Career Biography

April 1971	Joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation
April 1998	Member of Management Council, Institute for the Culture of Travel
June 2005	Head of Announcers Bureau, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
March 2007	Resigned Japan Broadcasting Corporation
July 2007	Established “kotobano-mori” (Limited Liability Business Partnership) (*dissolved in March 2014)
April 2010	Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology and Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo
April 2011	Part-time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art and Design
November 2011	Board Member, Characters Culture Promotion Organization (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) (to date)
April 2014	Director, Kuwasawa Gakuen Educational Foundation
April 2015	Guest Professor, Joshibi University of Art and Design
April 2017	Director, JUNSHIN HIROO GAKUEN (to date)
April 2017	Director, Picture Book Culture Promotion Association (Incorporated Nonprofit Organization) (to date)
June 2019	Outside Director, ITOCHU ENEX CO.,LTD. (to date)
January 2021	Member of Review Committee, The Japan Art Academy, Agency for Cultural Affairs (to date)

Significant concurrent positions outside the Company	Board Member, Characters Culture Promotion Organization (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) Director, JUNSHIN HIROO GAKUEN Director, Picture Book Culture Promotion Association (Incorporated Nonprofit Organization)