Just who are these people?

Scott T. Hards

Born: 12/29/64, Michigan, USA
Background: Worked for Japanese bank & financial publisher before starting HLJ. More info here.
HLJ Role: Runs the show, designs the web pages, writes product descriptions
Builds: 1/48 WWII Aircraft & a few tanks

Tomonori Ozawa

Born: 8/23/72, Saitama, Japan
Background: Joined HLJ out of school.
HLJ Role: Purchasing and all aspects of retail order processing
Builds: Robots, figures, cars

Hiroyuki Tanoue

Born: 2/22/69, Kumamoto, Japan
Background: Joined HLJ out of school
HLJ Role: Product catalog maintenance, web page programming
Builds: Robots, figures

Hiromu Araki

Born: March 1960, Niigata, Japan
Background: Written and edited several Japanese hobby and military magazines (and still does!)
HLJ Role: Wholesale orders
Builds: Tanks, some cars

Kenji Matsumoto

Born: 10/14/72, Tokyo, Japan
Background: A few odd jobs after school before joining HLJ
HLJ Role: Runs the warehouse, packs nearly all retail shipments
Builds: Robots, some tanks

Mieko Koshiba

Born: 11/7/49, Gunma, Japan
Background: Worked for several companies accounting departments before joining HLJ
HLJ Role: Keeps all the numbers straight and the bills paid
Builds: Confidence, morale

Yulia

Born: Sept. 1998, Gunma, Japan
Background: Found just hours old and near death at a roadside by an HLJ neighbor who couldn't keep her
HLJ Role: Running around the warehouse, interfering with staff activities, barking when deliveries arrive
Destroys: tissues, cardboard scraps, or any piece of merchandise we foolishly leave in her range


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