# Fractional | Tokyo > Fractional executive search for SMEs in Tokyo, Japan. We match vetted, part-time C-suite leaders (CFO, COO, CMO, CTO, CRO and CHRO) to your stage, sector and challenge. Also: non-executive directors drawn from a collective of vetted C-suite operators. The home of fractional leadership. Executive search, done fractionally. Senior C-suite leaders embedded into Japanese businesses for the share of time the work actually needs, contracted company to company, at 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time appointment. For owner-led companies, scale-ups and the Japanese subsidiaries of international groups: a succession with no obvious successor, a domestic business that has to grow overseas, or a leadership seat that has to be filled without a permanent appointment nobody can undo. Fractional is the fractional executive search partner for SMEs. We draw on a curated, vetted collective of 350+ senior executives and embed the right one directly into your business as an operator who holds the decisions in their domain and is accountable to outcomes, not a consultant who advises and steps away. Every engagement is business to business, at 4 to 24 hours per week over six to twenty-four months, scalable on one month's notice. Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a full-time hire. Fractional is building its Tokyo collective: applications from senior executives are open now, and we welcome early briefs from Tokyo businesses. Fractional | Tokyo is part of Fractional Global, live across the Middle East and Asia Pacific. What sets Fractional Tokyo apart: - **A model Japan already has a word for**: Senior outside leadership retained by contract is not new here: the komon adviser and the gyomu itaku services agreement have done it for decades. What we add is the search, the vetting and the accountability for an outcome rather than for attendance. - **Seniority without permanence**: A permanent executive appointment in Japan is extremely difficult to reverse, which is exactly why the wrong one is so expensive. A company-to-company engagement gives you the same calibre of operator with one month notice either way. - **Succession, and the shortage behind it**: SMEs are the overwhelming majority of Japanese companies, and a great many are led by owners approaching retirement with no successor in place. We place operators who can run the business, professionalise it, and hand it on. ## Executive roles - [Fractional CFO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-cfo): finance leadership for funding rounds, board reporting and cash flow. - [Fractional COO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-coo): operators who turn strategy into delivery as the business scales. - [Fractional CMO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-cmo): positioning and the marketing engine, built and run for real return. - [Fractional CTO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-cto): technical direction across architecture, product and delivery. - [Fractional CRO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-cro): revenue leadership aligning sales, marketing and go-to-market. - [Fractional CHRO](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/fractional-chro): people, culture and compliance aligned to how the business needs to grow. - [All services](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services): every fractional C-suite role we place in Tokyo. ## Board and governance - [Non-Executive Directors](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/services/non-executive-director): board appointments: non-executive directors drawn from a collective of vetted C-suite operators. ## Solutions by business moment - [SMEs](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/smes): the senior leadership layer, without the full-time cost. - [Startups](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/startups): senior operators who have done it before, without the burn rate. - [Scale-ups](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/scale-ups): leadership for the growth phase, deployed as a stack when needed. - [Family businesses](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/family-businesses): professionalise the business, protect the family. - [Fundraising](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/fundraising): investor-ready finance leadership for the raise ahead. - [Turnaround](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/turnaround): crisis and turnaround operators, matched and moving within days. - [Market entry](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/market-entry): enter Tokyo with a leader who already knows the market. - [Private equity](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/private-equity): PE-fluent operators for portfolio companies. - [Investment firms](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/investment-firms): a vetted collective of leaders for your portfolio. - [Revenue growth](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions/revenue-growth): commercial leadership accountable for outcomes. - [All solutions](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/solutions): browse every business moment we support. ## Get started - [Apply to join the collective](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/apply): for senior executives who want to work fractionally. - [Brief a search](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/contact): tell us the moment and we will match a leader. ## Optional - [Readiness assessment](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/tools/fractional-executive-readiness-assessment): a short check on whether your business is ready for a fractional leader. - [Become an ambassador](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/champion): help build the Tokyo collective. - [llms-full.txt](https://www.fractional-tokyo.com/llms-full.txt): the expanded version of this file, with full article text and events. - [Fractional Global](https://www.fractional-global.com): the wider collective across the Middle East and Asia Pacific. --- Fractional | Tokyo. The home of fractional leadership. Part of Fractional Global.