01 · Revenue
Revenue is moving, but profit is not.
Improve conversion, customer journeys, retention, offers, and market execution — with a focus on profitable growth, not just more activity.
Business Growth & Execution Partner · U.S. / Japan
When growth slows down, the problem is rarely just one thing.
We help growing companies identify the real bottleneck — across revenue, operations, customer experience, systems, and execution — and fix what matters first.
For businesses working across the U.S. and Japan, we connect strategy to execution so the right work actually moves.
No long prep needed. Just tell me what is not working.
What we do
Growth problems do not stay in one department.
Revenue, customer experience, operations, and technology affect each other. We look at the connection between them, then focus the work where it will have the biggest business impact.
02 · Operations
Too much work depends on people remembering things.
Identify bottlenecks, broken handoffs, inefficient workflows, vendor issues, and operational gaps that slow the business down.
03 · AI & Systems
You want to use AI — but only where it actually helps.
Find practical uses for AI and automation that reduce repetitive work, improve response times, and support better decisions.
04 · U.S. / Japan
The U.S. and Japan sides are not fully aligned.
Bridge differences in customer expectations, communication, operations, and execution between the U.S. and Japan.
Not sure which of these applies to you?
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Why A-kanon
Strategy is only useful if it changes what happens next.
We do not stop at recommendations.
We help identify the highest-impact problem, define what should happen next, and support the execution needed to move the business forward.
See the business as a system
Sales problems can start in operations. Customer experience problems can start in systems. Execution problems can start with unclear ownership.
Focus on the real constraint
Not everything deserves equal attention. We prioritize the bottleneck with the greatest business impact.
Stay through execution
We help move the work forward across teams, vendors, systems, and markets — not just outline ideas.
Built with a U.S. / Japan perspective.
Have a problem that crosses teams, systems, or markets?
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Meet the Founder
The advantage is seeing how the pieces affect each other.
I bring hands-on experience across e-commerce growth, customer experience, operations, subscriptions, logistics, vendor management, systems, and AI workflow improvement.
That makes it easier to find the real source of friction — and to know what needs to happen next.
Mika Nonaka
Founder, A-kanon International
Redondo Beach, CA
Selected Experience
Practical experience across the parts of the business that affect growth.
Hands-on work across growth, customer experience, operations, technology, and cross-border business makes it easier to spot the real source of friction.
E-commerce operations
Storefront, catalog, order flow, and day-to-day execution.
Business growth
Offers, conversion, market execution, and profitable growth priorities.
Customer experience & retention
Journeys, subscriptions, service issues, and repeat behavior.
Logistics & operations
Fulfillment, handoffs, bottlenecks, and operating workflows.
Vendor / agency management
Ownership, expectations, coordination, and delivery.
AI & workflow improvement
Practical automation that reduces work and improves response time.
ERP / systems projects
Requirements, process alignment, implementation, and adoption.
U.S.–Japan business operations
Customer expectations, communication, and execution across markets.
Need someone who can look across the business, not just one department?
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Tell me what is not working.
If something in your business is not growing, not working, or taking too much time, let’s identify what matters first.