Ryuzo Kuraku started his corporate background with Victor Company Japan Ltd. and experienced basics of sales activities for three years.
After that, he joined the Nippon Wellcome K.K. (The company was absorbed into Glaxo SmithKlein in Jan. 2001) as a marketing analyst. He planned sales support program for the sales representative at Nippon Welcome and studied sales activity and marketing in the field of pharmaceutical industry.
In 1976, he was invited as a sales director from the Sebastian International of Japan Inc. which was founded as a sales cooperation of a cosmetic company in the U.S. The experience in Sebastian International brought him the understanding of American business way and professional business performances in the field of sales. While he worked at Sebastian International, he knew the book of “Strategic Selling” and “Conceptual Selling” of Miller Heiman when he visited LA. Since then, he developed and implemented the useful way of Forecasting and Account Management into the company. In 1993, he has set up his own company as an independent marketing research and marketing consultant.
He started the sales consultant of Miller Heiman, Inc. in 1998. He helped to develop implementation of Miller Heiman’s programs for Japanese notable companies.
The birth place of Ryuzo Kuraku is Hyogo Prefecture. He earned an undergraduate degree in Jurisprudence and Business Management from the Kobe University and in Economics from the Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo, Japan.
He was born in Osaka Prefecture.
He graduated from the-Life and Environmental-Science of Osaka-Prefecture University
and the English-Department of Osaka University for Foreign Study.
Sales-Representative of Wellcome-Foundation of England which has had their affiliate company in Japan named as the Nippon Wellcome K.K. (The company was absorbed into Glaxo SmithKlein in Jan. 2001) is his first career in the business field.
He played amazing results among sales representatives in the organization. He successively achieved Triple Crown of Sales Planning, Annual Revenue for sales Expansion and Customer Development.
His sales methodology emphasizing 3 points for sales-professionals - Involvement, Reliability and Insightful to Sciences, became a great “Best Practice” at Nippon Wellcome K.K.
He joined R&K Marketing in 2003 as the chief consultant, Director of Planning.
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Graduated from Western Washington University, Master of Business Administration in 1990. Had professional experience in the U.S. firms and the sister companies of the U.S. firms. (Consulting firms, Training firms, General Motors Japan, Corning Japan, Hartford Life Insurance) worked as HR Director, Training Director, Human Resource Development Manager, Management Consultant, Training
Development Vice Director, Sales Training Manager. Specialize in Leadership, Sales Process, Sales Strategy, Jung Psychological Types, Management by Objectives, Coaching. Currently, working as Executive Director of R and K Marketing, Inc.