Board of Directors

Hitoshi Tanaka|Founder & CEO

Hitoshi TanakaFounder & CEO

Details

  • April 1981Joined Maebashi Shinkin Bank (currently Shinonome Shinkin Bank)
  • April 1987 Founded Jin Products, a manufacturer and wholesaler of clothing and accessories
  • July 1988Founded JIN Ltd. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.) and assumed the position of Founder & CEO (incumbent)
  • June 2015Outside Director, Oisix Inc. (currently Oisix ra daichi Inc.) (incumbent)
  • June 2021Outside Director, Japan Communications Inc. (incumbent)
  • October 2022Director, Mebuku Ground Inc. (incumbent)

Director

Ryo Tanaka

Ryo Tanaka

Details

  • April
    2008
    Joined Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
  • March
    2011
    Joined Feel Good Inc.
  • September
    2012
    Division Director, Feel Good Inc.
  • April
    2017
    Joined JINS Inc. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.)
  • September
    2017
    General Manager of Brand Strategy Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • December
    2020
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • November
    2021
    Director, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • June
    2022
    General Manager of Product Marketing Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2022
    Executive Vice President, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Noboru Kotani

Noboru Kotani

Details

  • April
    1981
    Joined Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
  • June
    2000
    Representative Director, Dream Incubator Inc.
  • March
    2005
    Representative Director, Vehicle Inc. (incumbent)
  • June
    2005
    Outside Director, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL Co., Ltd.
  • June
    2005
    Outside Director, Combi Corporation (incumbent)
  • November
    2006
    Outside Director, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • March
    2013
    Outside Director, SanBio, Inc. (incumbent)
  • March
    2018
    Outside Director, Medley, Inc. (incumbent)
  • June
    2022
    Outside Director, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (incumbent)

Jiro Kokuryo

Jiro Kokuryo

Details

  • April
    1982
    Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (currently Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
  • June
    1992
    Doctor of Business Administration, Harvard University
  • April
    1993
    Associate professor, Graduate School of Business Administration,Keio University
  • April
    2000
    Professor of same
  • April
    2003
    Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
  • March
    2005
    Executive Director, Keio Research Institute at SFC
  • April
    2006
    Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University (incumbent)
  • April
    2009
    Dean, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
  • March
    2013
    Vice-President, Keio University
  • November
    2017
    Outside director, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • October
    2022
    Director, Mebuku Ground Inc. (incumbent)

Chiaki Hayashi

Chiaki Hayashi

Details

  • April
    1994
    Joined Kao Corporation
  • June
    1999
    Joined K.K. Kyodo News, New York Bureau
  • February
    2000
    Established Loftwork Inc. Co- founder of Loftwork Inc.
  • April
    2012
    Assistant Director, MIT Media Lab
  • April
    2014
    Chief Executive Officer, Hidakuma Co., Ltd.
  • April
    2019
    Chairperson, Hidakuma Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
  • March
    2020
    Outside director, PIGEON CORPORATION (incumbent)
  • October
    2020
    Outside director, Yayoi Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
  • February
    2021
    Chairperson and Representative Director, Loftwork Inc.
  • November
    2021
    Outside Director, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • August
    2022
    Founded Hachihachi Inc. and assumed the position of Representative Director (incumbent)
  • September
    2022
    Founded Q0 Inc. and assumed the position of Representative Director (incumbent)

Auditor

Masatoshi Arimura

Masatoshi Arimura

Details

  • April
    1982
    Joined Mitsui Bank (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
  • January
    2009
    Director, SMBC Loan Adviser Co., Ltd.
  • June
    2013
    Director, SMBC Guarantee Co., Ltd.
  • June
    2014
    Outside Director, SMBC Green Service Co., Ltd.
  • June
    2019
    Senior Managing Director, SMBC Guarantee Co., Ltd.
  • November
    2020
    Corporate Auditor, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Tetsuya Oi

Tetsuya Oi

Details

  • October
    2001
    Registered as Attorney-at-law, joined TMI Associates
  • August
    2007
    Trainee at Carlsmith Ball LLP (U.S.A.)
  • January
    2011
    Partner, TMI Associates (incumbent)
  • November
    2013
    Outside Corporate Auditor, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • July
    2014
    Outside Corporate Auditor, MarketEnterprise Co., Ltd.
  • May
    2016
    Outside Corporate Auditor, Twenty-four seven Inc.
  • September
    2016
    Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee), Techfirm Holdings Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2019
    Representative Director, TMI PRIVACY AND SECURITY Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
  • July
    2022
    Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee), IMAGE MAGIC Inc. (incumbent)

Tsuguya Ota

Tsuguya Ota

Details

  • April
    1998
    Joined Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (currently Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)
  • October
    2001
    Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Llc.)
  • February
    2005
    President, Spiralll & Company Y.K. (currently Spiralll & Company K.K.) (incumbent)
  • March
    2005
    Registered as a certified public accountant
    Opened Ota Tsuguya Certified Public Accountants Office
  • March
    2006
    Registered as a certified public tax accountant
  • June
    2006
    Senior partner, Certified Public Tax Accountants Firm Spiralll (incumbent)
  • August
    2006
    Outside Corporate Auditor, SHANON Inc.
  • October
    2015
    Auditor, Estore Corporation
  • October
    2015
    Outside Corporate Auditor, KnowledgeSuite Inc.
  • November
    2017
    Outside Corporate Auditor, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Executive Officer

Maki Ube

Maki Ube
Managing Executive Officer

Details

  • April
    1993
    Joined Itokin Co., Ltd.
  • August
    2001
    Joined JIN Ltd. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.)
  • December
    2006
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • September
    2008
    Division Director, Eyewear Product Group, Eyewear Department, Store Sales Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • December
    2008
    Managing Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • April
    2011
    Division Director, Store Operation Department, Domestic Business Unit, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • May
    2012
    General Manager, JINS SHANGHAI Co., Ltd. (currently JINS SHANGHAI Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)
  • June
    2018
    General Manager, JINS Hong Kong Ltd. (incumbent)

Katsumi Kubota

Katsumi Kubota
Managing Executive Officer

Details

  • April
    1987
    Joined Yoshida Kogyo K.K. (currently YKK CORPORATION)
  • August
    2003
    Executive Vice President, YKK Snap Fasteners America Inc. (US)
  • August
    2006
    Joined FAST RETAILING Co., Ltd.
  • October
    2011
    COO, FAST RETAILING PHILIPPINES, Inc. (Philippines)
  • March
    2018
    President, Seiko (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
  • December
    2019
    Joined JINS Inc. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.)
  • December
    2020
    President, JINS Eyewear US, Inc. (US)(incumbent)
  • December
    2020
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • December
    2021
    Managing Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Ming-Chi Chiu

Ming-Chi Chiou
Managing Executive Officer

Details

  • March
    2003
    Joined CTI Television Inc.
  • November
    2009
    Tokyo station chief, CTI Television Inc.
  • May
    2011
    Launched a joint venture (CNplus Production. Inc.) between CTI Television Inc. and Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • June
    2011
    Chief Director of Business Division, CNplus Production. Inc., Nippon Television Group Company
  • June
    2015
    Joined JINS TAIWAN Co., Ltd.
  • November
    2018
    President, JINS TAIWAN Co., Ltd.(incumbent)
  • December
    2020
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2022
    Managing Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Yasuhiro Hayashi

Yasuhiro Hayashi
Managing Executive Officer

Details

  • April
    1999
    Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. Tokyo Branch(currently BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
  • July
    2000
    Joined FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
  • April
    2009
    Launched UNIQLO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.(Singapore)
  • June
    2010
    Launched UNIQLO (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD.(Malaysia)
  • June
    2013
    President & COO, PT. FAST RETAILING INDONESIA.(Indonesia)
  • November
    2015
    COO, UNIQLO CANADA Inc.(Canada)
  • February
    2020
    Executive Officer, General Manager of Digital Business, World Co., Ltd.
  • April
    2020
    Chairperson and Representative Director and CEO, (US)Original, Inc.(World Co., Ltd. group.)
  • March
    2022
    Joined JINS Inc.
  • August
    2022
    General Manager of Sales Division, JINS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2022
    Managing Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Mikiya Yamawaki

Mikiya Yamawaki

Details

  • April
    1985
    Joined The Fuji Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
  • April
    2010
    Paris Branch Manager, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
  • September
    2013
    Assigned to JIN Co.,Ltd. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.)
  • November
    2013
    Vice President, JINS SHANGHAI Co., Ltd. (currently JINS SHANGHAI Co., Ltd.)
  • July
    2015
    Joined JIN Co.,Ltd. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.), General Manager of Administration Division
  • September
    2018
    General Manager of Overseas Business Development Division and Investor Relations Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • September
    2021
    General Manager of Governance Divison, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2021
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Yukinori Arakawa

Yukinori Arakawa

Details

  • October
    2001
    Joined Culture Convenience Club Co.,Ltd.
  • June
    2015
    Joined JIN Co.,Ltd. (currently JINS HOLDINGS Inc.)
  • September
    2018
    General Manager of Administration Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2021
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Shingo Kobayashi

Shingo Kobayashi

Details

  • April
    2006
    Joined Accordia Golf Co., Ltd.
  • November
    2015
    Joined Intelligence Holdings,Ltd.
  • March
    2018
    Joined JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • September
    2019
    General Manager of HR Strategy Division, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2021
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Shinichiro Matsuda

Shinichiro Matsuda

Details

  • March
    2000
    Joined Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture Japan Ltd.)
  • December
    2018
    Managing Director, Accenture Japan Ltd.
  • January
    2021
    Joined JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • September
    2021
    General Manager of Digital Divison, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2021
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)

Hiroyuki Kondo

Hiroyuki Kondo

Details

  • April
    1994
    Joined Toray Industries, Inc.
  • January
    2004
    Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. (currently PwC Advisory LLC.)
  • September
    2005
    Financial Director, Tower Records Japan Inc.
  • August
    2015
    Chief Financial Officer, Tower Records Japan Inc.
  • March
    2021
    Joined JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
  • July
    2021
    General Manager of Business Administration Division (currently Corporate Planning Division), JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)
  • December
    2021
    Executive Officer, JINS HOLDINGS Inc. (incumbent)