COMPANY PROFILE

Company Profile


  • Corporate Name

    KADOKAWA CORPORATION

  • Head Office

    2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177 JAPAN

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Takeshi Natsuno

  • Date of Establishment

    October 1, 2014

  • Common Stock

    ¥40.6 Billion

  • Major Businesses

    KADOKAWA Group, a comprehensive entertainment company, develops a wide range of businesses such as Publication, Animation, Film, Gaming, Web services, and Education/EdTech. We discover talent globally, create diverse IP (Intellectual property), and deliver it through various media. We maximize the value of IP under our strategy “Global Media Mix with Technology” which refers to global rollouts of created IP by utilizing technology.


Member of the Board


  • Member of the Board

    Takeshi Natsuno

  • Member of the Board
    Member of the Nominating Committee

    Naohisa Yamashita

  • Member of the Board
    Member of the Remuneration Committee

    Shinobu Murakawa

  • Member of the Board

    Noriko Kase

  • Member of the Board

    Nobuo Kawakami

  • Member of the Board

    Cindy Chou

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Chairperson of the Nominating Committee

    Hiroo Unoura

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee
    Member of the Nominating Committee

    Ruth Marie Jarman

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Chairperson of the Audit Committee
    Member of the Nominating Committee

    Tadaaki Sugiyama

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Member of the Remuneration Committee

    Yu Sasamoto

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Member of the Audit Committee

    Akihiko Shiba

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Member of the Audit Committee

    Ayumi Uzawa

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Member of the Remuneration Committee

    David Macdonald

  • Member of the Board, Independent
    Member of the Nominating Committee

    Etsuko Okajima

(as of July, 2024)


Chief Officer


  • Chief Executive Officer

    Takeshi Natsuno

  • Chief Human Resource Officer
    Chief Literature & Film Officer

    Naohisa Yamashita

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Shinobu Murakawa

  • Chief Publishing Officer

    Masayuki Aoyagi

  • Chief Global Officer

    Takashi Sensui

  • Chief Anime Officer

    Takeshi Kikuchi

  • Chief Digital Officer

    Ichiro Hashiba

(as of July, 2024)


Corporate Officer


  • Corporate Officer, Information Systems

    Yoichi Yasumoto

  • Corporate Officer, Publishing Business

    Masanori Kawakane

  • Corporate Officer, Game Business

    Hidetaka Miyazaki

  • Chief Compliance Officer

    Masahiro Onai

  • Corporate Officer, Marketing

    Masafumi Kurihara

  • Corporate Officer, Publishing Business

    Hiroyuki Watanabe

  • Corporate Officer, Manufacturing & Logistics

    Masato Ito

  • Corporate Officer, Human Resources & General Affairs

    Hajime Matsuda

  • Corporate Officer, Global Licensing & Merchandising

    Daijo Kudo

  • Corporate Officer, Anime Business

    Sho Tanaka

(as of July, 2024)