東京都

APT Women ACCELERATION PROGRAM IN TOKYO FOR WOMEN

Mentor

Kikka Hanazawa

Social Entrepreneur
Founder
AdvisorKikka Hanazawa

Kikka Hanazawa is Co-Founder／CEO of Yabbey, a digital fashion library and marketplace. She also founded Fashion Girls for Humanity, an award-winning nonprofit organization, and VPL, a sustainable fashion brand.
In 2007, VPL was selected as a finalist for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)'s Vogue Fashion Fund, and in 2012, VPL won the CFDA Lexus Eco Challenge. In 2014, Fashion Girls for Humanity received Asia Society's Game Changer Award. Her new social enterprise venture Yabbey has been recognized by Fast Company for “World Changing Ideas” in 2022.
She currently serves on Columbia University's Board of Trustees and on advisory boards of various companies. Born in Tokyo, graduated from Columbia and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has since become the first Japanese woman to be selected as a Forbes 48 Heroes of Philanthropy, a finalist for the 2020 Rising Star Award by HBS Women’s Association of Greater New York, and received a FLAIR Award from Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, and Retail in 2021.

Introduction of Mentor