LEADERSHIPLeadership Backed by a 20-Person Tokyo-Based Team

Ark Totan Alternative is led by executives with experience across private markets, institutional investor relationships, and discretionary investment management. Based in a single Tokyo office, our 20-person team supports investor relationships, fund due diligence and monitoring, operations, legal and compliance, and treasury.

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  Taketo (Tuck) Furuya Chief Executive Officer

  Tuck founded Ark Totan Alternative in 2010. Before establishing Ark, he was with Ant Capital Partners, where he marketed the firm’s investment strategies to international investors. Earlier in his career, he worked at AllianceBernstein in Tokyo and Goldman Sachs in New York, focusing on alternative investment opportunities for Japanese insurance companies and quasi-government banks.​​

  He began his career at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in 1998, primarily working with non-performing loans. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from International Christian University.

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  Dr. Naoshi Tamanouchi Chief Operating Officer

  Dr. Tamanouchi joined Ark from Daiwa Fund Consulting, where he served as Managing Director and led discretionary investment management services for corporate pension funds and college endowments. Earlier, he was a pension consultant at Daiwa Institute of Research, advising public and corporate pension funds. He began his career at Century Research Center as a systems engineer focused on financial engineering and statistical analysis.​​

  He brings particular strength in portfolio construction and quantitative analysis. He holds a PhD in Economics from Saitama University.​​