Mr. Ichikawa joined the law firm that is today Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda in 1987 and has been a partner of the firm since 1994. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ichikawa attendedTokyo University to study International Business transactions and interned at Showa Law Office in Tokyo during the summer of 1985.

Mr. Ichikawa handles corporate and transactional work, government affairs, administrative law and liquor licenses and heads the Immigration Section for the firm. Mr. Ichikawa has worked on numerous business transactions and assists clients on general corporate matters from the formation and start up of operations to advising clients regarding ongoing business concerns.

Mr. Ichikawa also has extensive experience in immigration law and combines his background in corporate law to advise hotels, restaurants, health care institutions, financial institutions, computer companies and entrepreneurs on complex petitions and visa applications that allow foreign nationals employment in the U.S.  Mr. Ichikawa was featured in Honolulu magazine as one of "Hawaii's Top Lawyers" in Immigration Law.  He has also been selected and listed nationally in the Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in American Law for his work in the area of Immigration Law.  He is the Past-President of the Hawaii Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has lectured at various seminars in the area of Immigration Law.

Mr. Ichikawa has also participated in the Meeting of Consul Generals and the Ambassador from Japan to bridge U.S. and Japan relations and in March of 2006, was one of fifteen Japanese Americans selected nationally to represent Japanese American Leaders in a delegation to Japan at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.   Mr. Ichikawa continues to maintain a leadership role in Japanese Americans and Japan relations.

He is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Japan Hawaii Economic Council and the Hawaii Asia Pacific Association.  Mr. Ichikawa also sits on the Board of Directors of Atlas Insurance Agency and the Japan America Society.  In his spare time, he also assists in various community services, including coaching youth baseball and football.