Our Mission
Our Aim is the concrete treatment of Mitochondrial Diseases.
The 7 SEAS PROJECT is to develop treatment for these diseases via study and research into Mitochondrial and related diseases.
This project is managed by “KOINOBORI Associate Inc.” We are a unique pro-bono team and nonprofit corporation. The members include doctors, venture capitalists, researchers, biotech company directors, patients and their families.
The 7 SEAS PROJECT representative is the father of mitochondria patient. We would like to provide treatment to Mitochondria patients as soon as possible.
Business Model
Drug development social project
7 SEAS PROJECT is a non-profit drug development social project.
We will return profits from the development of therapeutic methods for treating mitochondrial and related diseases to patients and their families.
To achieve our project, we use donations and research funding in collaboration with universities and laboratories.
In order to continue this business model, we actively carry out the development drugs and therapies for mitochondrial and related diseases including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Myocardial infarction, Neurodegenerative diseases, Diabetes (Type2-Diabetes). We are conducting marker discovery and developing treatments for these diseases.
Corporate Information
7 SEAS PROJECT
Representative: Tomoaki Shinohara
Office: 2-1-9, Higashikaigankita, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-0053, Japan
(KOINOBORI Associate Inc Kanagawa Branch)
Established in October, 2016
Management Team
Tomoaki Shinohara : 7 SEAS PROJECT Representative, KOINOBORI Director
2017- KOINOBORI Director
7 SEAS PROJECT Representative
Kanagawa prefecture public school administrative staff
Sophia University foreign language department
Masashi Suganuma, MD, PhD :7SEAS PROJECT Co-Representative, KOINOBORI President
2013- KOINOBORI President
The medical institution Suganuma Clinic, President
CanBas Co., Ltd, founder and Representative Director
Fujita Health University, surgical hospital instructor
Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Faculty of Molecular Medicine Research Instructor
Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Postgraduate degree Doctor of Medicine
Taro Inaba : KOINOBORI director
2013- KOINOBORI director
REMIGES Ventures, Founder and Managing Partner
Mitsui & Co., Mitsui & Co. Global Investment
European University, MBA
Kyoto University, Bachelor of Engineering
Kinji Fuchikami : KOINOBORI director
2013- KOINOBORI director
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Venture Partner
In-Silico Sciences, Inc., Representative Director
Bayer Yakuhin Research Center Kyoto
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
KOINOBORI & 7SP History
| Apr. 2009 | We founded “KOINOBORI″, a drug development NPO for rare diseases. |
| Aug. 2009 | Mitochondria disease was diagnosed in a member of KOINOBORI’s president’s family. Consequently, the president and the team at KOINOBORI decided to devote their efforts to the challenge of mitochondrial disease. |
| Oct. 2012 | KOINOBORI supported EPI-743 for compassionate use at the Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center. |
| Jan.2013 | “KOINOBORI″ became a nonprofit general incorporated association. |
| May. 2013 | KOINOBORI supported the clinical study of EPI-743 at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (Tokyo). |
| Jun. 2013 | Partnership with The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) in the USA. |
| Jul. 2014 | Patient and family “ACTION” meeting in Tokyo. |
| Dec. 2014 | Patient and family “ACTION” meeting in Fukuoka. |
| Mar. 2015 | Patient and family “ACTION” meeting in Osaka. |
| Aug. 2015 | Invited Stealth Bio Therapeutics Co. to the neuro-ophthalmology society’s annual conference. |
| Nov. 2015 | The 1st Ethics Committee Meeting of KOINOBORI. |
| Dec. 2015 | Start of observational research for Mitochondria disease. |
| Apr. 2016 | Plan to establish the “7 SEAS PROJECT”. |
| Jul. 2017 | “7 SEAS PROJECT”’s kick-off Meeting in Tokyo. |