Management Team
Directors（As of Aug 1,2024）
Audit and Supervisory Board Members（As of Aug 1,2024）
- ※1 Eiji Ebinuma, Michio Kayano and Masatsugu Nagato satisfy the requirements for outside directors under the Companies Act.
- ※2 Shinnosuke Yamada, Tadamichi Shibano and Toru Mimura satisfy the requirements for outside audit and supervisory board members under the Companies Act.
Executive Officers（As of Aug 1,2024）
- President and CEO
- Hiroyuki Nagai
- Executive Vice President
- Akihito Nohara
- Managing Executive Officer
- Yuichiro Takasugi
- Managing Executive Officer
- Takuya Kato
- Managing Executive Officer
- Kazuhiro Iga
- Managing Executive Officer
- Naoki Mizuguchi
- Managing Executive Officer
- Hajime Hayakawa
- Executive Officer
- Mika Matsumoto
- Executive Officer
- Kenji Takeuchi
- Executive Officer
- Tatsuya Misawa
- Executive Officer
- Takuya Mizuno
- Executive Officer
- Tamaki Kasuya
- Executive Officer
- Masato Tarukado
- Executive Officer
- Kosho Ito
Related Information
Executive Chairman (part-time)
Hiroshi Mikitani
Executive Chairman (part-time)
April 1988
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
February 1996
President and Representative Director (currently Representative Partner) of Crimson Group, Inc. (currently Crimson Group, LLC) (current position)
February 1997
Founder and President and Representative Director of MDM, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
February 2001
Chairman and President and Representative Director of Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.) (current position)
March 2004
Chief Executive Officer of Rakuten Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.) (current position)
April 2006
Chairman and Representative Director of Crimson Football Club, Inc. (currently Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc.) (current position)
February 2010
Representative Director of Japan e-business Association (currently Japan Association of New Economy) (current position)
October 2011
Chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (current position)
August 2012
Chairman and Representative Director and team owner of Rakuten Baseball, Inc. (current position)
July 2017
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Rakuten Aspyrian Japan, Inc. (currently Rakuten Medical, K.K.) (current position)
January 2020
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
February 2020
Director of AST & Science, LLC (current position)
July 2021
Vice Chairman of the Board & CEO of Rakuten Medical, Inc. (current position)
March 2022
Executive Chairman of Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.(current position)
March 2022
Representative Director and Chairman of Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (current position)
April 2022
Executive Chairman (part-time) of the Company (current position)
October 2022
Executive Chairman of Rakuten Securities Holdings, Inc.（current position）
President and CEO
Hiroyuki Nagai
President and CEO
April 1987
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
September 2008
Joined Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
Seconded to Rakuten KC Co., Ltd. (currently Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.)
December 2008
Executive Officer of Rakuten KC Co., Ltd.
March 2009
Managing Director of Rakuten KC Co., Ltd.
August 2012
Project Manager of eBookJapan in Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.) and Director of Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.
January 2013
Seconded to the Company, serving as Executive Vice President
February 2013
Representative Director & Executive Vice President of the Company
May 2013
Director of Japan Multi-payment Network Promotion Association (current position)
June 2014
Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company (current position)
September 2014
Director of The Trans Value Trust Company, Limited (Currently Rakuten Trust Co.,Ltd.) (current position)
April 2015
Senior Executive Officer of Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
January 2016
Director of Rakuten Europe Bank S.A.
April 2016
Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
June 2019
Director of The Financial Futures Association of Japan
May 2020
Director of Rakuten International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (current position)
Director (part-time) ※External Director
Eiji Ebinuma
Director (part-time) ※External Director
April 1980
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
September 2000
Seconded to Mizuho Holdings, Inc., serving as Counselor of Human Resources Planning Department
April 2002
Transferred to Mizuho Bank, Ltd., serving as Deputy Manager of Planning Team in Human Resources Department
April 2003
Head of President’s Office and General Planning Office of Olympic Corporation
December 2008
Registered as an attorney-at-law
Joined Toranomon Sougoh Law Firm
January 2013
Partner of Tanabe & Partners (current position)
June 2014
Director of MIRAIT Holdings Corporation (currently MIRAIT ONE Corporation)
June 2016
Director (part-time) of the Company (current position)
March 2019
Auditor (part-time) of SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited
June 2019
Company Auditor (part-time) of TOKO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (current position)
March 2021
Director of SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited (current position)
Director (part-time) ※External Director
Michio Kayano
Director (part-time) ※External Director
April 1977
Joined Mitsui Bank, Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
June 2005
Transferred to The Japan Research Institute, Limited, serving as General Manager of Banking System Division I
June 2006
Executive Officer and General Manager of Banking System Division I of The Japan Research Institute, Limited
July 2010
Managing Executive Officer and Head of First Development Section of The Japan Research Institute, Limited
July 2015
Senior Managing Director and Director of Development Promotion Division/ Infrastructure Development Division of The Japan Research Institute, Limited
June 2017
Senior Advisor of The First Bank of Toyama, Ltd.
June 2018
Auditor (part-time) of the Company
December 2021
Director (part-time) of the Company (current position)
Director (part-time) ※External Director
Masatsugu Nagato
Director (part-time) ※External Director
April 1972
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
March 1997
Head of Bangkok Branch of The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
June 2000
Executive Officer and General Manager, Sales Department II of The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
June 2001
Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Research Department of The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
April 2002
Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
April 2003
Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
June 2006
Corporate Executive Vice President of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
June 2007
Director, Corporate Executive Vice President of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
June 2010
Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
June 2011
Director and Deputy Chairman of Citibank Japan, Ltd.
January 2012
Director and Chairman of Citibank Japan, Ltd.
May 2015
Director, President and Representative Executive Officer of Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.
June 2015
Director of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.
April 2016
Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., Director of Japan Post Co., Ltd. and Director of Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.
June 2016
Director of Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.
October 2018
Councillor of the Gakushuin School Corporation (current position)
January 2021
Senior Advisor of McKinsey & Company Incorporated (current position)
February 2021
Senior Advisor of Insight Partners (current position)
February 2022
Director of The Industry Club of Japan (current position)
June 2022
Director (part-time) of the Company (current position)
Full-time audit and supervisory board member
Takeo Shikado
Full-time audit and supervisory board member
April 1975
Joined the Ministry of Finance of Japan
July 1981
District Director of Fuji Tax Office
June 1989
Deputy Commissioner, Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation Department, Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau
July 1990
Director, Co-ordination Division, Commissioner’s Secretariat, National Tax Agency
July 1991
Deputy Director-General, International Monetary Fund
July 1996
Head of Enforcement Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau
July 1997
Head of Customs Clearance Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau
June 1998
Consul, Consulate General of Japan in New York and Counselor,
Embassy of Japan in the United States of America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 2000
Head of Co-ordination Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau
July 2001
Director-General of Osaka Customs
July 2002
Deputy Commissioner (International Affairs), Commissioner’s Secretariat, National Tax Agency
July 2004
Director General of Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau
July 2005
Manager, Office in Asia, Inter-American Development Bank
February 2009
Director, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
April 2010
Special Advisor to Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
June 2010
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company
June 2021
Director of the Company
December 2021
Audit and supervisory board member (full-time) of the Company (current position)
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
Shigemasa Kajimoto
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
October 1980
Joined Nippon System Service Co., Ltd. (currently CAC Corporation)
January 1982
Joined Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd. (currently I-NET Corp.)
June 2000
Director and General Manager of Software Department, Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
June 2002
Managing Executive Director and General Director of Solutions Business Department, Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
June 2003
Senior Managing Director and Supervisor of Businesses of Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
June 2006
Director and Vice President of Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
April 2008
Representative Director and President of Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
June 2018
Director and Advisor of Japan Computer Development Co., Ltd.
December 2018
Director of Internetworking & Broadband Consulting Co., Ltd. (current position)
April 2019
Director of Numajiri Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2019
Audit and supervisory board member (part-time) of the Company (current position)
June 2019
Director of Systems Design Co., Ltd. (current position)
August 2019
Director of Pro-SPIRE Inc. (current position)
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
Shinnosuke Yamada
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
October 1983
Joined Asahi Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
March 1987
Registered as a certified public accountant
May 2007
Representative Partner of KPMG AZSA LLC
July 2010
Managing Director of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
June 2017
Chairman of the Board of Partners Meeting of KPMG AZSA LLC
July 2018
Director of Shinnosuke Yamada Certificate Public Accountant Firm (current position)
September 2018
Auditor of Toho University (current position)
May 2019
Auditor of Social Welfare Service Corporation KODOMONOKUNI (current position)
February 2020
Auditor (part-time) of Mitsumaru Estate Co., Ltd. (current position)
May 2020
Auditor (part-time) of The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2020
Director (audit and supervisory board member) of T&D Holdings, Inc. (current position)
June 2020
Auditor (part-time) of EXEO Group, Inc.
December 2021
Audit and supervisory board member (part-time) of the Company (current position)
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
Tadamichi Shibano
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
April 1976
Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
January 2010
Seconded to MKI Technologies Co., Ltd., serving as General Manager, Personnel & General Affairs Department
April 2014
Seconded to Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd., serving as Head of Internal Audit Department
February 2019
Auditor (full-time) of Outsourcing Investments Inc. (currently Qit Co., Ltd.)
June 2019
Director of Outsourcing Investments Inc. (audit and supervisory board member)
February 2020
Audit and supervisory board member (full-time) of Outsourcing Investments Inc.
December 2021
Audit and supervisory board member (part-time) of the Company (current position)
April 2022
Full-time Auditor of LIFE CREATE, Inc. (current position)
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
Toru Mimura
Audit and supervisory board member ※External Auditor
April 1979
Entered the Ministry of Finance
July 2010
Deputy Director-General of the Planning and Coordination Bureau, and Secretary-General of the Executive Bureau, Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board, Financial Services Agency
July 2011
Director General, Kinki Local Finance Bureau, Ministry of Finance
January 2012
Deputy Director-General, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Defense
September 2012
Director General, Bureau of Personnel and Education, Ministry of Defense
July 2013
Director General, National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense
July 2014
Director General, Bureau of Finance and Equipment, Ministry of Defense
October 2015
Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs, Ministry of Defense
September 2016
Chairman, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Research Institute Inc. (now Sompo Institute Plus Inc.)
March 2018
Registered as Attorney at Law (Tokyo Bar Association)
Attorney at Law, Shiba International Law Offices (current position)
March 2019
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Tobacco Inc.
June 2023
Audit and supervisory board member (part-time) of the Company (current position)
Audit and supervisory board member (part-time), SUNWARD TRADING INC.(current position)