Takeshi Natsuno

Profile
Tenure
Jun 2021 – Present
Years in office
5.3 years
Name in Japanese
夏野剛
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
KADOKAWA
Performance in office
FY2021FY2026Change
Revenue¥209.9billion¥282.9billion+35%
Net margin4.6%0.5%−4.1pt
SatoKawakamiMatsubaraNatsuno
Revenue¥200.9 billionRevenue¥282.9 billionNet margin3.4%Net margin0.5%2016/32021/32026/3
Revenue¥200.9 billionRevenue¥282.9 billionNet margin3.4%Net margin0.5%2016/32021/32026/3
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Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Tokyo Gas in April 1988 and became Executive Officer and head of the Multimedia Services Department at NTT Mobile Communications Network (now NTT DOCOMO) in June 2005. He moved to DWANGO as a director in December 2008, and also served as an outside director of GREE from September 2009 and of U-NEXT from December 2010. He became a director of KADOKAWA at the business integration in October 2014, and from February 2019 also served as Representative Director and President of DWANGO.

Education: Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics, Economics (1988)
Education: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Graduate School of Business (1995)

Selection

In June 2021 he succeeded Masaki Matsubara as Representative Director and President. He had been a director of KADOKAWA since the integration in October 2014 and President of DWANGO since February 2019. In the year before his appointment, the fiscal year ended March 2021, consolidated revenue was ¥209.9 billion and operating profit ¥13.6 billion, recovering from ¥8.1 billion the previous year. Following Nobuo Kawakami, he was the second President to come from the DWANGO side that joined through the integration.

Initiatives

Consolidated revenue grew from ¥209.9 billion in the year before his appointment to ¥282.9 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2026. Operating profit peaked at ¥25.9 billion in the FY ended March 2023, then fell to ¥18.5 billion in the FY ended March 2024, ¥16.7 billion in the FY ended March 2025 and ¥8.1 billion in the FY ended March 2026, when net income was only ¥1.3 billion. In June 2023 he moved to Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. In the FY ended March 2026, Sony Group was the largest shareholder with 11.01%.

Career

Career

Tokyo Gas

Date Position
Apr 1988 Joined

Enu Ti Ti Mobile Communications Network

Date Position
Jun 2005 Executive Officer, General Manager, Multimedia Service Department, NTT DOCOMO

Keio University

Date Position
May 2008 政策メディア研究科特別招聘教授 (translation pending)

Dwango

Date Position
Dec 2008 Director
Feb 2019 Representative Director, President

Guri

Date Position
Sep 2009 Outside Director, GREE Holdings

U-NEXT U-NEXT HOLDINGS

Date Position
Dec 2010 Director

KADOKAWA

Date Position
Oct 2014 Director
Jun 2021 Representative Director, President
Jun 2022 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Director, Chairman
Jun 2023 Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer

transcosmos

Date Position
Jun 2016 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Oracle Japan

Date Position
Aug 2016 Outside Director

Mubiwoka

Date Position
Jun 2018 Representative Director, Chairman
Jun 2025 Director

Kinki University

Date Position
Apr 2020 特別招聘教授情報学研究所長 (translation pending)
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • KADOKAWA 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】