Hideaki Mukai is the General Manager of the Drone UGV Business Department at Rakuten Inc., based in Tokyo. Hideaki launched and leads Rakuten’s first drone service called “Rakuten Drone”. He is also the CEO of Rakuten AirMap, Inc., a joint venture by Rakuten, Inc. and AirMap to develop and provide UTM solutions for drone operators and airspace managers in Japan.

Before launching Rakuten Drone, Hideaki engaged in leading development of e-commerce platform for Rakuten Singapore as a product manager.

Hideaki holds an MBA from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and MBA in Management of Technology from Waseda University, Japan.