Promotool Appoints New Graduate Talent as Deputy Director of 'Promotool Scent AI Lab'
Promotool appointed a highly skilled new graduate as Deputy Director of its Scent AI Lab to accelerate productivity innovation in the fragrance industry through the integration of AI and data.
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Promotool Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kensuke Ogata, hereinafter: "the Company"), a scent technology company that scientifically analyzes and designs all kinds of scents, welcomed a new graduate talent with strengths in the AI, analysis, and implementation fields on April 1, 2026.
This recruitment is central to the AI utilization strategy the Company will promote going forward, marking an important step toward realizing productivity innovation and operational sophistication in the scent industry.
Yoshitaka Okubo, appointed as the Deputy Director of the Promotool Scent AI Lab. Selected despite being a new graduate, highly evaluated for his AI implementation skills. He will promote productivity innovation through Scent x AI.
Promotool Product Planning Department Senior Associate & Promotool Scent AI Lab Deputy Director, Yoshitaka Okubo Profile
After entering the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University, he engaged in research on diagnostic prediction AI models at the Naohisa Yahagi Seminar, acquiring implementation skills in healthcare x machine learning.
Concurrently, he completed a course at the Matsuo Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, gaining a strategic perspective on the AI business. Furthermore, he learned algorithm design and deep learning at 42 Tokyo, strengthening his coding skills. His strength lies in operational design and implementation utilizing AI, aiming to maximize practical efficiency and creativity.
He joined the Company as an intern in March 2025 and joined as a new graduate in April 2026.
Background of Participation ~Aiming for further improvement in quality, cost, and delivery through efficiency x precision utilizing AI~
The Company has maintained high quality in areas such as perfumery, spatial design, scent samples, and OEM development through the skills and experience of professional talent.
However, as the business expands, building a system that balances production volume and development speed while supporting professionals' judgments has become a challenge. During his internship, Okubo analyzed conventionally personalized tasks and promoted the standardization and redesign of operations utilizing AI. This has achieved a reduction in human error and stabilization of operational quality.
In addition, utilizing the Company's scent data (perfumery, sensory evaluation, component analysis, safety evaluation, etc.), he is proceeding with the construction of a data infrastructure that enhances both development precision and speed simultaneously.
To the Core Promoting the Sophistication of the Scent Industry with Data x AI
Okubo serves as the Deputy Director of the Company's "Promotool Scent AI Lab (PSAL)", even as a new graduate. The Company adopts a policy of assigning roles based on "ability and results" rather than tenure or age. He was selected for this position due to his concrete achievements in operational redesign and AI implementation during his internship.
In recent years, while AI-supported perfumery is advancing among overseas fragrance companies, the Company, as a scent technology originating from Japan, is accelerating the integration of AI into the scent design process.
At PSAL, by integrating data, sensory evaluation, and chemical knowledge, the goal is to establish a scent development model through the "fusion of sensitivity and science".
Promotool Scent AI Lab: https://www.promotool.jp/launch-scent-ai-lab-psal-shibuya-sds/
Okubo's Comment
"Promotool has a culture of assigning responsible areas regardless of tenure. By being entrusted with important tasks from my internship period, I realized that I can truly grow in an environment where responsibility and results are directly linked.
I want to continue working on improving operational reproducibility and maximizing productivity using AI, contributing to the creation of new value in scent development."
Promotool Inc. President and CEO Kensuke Ogata's Comment
"The scent industry has long developed supported by experience and sensitivity. However, going forward, it is entering a phase where these are not replaced, but expanded by AI and data.
In our company, regardless of tenure, we accelerate the speed of transformation by entrusting responsible roles to talent who create value. This recruitment is not merely a reinforcement of human resources, but an important stepping stone to advance our 'Scent x AI' strategy to the implementation phase. By fusing the judgment of professionals with the reproducibility of AI, we will raise the productivity of the scent industry itself."
Future Outlook
Promotool will further promote productivity innovation utilizing AI, proceeding with the construction of a data infrastructure supporting professionals' judgments, improving the precision of scent spatial design proposals, and optimizing the perfumery and development processes. This recruitment symbolizes the entry into the full-scale phase of AI utilization in the scent industry.
This recruitment is central to the AI utilization strategy the Company will promote going forward, marking an important step toward realizing productivity innovation and operational sophistication in the scent industry.
Yoshitaka Okubo, appointed as the Deputy Director of the Promotool Scent AI Lab. Selected despite being a new graduate, highly evaluated for his AI implementation skills. He will promote productivity innovation through Scent x AI.
Promotool Product Planning Department Senior Associate & Promotool Scent AI Lab Deputy Director, Yoshitaka Okubo Profile
After entering the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University, he engaged in research on diagnostic prediction AI models at the Naohisa Yahagi Seminar, acquiring implementation skills in healthcare x machine learning.
Concurrently, he completed a course at the Matsuo Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, gaining a strategic perspective on the AI business. Furthermore, he learned algorithm design and deep learning at 42 Tokyo, strengthening his coding skills. His strength lies in operational design and implementation utilizing AI, aiming to maximize practical efficiency and creativity.
He joined the Company as an intern in March 2025 and joined as a new graduate in April 2026.
Background of Participation ~Aiming for further improvement in quality, cost, and delivery through efficiency x precision utilizing AI~
The Company has maintained high quality in areas such as perfumery, spatial design, scent samples, and OEM development through the skills and experience of professional talent.
However, as the business expands, building a system that balances production volume and development speed while supporting professionals' judgments has become a challenge. During his internship, Okubo analyzed conventionally personalized tasks and promoted the standardization and redesign of operations utilizing AI. This has achieved a reduction in human error and stabilization of operational quality.
In addition, utilizing the Company's scent data (perfumery, sensory evaluation, component analysis, safety evaluation, etc.), he is proceeding with the construction of a data infrastructure that enhances both development precision and speed simultaneously.
To the Core Promoting the Sophistication of the Scent Industry with Data x AI
Okubo serves as the Deputy Director of the Company's "Promotool Scent AI Lab (PSAL)", even as a new graduate. The Company adopts a policy of assigning roles based on "ability and results" rather than tenure or age. He was selected for this position due to his concrete achievements in operational redesign and AI implementation during his internship.
In recent years, while AI-supported perfumery is advancing among overseas fragrance companies, the Company, as a scent technology originating from Japan, is accelerating the integration of AI into the scent design process.
At PSAL, by integrating data, sensory evaluation, and chemical knowledge, the goal is to establish a scent development model through the "fusion of sensitivity and science".
Promotool Scent AI Lab: https://www.promotool.jp/launch-scent-ai-lab-psal-shibuya-sds/
Okubo's Comment
"Promotool has a culture of assigning responsible areas regardless of tenure. By being entrusted with important tasks from my internship period, I realized that I can truly grow in an environment where responsibility and results are directly linked.
I want to continue working on improving operational reproducibility and maximizing productivity using AI, contributing to the creation of new value in scent development."
Promotool Inc. President and CEO Kensuke Ogata's Comment
"The scent industry has long developed supported by experience and sensitivity. However, going forward, it is entering a phase where these are not replaced, but expanded by AI and data.
In our company, regardless of tenure, we accelerate the speed of transformation by entrusting responsible roles to talent who create value. This recruitment is not merely a reinforcement of human resources, but an important stepping stone to advance our 'Scent x AI' strategy to the implementation phase. By fusing the judgment of professionals with the reproducibility of AI, we will raise the productivity of the scent industry itself."
Future Outlook
Promotool will further promote productivity innovation utilizing AI, proceeding with the construction of a data infrastructure supporting professionals' judgments, improving the precision of scent spatial design proposals, and optimizing the perfumery and development processes. This recruitment symbolizes the entry into the full-scale phase of AI utilization in the scent industry.