Born in Kanagawa, Japan. After graduating Beloit Collage, USA, he worked for several IT companies. He established his own company in 2002 and launched “ekokoro!” in May 2003. He changed the corporate name of his company to “United People Co., Ltd.” in February 2007. He received the Social Business Award from Microsoft in September 2007. He expanded into movie distribution business in 2009. Sekine and United People started the journey project called “BADO!” in 2010.