Takahiro Maki

Takahiro Maki

Representative Director, President & Co-CEO / Strategist, SIGNING Co., Ltd.

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Born in 1904 in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture
Graduated from Tsuruoka Minami High School
Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University
Joined Hakuhodo Inc. in 2007
With SIGNING since 2020

As a strategic planner, he is involved in vision and concept development, branding projects, business and marketing strategy formulation, and experiential creative development for various corporations. He also works on urban development, regional revitalization, and industry-academia co-creation projects. His research themes include "town planning (machi-zukuri)," "regional revitalization," "food culture," and "SBNR" (Spiritual But Not Religious).

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Major projects include: TOYOTA "CROWN BEYOND," SUNTORY "JIM BEAM" and "World Whisky Ao," Takeda Pharmaceutical "Serve the World, Takeda," AGC "AGC, the Materials Company," Cartier "Cartier," Yahoo! JAPAN "News Health Check," EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan "ALL NARA FESTIVAL," Japan Mobility Show 2025, and Yamagata University YAAS "CIRCULAR DINING," among others.
2020 Released the "Covid-19 Social Impact Report," which conducted fixed-point observations of changes in consumers' mindsets and behaviors during the pandemic.
2022 Published the "TOKYO CREATIVE REPORT," proposing a future vision for post-Olympic Tokyo from a cultural perspective.
2023 Published the "SBNR Report," capturing "SBNR" (Spiritual But Not Religious) as a new wave of values both in Japan and globally.
2025 Published the book "SBNR ECONOMY: New Markets Born from the Pursuit of Spiritual Wealth."

ABOUT US

Creating New Choices for the Future.

SIGNING is a multi-theme agency that creates Plural Futures through a Future Living Perspective.
We believe the future is not something to be predicted. It is something to be imagined, designed, and brought into reality.
By looking at today's world through the eyes of the people who will live tomorrow, we create new possibilities for society—new choices that make us say, "This is the future we want to live in."
To do this, we research across the diverse themes that shape human life and society: cities, food, art, care, travel, nature, education, family, science, and beyond.
The challenges of our time cannot be understood through a single industry, market, or discipline. Meaningful change emerges where different fields intersect.
By connecting the signals of change that appear across diverse domains, we identify the deeper shifts shaping society and help organizations, communities, and regions discover new directions for the future.
Working alongside companies, brands, governments, research institutions, and local partners, we transform those insights into tangible businesses, projects, places, and initiatives that create lasting social impact.
Our mission is not to define the future.
It is to create new choices for the future.
We look forward to creating those futures together.

Takahiro Maki

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