List of executives / Group companies

Representative Director and Chairman
Masato Matsuura

Date of birth

As of October 1, 1964

Career

Apr, 1988

Established the Company, Director

Mar, 1991

Senior Executive Director of the Company

Mar, 1996

Chief of Product Business Headquarters of the Company

Jun, 2000

Corporate Executive of the Company

Aug, 2002

Chief of Production and Promotions Headquarters of the Company

Aug, 2004

Resigned as Senior Executive Director and Director / Member of the Board of the Company

Aug, 2004

Corporate Executive of the Company

Sep, 2004

Representative Director and President of the Company

Apr, 2005

President of Avex Entertainment Inc. (currently Avex Digital Inc.)

Apr, 2009

Chairman of the Board of Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc.

Apr, 2010

Representative Director, CEO, in charge of President's Office of the Company

Jul, 2013

Director of Avex International Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. (currently Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.) (to present)

Oct, 2013

Chairman of the Board of Avex Management Inc.

Dec, 2014

Chairman of the Board of AWA Co. Ltd.

Nov, 2016

President of Avex Ventures Inc.

Jun, 2018

Representative Director and Chairman, CEO, in charge of President's Office of the Company

Jul, 2018

In charge of Representative Office and CEO's Office of the Company

Apr, 2019

In charge of Technology Department of the Company

Jun, 2020

Representative Director and Chairman of the Company (to present)

Jul, 2020

Representative Director and Chairman, Avex Creative Factory Inc. (to present)

Representative Director, CFO
Shinji Hayashi

Date of birth

As of June 8, 1964

Career

May, 1990

Joined the Company

Apr, 1993

Director of the Company

Jun, 1996

Executive Director of the Company

Jan, 2009

Director of Avex Management Inc.

Feb, 2009

Executive Director of Avex Entertainment Inc.(currently Avex Digital Inc.)

Apr, 2009

Director of Avex Broadcasting & CommunicationsInc. (to present)

Apr, 2010

Representative Director, CB0 of the Company

Apr, 2010

Responsible for Compliance of the Company (to present)

Apr, 2010

President of Avex Marketing Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)

Jun, 2016

Director, Corporate Executive, COO of the Company

Jun, 2016

Chairperson of the Compliance Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee (to present); responsible for Risk Management of the Company (to present)

Jun, 2018

Representative Director, CFO of the Company (to present)

Jul, 2018

In charge of Management Administration Department, HR and General Affairs Department, and Accounting and Legal Affairs Department of the Company (to present)

Jun, 2020

Member of the Compliance Committee of the Company (to present)

Director (Part-time)
Toru Kenjo

Date of birth

As of December 29, 1950

Career

Sep, 1991

Director and General Manager, Editing Department of Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (currently KADOKAWA CORPORATION)

Nov, 1993

Established GENTOSHA INC., Representative Director and President (to present)

Oct, 2005

Representative Director and President of Touchdown Co., Ltd. (to present)

May, 2006

Executive Advisor of Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc. (to present)

Jun, 2010

Director (part-time) of the Company (to present)

Mar, 2012

Representative Director and President of Kab, Inc. (to present)

Director(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Date of birth

As of September 4, 1956

Career

Oct, 1998

Joined Avex Distribution, Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)

Jul, 1999

Director of Avex Distribution, Inc.

Apr, 2004

Executive Director of Avex Distribution, Inc.

Apr, 2007

Director of Avex Marketing Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)

May, 2010

Corporate Executive, Head of Sales & Promotion 2 Division of Avex Marketing Inc.

Jul, 2011

Corporate Executive, Head of Administration Division of Avex Marketing Inc.

Jun, 2013

Full-time Auditor of the Company (to present)

Dec, 2016

Auditor of NexTone Inc. (to present)

Representative Director, CEO
Katsumi Kuroiwa

Date of birth

As of January 19, 1972

Career

May, 2001

Joined Axev, Inc. (currently Avex Management Inc.)

Apr, 2005

Director of Avex Live Creative Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)

May, 2012

Director of Avex Taiwan Inc. (to present)

Jun, 2012

Representative Director and President of Avex Live Creative Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)

Jun, 2016

Corporate Executive of the Company

Apr, 2017

Representative Director and President of Avex Entertainment Inc. (to present)

Apr, 2017

Director of Avex Management Inc. (to present)

Apr, 2017

Director of Avex Classics International Inc. (to present)

Jun, 2018

Representative Director, COO of the Company
Director of Avex Asia Pte. Ltd. (to present)

Jun, 2020

Representative Director, CEO(to present)

Jun, 2021

Chief of Corporate Strategic Headquarters, In charge of Group Management Office

Aug, 2023

Representative Director, CEO ,Chief of Group Management Office, Chief of Sustainability Promotion Office

Outside Director(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Yoshihide Sugimoto

Date of birth

As of October 31, 1980

Career

Dec, 2009

Attorney-at-law (to present)

Dec, 2009

Joined Kiyoshi Suda Law Office

Apr, 2011

Established Legal Partners Law Office (currently Anshin Partners Law Office)

Dec, 2015

Assumed as Director Chairman of Brangista. inc (Outside) (to present)

May, 2017

Assumed as Advisor of Dentons (to present)

May, 2018

Assumed as Advisor of Zhongyunyuezhong (Beijing) Culture Development Co., Ltd. (to present)

Oct, 2018

Assumed as Outside Director of NATTY SWANKY(to present)

Avex Entertainment Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

200 million yen

Representative

Avex Live Creative Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Music Creative Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Creative Factory Inc．

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Alliance & Partners Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Clan Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Styles Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Management Agency Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Animation Labels Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Film Labels Inc.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex AY Factory LLC.

Location

Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu-Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073

Capital

5 million yen

Representative

Avex China Inc.

Location

3/F Air China Century Building, No. 40 Xiaoyun Rd, Chaoyang District Beijing, 100027

Capital

100 million yen

Representative

Avex Shanghai Co.,Ltd.

Location

Bund Center, Suite 1865, 222 Yanan Road (East), Shanghai 200002, PRC

Capital

3,000,000 Renminbi

Representative

Accounting Shinji Miyazaki

Avex Hong Kong Ltd.

Location

20/F, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay

Capital

10 million Hong Kong dollars

Representative

S10 Entertainment & Media LLC

Location

953 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles 90038

Representative