Company Profile
- Home>
- About Leifras>
- Company Profile
OUTLINE
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
-
- – Sports Schools
- – Events
- – Alliances
- ■Social Division
-
- – School Club Support
- – Community Collaboration
- – Healthcare
Directors
-
- Founder and CEO Kiyotaka Ito
-
- Director Takamichi Kon
-
- Director Hitoshi Kawabata
-
- Director Daisuke Miyamoto
Outside Directors
-
-
Outside Directors
Compensation Committee Member Mitsunobu Kawaharada
-
Outside Directors
-
-
Outside Directors
Nominating Committee Member Hisashi Ohno
-
Outside Directors
-
-
Outside Directors
Nominating Committee Member Kazuko Ito
-
Outside Directors
Outside Directors Audit and Supervisory Committee
-
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Nominating Committee Member Mitsuharu Yazawa
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
-
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Compensation Committee Member Masakazu Arimori
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
-
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Compensation Committee Member Kazutaka Nakatsuji
-
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
-
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Michio Nagatsu
Founder and CEO
-
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
-
Takamichi Kon
- Born on September 20, 1984
- Graduate of Sendai Resort & Sports College/li>
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
-
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)
Outside Director Compensation Committee Member
-
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)
Outside Directors Nominating Committee Member
-
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)
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member
-
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
-
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)
Director
-
Daisuke Miyamoto
- Born on April 3, 1980
- Graduate of the Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University
Profile
- July 2002
Joined Tsuru Toranomon Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital - December 2004
Joined International Sports Medicine Institute, Corp. - October 2012
Joined Leifras Co., Ltd. - June 2015
Head of Special Projects Office - July 2016
Vice General Manager of Support Department - July 2017
Executive Officer, Vice General Manager of Support Department - January 2021
Managing Executive Officer, Head of Research and Development Department - July 2023
Director, General Manager of Administrative Department (Current)
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nominating Committee Member
-
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. (Current)
Outside Director
Nominating Committee Member
-
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)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
-
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–April 2002
Appointed CFO for the North America region at Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd. (now Maruha Nichiro Corporation) - April 2002–March 2005
Served as Manager FP&A and Acting Director FP&A at GE Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. - March 2005–November 2015
Served as Japan Controller and Segment Controller at Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. - December 2015–May 2021
Served as General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Department and General Manager of the Business Management Department at Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. - May 2021
Joined Digital Garage, Inc. and served as Executive Officer and Co-Head of the Corporate Division - June 2024
Appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of 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