Professional Career:
    2000 Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
     Resigned from Chairmanship & CEO,
     Victor Entertainment, Inc.
    1998 Chairman & CEO, Victor Entertainment, Inc.
    1996 Vice Chairman & Chairman of Engineering Committee, RIAJ
    1995 President & CEO, Victor Entertainment, Inc., Board of Director, RIAJ
    1993 Board of Director, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC)
     General Manager, Software Business Affairs, JVC
    1989 President, JVC Entertainment, Inc.
    1960 Entered JVC
    Council membership:
    Legal Deposit System Council, National Diet Library
    Copyright Council, Council for Cultural Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs
    Education:
    1960 Graduated from the University of Tokyo