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 略歴/About
Yoda
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Tom Yoda
Chairman/CEO
T. Y. Limited, Inc.
Birthday: May 27, 1940
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Mar. 1963 |
Graduated from Meiji
University, Faculty of Business Management |
Apr. 1963 |
Joined Osada Electric Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 1969 |
Joined Sansui Electric Co., Ltd. (Resigned as Director in Jan 1988) |
Mar. 1988 |
Representative Director of Thomas Yoda Limited (renamed to T. Y. Limited,
Inc.) |
Aug. 1988 |
Advisor to Avex D.D., Inc. (renamed to Avex Inc. in 1998, and to Avex
Group Holdings in 2004) |
Feb. 1990 |
Appointed Director of Avex D.D., Inc. |
Dec. 1992 |
Chairman and Director of Avex D.D., Inc. |
Sep. 1993 |
Chairman of the Board / CEO of Avex D.D., Inc. (until Aug. 2004) |
Dec. 1999 |
Board of Directors, GAGA Communications Inc. (renamed to GAGA Corporation) |
Aug. 2000 |
Board of Directors of T-Joy, Co. Ltd. |
Mar. 2003 |
Board of Directors of Rakuten, Inc. (until Mar. 2011)
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Aug. 2004 |
Honorary Chairman of Avex Inc. (Adviser from Jan 2005 until Mar 2005) |
Dec. 2004 |
Chairman of the Board & Representative Corporate Officer, Gaga Communications Inc. (renamed to GAGA Corporation) |
Jan. 2005 |
Special Advisor to Dreamusic Inc. |
Apr. 2005 |
Advisor to Dreamusic (Largest shareholder from Mar 2005) |
Apr. 2005 |
Chairman
/CEO of T. Y. Limited Inc. |
Aug. 2005 |
Chairman /CEO of Dreamusic
Inc. |
Dec. 2006 |
Co-Founder/Member of the Board of Filosophia Entertainment Alliance, Inc (renamed to Filosophia Inc.)
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Aug. 2008 |
Chairman/CEO, T.Y. Entertainment, Inc. |
Jul. 2009 |
Chairman of the Board/President/Chief Executive Officer,
Gaga Communications Inc. (renamed to GAGA Corporation) |
Sep. 2010 |
Director, AITIA Corporation |
Apr. 2016 |
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, GAGA Corporation |
Mar. 2017 |
Director/Supreme Advisor, Dreamusic, Inc.
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| Jun. 2020 |
President and CEO, GAGA Corporation
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Jul. 2020 |
Director, Production +h (until Oct. 2021) |
Dec. 2021 |
Executive Advisor, Faith, Inc.
*Bold face indicates current posts |
<Public Posts> |
Feb. 2000 |
Councilor, Meiji University |
May. 2000 |
Main Board Director of International Federation of Phonographic Industry
(IFPI) (until Aug 2004) |
Apr. 2001 |
Chairman of Foundation for Promotion of Music Industry and Culture
(PROMIC) (until Apr. 2005) |
2001- |
Vice Chairman of Executive Committee, Japan/China Year 2002 |
Oct. 2002 |
Committee Member, Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy
Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat
（until July 2007） |
Jan. 2003 |
Board Member, International Therapy Dog Association |
Mar. 2003 |
Chairman of Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) (until
Aug. 2004) |
Apr. 2003 |
International Strategic Study Group for Contents Industry, Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
Jul. 2003 |
Chairman, Sub Committee on Entertainment & Contents, Committee
on Industrial Affairs (renamed as Committee on Industrial Competitiveness), Japan Business Federation(until Oct. 2021) |
Oct. 2003 |
Committee Member, Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters,
Cabinet Secretariat（until July 2007） |
Jan. 2004 |
Member, Rotary Club of Tokyo |
Feb. 2004 |
Board of Directors（renamed as Member of the Policy Board）, Japan Business Federation |
Apr. 2004 |
Board of Directors, Entertainment Lawyers’ Network |
Apr. 2004 |
Committee member, Japan/Korea Friendship Year 2005(until Dec. 2004) |
Aug. 2004 |
Directors on Board, The Japan-China Society, Inc. |
Dec. 2004 |
Director, Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO)
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Jan. 2005 |
Board of Directors, Foreign Film Importer-Distributors Association
of Japan |
Apr. 2005 |
Board of Directors, UNIJAPAN |
Apr. 2005 |
Special Advisor, The Foundation for Promotion Music Industry and Culture (PROMIC)(until Mar,2006) |
Jul. 2005 |
Executive Director, Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) |
Dec. 2006 |
Vice Chairman of Executive Committee, The Japan-China Exchange
Year of Culture and Sports 2007 |
Feb. 2007 |
Deputy Chairperson of Executive Committee, Japan International
Contents Festival |
May. 2007 |
Director, Japan Video Software Association |
Mar. 2008 |
Chairman, Tokyo International Film Festival （TIFF & TIFFCOM） <until March 31 2013> |
Apr. 2008 |
Director, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
Apr. 2009 |
Advisor, Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) |
Jul. 2009 |
Deputy Chairman, The Japan-China Society, Inc. |
Jan. 2012 |
Vice chairman, the executive committee for 2012 "Friendship Year for Japan-China People-To-People Exchanges" |
Sep. 2012 |
Vice Chairman, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
Sep. 2012 |
Director, Watanabe Foundation for Music & Culture |
Mar. 2013 |
Member of Cool Japan Promotion Council |
Mar. 2013 |
Chairman, Creative Industries Internationalization Committee, METI |
| Apr. 2013 |
Executive Member, TIFF Executive Committee of UNIJAPAN |
Dec. 2013 |
Advisory Board Member, Cool Japan Fund Inc. |
Jun. 2020 |
Member of Executives Branch, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Jun. 2023 |
Executive Director, Foreign Film Importer-Distributors Association of Japan |
Feb. 2024 |
Chairman, Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA)
*Bold face indicates current posts |
＜Awards＞ |
Apr. 2012 |
The distinction of les Arts et Lettres, as officier of the order |
Jun 2012 |
The 31st Fujimoto Award (Special Award) |
Nov. 2012 |
The Special Award from MPAA for “Promoting and Protecting the Screen Community in Japan” |
Feb. 2017 |
Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur （France） |
Dec. 2019 |
MPA Asia Pacific Creativity Award 2019 |
Dec. 2021 |
Distinguished Service Award, The 66th Movie Day |
Apr. 2022 |
A Person of Merit, The 80th Anniversary of The Recording Industry of Japan |
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