30 -16:40 |
Opening Remarks | - KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo - IWATA Kazuchika, State Minister of Cabinet Office |
| 16:40 -17:00 |
Tokyo Financial Award 2025 Award Ceremony |
- KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo - YAMAOKA Hiromi, Chief Judge - Tokyo Financial Award Winners (11 representatives) |
| 17:00 -18:07 |
Financial Innovation Category, Judge’s Special Award Presentation EduCare • Presentation material (Click here) |
MURAKAMI Kenta EduCare – CEO |
| Financial Innovation Category, Judge’s Special Award Presentation Henry • Presentation material (Click here) |
YURIKAWA Makoto Henry - Director, Business Development Office |
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| Financial Innovation Category, Judge’s Special Award Presentation MynaWallet • Presentation material (Click here) |
TACHIBANA Hiroyuki MynaWallet – CEO |
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| Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 3rd place Japan Asset Management Platform • Presentation material (Click here) |
OHARA Keiichi Japan Asset Management Platform – CEO |
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| Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 2nd place Clarity AI • Presentation material (Click here) |
Magda Davila Clarity AI – CEO, Middle East and APAC |
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| Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 1st place Impact Circle • Presentation material (Click here) |
TAKAHASHI Satoshi Impact Circle – CEO |
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| Sustainability Category Judge’s Special Award Presentation Yumiko Miwa Seminar, School of Commerce, Meiji University • Presentation material (Click here) |
ITO Eisuke Yumiko Miwa Seminar, School of Commerce, Meiji University – Leader of the second-year seminar |
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| Sustainability Category Sustainable Finance Human Resources Development Subcategory Award Winner Presentation Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo • Presentation material (Click here) |
KAMEYAMA Yasuko Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo – Director and Professor, Sustainable Society Design Center |
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| Sustainability Category Investment/Business Subcategory Award Winner Presentation GOYOH • Presentation material (Click here) |
ITO Yukihiko GOYOH – CEO |
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| Sustainability Category Investment/Business Subcategory Award Winner Presentation Tokyu Fudosan Holdings • Presentation material (Click here) |
NAGANO Fuka Tokyu Fudosan Holdings - Finance Group, Group Finance Department |
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| Sustainability Category Investment/Business Subcategory Green Finance Governor’s Award Winner Presentation Jikantechno • Presentation material (Click here) |
KINOSHITA Takahiro Jikantechno – CEO |
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| 18:07 -18:45 |
Tokyo Financial Award Fintech Pitch Session* |
Finalist for the Tokyo Financial Award Financial Innovation Category (9 representatives) |
| 18:45 -19:25 |
Session by the Financial Services Agency "New Customer Experience Value Co‑Created by Financial and Non‑Financial Technologies" |
- HORII Shota, Founder & CEO, SmartBank, Inc. - HAYASHI Ryota, Co-founder & President / CEO, Finatext Holdings, Inc. - NAGASAWA Takeshi, Chief Executive Officer, Merpay, Inc. - NATORI Hiroyuki, Innovation Office, Risk Analysis Division, Strategy Development and Management Bureau, Financial Services Agency |
| 19:25 -19:30 |
Announcement and recognition of Tokyo Financial Award Audience Award winner |
- SEKIGUCHI Hisashi, Chief Program Officer for Global Financial City Promotion, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government - A Winner of Tokyo Financial Award Audience Award |
| 19:30 | End of The Awarding Ceremony | |
* At the Fintech Pitch event, a pitch contest was held by 9 fintech companies (excluding 6 awardees) that passed the preliminary screening among the 157 applicants in the Tokyo Financial Award’s Financial Innovation Category. The audience voted for the company they deemed most innovative, to select the “Audience Award”.
The Audience Award 2025 Winner：SBI Securities Co., Ltd.
The presentation material of the Audience Award winner can be viewed here.
Highlights of the Award Ceremony
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Tokyo Financial Award Group Photo (Award winners (11 companies), KOIKE Yuriko - Governor of Tokyo, IWATA Kazuchika - State Minister of Cabinet Office, YAMAOKA Hiromi - Chief Judge, Three judges, SEKIGUCHI Hisashi - Chief Program Officer for Global Financial City Promotion, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
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Speech by KOIKE Yuriko – Governor of Tokyo
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Speech by IWATA Kazuchika - State Minister of Cabinet Office
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Judging Comments and Lecture by YAMAOKA Hiromi - Chief Judge
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EduCare
Presentation by MURAKAMI Kenta -
Henry
Presentation by YURIKAWA Makoto
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MynaWallet
Presentation by TACHIBANA Hiroyuki -
Japan Asset Management Platform
Presentation by OHARA Keiichi
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Clarity AI
Presentation by Magda Davila -
Impact Circle
Presentation by TAKAHASHI Satoshi
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Yumiko Miwa Seminar, School of Commerce, Meiji University
Presentation by ITO Eisuke -
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Presentation by KAMEYAMA Yasuko
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GOYOH
Presentation by ITO Yukihiko -
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings
Presentation by NAGANO Fuka
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Jikantechno
Presentation by KINOSHITA Takahiro -
Audience Award Ceremony to SBI Securities Co., Ltd. (Light)