Atsushi Katayama

Lead Portfolio Manager

Mr. Atsushi Katayama is Head of the Japan Small Cap team in Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM Tokyo”) and took over the position of lead Portfolio Manager of the Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. effective April 1, 2023. Mr. Katayama started his equity investment career in 2006 at NAM Tokyo, where he provided fundamental research on Japanese small to mid-cap stocks. In 2008, Mr. Katayama joined TPG-Axon as an equity analyst covering Retail, Capital Goods, Financials and Internet sectors. Since 2014, Mr. Katayama has worked as a portfolio manager at Point 72 Asia and Dymon Asia Capital before returning to NAM Tokyo in 2021 as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Katayama earned his MS from Kyoto University in 2001 and his MBA from The University of Chicago in 2006.

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Makoto Ito

Portfolio Manager

Utilizing his prior experience as an analyst, Mr. Ito, has been managing the Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. along with Mr. Daimon since July 2013. He began to manage funds consisting of Japanese Equities at Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM-Tokyo) in 2008, previous to that he had experience researching Asian equities and working as a financial sector analyst, and was appointed as a Senior Portfolio Manager in 2015. Prior to joining NAM-Tokyo, Mr. Ito worked at Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management. Mr. Ito obtained an MSc Science degree from Tokyo University.