Press Releases 2015
Establishment of Newly Merged Company and Management Team
April 1, 2015
SoftBank Mobile Corp.
SoftBank Mobile Corp. (“SoftBank Mobile”) today announced that on April 1, 2015 it consummated the merger with SoftBank BB Corp., SoftBank Telecom Corp. and Ymobile Corporation.
With this merger, SoftBank Mobile aims to maximize its corporate value by further concentrating the business resources held by each company and by enhancing the overall competitiveness of its domestic telecommunications businesses. The newly merged SoftBank Mobile will, under SoftBank's corporate philosophy of “Information Revolution — Happiness for everyone,” seek to create innovative services and improve operational efficiencies through structural reforms. It will also work to expand its business jointly with other SoftBank Group companies, in areas such as IoT (Internet of Things), robotics, and energy. Brand names of existing services will be maintained and mobile communications services will continue to be provided under the two “SoftBank” and “Y!mobile” brands.
An outline of the newly established company and its management team is as follows.
1. Outline of New Company
| (1) Trade name | SoftBank Mobile Corp. |
| (2) Address | 1-9-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| (3) Names and titles of representatives | Masayoshi Son, Chairman Ken Miyauchi, President & CEO |
| (4) Nature of business | Provision of mobile communications services, sale of mobile devices, provision of fixed-line telecommunications and ISP services |
| (5) Share capital | JPY 177,251 million |
| (6) Fiscal year end | March 31 |
| (7) Shareholder and share of voting rights | SoftBank Corp. 99.99% (of which 75.81% is held indirectly) |
| (8) Employees | approx. 17,700 |
2. New Company Management (Directors, Presidents, Heads, etc.) (as of April 1, 2015)
Board of Directors
| Title | Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Masayoshi Son | - |
| President & CEO | Ken Miyauchi | - |
| Executive Vice President | Yasuyuki Imai | Product & Marketing Unit Head and Marketing Planning Division Head, Technology Unit Head |
| Executive Vice President | Jun Shimba | Enterprise Business Unit Head and MNC Business Division Head |
| Executive Vice President | Shuichi Kukita | Consumer Sales Unit Head |
| Executive Vice President | Junichi Miyakawa | Technology Unit, Global Telecom Business |
| Executive Vice President & CFO | Kazuhiko Fujihara | Finance Unit Head |
| Executive Vice President | Eric Gan | Business Development Unit Head and Ymobile Business |
| Executive Vice President | Yoshimitsu Goto | - |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
| Title | Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Junichi Kasahara | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Takayoshi Saito | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Akira Matsuyama | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Tatsuhiro Murata | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Kazuko Kimiwada | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Toshiki Sada | - |
Senior Vice Presidents (delegated)
| Title | Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Vice President | Tomio Miyake | Enterprise Business Unit Deputy Head and 1st Enterprise Sales Division Head |
| Senior Vice President | Sadahiro Sato | Enterprise Business Unit Deputy Head and ICT Innovation Division Head and Cloud Service Division Head Technology Unit Deputy Head (Service Platform) and Service Platform Development Division Head and Transition Promotion Division Head |
| Senior Vice President | Yoshiaki Sakuma | Consumer Sales Unit, Sales Operation Division Head |
| Senior Vice President | Hideyuki Tsukuda | Technology Unit Deputy Head (Mobile Network) |
| Senior Vice President | Keiichi Makizono | Technology Unit Deputy Head (Core & Transport) |
| Senior Vice President, CS*1 | Takashi Tsutsui | Technology Unit, Technology Strategy Office |
| Senior Vice President, CISO*2 | Amane Kito | Information Systems Unit Head and Information Systems Division Head and IT Service Development Division Head |
| Senior Vice President | Junji Tokunaga | Finance Unit Deputy Head (Domestic Telecom Business) and Regulatory Division Head |
| Senior Vice President | Fumihiro Aono | Human Resources & General Affairs Unit Head |
Vice Presidents
| Title | Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Vice President | Shigehiro Shimizu | Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Sales Promotion Division Head |
| Vice President | Yukinori Ishioka | Enterprise Business Unit, Network Project Division Head |
| Vice President | Yukio Kawa | Enterprise Business Unit |
| Vice President | Kosaku Nonoue | Consumer Sales Unit, Customer Service Division Head |
| Vice President | Hiroyuki Terao | Product & Marketing Unit, YM Business Promotion Division Head |
| Vice President | Tatsuro Kurisaka | Product & Marketing Unit, Advertisement Division Head |
| Vice President | Hajime Baba | Product & Marketing Unit, Service Contents Division Head |
| Vice President | Makoto Iwasaki | Technology Unit, Platform Operations Division Head |
| Vice President | Hidetoshi Ikeda | Technology Unit, Operations & Maintenance Division Head |
| Vice President | Motonari Abe | Business Development Unit, Business Development Division Head |
| Vice President | Yoshiro Hirao | Information Systems Unit Deputy Head |
| Vice President | Takashi Naito | Finance Unit, Finance and Accounting Division Head |
| Vice President, CCO*3 | Eiji Shimagami | Human Resources & General Affairs Unit, General Affairs Division Head |
Division Heads, others
| Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Kunihiro Fujinaga | Enterprise Business Unit, 2nd Enterprise Sales Division Head |
| Yoshihiro Kosuge | Enterprise Business Unit, 3rd Enterprise Sales Division Head |
| Hayato Sakurai | Enterprise Business Unit, 4th Enterprise Sales Division Head |
| Shintaro Kasai | Enterprise Business Unit, 1st Regional Corporate Sales Division Head |
| Toshio Nagata | Enterprise Business Unit, 2nd Regional Corporate Sales Division Head |
| Atsuo Nomura | Enterprise Business Unit, Metropolitan Area Sales Division Head |
| Akihiro Oshima | Enterprise Business Unit, Global Business Division Head |
| Hiroshi Akabori | Enterprise Business Unit, New Business Division Head |
| Yutaka Matsuoka | Enterprise Business Unit, Business Partner Sales Division Head |
| Takashi Eguchi | Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Communication Service & Support Sales Division Head |
| Akihiro Kannari | Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Customer Service Division Head |
| Makoto Imaizumi | Enterprise Business Unit, Global Marketing Division Head |
| Hiroyuki Iguchi | Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Partner Sales Division Head |
| Yasuhiro Kitanaru | Consumer Sales Unit, MOBILE 1st Sales Division Head |
| Kimihiro Tanitsu | Consumer Sales Unit, MOBILE 2nd Sales Division Head |
| Junshi Yamasaki | Consumer Sales Unit, Partner Sales Division Head |
| Kinya Honda | Consumer Sales Unit, Area Sales Division Head |
| Yasushi Ota | Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Division 1 Head |
| Kenichi Takashima | Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Division 2 Head and Enterprise Business Unit, YM Enterprise Sales Division Head |
| Isamu Suyama | Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Support Division Head |
| Keigo Sugano | Product & Marketing Unit, MOBILE Business Promotion Division Head and MD Division Head |
| Kazuhiro Sasaki | Product & Marketing Unit, BB Business Promotion Division Head |
| Hironobu Tamba | Product & Marketing Unit, Product & Service Division Head |
| Hiroshi Matsuda | Product & Marketing Unit, SoftBank SELECTION Division Head |
| Tomohiro Sekiwa | Technology Unit, Mobile Network Planning Division Head |
| Masatoshi Hongo | Technology Unit, East Japan Mobile Area Division Head |
| Eiji Otaki | Technology Unit, West Japan Mobile Area Division Head |
| Teruya Fujii | Technology Unit, Research and Development Division Head |
| Yoshihito Shimazaki | Technology Unit, Solution Advancing Office |
| Takenori Kobayashi | Technology Unit, Network Division Head |
| Hidetoshi Tosaka | Technology Unit, Access Solution Division Head |
| Yoshikazu Takegawa | Technology Unit, Communication Network Division Head |
| Tadashi Iida | Technology Unit, Technology Administration Division Head |
| Keiichiro Shimizu | Information Systems Unit, Security Division Head |
| Yuriko Ishihara | Finance Unit, Strategic Planning and Analysis Office |
| Atsushi Taira | Finance Unit, Global Business Synergies Division Head |
| Ippei Mimura | Finance Unit, Group Management Office |
| Taku Oketani | Finance Unit, Corporate Planning Division Head |
| Masaaki Okazaki | Finance Unit, Corporate Management Division Head |
| Masayuki Okubo | Finance Unit, Procurement Division Head |
| Kenichi Nagasaki | Human Resources & General Affairs Unit, Human Resources Division Head |
Leaving Senior Vice Presidents (delegated) (as of March 31, 2015)
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Senior Vice President | Seiji Goto*4 |
| Senior Vice President | Hiroaki Kitano |
| Senior Vice President | Atsushi Taira |
Other (as of November 20, 2014)
| Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Atsushi Taira | Brightstar Corp. Chief Planning and Optimization Officer
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- [Notes]
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- *1CS: Chief Scientist
- *2CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
- *3CCO: Chief Compliance Officer
- *4Seiji Goto is an Advisor to SoftBank Mobile effective April 1, 2015.
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