Masahiko started his career at Recruit, the largest Human Resource Solutions Company in Japan. During his 8 years at Recruit, he handled the marketing of the recruitment magazines and information network products. Following which, he acted as a founding member in a few IT Startups such as: OpeNBook9003 (Game developer), Bitmedia (Data broadcasting contents developer), and iNAGO (AI-based interactive communication system developer). He founded SMS24/7 in 2011 as an SMS-based interactive communication service provider.
He holds a B.A. in International Commerce from Kobe University of Commerce.