New company and protecting/insulating myself

About a year ago, I noticed a significant opportunity for the JP company I was working for to save them money and produce new revenue.

I put together a business plan, contacted the relevant partners, and got agreements in place before proposing it to them.

They were elated and offered me a majority stake in a new company dedicated to handling this business as a show of good faith.

We're in the process of forming a K.K. (a requirement of theirs that I prefer not to get into at this moment) and a small thought has crossed my mind.

If I was doing this in the US, I think I would form an LLC to hold my shares and insulate myself a bit. I currently don't have PR and am on a specialist visa, but married to a Japanese national.

I know I'd need a spousal visa to start a holding company (or switch to a business manager visa).

So my question is two fold,

  1. Assuming I could do this without issue, is it advisable to do something like this and are there actual benefits in Japan?

  2. Would I run into issues if I retroactively did this at a later time? (created an LLC and sold or transferred my shares to this company)

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