Masato Tani
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Daytona International in April 2006 and became a division head in April 2007. In December 2008 he founded STUDIOUS (now TOKYO BASE) and became Representative Director and CEO. As founder he had capital behind him: among major shareholders in the FY ended February 2016, he was the largest with 19.38%. Together with second-ranked Katsumi Kashima at 18.93% and third-ranked Hidenori Nakao at 13.97%, the top three individuals held 52.28%.
Selection
He has served as Representative Director and CEO since the founding, leading the company he built himself as founder. The company began filing annual securities reports with its eighth period, the FY ended February 2016. In that period, sales were ¥6.1 billion and operating income ¥700 million, up from ¥4.5 billion and ¥600 million the year before. The company was not at the stage of bringing in a president from outside, and the founder holding both the business and the capital simply continued to run it.
Initiatives
In addition to the select shop STUDIOUS, he launched the in-house brand UNITED TOKYO in 2015, making it a second pillar. In 2017 the company was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Consolidated sales grew from ¥15.2 billion in the FY ended February 2020 to ¥23.7 billion in the FY ended January 2026. The company posted a net loss of ¥100 million in the FY ended February 2021, hit by COVID-19, and a net loss of ¥500 million in the FY ended January 2023, but in the FY ended January 2026 operating income was ¥2.0 billion and net income ¥1.2 billion.
Career
Career
Deitona International
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2006 | Joined |
| Apr 2007 | Division General Manager |
TOKYO BASE
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Dec 2008 | Representative Director, CEO (at founding) |
| 2015 | Representative Director, CEO |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- TOKYO BASE 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】