Tatsuo Sato
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He became a director of Kadokawa Media Office in May 1986 and served as Representative Director of MediaWorks from October 1992. He went on to serve as Representative Director of a series of Kadokawa group operating companies, including Enterbrain, Media Leaves, Fujimi Shobo, Kadokawa Mobile (now BookWalker), ASCII and Kadokawa Production, and in April 2008 became Representative Director and President of Kadokawa Group Holdings (now KADOKAWA). He served as a Corporate Auditor of DWANGO from September 2000 and as a director from December 2009.
Selection
He became Representative Director and President of KADOKAWA DWANGO, newly created by the business integration with DWANGO in October 2014. At the same time Nobuo Kawakami, Representative Director and President of DWANGO since August 1997, became Representative Director and Chairman, and eight months later, in June 2015, the two swapped the roles of President and Chairman. According to the annual securities report, Sato held 187,000 shares and Kawakami 5,687,000, a 30-fold gap.
Initiatives
In 2013, the year before he became President, Kadokawa Group Holdings absorbed nine consolidated subsidiaries and changed its name to KADOKAWA. The nine merged companies accounted for 80% of consolidated revenue in the fiscal year ended March 2012, and Sato decided on this reorganization together with Tsuguhiko Kadokawa. In the FY ended March 2015, the first year after the integration, consolidated revenue was ¥100.5 billion, ordinary profit ¥2.4 billion and net income ¥14.0 billion; his tenure as President lasted eight months, from October 2014 to June 2015.
Career
Career
Kadokawa Media Ofisu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| May 1986 | Director |
| Jun 1992 | Representative Director, Managing Officer |
Media Wakusu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 1992 | Representative Director |
| Apr 2005 | Representative Director, Chairman |
Kadokawa Shoten KADOKAWA
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 1999 | Director |
Toizuwakusu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2000 | Representative Director, President |
Dwango
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2000 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Dec 2009 | Director |
Kyarakuta Ando Anime Dotto Komu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2003 | Representative Director, President, Kyaraani |
Media Rivusu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2004 | Representative Director, President |
| Feb 2006 | Representative Director, Chairman and President |
Entaburein
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2004 | Representative Director, Chairman |
㈱富士見書房 (translation pending)
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 2005 | Representative Director, Chairman |
Kadokawa Mobile Bukkuwoka
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Dec 2005 | Representative Director, President |
ASCII Corporation
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2006 | Representative Director, President |
Kadokawa Production
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2007 | Representative Director, Chairman |
Kadokawa Group Holdings KADOKAWA
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2008 | Representative Director, President |
KADOKAWA
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 2014 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2015 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| Jun 2015 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- KADOKAWA・DWANGO 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2015年3月期）