Executives
(As of September 1, 2024)
Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
| Chairman | Shigeru Saito |
|---|---|
| President | Yasuhito Watanabe |
| Director | Shinya Saito |
| Outside Director | Keiji Yamada |
| Outside Director | Eriko Horiki |
Directors who are Members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee
| Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
Hitoshi Banba |
|---|---|
| Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) | Hiroshi Fujioka |
| Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) | Yoshinori Yamada |
Executive Officers
| CEO | Shigeru Saito |
|---|---|
| COO | Yasuhito Watanabe |
| Executive Officer | Shinya Saito |
| Executive Officer | Naoki Nakagawa |
| Executive Officer | Hiroshi Kasajima |
Chairman and CEO
Shigeru Saito
Born on January 26, 1957
| November 1979 | Entry into TOSE; Head of Development Division |
|---|---|
| October 1985 | Director |
| February 1987 | President |
| September 2004 | President and CEO |
| December 2015 | Chairman and CEO (currently appointed) |
| November 2016 | Chairman, TOSE SOFTWARE (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD. (currently appointed) |
| June 2017 | Outside Director, Wacoal Holdings Corp. (currently appointed) |
President and COO
Yasuhito Watanabe
Born on August 7, 1963
| April 1996 | Entry into TOSE; Assistant Manager of General Affairs Department, Administrative Division |
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| December 2007 | Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
| November 2008 | Director (Head of Corporate Administrative) and Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
| November 2012 | Director (Head of Corporate Administrative) and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
| June 2013 | Director, TOSE PHILIPPINES, INC. (currently appointed) |
| March 2014 | Director (Head of Corporate Administrative, Head of SI Business) and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, General Manager of SI Business Promotion Office |
| September 2015 | Director and COO |
| December 2015 | President and COO (currently appointed) |
| October 2022 | Director, TOSE SOFTWARE (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.(currently appointed) |
Director and Executive Officer
Shinya Saito
Born on August 25, 1966
| April 1992 | Entry into TOSE |
|---|---|
| October 1993 | Director (Head of Development) |
| November 1999 | Director (Head of Development Technology) |
| December 1999 | Director, General Manager of Intellectual Property Office |
| September 2000 | Representative Senior Managing Director, Toaseiko Co., Ltd. |
| September 2003 | President and Representative Director, Toaseiko Co., Ltd. (currently appointed) |
| September 2004 | Director and Executive Officer, General Manager of Intellectual Property Office |
| September 2012 | Director (Head of Intellectual Property) and Executive Officer, General Manager of Intellectual Property Office |
| June 2019 | Director and Executive Officer (Head of Intellectual Property), General Manager of Intellectual Property Office |
| September 2023 | Director and Executive Officer (Head of Intellectual Property) (currently appointed) |
Outside Director
Keiji Yamada
Born on April 5, 1954
| April 1977 | Entry into Ministry of Home Affairs (current Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) |
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| July 1992 | Counsellor, Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| August 1999 | General Manager of Department of General Affairs, Kyoto Prefecture |
| June 2001 | Vice Governor, Kyoto Prefecture |
| April 2002 | Governor, Kyoto Prefecture |
| April 2011 | President, National Governors' Association |
| June 2019 | Outside Director, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (currently appointed) |
| March 2020 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, HORIBA, Ltd. (currently appointed) |
| November 2020 | Outside Director (currently appointed) |
| June 2021 | Outside Director, Nitto Pharmaceutical Holdings, Ltd. (currently appointed) |
| June 2024 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kyoto Sangyo University (currently appointed) |
Outside Director
Eriko Horiki
Born on January 26, 1962
| April 1980 | Entry into Sumitomo bank (current Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
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| October 1984 | Entry into Shiokuin Co., Ltd. |
| July 1987 | Entry into Odasho Kabushiki Kaisha Established SHIMUS, a new business department for Japanese traditional paper works "Washi" |
| April 2000 | Established Eriko Horiki & Associates Co., Ltd.; Representative director (currently appointed) |
| March 2010 | Director, ICC Kyoto Public Interest Incorporated Foundation (currently appointed) |
| November 2013 | Counselor, Kyoto Prefecture |
| November 2022 | Outside Director (currently appointed) |
| November 2023 | Member of the Education and Research Council, Shibaura Institute of Technology (currently appointed) |
Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hitoshi Banba
Born on October 29, 1956
| April 1980 | Entry into TOSE |
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| July 1996 | General Manager of International Business Office, Development Division |
| April 2002 | General Manager of International Business Office, International Business Division |
| September 2002 | General Manager of Shanghai Business Office, International Business Division |
| April 2003 | General Manager of International Development Office, International Development Division |
| September 2004 | General Manager of International Development Department, Development Division |
| January 2005 | Manager of New Business Development Group, Development Division |
| September 2006 | Manager of Mobile Development Division, General Manager of Internal Audit Office |
| September 2007 | General Manager of Internal Audit Office |
| June 2015 | Auditor, TOSE SOFTWARE (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD. (currently appointed) |
| November 2016 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| November 2020 | Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (currently appointed) |
| September 2022 | Corporate auditor, PHONEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (currently appointed) |
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hiroshi Fujioka
Born on November 19, 1950
| April 1973 | Entry into Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. (current Daiwa Securities Group Inc.) |
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| April 2006 | Representative Senior Managing Director, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. (current Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) |
| April 2007 | President, Daiwa Property Co., Ltd. |
| June 2008 | President, Daiwa Sanko Co., Ltd. (current Daiwa Facilities Co., Ltd.) |
| June 2009 | Part-time Director, Ginsen Co., Ltd. |
| February 2011 | Part-time Auditor, Totan Holdings Co., Ltd.(current The Tokyo Tanshi Co.,Ltd.) |
| Part-time Auditor, The Tokyo Tanshi Co., Ltd. | |
| April 2013 | Special Advisor, Daiwa Property Co., Ltd. |
| August 2014 | Executive Director, Nippon Healthcare Investment Corporation(current Daiwa Securities Living Investment Corporation) |
| April 2015 | Advisor, Totan Holdings Co., Ltd. (current The Tokyo Tanshi Co.,Ltd.) |
| Advisor, Aoyama Realty Advisors Inc. (currently appointed) | |
| November 2016 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| November 2020 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (currently appointed) |
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Yoshinori Yamada
Born on March 23, 1973
| April 2002 | Registration as certified public accountant |
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| June 2006 | Registration as certified public tax accountant |
| July 2011 | Representative partner, Kawashima Sougou Kaikei (currently appointed) |
| June 2015 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), FUJIX Ltd. (currently appointed) |
| November 2016 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| June 2017 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), TAKEBISHI CORPORATION (currently appointed) |
| November 2020 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (currently appointed) |
Executive Officer
Naoki Nakagawa
Born on June 4, 1962
| June 2000 | Entry into TOSE; Manager of Accounting Department, Administrative Division |
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| September 2004 | General Manager of Accounting Department, Administrative Division |
| April 2015 | Deputy Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Accounting Department |
| September 2015 | Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Accounting Department |
| September 2016 | Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Accounting Department, General Manager of Information Systems Department |
| November 2016 | Director, TOSE SOFTWARE (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.(currently appointed) |
| September 2018 | Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department |
| June 2019 | Executive Officer (Head of Corporate Administrative), Head of Corporate Administrative Division, General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department | President, PHONEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (currently appointed) |
| September 2020 | Executive Officer (Head of Finance & Accounting), General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department |
| September 2022 | Executive Officer (Head of Finance & Accounting) (currently appointed) |
Executive Officer
Hiroshi Kasajima
Born on November 25, 1976
| April 2001 | Entry into TOSE |
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| April 2011 | Assistant Manager of Development Department 1, Game Development Business Division |
| April 2016 | Deputy Manager of Yamazaki Development Office, Development Department 1, Development Division |
| September 2018 | Manager of Development Department 1, Manager of International Development Support Office, Manager of Community Business Preparation Office, Development Division |
| April 2020 | Studio Manager of Yamazaki Studio (currently appointed) |
| December 2021 | Director, TOSE PHILIPPINES, INC. (currently appointed) |
| September 2022 | Executive Officer (Head of Yamazaki Studio) |
| September 2024 | Executive Officer (Head of Game Business) (currently appointed) |