Directors Information
Kotaro Sawada – Representative Director, President & CEO
Executive Officer of Corporate Identity Office, CDO Office, Communication Design Office, Brand Solution Division, Brand Solution Division, Quality Assurance Division, Information Security / IT Division, and Office of Internal Audit
May. 2008
Representative Director of Start Today Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently the Company)
Jun. 2013
Director of the Company
Sep. 2019
Representative Director, President & CEO (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
Koji Yanagisawa – Director, Executive Vice President & CFO
Executive Officer of Business Administration Division, Measurement Platform Division Measurement, and Products Division
Feb. 2006
Statutory Auditor of the Company
Jun. 2008
Director and General Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Administration Division
Apr. 2009
Director and CFO
Apr. 2017
Director, Executive Vice President & CFO (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
External Director at COLOPL, Inc. External Director at DIGITAL HOLDINGS, Inc.
Fuminori Hirose – Director, COO
Executive Officer of Technology Division, ZOZOTOWN Development Division, ZOZOTOWN Development Strategy Division, ZOZOTOWN Backend Development Division, Production Platform Division, and Production Platform Development Division
Apr. 2001
Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. (currently MizuhoBank, Ltd.)
Aug. 2005
Joined Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. (currently SMBC NikkoSecurities Inc.)
May. 2007
Head of Internal Audit Office, ZOZO, Inc.
Aug. 2010
General Manager of Business Administration Division, ZOZO, Inc.
Apr. 2012
General Manager of Business Administration Division, ZOZO, Inc.
Jul. 2017
General Manager of EC Business Division, ZOZO, Inc.
May. 2019
Executive Officer and General Manager of Business
Administration Division, ZOZO, Inc.
Jul. 2020
Executive Officer (to present) and General Manager of EC Business Division, ZOZO, Inc.
Executive Officer of MSP Product Development Division, ZOZO, Inc.
Feb. 2021
Executive Officer of Category Promotion Division (to present)
Jun. 2021
Director, COO (to present)
Kentaro Kawabe – Director
Jan. 2020
Executive Director of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
President and Representative Director, President Corporate Officer, Chief Executive Officer （CEO） of Z Holdings Corporation, President and Representative Director President Corporate Officer Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yahoo Japan Corporation, and Board Director of SoftBank Corp.
Koji Ono – External Director
Jun. 2011
External Director of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
Director at Diamond Heads Inc.
Kazunori Hotta – External Director
Jun. 2019
External Director of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
President and Representative Director of GOODLUCK CORPORATION, and Director of TAKE AND GIVE. NEEDS Co., Ltd.
Taro Saito – External Director
Jun. 2020
External Director of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
President and Representative Director of dof Inc. (to present), External Director of CARTA HOLDINGS, INC., Director of CC INC., and External Director of for Startups, Inc.
Hiroko Igarashi – External Statutory Auditor
Jun. 2019
External Statutory Auditor (to present)
Junichi Motai – External Statutory Auditor
Jun. 2006
External Statutory Auditor of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
Representative Director of Accounting Assist Co., Ltd., External Statutory Auditor at VOYAGE GROUP Inc. and Vision Inc.
Junko Utsunomiya – External Statutory Auditor
Jun. 2012
External Statutory Auditor of the Company (to present)
(Concurrent Occupations or Positions)
Attorney at Utsunomiya Shimizu & Haruki. (law firm), External Statutory Auditor at Solasto Corporation and Director at Adventure Inc.
Toshiaki Shimizu – Executive Officer
Executive Officer of Hospitality Division and HR Division
Takao Yamasaki – Executive Officer
Executive Officer of Marketing Division, Group Business Strategy Division , and AI & Analytics Division
Christine Edman – Executive Officer
Executive Officer of Sales Department Division, EC Promotion Division and ZOZOVILLA Division
Masahiro Tashiro – Executive Officer
Executive Officer of Fulfillment Division