MANABU KURATANI

“The man behind the brand.”


CO-FOUNDER

Manabu KURATANI

Supafresh Japan is driven by the entrepreneurial endeavours of a man with extensive experience in food and hospitality, on a mission to share the spoils of Japan with the world.

Qualifications:

# 2013 / 2015

Co-Founder Moonstone Study

# 2013 / 2015

Co-Founder Mercatores Pte Ltd in Singapore

# 2013 / 2015

Managing partner at EBB & Flow Group in Singapore

# 2013 / 2015

BA in Hotel Management from Ecole Hoteliere de Geneve in Switzerland

Experiences:

After graduating from a top Swiss institution, Mana’s career in the hotel industry took him to five countries around the world, where he found that the high prices and sub-par quality of Japanese produce at top-rated establishments were a far cry from what he’d been familiar with in his younger years in Japan.

He spent the next decade solving this by setting up a processing facility, buying direct from producers, and making connections to form a broad distribution network.