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June 29, 2022

Japanese Society for Rights of Authors,
Composers and Publishers
(JASRAC)

Announcement of New Officers

Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) has appointed new executive officers by the resolution of its Regular General Assembly and subsequent Board of Directors and Board of Auditors meetings held on June 29, 2022. Their term of office concludes at the end of the Regular General Assembly to be held in 2024. New executive officers are as follows:

President: IZAWA Kazumasa
Managing Directors: NAKATOGAWA Naofumi
SUKO Manami
MASUDA Yuichi
Directors: USAMI Kazuo
TSUYUKI Takayuki
KABE Motoharu *
SHIMATANI Tatsuya *



Directors (non-exective)

(Authors) ISHIHARA Shinichi
TAKINO Eiji
HARA Fumihiko *
MAEDA Takahiro
MAKIGAMI Koichi *
MATSUI Goro *
(Composers) ENDO. *
OKA Chiaki
KOROKU Reijiro
SENJU Akira
MIZUMORI Hideo *
WATANABE Toshiyuki
(Publishers) AKATSUKA Hiroto (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC) *
INABA Yutaka (U'S MUSIC CO LTD)
TAKIZAWA Chie (NICHION INC)
HIRANO Tatsuro (WATANABE MUSIC PUBLISHING CO LTD)
HORI Yoshitaka (HORIPRO INC) *
MIKAMI Charles Kazuhiro (SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC) *
(Academics/Experts) UEHARA Shinichi
SUZUKI Takayuki *
SUMIDA Masayoshi
TONOSHITA Tatsuya
Auditor: SATO Kazuko *
Auditors (non-standing): OI Kazuto (Expert)
OTANI Meiyuu (Full Member) *
MAKI Takashi (Full Member) *


*Newly elected/appointed officers.


The following officers have retired: ASAISHI Michio (President), OKADA Fumiko (Director (Author)), TOKUHISA Koji (Director (Composer)), HAGITA Mitsuo (Director (Composer)), HORI Kazutaka (Director (Publisher)), MIYAUCHI Takashi (Managing Director), MIYATAKE Hisayoshi (Director (Academics/Experts)), MIYUKI Kouhei (Auditor (non-standing)), YAMADA Takao (Director (Author)).



Profile of IZAWA Kazumasa, New JASRAC President

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Hometown: Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Graduated from School of Law, Waseda University. After joining JASRAC in April 1983, he has served as Manager of Systems Department and as Councilor of the Administrative Bureau among other positions. He was appointed as Director in 2016 and as Managing Director in 2020 before taking the position of President.
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