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Toru Tokushige 徳重徹
Founder & CEO, Terra Charge
10,798X followers · @toru_tokushige · checked 2026-10-17
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¥36.14Braised by the company, as of 2026-10-06 (incl. debt/grants)
Verified 2026-10-17: Company site / press release · Company site / press release
Background
Worked in corporate planning at a major insurer, earned a US MBA and supported start-ups in Silicon Valley. Founded Terra Motors in 2010. Launched EV charging in 2022, later renamed Terra Charge. Source
Public appearances
| Undated Interview | EV charging's warring-states era: Terra Charge's Tokushige says "we won round one" (Business Insider Japan) EV充電インフラ戦国時代。テラチャージ徳重社長「初戦に勝った」 Tokushige discusses Terra Charge's fast build-out of EV chargers, how much it relies on subsidies, and his view that recurring infrastructure revenue is a comeback after the struggles of Terra Motors. Summary by The Raising Sun. From search-result summary of the article. |
| Undated Interview | From near-collapse to ¥3B revenue (President Online) ｢意識不明で緊急入院した幼い娘を残し仕事へ｣...EV充電インフラ事業参入でさらに成長へ A long profile of Tokushige's failures in Vietnam and the Philippines, his success with electric three-wheelers in India, and the move into EV charging. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the headline and search-result summary. |