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Leadership (As of December 24, 2024)

Leadership (As of December 24, 2024)

Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Managing Officers & CxOs
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Operational Leaders

Directors

Representative Directors

INOUE Takashi
- Representative Director, Chairperson
ITO Yuji
- Representative Director
- Managing Officer
- General Manager and Head of LIFULL HOME'S Business Department

Directors

SHISHIDO Kiyoshi
- Director
SHIMIZU Tetsuro
- Director
- Representative Director, President and CEO of LIFULL Financial Co., Ltd.

Outside Directors

KOBAYASHI Masatada
- Outside Director
Independent Officer

NAKAO Ryuichiro
- Outside Director
Independent Officer

OKUBO Kazutaka
- Outside Director
Independent Officer

KIMURA Naonori
- Outside Director
Independent Officer

NAKAMURA Kumi
- Outside Director

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Members

OHSUMI Shoko
- Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

MATSUSHIMA Kie
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Independent Officer

NISHIGAKI Atsushi
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Independent Officer

LOCKETT Wakako
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

For more information on governance, refer to our Corporate Governance Page.

Managing Officers & CxOs

Managing Officers & CxOs

YAMADA Takashi
- Managing Officer
- CDO（Chief Data Officer）
- General Manager of Group Data Division
HADA Yukihiro
- Managing Officer
- CPO (Chief People Officer)
- General Manager of Human Resources Department
FUKUZAWA Hidekazu
- Managing Officer
- CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
- General Manager of Group Company Business Development Department
KAWASAKI Kohei
- Managing Officer
- CCO (Chief Creative Officer)
- General Manager of Creative Department
- Assistant Head of LIFULL HOME'S Division
NAGASAWA Tsubasa
- Managing Officer
- CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
- General Manager of Technology Department
- Assistant Head of LIFULL HOME'S Division
HIRASHIMA Arisa
- Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
- Head of Legal Division (Group Company Business Development Department)

Operational Leaders

Operational Leaders

KAWASAKI Kohei
- LIFULL HOME'S Business Department Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
NAGASAWA Tsubasa
- LIFULL HOME'S Business Department Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
KATO Tetsuya
- LIFULL HOME'S Business Department Chief Sales Officer(CSO)
- Head of Rental Market (LIFULL HOME'S Business Department)
OKUBO Shin
- LIFULL HOME'S Business Department Chief Product Officer (CPO)
- Head of New Build Condominium Market (LIFULL HOME'S Business Department)
FURUTANI Keiichiro
- Head of Resale and Appraisal Markets (LIFULL HOME'S Business Division)
MASUO Keigo
- Head of Detached and Custom-Built House Markets (LIFULL HOME'S Business Division)
- Head of Sufu
GONG Yiqun
- Leader of Friendly Door (LIFULL HOME'S Business Department)
MIYASAKO Yuko
- Leader of Listing Quality (LIFULL HOME'S Business Department)
MASUDA Yuji
- Head of LIFULL Regional Revitalization
AKIBA Mai
- Head of LIFULL FaM
KUNIMATSU Keisuke
- Head of LIFULL HOME'S Fudosan Tenshoku
MIYAUCHI Yasumitsu
- Leader of LIFULL ALT-RHYTHM

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Representative Director

INOUE Takashi

Representative Director
Chairperson

1968: Born in 1968
1991: Joined Recruit Cosmos Co., Ltd. (currently Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.)
1992: Transferred to Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.)
1995: Founded NEXT HOME Co.
1997: Established the Company, Representative Director
2014: Representative Director of Next Wisdom Foundation
2018: Representative Director, President and Managing Officer of the Company
2019: Representative Director of PEACE DAY (current position)
2021: Representative Director of Nasucon Valley Council (current position)
2023: Representative Director, Chairperson of the Company (current position)
Representative Director of the nonprofit organization PEACE DAY (current position)

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Representative Director

ITO Yuji

Representative Director
Managing Officer
General Manager and Head of LIFULL HOME'S Business Department

1982: Born in 1982
2006: Joined the Company
2015: Managing Officer and Head of HOME’S Business Department, Rental and Re-Sale Divisions
2018: Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of LIFULL HOME’S Business Department and Head of New UX Development Division
2019: Managing Officer and General Manager of LIFULL HOME’S Business Department
2020: Director, Managing Officer and General Manager of LIFULL HOME’S Business Department
2023: Representative Director, President and Managing Officer, and General Manager of LIFULL HOME’S Business Department (current position)

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Director

SHISHIDO Kiyoshi

Director

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. of 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 (full-time)
2023: Director (current position)
CEO of LIFULL CONNECT S.L.U. (current position)

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Director

SHIMIZU Tetsuro

Director
Representative Director, President and CEO of LIFULL Financial Co., Ltd.

1967: Born in 1967
1990: Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited (currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
2001: Joined IY Bank Co., Ltd. (currently Seven Bank, Ltd.)
2006: Joined Rakuten, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
2009: Seconded to bitWallet Inc. (currently Rakuten Edy Inc.)
2012: Joined Shinsei Bank, Limited (currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited), General Manager of Retail Business Division
2015: Executive Officer and Head of Retail Banking Sub-Group of Individual Group
2016: Managing Executive Officer, Head of Individual Business and in charge of Group Business Strategy (Secondary)
2019: Chairman of the Board of Financial Japan Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, President and CEO of APLUS FINANCIAL Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and President, President and Executive Officer and CEO of APLUS CO., Ltd.
Representative Director, President and CEO of APLUS Personal Loan Co., Ltd.
2021: Chief Officer, Head of Individual Business Unit, Senior Officer of Group Corporate Planning and Finance and in charge of sustainability planning of Group Corporate Planning Division of Shinsei Bank, Limited (currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
Representative Director, President and CEO of Shinsei Financial Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of Kotora Co., Ltd. (current position)
2022: Group Chief Sustainability Officer of Shinsei Bank Group (currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
Representative Partner of T2PLUS G.K. (current position)
Senior Executive Director of Strategic Planning Office of Monex Group, Inc.
Outside Director of the Company
2023: Expert Director of Strategic Planning Office of Monex Group, Inc.
Director of the Company (current position)
Representative Director, President of LIFULL Financial Co., Ltd. (current position)
2024: Advisor for the Strategic Reform Office of Monex Group, Inc. (current position)

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Outside Director

KOBAYASHI Masatada

Outside Director

1971: Born in 1971
1994: Joined Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd
1997: Joined MDM, Inc. (currently Rakuten Group, Inc.)
2006: Managing Executive Officer (current position)
2016: Chairman of Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba, Inc. (current position)
2019: Outside Director of the Company (current position)

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Outside Director

NAKAO Ryuichiro

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.(currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
2017: Vice President of Recruit Works Institute, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of TABIKOBO Co. Ltd.
2019: CEO & Founder of Nakao Management Institute Inc. (current position)
Outside Director of the Company (current position)
2020: Outside Director of LiNKX, Inc. (current position)
2022: Outside Director of ZUU Co., Ltd.

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Outside Director

OKUBO Kazutaka

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)
Outside Director of Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of BrainPad Inc.
Outside Director of the Company (current position)
2020: Outside Director of SALA Corporation (current position)
Outside Director of The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. (current position)
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. (current position)
Representative Director and President of SS Dnaform Co., Ltd. (current position)
2021: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of BrainPad Inc. (current position)
2022: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (current position)
2024: Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd. (current position)

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Outside Director

KIMURA Naonori

Outside Director

Independent Officer

1968: Born in 1968
1988: Founded a venture company
1998: Solution specialist at NCR Japan, Ltd.
2001: Consultant at Towers Perrin Tokyo Office
2004: Manager of Arthur D. Little Japan-Tokyo
2007: Director of Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
2012: Partner and Managing Director
2013: Professor at Graduate School of Management of GLOBIS University (current position)
2016: Executive Officer of IGPI (Shanghai) Ltd.
2017: Outside Director of Sanden Holdings Corporation
Outside Director of Molten Corporation (current position)
2019: Chairman and President of IGPI (Shanghai) Ltd. (current position)
2021: Outside Director of Relia, Inc.
2022: Adjunct Professor of Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation of Shinzenkan University (current position)
Outside Director of the Company (current position)
2024: Business Partner of IGPI Group, Inc. (current position)
Managing Director of Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (current position)

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Outside Director

NAKAMURA Kumi

Outside Director

Independent Officer

1970: Born in 1970
1993: Joined the Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.)
2002: Senior Consultant of KPMG FAS Co., Ltd.
2005: Director of Private Equity Investment Group of Ant Capital Partners Co., Ltd.
2013: Manager of New Business Development Office of LIXIL Group Corporation (currently LIXIL Corporation)
2017: Supervising General Manager of M&A, Competitive Intelligence, and System Economics of Coca‑Cola (Japan) Company, Limited
2018: Executive Officer, Supervising Corporate Administration Division of UNITED, Inc.
2020: Corporate Officer, General Manager of Business Strategy Department, Corporate Planning of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
2021: Corporate Officer and Chief Corporate Planning Officer (CCPO), and Head of Corporate Planning
Senior Corporate Officer and CCPO, Head of Corporate Planning, and Head of Corporate Strategy
2023: Executive Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer (CCDO), Head of Corporate Business Development
2024: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Via Mechanics, Ltd. (current position)
Outside Director of T-Gaia Corporation (current position)

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Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

OHSUMI Shoko

Full–time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

1996: Joined Igawa Audit Corporation
1997: Joined Pasona Inc.
2008: Joined the Company
2009: General Manager of Administration Department, Financial Division
2014: Head of the Internal Audit Office
2018: General Manager of Internal Control
2019: General Manager of Internal Control and Head of the Internal Audit Office
2023: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) (current position)

* The name on the family register is ARAI Shoko

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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

MATSUSHIMA Kie

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

1975: Born in 1975
2001: Registered with Tokyo Bar Association Associate of Tokiwa Law Office
2005: Technical Cooperation Expert Development Trainee of Japan International Cooperation Agency (Training in International Cooperation Department of Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Justice)
2006: Long-Term Expert in Uzbekistan of Japan International Cooperation Agency
2010: Senior Consultant of PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia B.V.
2014: Manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia B.V.
2015: Manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory LLC
2017: Associate of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC
2019: Outside Auditor of THE KAGOSHIMA BANK, LTD.
2020: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
2021: Special Counsel for Foreign Law Joint Enterprise at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC (current position)
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Board Member) of THE KAGOSHIMA BANK, LTD. (current position)

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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

NISHIGAKI Atsushi

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Independent Officer

1961: Born in 1961
1984: Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2004: Deputy General Manager of Business Solution Department of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
2009: General Manager of Takadanobaba Branch
2011: General Manager of Marunouchi-Chuo Corporate Department
2013: Adviser of Shibuya-Chuo Division No.2
Director and General Manager of Planning Division of OHBA Co.,Ltd.
2016: Managing Director, CFO and General Manager of Planning Division
2020: Managing Director and in charge of internal control
2022: Outside Director of Japan Urban Planning Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of Kinki Toshi-Seibi Co., Ltd.
Adviser in charge of corporate planning at Tokyo Urban Planning Development Corporation
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
2023: Advisor of OHBA Co., Ltd. (current position)
2024: Auditor-secretary at Tokyo Urban Planning Development Corporation (current position)

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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

LOCKETT Wakako

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Independent Officer

1966: Born in 1966
1988: Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
1992: General Manager of The Japan Times, Ltd.
1997: Manager of International Legal Affairs and Management Planning Office at Uniden Corporation
2000: Leader of Legal Affairs Group, Management Department at CareNet, Inc.
2001: Managing Director and Partner of Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
2024: Advisor for Human Life CORD Japan Inc. (current position)
Outside Director of Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (current position)