A Journey Through Three Worlds of Securities
This isn’t just a career memoir.
It’s a chronicle of a professional journey through three distinct worlds: the “Light” of a corporate giant, the “Shadow” of a mega-bank’s rigid order, and the harrowing doorway to the “Darkness” I eventually stepped into.
My career in the securities industry unfolded across these three profoundly different environments.
It began in the “Light” of the industry’s giant, Japan’s No. 1 securities firm.
It then transitioned into the “Shadow” cast by the structured bureaucracy of a mega-bank-affiliated brokerage.
The final destination revealed the deep “Darkness”—a decaying kingdom of a mid-sized firm.
