Susumu Tsukamoto
Tsukamoto Susumu (born 1956) is a Japanese entrepreneur and currently serves as a Director of KADOKAWA Corporation[1] and Deputy General Manager of the Overseas Business Division.[2] He is also the Chairman of Taiwan Kadokawa. Additionally, he holds board positions at KADOKAWA Contents Academy and Taiwan Kadokawa International Animation, serves as CEO of Kadokawa Group Asia and Hong Kong Kadokawa, and is the Vice Chairman and Deputy General Manager of Tianwen Kadokawa in Guangzhou, China. He is also a member of the Taipei City Government Tourism Commission.
Biography
- 1956: Born.
- 1980: Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Aoyama Gakuin University and joined Tokyo Book Distribution (now Tohan Corporation).
- 1992–1997: General Manager of Taiwan Tohan.
- 1998: Joined Asmik Ace Entertainment.
- 1999: Joined Kadokawa Group and became General Manager of Taiwan International Kadokawa Bookstore.
- 2006: Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Taipei City by the Taipei City Government.[3]
- 2007: In March, appointed Chief Operating Officer of Hong Kong's SuperLink Group (later Kadokawa SuperLink Group); in June, became CEO of Hong Kong Kadokawa SuperLink Publishing (Asia) and Executive Director of Xin Hua Kadokawa.
- 2009: Promoted to Chairman and General Manager of Taiwan Kadokawa.
- 2010: Appointed Vice Chairman and Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa in Mainland China.
- 2012: Appointed Director of Kadokawa Holdings Group (now KADOKAWA).
- 2013: Became a board member of KADOKAWA International Edutainment (now KADOKAWA Contents Academy).
- 2014: In January, appointed Director of Taiwan Kadokawa International Animation; in June, stepped down as General Manager of Taiwan Kadokawa.
References
See also
- Kadokawa Group
- Taiwan Kadokawa
- Kadokawa Group Asia
- Kadokawa SuperLink
- Tianwen Kadokawa
- Hong Kong Kadokawa