Yuya Isa Appointed as HubSpot Japan Country Manager
HubSpot Japan announced the appointment of Yuya Isa as its new Country Manager, effective April 1, 2026. Isa will lead the company's efforts to strengthen support for Japanese companies' growth, focusing on three key areas to promote the AI and CRM-powered Agentic Customer Platform in the Japanese market.
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HubSpot Japan Co., Ltd. (Japan office location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter "HubSpot"), which provides the Agentic Customer Platform* equipped with AI and CRM, announced that Yuya Isa (Hiroya Isa) was appointed as Country Manager, effective April 1, 2026. Through gathering needs from the Japanese market and promoting partner collaborations related to this, HubSpot will further strengthen its support for the growth of Japanese companies.
(*) Agentic Customer Platform: A platform that centralizes customer data and company-specific context, supporting marketing, sales, and customer service through human-AI collaboration.
New Country Manager Isa views the evolution of AI as "an opportunity for companies to envision and implement their growth strategies starting from customer success," and will lead the Japanese business focusing on three key areas.
Firstly, he will actively communicate the potential and needs of the Japanese market to the US headquarters, working to accelerate investment to ensure the Agentic Customer Platform becomes more widely recognized and easier for Japanese companies to use. Simultaneously, he will not only deepen collaboration with existing partners who have helped expand HubSpot in Japan but also promote new partnerships to build an ecosystem that can support companies with diverse needs.
Secondly, with the common goal of improving the quality of customer experience, he will establish a growth model in the Japanese market where marketing, sales, and customer service collaborate. While introducing the latest overseas trends and frameworks, he will also emphasize the customer relationships, trust, and business practices that Japanese companies value, fostering this growth model together with Japanese companies.
Thirdly, HubSpot Japan itself will practice AI utilization, cross-departmental collaboration, and the creation of a fulfilling work environment. The knowledge, lessons learned, and trial-and-error experiences gained in this process will be actively shared with Japanese companies.
■ Profile of Yuya Isa
Yuya Isa has been engaged in marketing for over 25 years at global companies such as DELL Computer, Google, and Sony. He has been involved in sales promotion strategies for both global and Japanese markets at each company, accumulating practical experience in connecting different business cultures and organizations. Subsequently, at freee and Rapyuta Robotics, as an executive, he was responsible for fostering corporate culture, organizational development, and business expansion during periods of rapid growth. The experience gained in organizations at various growth phases forms the foundation for understanding both the agility of startups and the organizational management know-how of large corporations, leading business from both strategic planning and execution perspectives.
After joining HubSpot Japan in 2018 as Co-Business Lead and Senior Marketing Director, he oversaw the sales organization as Acting Country Manager in 2023. Over the eight years since joining, as HubSpot's offerings evolved from "marketing tools" to "CRM platform" and now to the "Agentic Customer Platform," he has continuously focused on proposing solutions and supporting the growth of Japanese companies. Based on these experiences, he was appointed Country Manager on April 1, 2026.
■ Comment from Yuya Isa, Country Manager, HubSpot Japan Co., Ltd.
"For the eight years since joining HubSpot, I have consistently focused on the question of 'how Japanese companies can achieve sustainable growth starting from customer success.' With AI, many industries..."
(*) Agentic Customer Platform: A platform that centralizes customer data and company-specific context, supporting marketing, sales, and customer service through human-AI collaboration.
New Country Manager Isa views the evolution of AI as "an opportunity for companies to envision and implement their growth strategies starting from customer success," and will lead the Japanese business focusing on three key areas.
Firstly, he will actively communicate the potential and needs of the Japanese market to the US headquarters, working to accelerate investment to ensure the Agentic Customer Platform becomes more widely recognized and easier for Japanese companies to use. Simultaneously, he will not only deepen collaboration with existing partners who have helped expand HubSpot in Japan but also promote new partnerships to build an ecosystem that can support companies with diverse needs.
Secondly, with the common goal of improving the quality of customer experience, he will establish a growth model in the Japanese market where marketing, sales, and customer service collaborate. While introducing the latest overseas trends and frameworks, he will also emphasize the customer relationships, trust, and business practices that Japanese companies value, fostering this growth model together with Japanese companies.
Thirdly, HubSpot Japan itself will practice AI utilization, cross-departmental collaboration, and the creation of a fulfilling work environment. The knowledge, lessons learned, and trial-and-error experiences gained in this process will be actively shared with Japanese companies.
■ Profile of Yuya Isa
Yuya Isa has been engaged in marketing for over 25 years at global companies such as DELL Computer, Google, and Sony. He has been involved in sales promotion strategies for both global and Japanese markets at each company, accumulating practical experience in connecting different business cultures and organizations. Subsequently, at freee and Rapyuta Robotics, as an executive, he was responsible for fostering corporate culture, organizational development, and business expansion during periods of rapid growth. The experience gained in organizations at various growth phases forms the foundation for understanding both the agility of startups and the organizational management know-how of large corporations, leading business from both strategic planning and execution perspectives.
After joining HubSpot Japan in 2018 as Co-Business Lead and Senior Marketing Director, he oversaw the sales organization as Acting Country Manager in 2023. Over the eight years since joining, as HubSpot's offerings evolved from "marketing tools" to "CRM platform" and now to the "Agentic Customer Platform," he has continuously focused on proposing solutions and supporting the growth of Japanese companies. Based on these experiences, he was appointed Country Manager on April 1, 2026.
■ Comment from Yuya Isa, Country Manager, HubSpot Japan Co., Ltd.
"For the eight years since joining HubSpot, I have consistently focused on the question of 'how Japanese companies can achieve sustainable growth starting from customer success.' With AI, many industries..."