# clm_97C747C53A34

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: appointed  
value: Takeo Igarashi  
valid_from: 2018-08-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2018-10-14  
recorded: 2026-11-14  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-15  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks appointed: Takeo Igarashi", as of 2018-08-01. Claim clm_97C747C53A34, https://asof.is/claim/clm_97C747C53A34, accessed 2026-11-15. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20181015-2.  
checked: 2026-11-15 · its source page states the value and the date, as read by an AI model  

> On August 1st, 2018, Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN, HQ: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Toru Nishikawa) hired Takeo Igarashi (Professor at The University of Tokyo) as a technical advisor.

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20181015-2 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20181015-2 (primary, Preferred Networks, published 2018-10-14)

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