MANAGEMENT TEAM
CEO
Nariaki Terada
寺田 成昇
November 2005 – March 2010
Executive Officer, Avex Group Holdings
November 2006 – March 2010
Director & President of Asia Region, Avex Asia Holdings
November 2006 – September 2011
President & CEO, Avex China
April 2009 – January 2011
Co-President & Director, Avex Taiwan
March 2010 – May 2013
Director, Avex International Holdings
May 2013 – March 2020
Director, AKS Co., Ltd.
April 2020 – Present
Director, Vernalossom Co., Ltd.
July 2020 – Present
President & CEO, Superball Inc.
January 2024 – Present
General Producer of the Overseas 48 Groups
CSO
Brandon Tatum
ブランドン・テイタム
Brandon Tatum, Esq. is a multi-hyphenate entertainment executive, attorney, and public speaker with over 15 years of experience in the international music industry. He has held senior legal and business roles at leading companies such as SM & Kakao Entertainment America, SoundCloud, Gala Music, and SM Entertainment USA. In 2023, Brandon was honored by Billboard as a Top Music Lawyer for his pioneering work in Web3 music and his instrumental role in expanding K-Pop's reach into Western markets.
As Chief Strategy Officer at A-Nexus, Brandon advises on global expansion, strategic partnerships, and fundraising initiatives, focusing on elevating Japanese and ASEAN artists to international prominence.Brandon's deep connection to Japan includes over five years living in Tokyo, where he earned an M.B.A. from GLOBIS University and worked extensively in the J-Pop and K-Pop sectors. He also served as a foreign attorney at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, a leading Japanese law firm, specializing in cross-border commercial and technology transactions.
A California-qualified attorney, Brandon successfully passed the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (March 2025), progressing toward admission as a solicitor in England and Wales. He holds a J.D. from the University of Southern California and an LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law from the London School of Economics.
CFO
CMO
Yutaka Kanagawa
金川 豊
●June 2006 – August 2006
Joined Avex Group Holdings Inc.
●August 2006 – October 2009
Avex China Co., Ltd.
(Served as Assistant to the President and Head of Music Production Department)
●February 2011 – March 2011
Joined Amuse Inc.
●March 2011 – November 2014
Amuse Taiwan Co., Ltd.
( Responsible for Local Operations)
●November 2014 – December 2016
Amuse Hong Kong Ltd.(Executive Vice President)
●January 2017 – Present
Independent
(Content Producer/Live Event Production Advisor)
●January 2024 – Present
Superball Inc.( Director of the President's Office & Producer)
advisor
Advisor
Haji Taniguchi
谷口 元
June 1986: Graduated from the Commercial Music Department, Belmont University, Tennessee, USA
August 1986: Joined Sony Music Artists Inc. as Producer in the Publishing Department
October 1994: Joined Avex D.D. Inc. (now Avex Inc.) as Manager of International Operations
March 1995: Appointed Board Member at Prime Direction Inc. (concurrent position)
June 2001: Appointed Senior Managing Director of Avex Network Inc. (concurrent position)
July 2005: Appointed Board Member responsible for IP Strategy and International Strategy
May 2006: Appointed Director at Avex Hawaii Inc. (Honolulu) (concurrent position)
November 2006: Appointed Board Member at Avex Asia Holdings Inc. (Hong Kong) and Chairman at Avex Taiwan Inc. (Taipei), Avex China Co., Ltd. (Beijing), and Avex Hong Kong Ltd. (Hong Kong) (concurrent positions)
December 2009: Appointed Committee Member of the Content Enhancement Special Investigation Committee, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office
April 2010: Appointed President of Avex Music Publishing Inc.
June 2010: Elected Chairman of the Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ)
July 2010: Appointed Board Member of the Japan Music Culture and Entertainment Foundation (JMCE)
January 2012: Elected Board Member of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP, Brussels)
March 2012: Appointed Committee Member of the Music Industry Overseas Expansion Promotion Task Force, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office
June 2012: Appointed Council Member of the Watanabe Music Culture Forum Foundation
March 2013: Program Review Committee Member at Atos International Inc. (current position)
June 2014: Elected Executive Director of the Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ)
April 2015: Appointed Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Sanno University (current position)
