TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Hillhouse Investment has

hired co-heads for its Japan real estate investment business, a

source familiar with the matter said, as it bulks up its

operations in the East Asian country.

Hillhouse has hired Jeremy Bleackley and Wataru Goto as

co-heads of Japan for Rava Partners, the source said, joining

from Blackstone where they were managing directors of the

Real Estate Group.

The source declined to be named as the information is not

public.