About Us

Corporate Officers

Directors

Chairman and Director

Hisao Taki

  • April 1963Joined Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company Ltd. (now Mitsubishi Material Corporation)
  • October 1989Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 1993Chairman, Japan Traffic Culture Association (current)
  • December 1999Chairman and President, Representative Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2001Chairman and Representative Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • March 2004Chairman and Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • February 2010Chairman and Representative Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • October 2010President and Representative Director, Gurunavi Research Institute Inc. (current)
  • April 2011Chairman and Director, NKB Inc. (current)
  • June 2019Chairman and Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)
  • December 2021Adviser and Representative Director, Let's ENJOY TOKYO, Inc. (current)

President and Representative Director

Akio Sugihara

  • March 1996Started an internet service company
  • February 1997Participated in MDM, Inc. (now Rakuten Group, Inc.) as a co-founder
  • November 1999Director, General Manager, New Business Development, Rakuten, Inc. (now Rakuten Group, Inc.)
  • October 2000Representative Director, President, Rakuten Books, Inc.(now Rakuten Group, Inc.)
  • March 2003Director and Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
  • April 2006Director and Group Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, EC Business Division 2, EC Business Company, Rakuten, Inc.
  • July 2007Director and Group Managing Executive Officer, CPO (Chief Produce Officer), General Manager, Development and Creative & Web Design General Headquarters, Rakuten, Inc.
  • April 2012Director and Group Managing Executive Officer, In charge of Human Resources & General Affairs, Rakuten, Inc.
  • March 2016Group Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
  • October 2018Group Managing Executive Officer CHO (Chief Health Officer) of Operation Division Senior Director of Operation Division, Rakuten, Inc.
  • June 2019President and Representative Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Outside Director

Koichi Tsukihara

Adviser, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited; External Director, ELIIY Power Co., Ltd.; Outside Director, YAMASHITA, LTD.

  • April 1970Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Limited (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC))
  • June 1997Director, SMBC
  • January 2001Managing Executive Officer, SMBC
  • June 2003Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer, SMBC
  • April 2004Senior Managing Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, SMBC
  • April 2005Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG)
  • June 2005Vice President, Vice Executive Officer, SMBC Executive Vice President, SMFG
  • April 2006Director, SMBC
  • May 2006President and Representative Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited (SMCC)
  • June 2011Chairman and Representative Director, SMCC
  • June 2012Outside Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current) Chairman, SMCC
  • June 2013Special Adviser, SMCC Outside Corporate Auditor, SHIONOGI & CO., LTD. External Director, ELIIY Power Co., Ltd. (current)
  • April 2016Outside Director, YAMASHITA CORPORATION, LTD. (now YAMASHITA, LTD.) (current)
  • June 2017Independent Non-Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
  • November 2017Adviser, SMCC (current)
  • June 2018Independent Non-Executive Officer, Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC

Outside Director

Hirohisa Fujiwara

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, TOKYU CORPORATION

  • April 1983Joined TOKYU CORPORATION
  • July 2011Executive Officer, TOKYU CORPORATION
  • June 2015Director, TOKYU CORPORATION
  • April 2018Director and Managing Executive Officer, TOKYU CORPORATION
  • June 2019Outside Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)
  • July 2022Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, TOKYU CORPORATION (current)
  • May 2023Director, Tokyu Store Corporation (current)

Outside Director

Kazunori Takeda

Director and Group Executive Vice President, President of Commerce & Marketing Company, Rakuten Group, Inc.; Vice Chairman and Director, Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc.; Director, Rakuten General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, Rakuten Business Support, Inc.; Senior expert officer, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.; Director, Rakuten France S.A.S.; Chairman and Representative Director, JP Rakuten Logistics, Inc.; Director, Seiyu Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • April 1986Joined, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
  • July 2006Joined Rakuten, Inc. Group Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc. (now Rakuten Group, Inc.)
  • March 2007Director and Group Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
  • March 2016Director, Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc.
  • July 2016President of Life & Leisure Company, Rakuten, Inc.
  • April 2018Group Executive Vice President, Rakuten, Inc.
  • January 2019Director, Rakuten General Insurance Co., Ltd. (current)
  • April 2019Representative Director, Rakuten Business Support, Inc. (current)
  • May 2019Group Executive Vice President, President of Commerce Company, Rakuten, Inc.
  • June 2019Outside Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)
  • July 2019Vice Chairman and Director, Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc. (current)
  • March 2021Director, SY Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • June 2021Director, Rakuten France S.A.S. (current)
  • July 2021Chairman and Representative Director, JP Rakuten Logistics, Inc. (current)
  • December 2021Director, Seiyu Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
  • March 2023Director and Group Executive Vice President, President of Commerce & Marketing Company, Rakuten Group, Inc. (current)

Outside Director

Yui Ono

Director, MIHA, Inc.; Director, Rakuten Global Trading USA, Inc.; Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, EC Consulting Department of Commerce Company, Rakuten Group, Inc.

  • December 2007Joined Rakuten, Inc. (now Rakuten Group, Inc.)
  • January 2020Director, MIHA, Inc. (current)
  • October 2020Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
  • April 2021Director, Rakuten Global Trading USA, Inc. (current)
  • March 2022Senior Executive Officer, Rakuten Group, Inc. (current)
  • June 2022Outside Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Directoer Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time)

Kiyoshi Suzuki

  • April 1981Joined Pioneer Corporation
  • December 1999Director, Manager of Engineering Department, Gurunavi, Inc. 
  • January 2002Director, Manager of Engineering Department and Production Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2003Director, Manager of Engineering Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • March 2008Director, In charge of Engineering Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • July 2010Director, Manager of Information Systems Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2011Director and Executive Officers, Manager of Information Systems Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • April 2012Director and Executive Officers, Manager of Information Systems Department and In charge of Information security, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • November 2013Director and Executive Officers, Manager of Information Systems Department, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2017Auditor (Full-time), Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2023Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time), Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Taketeru Minaki

Representative, Minaki and Kitazawa Law office; Outside Auditor, NKB Inc.

  • April 1969Registered as lawyer (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
  • May 1978Established Minaki Law office
  • May 1994Chairman, Minaki and Kitazawa Law office (renamed) (current)
  • June 1997Outside Auditor, NITTOKU CO., LTD.
  • October 2010Outside Auditor, NKB Inc. (current)
  • June 2015Outside Auditor, Gurunavi, inc.
  • June 2023Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Hidehiko Sato

Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc.

  • April 1968Joined National Police Agency
  • August 2002Commissioner General, National Police Agency
  • February 2005Managing Director, Mutual Aid Association of National Police
  • June 2011Registered as lawyer Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (now Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.) Outside Director, JS Group Corporation (now LIXIL Group Corporation)
  • June 2013Outside Director, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
  • June 2014Outside Director, Resona Bank, Limited.
  • June 2015Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc. (current)
  • June 2019Outside Director, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2023Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member , Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Yoshio Ishida

Advisor, JR-East Personnel Service Co., Ltd.; Administrator, JAPAN TRAIN OPERATION ASSOCIATION; Vice Chairperson, Japan Transportation Association

  • April 1967Joined Japanese National Railways
  • June 1992Direcotr, General Manager of Takasaki Branch Office, East Japan Railway Company
  • June 1997Executive Directors, General Manager of Tokyo Area Head Office, East Japan Railway Company
  • June 2000Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Director General of Railway Business Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company
  • June 2004Vice Chairman and Direcotor, Technology and Overseas Related Affairs, East Japan Railway Company
  • June 2012Auditor, East Japan Railway Company
  • June 2019Advisor, JR-East Personnel Service Co., Ltd. (current)
  • June 2020Outside Auditor, Gurunavi, Inc.
  • June 2023Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

Executive Officers

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Miho Saito

Restaurant Support, Promotion

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Teruhisa Yamada

Corporate President, Gurunavi (Shanghai), Inc.

Managing Executive Officer

Naoki Koshikawa

System Development

Managing Executive Officer

Yoshitaka Inuzuka

Promotion

Managing Executive Officer

Shunichi Imamura

Innovation President and Representative Director, G dining Inc.

Managing Executive Officer

Toshio Tamura

Order & Food Supply, CX, Restaurant Support

Executive Officer

Liu Hao

Global Business General Manager, Gurunavi (Shanghai), Inc.

Executive Officer

Daisuke Hanashima

Restaurant Support

Executive Officer

Shiro Nishihara

Promotion

Executive Officer

Koji Yukutake

Order & Food Supply

Executive Officer

Mitsunari Kojima

Corporate President and Representative Director, Gurunavi Support Associe, Inc.