Yuki Yamaoka graduated from Kyoto University Faculty of Literature (BA) and Kyoto University Graduate School of Management (MBA). He used to work in Suntory's Advertising Department before becoming an independent management consultant in 2002. He is a certified Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Consultant specializing in chain business, service marketing, and HRM. Chairman of the Franchise Research Association. Chairman of the Kawasaki Citizen Activity Grant Screening Committee. He is also a lecturer at Hosei University Graduate School of Business Administration.