Biography Kentaro Kawabe

Kentaro Kawabe
Board Director
Kentaro Kawabe
Date of birth:
October 19, 1974; 47 years old
(As of June 23, 2022)
Dec. 1996 Director, Dennotai Corporation
Sept. 1999 CEO, Dennotai Corporation
Dec. 1999 Director, PIM Corporation
Aug. 2000 Joined Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation), Yahoo! Mobile Producer
Jan. 2007 Yahoo! News Producer, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
May 2009 Representative Director, GyaO Corporation (currently GYAO Corporation)
Apr. 2012 Corporate Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), President of Media Business Group, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
July 2012 Senior Executive Vice President, COO, Head of Media Service Company, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
June 2015 Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Officer, COO, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
Apr. 2017 Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Officer, COO, President of Commerce Group, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
Apr. 2018 Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Officer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
June 2018 President and Representative Director, President Corporate Officer, CEO, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)
Sept. 2018 Board Director, the Company (to present)
Oct. 2019 President and Representative Director, President Corporate Officer, CEO, Yahoo Japan Corporation
Jan. 2020 Executive Director, ZOZO Inc. (to present)
Mar. 2021 President and Representative Director, Co-CEO, Z Holdings Corporation (to present)
June 2021 Director, SoftBank Group Corp. (to present)
Apr. 2022 Director, Yahoo Japan Corporation (to present)

Concurrent positions in other listed companies

President and Representative Director, Co-CEO, Z Holdings Corporation
Executive Director, ZOZO Inc.
Director, SoftBank Group Corp.

Number of shares held in the Company - shares