2024.1.26

Yoshikazu Nonomura reappointed as the J.League Chairman

J.League has held extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors today and Yoshikazu Nonomura has been reappointed as the Chairman of the Board.

The list of directors, auditors, and Co-opted Members, Executive Committee were also appointed as follows.

The appointment will be formally confirmed at a general meeting of members and extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors on Tuesday March 19th.

Position		Name	Organization
	Chairman	Yoshikazu NONOMURA	Chairman, Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE)
	Director	Satoshi OKURA	President, IWAKI SPORTS CLUB CO.,LTD
	Director	Fumiaki KOIZUMI	CEO, Kashima Antlers F.C. Co., Ltd. President, Mercari, Inc.
※	Director	Koki KONISHI	President, Nagoya Grampus Eight Co., Ltd.
	Director	Yuji SUGIMOTO	Bain Capital Private Equity Japan LLC Managing Director Head Japan Private Equity Co-Head Asia Private Equity
	Director	Taichiro MOTOE	Founder and CEO, Bengo4.com,Inc. Founder and CEO, Authense Law Offices
※	Director	Yuko AKIYAMA	Sanrio Company, Ltd., Managing Executive Officer, Global & Digital Marketing
※	Director	Koji FUJIWARA	Senior Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
※	Director	Takako MASAI	Member of Board of Directors Chairperson, SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute Co., Ltd.
	Auditor	Hidekazu SUZUKI	Auditor, Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE)
	Auditor	Kumi KOBAYASHI	Representative Director, Tokyo Athletes Office, Inc. Director, SPOKACHI, Inc. Representative of Kobayashi CPA Office
※	Auditor	Naoki OGANE	Chairman, Tokyo Football Club Co., Ltd.
	Co-opted Member, Executive Committee	Atsuto UCHIDA	JFA Role Model Coach The club ambassador of FC Schalke 04
	Co-opted Member, Executive Committee	Haruna TAKATA	Chairperson, Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League (WE LEAGUE)
	Co-opted Member, Executive Committee	Kengo NAKAMURA	Frontale Relations Organizer
	Co-opted Member, Executive Committee	Kenji FUMA	CEO, Neural Inc.
※	Co-opted Member, Executive Committee	Shinji ONO	One Hokkaido Nexus Organizer

※New appointment

-Directors slot of the Japan Football Association (JFA) will be recommended at the JFA executive appointment in March and will be announced the nominee is decided.

-Wataru Baba, Takuya Hirano and Toru Enoki will retire after the general meeting of league employees on March 19, 2024.

 

■Corporate executive officers

Position		Division / Department	Name	Current Position in Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE)
	Corporate executive officer	Football Div.・Overall organization	Shinji KUBOTA	Corporate executive officer, Football Div.
	Corporate executive officer	Management Base Div.・Overall organization	Yoshinori AOKAGE	Corporate executive officer, Management Base Div.
	Corporate executive officer	Club Support Div.	Ken KATSUZAWA	Corporate executive officer, Club Support Div.
	Corporate executive officer	Business Marketing Div.・ Multimedia Business Div.	Kengo SASADA	Corporate executive officer, Business Marketing Div.
	Corporate executive officer	Sustainability Dept.	Takayuki TSUJII	Corporate executive officer, Sustainability Dept.
	Corporate executive officer	Global Business Dept.	Tetsuya AIDA	Corporate executive officer, Global Business Dept.
※	Corporate executive officer	Corporate Partnership Dept ・ Overall organization	Kentaro NAKAMURA	Strategy Director
※	Corporate executive officer	Football Div ・ Overall organization	Junya HIGUCHI	Division Manager, Football Div.

※New appointment

-If the appointment of Mr. Yoshikazu Nonomura as chairman is confirmed at a general meeting of league employees and extraordinary meeting of the Board of Director on March 19th. 2024, he will be elected as Corporate executive officer.

-The term of Corporate executive officer shall expire at the conclusion of the last general meeting of league employees for the fiscal year.

-Hiroya Sato and Hiroshi Baba will retire after the general meeting of league employees on March 19, 2024.

 

【Yoshikazu NONOMURA】

Date of Birth 8 May 1972

Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan

Mar.1995 Graduated from Keio University, B.A. in Law

1995 Joined JEF United Ichihara（later Chiba）as player

2000 Transferred to Consadole Sapporo (later Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)

2001 Retired from playing career, and appointed as Team Adviser

2006 President, Craque Co., Ltd.

2013 Resigned from President, Craque Co., Ltd.

2013 President, Hokkaido Football Club (later Consadole Co. Ltd.)

2015 Director, Japan Professional Football League（J.LEAGUE）

2022 CEO, CONSADOLE Co., Ltd.

Mar.2022 Resigned from CEO, Consadole Co., Ltd

Chairman, Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE) and Vice President, Japan Football Association (JFA)