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Corporate Information
- Company Name
- LEIFRAS CO., LTD.
- Location
- Ebisu Garden Place Tower 17F
4-20-3, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-6017(Map)
- Representative
- Kiyotaka Ito, Founder and CEO
- Founded
- August 28, 2001
- Number of Employees
- 3,587 *As of November 1, 2024
- Capital
- ¥126,000,000 (including capital reserve)
*As of December 31, 2022
- Organizational Chart
SERVICE
Business
- ■Sports Division
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- – Sports Schools
- – Events
- – Alliances
- ■Social Division
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- – School Club Support
- – Community Collaboration
- – Healthcare
Directors
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- Founder and CEO Kiyotaka Ito
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- Director Takamichi Kon
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- Director Hitoshi Kawabata
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- Director Mitsuharu Yazawa
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- Director Michio Nagatsu
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- Director Kazuma Inoue
Independenrt Director
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Independent Director,
Nominating Committee Member,
Compensation Committee Member Mitsunobu Kawaharada
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Independent Director
Nominating Committee Member Hisashi Ohno
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- Independent Director Kazuko Ito
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- Independent Director Ryo Ishikawa
Independenrt Director
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Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Nominating Committee Member,
Compensation Committee Member Masakazu Arimori
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Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Compensation Committee Member Kazutaka Nakatsuji
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- Independent Director Yasuko Maita
Founder and CEO
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Kiyotaka Ito
- Born on November 21, 1963
- Graduate of the Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus
Profile
- August 2001
Founder and CEO of Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current) - August 2010
Chairman of Sports & Aviation Academy - September 2012
Owner of Professional Basketball Team Rizing Fukuoka - December 2017
Representative Director of K2MY Co., Ltd. (Current) - April 2019
Representative Director of Leifras Travel Co., Ltd. - Read the CEO Messagehere
Director
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Takamichi Kon
- Born on September 20, 1984
- Graduate of Sendai Resort & Sports College
Profile
- March 2005
Joined Space Plan Ltd. - April 2006
Joined Leifras Co., Ltd. - October 2014
Executive Officer, Head of Public Relations Office - September 2015
Executive Officer, Manager of Tohoku Branch - August 2016
Executive Officer, Manager of Tokyo, Kanto, and Tohoku Branch - July 2017
Director, General Manager of Social Action Department - November 2017
Director of Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth Sports Co., Ltd. - December 2022
Managing Director, General Manager of Social Action Department - 2022年12月
Director, General Manager of Social Action Department (Current)
Representative Director of Leifras Travel Co., Ltd. (Current)
Director
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Hitoshi Kawabata
- Born on November 2, 1979
- Graduate of the College of Foreign Studies, Kansai Gaidai University
Profile
- January 2003
Joined Leifras Co., Ltd. - September 2011
General Manager of the Second Social Action Department, General Manager of the First Social Action Department, Manager of Kyushu Branch - October 2014
Director, General Manager of Support Department - October 2016
Senior Executive Officer - August 2017
Senior Executive Officer, Head of Internal Audit Office - March 2021
Auditor - December 2022
Director, General Manager of Support Department (Current)
Director
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Mitsuharu Yazawa
- Born on January 29, 1968
- Graduate of the Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Profile
- April 1991
Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) - April 2002
Investigator in the Asset Management Department at Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) - May 2004
Investigator in the Second Distribution Department at Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. - July 2008
Associate Director in the Corporate Finance Department at Mizuho Bank, Ltd. - October 2014
Head of Payment Operations Office at Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. (now Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.) - April 2018
Head of Payment Operations at Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. - April 2021
Head of the Second Domestic Operations Division at Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. - December 2023
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Leifras Co., Ltd. - July 2025
Director, General Manager of Administrative Department (Current)
Director
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Michio Nagatsu
- Born on December 30, 1963
- Graduate of the Department of Literature, Waseda University
Profile
- April 1987
Joined Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd. (now Maruha Nichiro Corporation) - January 1993
Assigned to North America, Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd. (now Maruha Nichiro Corporation)
Held various positions including Controller, Treasurer, and Vice President at North American subsidiaries, then served as Regional CFO for North America - April 2002
Manager of FP&A and Acting Director of FP&A at GE Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. - March 2005
Segment Controller and Japan Controller at Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. - December 2015
General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department and General Manager of Business Management Department at NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD. - May 2021
Executive Officer, Co-Head of Corporate Division at Digital Garage, Inc. - June 2024
Appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Leifras Co., Ltd. - March 2025
Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Director
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Kazuma Inoue
- Born on August 29, 1978
- Graduate of the Genyou high school
Profile
- September 2001
Joined Leifras Co., Ltd. - October 2014
Executive Officer, Deputy Director of Konan Business College Administrative Office - November 2014
Executive Officer, Head of Professional Sports Support Office, and Director of Fukuoka Professional Basketball Co., Ltd. - April 2016
Executive Officer, Kyushu South Area Leader - July 2017
Executive Officer, COO of Kyushu Branch - April 2018
Senior Executive Officer, COO of Kyushu Branch - January 2019
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Kyushu Branch - April 2019
Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Kyushu Branch - January 2021
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of Social Action Headquarters, and General Manager of Kyushu Branch - July 2023
Senior Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Western Japan Division, Social Action Headquarters, and General Manager of Kyushu Branch - March 2025
Director, Officer in charge of Social Division, Social Action Headquarters, Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director, Nominating Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member
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Mitsunobu Kawaharada
- Born on November 13, 1959
- Graduate of the Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Profile
- April 1982
Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) - July 2002
Branch Manager at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Kurume Branch - June 2006
Branch Manager at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Nishi Noda Branch - June 2012
Branch Manager at Chikuho Bank, Ltd., Fukuoka Branch - July 2012
Executive Officer, Branch Manager at Chikuho Bank, Ltd., Fukuoka Branch - June 2014
Director, Branch Manager at Chikuho Bank, Ltd., Fukuoka Branch - June 2016
Managing Director, General Manager of Sales Department at Chikuho Bank, Ltd. - June 2017
Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Department at Chikuho Bank, Ltd. - April 2018
Director, Managing Executive Officer at Chikuho Bank, Ltd. - July 2019
Founder and Representative Director of Rubicon, K.K. (Current) - September 2019
Outside Director at Leifras Co., Ltd.
Advisor at K Holdings Inc. (Current) - May 2022
Advisor at YG Holdings Co., Ltd. (Current) - December 2022
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Leifras Co., Ltd. - July 2024
Outside Director at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director Nominating Committee Member
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Hisashi Ohno
- Born on May 1, 1958
- Graduate of Toho Gakuen
Profile
- May 1984
Joined International Tours Co., Ltd. (now H.I.S. Co., Ltd.) - April 1986
Branch Manager at H.I.S. Co., Ltd., Fukuoka Branch - November 2000
Director, General Manager of Kyushu-Chugoku Sales Department at H.I.S. Co., Ltd. - November 2001
Director, General Manager of Head Office Sales Division at H.I.S. Co., Ltd. - January 2002
Managing Director at Skymark Airlines Co., Ltd. (now Skymark Airlines Inc.) - January 2003
Senior Executive Officer at Skymark Airlines Co., Ltd. - January 2004
Founder and Representative Director of Big Field Management Co., Ltd. - January 2006
Auditor at Skymark Airlines Co., Ltd. - November 2007
Outside Auditor at i Cubed Systems, Inc. - November 2011
Director at Himikana Co., Ltd. (Current) - April 2019
Specially Appointed Professor at Graduate School of Project Design (Current) - May 2020
Director at FUTAEDA Inc. (Current) - March 2021
Outside Auditor at Leifras Co., Ltd. - December 2022
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Leifras Co., Ltd. - July 2024
Outside Director at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director
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Kazuko Ito
- Born on June 19, 1962
- Graduate of the Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
- *No familial relationship with Founder and CEO Ito.
Profile
- April 1991
Founder and President of Pastel Labo Co., Ltd. (Current) - December 2005
Founder and Representative of STAND, a Non-Profit Organization (Current) - July 2016
Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University (Current) - April 2024
Outside Director at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director
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Ryo Ishikawa
- Born on September 17, 1991
- Graduated from Suginami Gakuin High School
Profile
- January 2008
Turned professional golfer - April 2008
Joined the Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan (PGA) - May 2017
Director, KI Kikaku Co., Ltd. (Current) - March 2018
Vice Chairman, Japan Golf Tour Organization - December 2018
Director, Sun & Children Project General Incorporated Association (Current) - January 2024
Vice Chairman, Japan Golf Tour Players Club for 2024–25 Season (Current) - March 2025
Independent Director, Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nominating Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member
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Masakazu Arimori
- Born on November 17, 1956
- Graduate of the Faculty of Law, Kobe University
Profile
- April 1979
Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) - November 1980
Joined Japan Associated Finance Co., Ltd. (now JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.) - June 2002
Director (Finance) at Zero Inc. (now Skymark Airlines Inc.) - November 2004
Executive Officer, General Manager of Accounting Department at Skymark Airlines Inc. - June 2005
Director at Skymark Airlines Inc. - September 2010
Senior Managing Director at Skymark Airlines Inc. - January 2015
President at Skymark Airlines Inc. - December 2015
Vice President, Executive Officer, CFO at AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd. - March 2018
Special Advisor at AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd. - April 2018
Director at i Cubed Systems, Inc. - April 2021
Representative of i Cubed Foundation (Current) - November 2021
Director at i Cubed Ventures, Inc. - March 2022
Outside Director at Leifras Co., Ltd. - December 2022
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member
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Kazutaka Nakatsuji
- Born on May 19, 1971
- Graduate of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Profile
- October 1997
Joined Tohmatsu & Co (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) - April 2001
Registered as Certified Public Accountant - July 2006
Deloitte Taiwan, Taipei Office - October 2011
Founder and Representative of Nakatsuji Maguchi Certified Public Accountant Office (now FPC Accounting Firm) (Current) - December 2011
Registered as Certified Public Tax Accountant - July 2012
Auditor at Racoon Inc. - April 2014
Founder and Partner at Frontier Partner Cloud, Audit Corporation (Current) - June 2016
Founder and Representative Partner of FPC LLC (now FPC Accounting LLC) (Current) - July 2018
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Racoon Inc. (now RACCOON HOLDINGS, Inc.) - June 2022
Outside Auditor at Leifras Co., Ltd. - December 2022
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
Independent Director
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Yasuko Maita
- Born on July 26, 1973
- Graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio University
Profile
- October 2002
Joined Tokiwa Law Office (current Nishimura & Asahi, Foreign Law Joint Enterprise) - July 2010
Seconded to PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. (current PwC Advisory LLC) - July 2012
Returned to Tokyo Office of Nishimura & Asahi (current Nishimura & Asahi, Foreign Law Joint Enterprise) - July 2013
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (current Nishimura & Asahi, Foreign Law Joint Enterprise) - April 2018
Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Kitakyushu - April 2020
Part-time Lecturer, Kyushu University Law School - June 2022
Founded Maita Law Office; Representative (Current) - June 2022
Auditor, Kumamoto Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (Current) - September 2022
Independent Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), i Cubed Systems, Inc. (Current) - June 2023
Auditor, Fukuoka Capital Partners Co., Ltd. (Current) - March 2024
Established Maita Legal Professional Corporation ; Partner (Current) - March 2025
Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Leifras Co., Ltd. (Current)
GROUP
Subsidiaries
- Company Name
- Leifras Travel Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- April 9, 2019
- Representative
- Takamichi Kon, Representative Director
- Capital
- ¥18,000,000
- Company Name
- Apicos Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- January 6, 2020
- Representative
- Akito Matsumoto , Representative Director
- Capital
- ¥10,000,000
- Company Name
- Chiiki Kyodo Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- June 24, 2020
- Representative
- Tsuyoshi Nagatomi , Representative Director
- Capital
- ¥10,000,000
SPECIALTY
Leifras in Numbers
Since our establishment in 2001,
we’ve developed a wide range of businesses centered around sports,
creating new markets for making sports a career.
Sales Performance

Membership Growth

HISTORY
History
- August 2001
- Established Leifras LLC in Fukuoka Prefecture
Launched Soccer School
- August 2002
- Reorganized as a Corporation
- February 2003
- Established Tokyo and Osaka Branches
- February 2004
- Membership Reached 5,000
- January 2005
- Established Branches
in Hiroshima, Okayama, Hyogo, Kyoto,
Aichi, Kanagawa, and Chiba
- February
- Established Saitama Branch
- May
- Established Branches
in Kitakyushu and Osaka (Second Branch)
- July
- Membership Reached 10,000
- April 2006
- Established Branches
in Sapporo, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Niigata
- May
- Launched Baseball School
Launched Rhythmic-Karate School
- June
- Established Second Tokyo Branch
- August
- Relocated Head Office
to Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
- October
- Launched Fitness School for Adults
- July 2007
- Membership Reached 15,000
Launched Sports Tutor Service
- September
- Launched Guidance and Support
for Elderly Care Facilities
- January 2009
- Launched One-Day Experience Activities
- May
- Launched Kendo School
- July
- Launched Support for Sports
for Persons with Disabilities
Membership Reached 20,000
- April 2010
- Launched Basketball School
- May
- Launched Tennis School
- June
- Established Asahikawa Branch
- September
- Membership Reached 25,000
- March 2011
- Relocated Head Office to Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- February 2012
- Established Kumamoto Branch
- April
- Established Iwate Branch
- June
- Launched Athletics School
Membership Reached 30,000
- August
- Established Branches in Himeji, Fukuyama, and Kagawa
- September
- Established Branches in Ehime and Kagoshima
- October
- Established Shizuoka Branch
- February 2013
- Established Mie Branch
- March
- Established Branches in North Osaka and Oita
- April
- Established Branches in Ibaraki and Tomakomai
Launched Support for School Club Activities
- May
- Established Yamagata Branch
- June
- Launched Girls’ Soccer School
- July
- Launched Multi-Sport School
- October
- Membership Reached 35,000
- February 2014
- Established Sapporo West Branch
- March
- Established Saga Branch
- July
- Established Aomori Branch
- December
- Membership Reached 40,000
- April 2015
- Established Nagasaki Branch
Launched Support for Elementary School PE Classes
- July
- Established Nara Branch
- November
- Established Matsumoto Branch
- May 2016
- Launched Volleyball School
- November
- Relocated Head Office to Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- March 2017
- Membership Reached 45,000
- August
- Established Shiga Branch
- November
- Established Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth Sports Co., Ltd.
- May 2018
- Established Management Office
- April 2019
- Relocated Head Office to Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established Leifras Travel Co., Ltd.
- November
- Established Miyazaki Branch
- April 2020
- Established Apicos Co., Ltd.
Established Nakatsu Branch
- June
- Established Leifras Chiiki Kyodo Co., Ltd.
- March 2021
- Relocated Head Office to Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- April
- Launched Cheer Dance School
- May
- Launched Dance School
- August
- Relocated Head Office to Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- October
- Membership Reached 50,000
- January 2022
- Established LEIF Co., Ltd.
- June 2023
- Leifras Chiiki Kyodo Co., Ltd.
Renamed Chiiki Kyodo Co., Ltd.
- August
- Membership Reached 60,000
- November
- Established Okinawa Branch
- April 2024
- Established Ishikawa Branch
- June
- Membership Reached 65,000