Jun 24, 2026
Announcement of New Officers
The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) has appointed new officers by the resolution of its regular General Meeting of Members and subsequent Board of Directors and Board of Auditors meetings held on June 24, 2026. Their term of office will be until the conclusion of the General Meeting of Members to be held in 2028. The new officers are as follows:
President |
NAKATOGAWA Naofumi |
Directors
Executive Vice Presidents |
KABE Motoharu
MASUDA Yuichi
SUKO Manami
TSUYUKI Takayuki |
Senior Vice Presidents |
USAMI Kazuo
SHIMATANI Tatsuya
MAKI Akihiro* |
Author Directors (non-executive) |
KYO Eiko*
Nejishiki
MAEDA Takahiro
MAKIGAMI Koichi
MIZUTANI Keiji*
YAMADA Hiroshi* |
Composers Directors (non-executive) |
IKE Takeshi*
ENDO.
KAWAI Kenji*
Minako Seki
MUKAIYA Minoru*
WATANABE Toshiyuki |
Music publisher Directors (non-executive) |
INABA Yutaka (U'S MUSIC Co., Ltd.)
UMIMOTO Akira (NICHION INC.)
OHYAMA Ken (DAIICHIKOSHO MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC.)*
TACHIMOTO Hiroyuki (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC.)
TOYOSHIMA Kyugo (HIP LAND MUSIC CORPORATION)*
MIKAMI Charles (SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC.) |
Academic/Expert Directors (non-executive) |
SUZUKI Takayuki
TONOSHITA Tatsuya
HORIE Aiko
YOSHIDA Toshihiro* |
Auditors (Full members)
Full Members |
OMURA Yu-ki*
ONOZUKA Kiyokazu* |
Academics/Experts |
SATO Kazuko
HONDA Hisakazu |
*Newly elected/appointed officers
The following officers have stepped down:
IZAWA Kazumasa, KIMOTO Keiko, TAKINO Eiji, MATSUI Goro, OKA Chiaki, KOROKU Reijiro, SENJU Akira, HIRANO Tatsuro, HORI Yoshitaka, UEHARA Shinichi, OTANI Meiyuu, and MAKI Takashi.
Profile of NAKATOGAWA Naofumi, New JASRAC President
Hometown: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
After graduating from Chuo University's Faculty of Law in March 1983, NAKATOGAWA Naofumi joined JASRAC in April of the same year. He has served as Managers of the General Affairs, Human Resources, and Domestic Documentation Departments, respectively, and as Councilor of the Administrative and Licensing Bureaus. He was appointed as Senior Vice President in 2016 and as Executive Vice President in 2020 before taking the position of President.
