About Us

Leadership

Directors

  • Takashi Inoue
    President and CEO
    Takashi Inoue
    President and CEO
    1968 Born in 1968
    1991 Joined Recruit Cosmos Co., Ltd.
    (currently Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.)
    1992 Transferred to Recruit Co., Ltd.
    1995 Founded NEXT HOME Co.
    1997 Established the Company, President and CEO
    (current position)
    2011 Division Manager of HOME’S Business Department of the Company
    2014 Division Manager of Overseas Business Division of the Company
    2016 Division Manager of Global Corporate Communications of the Company
    2017 Chief Representative of LIFULL Laboratory of the Company
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  • Takashi Yamada
    Director
    Takashi Yamada
    Director
    1973 Born in 1973
    1992 Joined Bab-Hitachi Business Corporation (currently HITACHI INFORMATION ENGINEERING, LTD.)
    1996 Joined Eto Soft Office Ltd.
    2000 Joined the Company
    2010 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of HOME’S Business Department and General Manager of Product Development Department
    2014 Managing Officer and General Manager of HOME’S Business Department
    Director, Managing Officer and General Manager of HOME’S Business Department
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  • Masato Takahashi
    Outside Director
    Masato Takahashi
    Outside Director
    1959 Born in 1959
    1982 Joined Recruit Co.,Ltd.
    2007 Joined Rakuten, Inc.
    2011 Managing Executive Officer of Raukten, Inc.
    2012 Representative Director and President of Fine Trading Co., Ltd.
    Representative Director and President of Rakuten Shigoto Shokai, Inc.
    Director of Rakuten Mart, Inc.
    Director of Shareee, Inc.(currently Rakuten Coupon, Inc.)
    Director of Rakuten EMOBILE, Inc.
    2013 Director of Rakuten Liquor , Inc.(currently Rakuten Mart, Inc.)
    Outside Director of the Company(current position)
    2014 Representative Director and President of Rakuten Auction, Inc.
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  • Masatada Kobayashi
    Outside Director
    Masatada Kobayashi
    Outside Director
    1971 Born in 1971
    1994 Joined Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    1997 Joined MDM, Inc. (currently Rakuten, Inc.)
    2006 Managing Executive Officer (current position)
    2016 Chairman of Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba, Inc. (current position)
    2019 Director of the Company (current position)
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  • Ryuichiro Nakao
    Outside Director,
    Independent Officer
    Ryuichiro Nakao
    Outside Director,
    Independent Officer
    1964 Born in 1964
    1989 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    2006 Company Partner of Corporate Strategy Office
    2007 Corporate Executive Officer of Recruit Sumai Company
    2013 President and Representative Director of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd.
    2017 Vice President of Recruit Works Institute, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
    2017 Outside Director of TABIKOBO Co. Ltd. (current position)
    2019 CEO & Founder of Nakao Management Institute Inc. (current position)
    2019 Director of the Company (current position)
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  • Kazutaka Okubo
    Outside Director,
    Independent Officer,
    Independent Officer
    Kazutaka Okubo
    Outside Director,
    Independent Officer
    1973 Born in 1973
    1995 Joined Century Audit Corporation (Currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
    1999 Registered as certified public accountant
    2003 Director of ShinNihon Integrity Assurance Inc. (Currently Ernst & Young Sustainability Co., Ltd.)
    2005 Managing Director
    2006 Partner of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
    2012 Senior Partner
    2016 Senior Managing Director and General Manager of ERM Department
    2019 President and Representative Director of Okubo Associates Inc. (current position)
    2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (current position)
    2019 Outside Director of Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd. (current position)
    2019 Project Professor of Graduate School of Media and Governance of Keio University (current position)
    2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of BrainPad Inc. (current position)
    2019 Director of the Company (current position)
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • Kiyoshi Shishido
    Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    Kiyoshi Shishido
    Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    1956 Born in 1956
    1980 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
    1998 General Manager of Motor Vehicle Dept. of Mitsubishi International Steel Inc. (U.S.)
    2006 Chief Executive Officer of Vitamin C60 BioResearch Corporation
    2007 Specially Appointed Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology
    General Manager of Technology & Business Development Dept., Mitsubishi Corporation
    2011 Member of the Board and Executive Officer in charge of Strategy Planning of Trility Pty Ltd(Australia)
    2016 General Manager in charge of audits of Global Environmental & Infrastructure Business Group of Mitsubishi Corporation
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
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  • Hideki Matsushima
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    Hideki Matsushima
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    1943 Born in 1943
    1971 Registered to Tokyo Bar Association
    1976 Established Tokiwa Sogo Law Offices
    2003 Representative Director of Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals
    2004 Senior Partner of Nishimura & Partners(currently Nishimura & Asahi)
    2005 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    2006 Outside Director of Business Planning Forum Co., Ltd.(current position)
    2007 Outside Director of Nojima Corporation(current position)
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Raysum Co., Ltd. (current position)
    2008 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kumamoto Electric Railway Co., Ltd.(current position)
    2012 Outside Director of Corporation for Revitalizing Earthquake Affected Business
    2013 Non-Executive Director of Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation of Japan (current position)
    Adviser of Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals (current position)
    2014 Partner of Nishimura & Asahi(current position)
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  • Takeshi Hanai
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    Takeshi Hanai
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    1954 Born in 1954
    1977 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
    2004 Executive Officer and General Manager of Shanghai Branch
    2006 Managing Executive Officer and Head of Asia & Oceania
    2007 Chairman of Mizuho Corporate Bank (China), Ltd.(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
    2009 Director
    Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten, Inc.
    Corporate Auditor of eBANK Corporation(currently Rakuten Bank, Ltd.)
    Director of Rakuten Securities, Inc.
    2010 Director of bitWallet Inc.(currently Rakuten Edy Inc.)
    Director and Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten, Inc.
    Director of Rakuten Bank, Ltd.
    Director of Airio Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
    2011 Director of Rakuten KC Co., Ltd.(currently Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.)
    Director of Rakuten Insurance Planning, Co., Ltd.
    Adviser of Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd.(currently Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd.)
    2012 Adviser of The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.
    Adviser of Corporate Directions, Inc. (current position)
    2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    2014 Outside Director of ASICS Corporation(current position)
    Outside Director of Maruwn Corporation(current position)
    2015 Outside Director of Nippon Seisen Co., Ltd.(current position)
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  • Makiko Nakamori
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    Makiko Nakamori
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    Independent Officer
    1963 Born in 1963
    1987 Joined Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
    1991 Joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
    1996 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
    1997 Director of Nakamori CPA offices(current position)
    2000 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Oracle Corporation Japan
    2006 Outside Auditor of istyle Inc. (current position)
    2008 Director of Oracle Corporation Japan
    2010 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Global-Dining, Inc.
    2011 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Jade Group K.K. (currently Locondo, Inc.)(current position)
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of M&A Capital Partners Co., Ltd. (current position)
    2012 Outside Director of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (current position)
    2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TeamSpirit Inc. (current position)
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Managing Officers

  • Keizo Tsutsui
    Managing Officer
    Keizo Tsutsui
    Managing Officer
    1967 Born in 1967
    1990 Joined Merrill Lynch & Co.
    1998 Joined The Boston Consulting Group
    1999 Joined Rakuten, Inc.
    2006 Joined Dream Incubator Inc.
    2011 Joined the Company
    2012 Managing Officer of the Company(current position)
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  • Yukihiro Hada
    Managing Officer
    Yukihiro Hada
    Managing Officer
    1976 Born in 1976
    2005 Joined the Company
    2015 Managing Officer of the Company(current position)
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  • Yuji Ito
    Managing Officer
    Yuji Ito
    Managing Officer
    1982 Born in 1982
    2006 Joined the Company
    2015 Managing Officer of the Company(current position)
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  • Hidekazu Fukuzawa
    Managing Officer
    Hidekazu Fukuzawa
    Managing Officer
    1979 Born in 1979
    2002 Joined iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently GMO CLOUD K.K.)
    2007 Joined the Company
    2019 Managing Officer of the Company(current position)
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  • Kohei Kawasaki
    Managing Officer
    Kohei Kawasaki
    Managing Officer
    1981 Born in 1981
    2017 Joined the Company
    2018 Managing Officer of the Company(current position)
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