Board Directors and Executive Officers
As of March 1, 2021
Board Directors
- Hideki TomitaExecutive President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- Masatsugu ShidachiDirector and COO (Chief Operating Officer)
- Kazuhisa IwataDirector and CBO (Chief Business Officer)
- Katsumi UekiDirector and CIO (Chief Information Officer)
- Michiyo MaeharaExternal Director (Independent Director)
- Eriko TanabeExternal Director (Independent Director)
Corporate Auditors
- Tsuneyo OtomoFull-Time Corporate Auditor
- Koichi KobayashiExternal Auditor (Independent Auditor)
- Takashi EjiriExternal Auditor
- Akihiko MochizukiAuditor
Executive Officers | |
Takatsune Inoue | Executive Manager of Tokyo Urban Area and East Japan Area Headquarters |
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Suguru Ikeda | Executive Manager of Central and West Japan Area Headquarters General Manager of West Japan Area Division |
Tomohiro Kitazato | Executive Manager of HR Headquarters |
Jun Sagano | Executive Manager of Business Solution Headquarters |
Goryu Hada | Executive Manager of Planning & Management Headquarters General Manager of Planning Division |
Hideki Miura | Executive Manager of AI/RPA Headquarters |
Toshiki Miyauchi | Service Development Headquarters |
Kei Sinto | Service Development Headquarters |
Naokazu Shibasaki | Service Development Headquarters |
Nobuaki Kitou | CHO (Chief Human Officer) Executive Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Headquarters |
Haruhiko Arai | CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Executive Manager of Business Planning Headquarters |
CXO | |
Yoshinobu Toyohama | Service Development Headquarters CTO and General Manager of CTO Office |
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Hideki Tomita
Executive President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
Apr. 1990 | Joined Chisan Co., Ltd. |
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Nov. 1991 | Joined Aichi golf service Co., Ltd. |
May 1992 | Joined Forum Corporation |
Mar. 1997 | Established the Company Executive President of the Company |
Oct. 2004 | Chairman and Representative Director of E-engine Co., Ltd. |
June 2005 | Director of Nadeshiko Career Corporation |
Mar. 2006 | Executive President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company Chairman and Representative Director of BOOK DESIGN Co., Inc. |
June 2006 | Chairman and Representative Director of DIP AGENT Corporation |
May 2009 | Executive and Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
May 2010 | Executive President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
Sept. 2010 | Executive President and Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Medical Business Division of the Company |
Mar. 2011 | Executive President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (present) |
May 2018 | President of DIP America, Inc. (present) |

Masatsugu Shidachi
Director and COO (Chief Operating Officer)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
Apr. 1991 | Joined TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. |
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July 1997 | Joined P.O.V. Associates Co., Ltd. |
Nov. 1998 | Joined Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Oct. 2002 | Manager of Listing Business Department of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Nov. 2004 | Director of Yume no Machi Souzou Iinkai Co., Ltd. |
June 2005 | Director of e-Seikatsu Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2006 | Manager of Regional Services Business Department of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
July 2008 | Chief of Search Engine Business Department and Manager of Regional Services Business Department of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Aug. 2008 | Manager of Search Engine Business Department of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Apr. 2009 | General Manager of R&D Group and Platform Development Division of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Apr. 2012 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President and Head of BS Business Group of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
June 2012 | Director of IDC Frontier Inc. Director of FirstServer, Inc. |
July 2012 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President and President of Marketing Solutions Company of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Apr. 2013 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President and President of Media Services Company of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Apr. 2015 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President and Head of Data & Science Solutions Group of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) Director of FirstServer, Inc. |
Apr. 2017 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President and Head of CEO Office of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) President and Representative Director of IDC Frontier Inc. Chairman and Representative Director of FirstServer, Inc. |
Apr. 2018 | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President, Head of Chairman’s Office and President of Corporate Group Business Promotion Office of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) |
Apr. 2019 | Corporate Group CIO of Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) Advisor to womaninnovation association (present) |
May 2019 | Board Director of the Company Advisor to Adaptive, Inc. (present) |
Sept. 2019 | Advisor to INFORICH Inc. (present) |
Oct. 2019 | Corporate Group CIO of Yahoo Japan Corporation Advisor to QCCCA Inc. (currently RadarLab Inc.) (present) |
July 2020 | Board Director, Chief Operating Officer of the Company (present) |
Note: Yahoo Japan Corporation (*) is currently Z Holdings Corporation. |

Kazuhisa Iwata
Director and CBO (Chief Business Officer)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
Apr. 1986 | Joined Sanpo Tsushin Co., Ltd. |
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May 2000 | Joined the Company |
June 2002 | Director of the Company |
Oct. 2004 | Director of E-engine Co., Ltd. |
May 2005 | Managing Director of the Company |
Mar. 2006 | Managing Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company |
Feb. 2007 | Director and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Hatarako.net Business Division and Outsourcing Business Division of the Company |
Sept. 2007 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Outsourcing Business Division of the Company |
June 2008 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, Manager of Agent Business and General Manager of Hatarako.net Business Division of the Company |
May 2009 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Manager of Agent Business and General Manager of Hatarako.net Business Division of the Company |
Sept. 2009 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Agent Business Division of the Company |
June 2010 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of HR Solution Business Division of the Company |
Mar. 2011 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and President of Hatarako Company of the Company |
May 2011 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and President of Hatarako Company of the Company |
Mar. 2012 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and President of Agent Company of the Company |
Mar. 2013 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Media No.1 Business Division of the Company |
Mar. 2014 | Director, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Media Business Division of the Company |
Apr. 2018 | Board Director, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Manager of Personnel Recruiting Services Headquarters of the Company |
Sept. 2019 | Board Director, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Manager of Personnel Recruiting Services Headquarters and Executive Manager of Business Management Headquarters of the Company |
June 2020 | Board Director, Chief Operating Officer, Personnel Recruiting Services Manager and Executive Manager of Business Management Headquarters of the Company |
July 2020 | Board Director, Chief Business Officer of the Company(present) |

Katsumi Ueki
Director and CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
Apr. 1987 | Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) |
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Apr. 2006 | Joined the Company; Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Service Planning Division and General Manager of System Planning Department of the Company Director of E-engine Co., Ltd. |
Sept. 2006 | Executive Officer and General Manager of System Planning Division of the Company |
Sept. 2007 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Service Development Division of the Company |
May 2009 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Service Development Division of the Company |
Oct. 2010 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of System Planning Division of the Company |
Mar. 2012 | Managing Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer and General Manager of System Planning Division of the Company |
May 2012 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer and General Manager of System Planning Division of the Company |
Mar. 2013 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer and General Manager of Service Development Division of the Company |
Mar. 2014 | Board Director, Chief Information Officer and Executive Manager of Service Development Headquarters of the Company (present) |

Michiyo Maehara
External Director (Independent Director)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company / Attendance at meeting of the Board of Directors | |
Apr. 1988 | Joined Recruit Human Resource Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Career Co., Ltd.) |
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Apr. 2005 | Executive Officer of Recruit Human Resource Center Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2008 | President of Recruit Executive Agent Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2011 | Executive Officer of Recruit Doctor’s Career Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Medical Career Co., Ltd.) |
Aug. 2015 | Joined Japan Human Resources Co., Ltd. |
Jan. 2017 | Representative Director of Liasu search Inc. (present) |
May 2018 | Board Director of the Company (present) |
Attendance at meeting of the Board of Directors in FY2020 | 13 out of 13 meetings(Attendance rate: 100%) |

Eriko Tanabe
External Director (Independent Director)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company / Attendance at meeting of the Board of Directors | |
Apr. 1988 | Joined Nihon Takuken Co., Ltd. |
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Nov. 1991 | Joined TEMPSTAFF CO., LTD. (currently PERSOL TEMPSTAFF CO., LTD.) |
Apr. 2011 | General Manager of Internet Planning Office, IT Head Office of TEMPSTAFF CO., LTD. |
May 2019 | Board Director of the Company (present) |
Attendance at meeting of the Board of Directors in FY2020 | 10 out of 10 meetings(Attendance rate: 100%) |

Tsuneyo Otomo
Full-Time Corporate Auditor
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
April 1983 | Joined Sapporo Misawa Homes Co., Ltd. |
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October 1983 | Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) |
April 1992 | Manager of PR Planning Department of Recruit Co., Ltd. |
October 1994 | Manager of Direct Marketing Business Department of Recruit Co., Ltd. |
April 2002 | Executive Officer of Recruit Staffing Co., Ltd. |
April 2004 | Managing Director of Recruit From A Casting Co., Ltd. |
October 2005 | Joined the Company, Managing Executive Officer |
March 2006 | Executive Officer and Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company Director of BOOK DESIGN Co., Inc. |
April 2006 | Chairman and Representative Director of E-engine Co., Ltd. |
May 2006 | Director, Executive Officer and Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company |
June 2006 | Director of DIP AGENT Corporation |
May 2007 | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company |
May 2009 | Executive President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company |
May 2010 | Executive Chief Operating Officer of the Company |
December 2010 | Executive Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Partner Business of the Company |
March 2011 | Executive Chief Operating Officer and President of Medical Company of the Company |
May 2011 | Director and Supreme Advisor of the Company |
May 2013 | Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Company |
March 2014 | Director, Chief Human Officer and General Manager of Personnel Division of the Company |
May 2014 | Director in charge of strategy promoting, Chief Human Officer and General Manager of Personnel Division of the Company |
April 2019 | Director in charge of strategy promoting of the Company |
May 2019 | Full-Time Corporate Auditor of the Company(present) |

Koichi Kobayashi
External Auditor (Independent Auditor)
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
April 1983 | Joined CHUO ACCOUNTING OFFICE |
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March 1986 | Registered as certified public accountant |
August 1999 | Registered as certified tax accountant |
September 1999 | Director of Kobayashi Accounting Office (present) |
May 2007 | Corporate Auditor of the Company |
May 2010 | Full-Time Corporate Auditor of the Company |
May 2019 | Corporate Auditor of the Company (present) |

Takashi Ejiri
External Auditor
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
April 1969 | Registered as an attorney-at-law |
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November 1977 | Partner of Masuda and Ejiri Law Office (currently Nishimura & Asahi LPC) |
September 1986 | Deputy Chair of Committee on International Relations of Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
May 1995 | Secretary-General of Inter-Pacific Bar Association |
September 1998 | Member of The Trilateral Commission |
November 1998 | Corporate Auditor of Usen Broadband Networks Corporation (currently USEN CORPORATION) |
June 2003 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Aozora Bank, Ltd. |
June 2004 | Corporate Auditor of ANDO Corporation (currently HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION) |
June 2006 | Corporate Auditor of Kagome Co., Ltd. |
May 2010 | Corporate Auditor of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor of the Company (present) |
August 2012 | Member of Nishimura & Asahi LPC |
June 2015 | Outside Member of the Board of Whiz Partners Inc. (present) |
March 2016 | Outside Director of SBI SAVINGS BANK (present) |
March 2017 | Executive Director of ALBERT Inc. (present) |
June 2017 | Outside Director of OBIC Co., Ltd. (present) |
August 2017 | Senior Partner of Natori Law Office (present) |
December 2019 | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of AXEL MARK INC. (present) |

Akihiko Mochizuki
Auditor
Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company | |
April 1992 | Joined The Daiwa Bank, Limited (currently Resona Bank, Limited) |
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October 1995 | Joined Tohmatsu Consulting LLC (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC) |
July 1999 | Registered as certified public accountant |
April 2002 | Joined GAGA Corporation |
December 2002 | Corporate Auditor of GAGA Cross Media Marketing (currently Kinema-Junposha. Co. Ltd) |
January 2005 | Joined the Company |
June 2005 | Corporate Auditor of Nadeshiko Career Corporation |
March 2006 | Director of E-engine Co., Ltd. |
June 2006 | Director of DIP AGENT Corporation |
July 2007 | Joined Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd. (currently Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd.) |
March 2010 | Representative of Mochizuki C.P.A. Office (present) |
April 2011 | Corporate Auditor of FLOLEAD |
May 2011 | Corporate Auditor of the Company (present) |
December 2012 | Corporate Auditor of IBC: Internetworking & Broadband Consulting Co., Ltd. (present) |
September 2013 | Director of Japan Society for Negotiation Studies (present) |
February 2014 | Director of MINORI Inc. (present) |
August 2018 | Corporate Auditor of Basic Capital Management (present) |