List of Directors

Representative Director, Chairman and President
Yokichi
OsatoBorn Aug. 22, 1946
Apr. 1969 | Joined WATANABE PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD |
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Oct. 1978 | Established the Company, Representative Director and President |
Nov. 1981 | Representative Director and Chairman, the Company |
Jun. 2008 | Advisor and Honorary Chairman, the Company |
Jun. 2009 | Top Advisor, the Company |
Jun. 2011 | Representative Director and Chairman, the Company |
May 2013 | Representative Director and Chairman, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. |
May 2016 | Representative Director and Senior Advisor,LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. |
Nov. 2021 | Representative Director and Chairman, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. (present) |
Jul. 2023 | Representative Director, MIRAI EDUTAINMENT FOUNDATION (present) |
Mar. 2024 | Director, SETOUCHI SHIKOKU Tourism Institute (present) |
Jun. 2025 | Representative Director, Chairman and President (present) |
Director and Vice Chairman
Nobuhiro Kashiwagi
Born Oct. 30, 1961
Apr. 1985 | Joined CHARLE CO.,LTD. |
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Aug. 2000 | Director and Vice President, City Park Inc. |
May. 2001 | Joined the Company |
July. 2004 | Executive Officer in charge of Strategic Planning Department, the Company |
July. 2008 | Executive Officer in charge of Fan Club Business Department and Merchandising Department, the Company |
Apr. 2010 | Executive Producer in charge of Amuse Research Institute, the Company |
Apr. 2015 | Director, Amusequest Inc. |
May. 2019 | Representative Director and President, Amusequest Inc. |
July. 2020 | Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company |
July. 2021 | Senior Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company |
Apr. 2022 | Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company |
June. 2023 | Senior Producer of Business Planning Department, the Company |
May. 2025 | Director, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. (present) |
June. 2025 | Director and Vice Chairman, the Company (present) |
Senior Managing Director
Hiroyuki Araki
Born Sep. 15, 1970
Apr. 1994 | Joined the Company |
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Jul. 2008 | General Manager of Artist Management Department 3, | the Company
Apr. 2009 | General Manager of Artist Management Department 2, | the Company
Apr. 2012 | General Manager of Artist Management Department 5, | the Company
Jul. 2013 | Executive Officer in charge of | Artist Management Department 5, 6, and General Manager of Artist Management Department 5, the Company
Apr. 2016 | Executive Officer in charge of | Artist Management Department 1, 2, 3 and Sports & Cultural Department, and General Manager of Artist Management Department 2, the Company
Jul. 2017 | Executive Officer in charge of | Artist Management Department 2, 3, 4 and Sports & Cultural Department, and General Manager of Artist Management Department 4, the Company
Jun. 2019 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, the Company |
Jun. 2020 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company |
Jul. 2023 | Senior Managing Director, the Company (present) |
Oct. 2024 | Representative Director and President, AMUSE CRIATIVE STUDIO INC. (present) |
Managing Director
Takahiro Ono
Born Jan. 3, 1973
Apr. 1995 | Joined the Company |
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Apr. 2012 | General Manager of Digital Business Department, the Company |
Apr. 2016 | Executive Officer in charge of Digital Contents Department, FC Department, Consumer Service Promotion Department, MD Department and Rights Management Department, and General Manager of Digital Contents Department, the Company |
Jul. 2017 | Executive Officer in charge of Digital Contents Department, MD Department, Rights Management Department and New Business Development Department, the Company |
Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer in charge of Rights Management Department, the Company |
Nov. 2019 | Executive Officer in charge of Rights Management Department, FC Department and Consumer Service Promotion Department, the Company |
Jun. 2020 | Director, Executive Officer, the Company |
Apr. 2021 | Director and Managing Executive Officer, the Company |
Jul. 2023 | Managing Director, the Company (present) |
Managing Director
Toshifumi Oshima
Born April. 8, 1967
Oct. 1992 | Joined Showa Ota & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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Apr. 1997 | Registered as certified public accountant |
May. 2008 | Left Shin Nihon & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
Jun. 2008 | Established Oshima Certified Public Accountant Office (present) |
Jun. 2008 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company |
Jun. 2014 | Retired Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company |
Jul. 2014 | Executive Producer and General Manager of Amuse Group Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company |
Apr. 2016 | Executive Officer in charge of Amuse Group Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department) and Amuse Group Finance Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company |
Jun. 2018 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, NexTone Inc.(present) |
Jun. 2021 | Compensation Committee Member, NexTone Inc.(until June 2023) |
Apr. 2022 | Senior Executive Officer in charge of Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department) and Finance Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company | Jun. 2023 | Director and Senior Executive Officer, the Company |
Oct. 2024 | Director, the Company (present) |
Director
Kozue Kiyoyama
Born Sep. 12, 1975
Aug. 2000 | Joined RE-WIND RECORDINGS INC. |
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Mar. 2003 | Joined the Company |
July 2012 | Section Manager of International Management Section of Artist Management Department 2, the Company |
Apr. 2016 | Artist Producer of Production Section 3 of Artist Management Department 2, the Company |
July. 2017 | Artist Producer of Production Section 2 of Artist Management Department 4, the Company |
Oct. 2019 | Representative Director and President, AMUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Seoul) (present) |
July. 2020 | Senior Supervisor of Korea Project, the Company |
July. 2022 | Director of Korea Project, the Company |
July. 2024 | Senior Director of Korea Project, the Company (present) |
June. 2025 | Director, the Company (present) |
Outside Director
Takaharu Ando
Born Aug. 31, 1949
Apr. 1972 | Joined National Police Agency |
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Sep. 1994 | Chief, Gunma Prefectural Police Headquarters |
Aug. 1999 | Director of Public Security Department, | Metropolitan Police Department
Aug. 2004 | Director-General, National Police Agency |
Aug. 2007 | Deputy Commissioner General, National Police Agency |
Jun. 2009 | Commissioner General, National Police Agency |
Oct. 2011 | Retired from National Police Agency |
Jun. 2016 | Outside Director, the Company (present) |
Jun. 2017 | Outside Director, Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. (present) |
Jun. 2018 | Outside Director, TOBU RAILWAY CO., LTD. (present) |
Jun. 2022 | Outside Director, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.(Holding Company)(present) |
Mar. 2023 | Outside Director, Rakuten Group, Inc.(present) |
Outside Director
Yoichi Aso
Born Apr. 6, 1983
Apr. 2006 | Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. |
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Apr. 2013 | Representative Director, NIJIBOX CO., LTD |
Feb. 2018 | Founded Alphadrive Co., Ltd., Representative Director and CEO (present) |
Apr. 2018 | Founded Genome Clinic Co., Ltd., Representative Director and Co-CEO (present) |
Jun. 2018 | Venture Partner, FIRSTLIGHT Capital, Inc. (present)) |
Jul. 2018 | Joined NewsPicks, Inc. |
Mar. 2019 | Outside Director, ASIRO Inc. |
Apr. 2020 | Outside Director, DentaLight Inc. (present) |
Jun. 2020 | Outside Director, the Company (present) |
Jan. 2023 | Representative Director, UNIDGE, Inc (present) |
Feb. 2023 | Representative Director, NewsPicks for Business, Inc (currently Ambitions Co.,Ltd.) (present) |
Jan. 2024 | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Board member), ASIRO Inc. (present) |
Jan. 2025 | Founded Entrepreneur Art Association, Representative Director (present) |
May. 2025 | Director, DelQui Inc. (present) |
May. 2025 | Outside Director, Azoop, Inc. (present) |
Outside Director
Ibun Hirahara
Born Oct. 3, 1993
Apr. 2017 | Joined Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K. |
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May. 2018 | Joined Pronoia Group |
Oct. 2018 | One Young World Japan ambassador |
Jun. 2019 | Co-founder of World Road inc. |
Nov. 2021 | Founder, HI.Corporation (present) |
May. 2022 | External advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (present) |
Aug. 2022 | Councilor, the Peace Communication Foundation (present) |
Sept. 2022 | Member, Cabinet Office Council for the Creation of Future Education |
Jul. 2023 | Executive Director, MIRAI EDUTAINMENT FOUNDATION (present) |
Nov. 2023 | Outside Director, Valuence Holdings Inc. (present) |
Dec. 2023 | Director, PEACE DAY, NPO (present) |
Jun. 2024 | Outside Director, the Company (present) |
Jun. 30, 2025