Yukio Nakayama graduated from Kyoto University with a major in biophysics. After 7 years at Dentsu, his team received their first Grand Prix in the radio category at an award show. Since then, his team has won 12 Grand Prix at both international and domestic awards. In 2006, Yukio returned to the academic field after 30 years, by becoming the only Asian in the inaugural class at the renowned Berlin School of Creative Leadership headed by Michael Conrad. He wore two hats until he graduated with an MBA in 2008, as one of the top three attendees. Yukio leads a happy, slow life in the suburbs of Tokyo, with his wife Sachiko who has been the best radio commercial writer/director in Japan, and with their two cats Uru and Daioh. He has started a small creative corner shop inside Dentsu, coined “Cat’s Paw”, to help his colleagues.