History
March 1997 | Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
April 1997 - April 2000 | Employed at a Life Insurance Company |
April 2003 - October 2004 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Legal Apprentice |
October 2004 | Chiba District Court, Assistant Judge |
April 2007 - March 2008 | The Long-term Training Courses at Private Corporations (Dispatched to a Major Retail Company) |
April 2008 | Nagoya District / Family Court Okazaki Branch, Assistant Judge |
April 2011 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Assistant Professor for First Division (Training and Research of Judges) |
June 2013 | Tokyo District Court, Assistant Judge |
June 2013 - June 2014 | The Overseas Training and Research Program (Dispatched to Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, U.S.A) |
September 2014 | Mito Family / District Court Tsuchiura Branch, Assistant Judge |
October 2014 | Mito Family / District Court Tsuchiura Branch, Judge |
October 2016 | Admitted to Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
October 2016 | Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
May 2021 | Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Cornell University, Law School |
October 2021 | Re-Admitted to Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
January 2023 | Became Partner of Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
Activities and others
Member, Committee Regarding Issues on the Act on the Expediting of Trials of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Current)
Member, Special Committee Regarding Issues on Civil Litigation of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association (Current)
Member, Conference Regarding Operation of Civil Litigation (consisting of judges of the Tokyo District Court and attorneys of the three Bar Associations in Tokyo) (Current)
Publications
《English Translation of Title Only. Language of Publication is Japanese》
- (Series) The Essence of Dispute Resolution Practice—A Practical Guide for Legal Departments
NBL Vol. 1285 (March 1, 2025) -
《English Publication》
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Mediation 2020-2022 (Japan Chapter)
Co-author, Law Business Research Ltd. (2020-2022)
Publications
The Antimonopoly Act and Private Enforcement of Actions for Damages and for Injunction
- Supervising Editor
- Masahiro Murakami
- Co-Chief-Editors
- Nobuaki Mukai, Yusuke Nakano, Hideki Utsunomiya
Yasuo Daito, Kenji Akiha, Kentaro Hirayama, Shunsuke Yabuuchi
- Contributor
- Naoki Takaishi, Takashi Kobayashi, Motomu Wake
- Publisher
- Chuokeizai-sha
- Publication date
- March 2018

News
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Naoki Takaishi, Ryota Asakura and Sho Tanaka have authored “The Essence of Dispute Resolution Practice—A Practical Guide for Legal Departments (Vol. 1) Initial Response (1),” which appeared in NBL No. 1285 (March 1, 2025), p. 4.
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Naoki Takaishi, Ayano Ise and Suzuka Takehara have co-authored the Japan Chapter of "Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Mediation 2022."
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Naoki Takaishi, Ayano Ise and Suzuka Takehara have co-authored the Japan Chapter of "Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Mediation 2021."
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Naoki Takaishi, Ayano Ise and Suzuka Takehara have co-authored the Japan chapter of the "Mediation 2020" in Lexology's Getting the Deal Through.