Japan Business Desk

Email : mukesh.agarwal@pwc.com

Mobile : +91 98 1147 5360

Mukesh is an Partner in the Deals group of PwC and has over 17 years of consultancy experience, with more than 13 years experience in business and financial advisory, due diligence reviews and vendor assistance. He joined PwC in 2004.

He has been involved in a large number of domestic and cross border transactions (both outbound and inbound ) on behalf of strategic and financial investors pertaining to diverse industry sectors including industrial and consumer products.

Mukesh was seconded with PwC Japan for a period of 32 months and is also a core member of  “Japan Business Group” in India where he works extensively in not only providing deals/TS support to Japanese clients but also in supporting X los line of service from tax, assurance and advisory in dealing with Japanese clients.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) degree from Delhi University.

Taizo Iwashima is a Partner of Japanese Business Desk, PwC India. He was seconded from PwC Japan from October 2023.

After joining the former Aoyama Audit Corporation (Price Waterhouse Japan) in 1991, he was engaged in audit of a large chemical manufacturer listed in the Japanese market and a multinational IT company for seven years in the firm’s Tokyo Office before being relocated to PwC’s San Jose Office (US) for three years from 1998. While in the US, Taizo was involved in the audit of Japanese companies and US high-tech companies located in along the West Coast in addition to providing IPO support services to these clients. After returning to Tokyo in 2001, he has joined Deals practice of PwC Japan group to specialise in M&A advisory services including financial due diligence, post deal services, Financial Advisory and Deals Strategy. As a Deals Advisory partner, Taizo has abundant cross-border M&A experiences. He has experienced number of leadership roles in PwC Japan, such as COO of Advisory, Deals Market Leader, Corporate Finance Leader and Deals Strategy Leader. Taizo also used to be the India Desk Leader for PwC Japan from 2011 through 2017.

In the recent years before the international assignment to India, he has taken roles in PwC Japan which include the Global Lead Account Partner of one of PwC’s global 200 priority clients, PwC’s JBN (Japanese Business Network) APAC Regional Leader and a board member of PwC Japan.

Taizo is a Certified Public Accountant in Japan.

Tomoyuki Fukuhara has been involved in financial audit, internal control audits (US-SOX/J-SOX). He also provides advisory services related to improvement of internal control process, internal-audit co-sourcing and enhancing risk management for Japanese companies. He was seconded to join the PwC Advisory in 2008 and involved in business recovery service such as business planning support and financial due diligence. He was also sent to PwC Korea from 2014 supporting Japanese companies in Korea from accounting, tax and governance perspectives. He returned in October 2016 and provides various services to the listed companies. He has been seconded to PwC India since September 2022. 

Yoshitaka Ono is a Director in our Deals, Advisory practice and Japan Business Desk. He has been seconded from PwC Japan from January 2024 onwards. He has more than 13 years of M&A advisory experience.

He joined PwC in July 2015. Prior to joining PwC, he worked in a leading bank for over 10 years.

He has provided M&A advisory services to Japanese clients from various sectors – acquisition, fundraising with investors for renewable energy power plants, establishment and dissolution of JVs, investments in onshore wind assets, sale of data center assets, liquidation services, etc.

He is based out of our Gurgaon office and will be serving as a Director for our Deals, Advisory practice and Japan Business Desk. 

Email: taichi.z.zakimi@pwc.com

Taichi Zakimi has been involved in auditing and other financial advisory engagements including IFRS implementation for many listed companies of various kinds of industries for more than 15 years. In addition, he is experienced in providing advisory services for pre-IPO companies to address issues faced by them on their path toward an IPO and their preparations for being a listed company after the IPO.

Taichi has been assigned to PwC India, in the Bangalore office as a manager since September 2019. As a part of the Japan Business Desk of PwC India, he is supporting Japanese companies in India from assurance, tax and advisory perspectives.

He is a member of Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Yuki Tanaka is a manager of the Japan Business Desk, and has been assigned to that role since July 2022. He has over 10 years of technology presales and consulting experience and five years of business development and program management experience in launching services.

At PwC India, he delivers PwC India's comprehensive solutions to Japanese companies all over India from a deal advisory and consulting perspective.

Building No 10, 18th Floor, Tower-C, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon 122002
Mobile: +91 (0) 95 6050 2295
E-mail: himura.megumi@pwc.com

After working in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, Megumi Himura worked for an accounting firm in India from 2017 to 2018 and engaged with incorporation procedures, auditing/taxation and legal affairs with Japanese corporations.

She joined PwC India in February 2019.

She was engaged in expatriates’ personal income tax returns preparation & its reviews, tax compliance advisory, quarterly salary tax withholding returns of the company, FRRO, obtaining PAN and visa extension assistance for expatriates at Japanese corporations all over India.

As of April 2022, she has been engaged in all the tax related and Advisory support for Japanese corporations all over India as a manager.

Kazuyuki Takeda is a Tax Manager in Deals Tax Group of PwC Tax Japan since February 2017.

Since joining PwC, he has provided consulting services for tax due diligence and tax structuring for M&A transactions as well as providing tax advisory services concerning domestic and cross-border reorganizations, international tax, tax compliance services for Japanese companies.

He has been assigned to PwC India as a Manager in the Japan Business Desk of PwC India since February 2023. He will be working out of our Mumbai office and will be responsible for supporting Japanese companies from assurance, tax and advisory perspectives in the Western region.

He is also a Japanese Certified Public Tax Accountant.

Takenari Tsuru is a US Certified Public Accountant. While in university, he interned at a mid-sized accounting office in India. After graduating, he worked at a major foreign-affiliated consulting firm before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC in 2019.

At PwC Aarata, Takenari has worked both as a member of audit staff and as chief auditor for accounting audit work for listed and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including the manufacturing, distribution and service industries. His experience also includes audit work for companies that have introduced IFRS, referral work for foreign-affiliated global companies operating in Japan based on US GAAP, and accounting advisory work.

After working with manufacturers and importers, she took on a role related to the export of automotive parts as the sales manager in Japan. From 2018 to 2019, she worked for a Japanese manufacturer in India. In October 2021, she joined PwC India's Japan Business Desk in Chennai. She delivers our comprehensive solutions to the clients.