• Rakuten Group Inc.
  •  Overview
  • Last Modified:
  • January 20, 2025
  • Company type:
  • Public
  • Industry:
  • eCommerce
  • Verified:
  • No
  • No of Employees:
  • 10 001 - 50 000
  • Stock Code:
  • 4755
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  • Turnover $50m + ?:
  • Yes
  • Headquarters:
  • Setagaya City, Tokyo
  • Public Interest Score:
  • 750+

 

  • Rakuten Group Inc.
  • General Information

Description

In 1997, our first brand was born, in the form of the online shopping mall Rakuten Ichiba. The name was inspired by a desire to create something akin to the Rakuichi-Rakuza, Japan’s first free and open marketplaces from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1600), while emphasizing a belief in the future and a sense of “optimism” – as the word rakuten means in Japanese. These ideas have remained an important part of every service we have developed since. It was the dawn of the internet age, and for many, online shopping was an exotic idea. By choosing a familiar Japanese-sounding name, Rakuten looked to earn the trust of its new customers. Soon after, the company name was changed from the original “MDM” to “Rakuten.” Other group services followed suit, working the new name and logo into their own brands.

Hiroshi Mikitani:
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Kentaro Hyakuno:
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Kazunori Takeda:
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Kenji Hirose:
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Takaharu Ando:
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Sarah Whitley:
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Tsedal Neeley:
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Charles Baxter:
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Shigeki Habuka:
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Takashi Mitachi:
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Jun Murai:
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  • Company Information
  • Company System Number:
  • 15491
  • Founded Year: 
  • 1997
  • Registration Number: 
  • T9010701020592
  • Country: 
  • Japan
  • Stock Exchanges: 
    • Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Financial year end: 
  • December
  • No. of Countries operations: 
  • 30
  • Company Status: 
  • In Business
  • Industry Sub Category: 
  • Date listed on Stock Exchange: 
  • 19/04/2000

 

  • Contact Information
  • Business operation: 
  • Rakuten Group's 70+ businesses span a broad range of online and offline services, including e-commerce, travel, digital content, fintech, such as credit cards, banking, securities, insurance, electronic money and smartphone app payments, communications, including a mobile carrier service, and professional sports.
  • Primary office: 
  • Rakuten Crimson House, 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-0094, Japan

 

  • Additional Information
  • Listed?: 
  • Yes
  • Company secretary: 
  • Reporting currency: 
  • YEN
  • ISIN number (12 digit): 
TYO
JP3967200001
  • Authorised shares:
  • 3 941 800 000
  • Issued shares:
  • 2 142 140 300
  • No of shareholders:
  • 1001 and more shareholders
  • No of shareholders holding 20%:
  • 0 shareholders
  • Number of shares traded
  • Per Year:
  • Per Quarter:
  • Per Month:

 

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Company Directors

Name
Nationality
Age
Role
Qualification
Name

Hiroshi

Executive
NationalityJapan
60
Role CEO, Chairman and President
QualificationMBA
Date Appointed: 01/02/1997
Duration:
29 years and 7 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Kentaro

Executive
NationalityJapan
59
RoleED
QualificationMBA, Business Management, BS (Electronic Engineering)
Date Appointed: 01/02/2007
Duration:
19 years and 7 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Kazunori

Executive
NationalityJapan
65
RoleED
QualificationMBA
Date Appointed: 01/07/2006
Duration:
20 years and 2 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Kenji

Executive
NationalityJapan
64
RoleED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/09/2005
Duration:
21 years and 0 month
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Takaharu

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
77
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/03/2023
Duration:
3 years and 6 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Sarah

Non Executive
NationalityUnited Kingdom
68
RoleNED
QualificationMA, Experimental Psychology
Date Appointed: 01/03/2019
Duration:
7 years and 6 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Tsedal

Non Executive
NationalityUnited States of America
53
RoleNED
QualificationPhD, Management Science and Engineering
Date Appointed: 01/03/2022
Duration:
4 years and 6 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Charles

Non Executive
NationalityUnited States of America
61
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/03/2011
Duration:
15 years and 6 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Shigeki

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
68
RoleNED
QualificationNot Available
Date Appointed: 01/03/2023
Duration:
3 years and 6 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Takashi 

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
69
RoleNED
QualificationMBA, BA in American literature
Date Appointed: 01/03/2016
Duration:
10 years and 6 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Jun

Non Executive
NationalityJapan
71
RoleNED
QualificationPh. D in Engineering
Date Appointed: 01/03/2012
Duration:
14 years and 6 months
Independance: N
Profile

 

Directors Tenure

Name
Duration
Name

Hiroshi Mikitani

Duration29 years and 7 months
Profile
Name

Kentaro Hyakuno

Duration19 years and 7 months
Profile
Name

Kazunori Takeda

Duration20 years and 2 months
Profile
Name

Kenji Hirose

Duration21 years and 0 month
Profile
Name

Takaharu Ando

Duration3 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Sarah Whitley

Duration7 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Tsedal Neeley

Duration4 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Charles Baxter

Duration15 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Shigeki Habuka

Duration3 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Takashi  Mitachi

Duration10 years and 6 months
Profile
Name

Jun Murai

Duration14 years and 6 months
Profile

 

Director Experience

Name
Experience
Name

Hiroshi

Experience eCommerce, Banking, Professional Firm
Profile
Name

Kentaro

Experience eCommerce, Automobile, Energy
Profile
Name

Kazunori

Experience Professional Firm, Automobile, eCommerce
Profile
Name

Kenji

Experience Banking, eCommerce, Financial Services
Profile
Name

Takaharu

Experience Professional Firm, Government
Profile
Name

Sarah

Experience Professional Firm
Profile
Name

Tsedal

Experience Education, Professional Firm, Business Services
Profile
Name

Charles

Experience eCommerce, Professional Firm
Profile
Name

Shigeki

Experience Government, Professional Firm
Profile
Name

Takashi 

Experience Freight Transportation, Professional Firm
Profile
Name

Jun

Experience Technology, Professional Firm
Profile

 

 

Company Past Directors

Name
ED/NED
Role
Name

Masayuki

ED/NEDExecutive
RoleVice Chairman
Date Appointed: 01/05/2005
Date Resigned: 25/03/2025
Profile

 

Company Committees

Name

Hiroshi Mikitani

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, EX
Profile
Name

Kentaro Hyakuno

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, EX
Profile
Name

Kazunori Takeda

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, EX
Profile
Name

Kenji Hirose

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, EX
Profile
Name

Takaharu Ando

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Sarah Whitley

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Tsedal Neeley

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Charles Baxter

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Shigeki Habuka

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Takashi  Mitachi

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile
Name

Jun Murai

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD
Profile

 

Committee
Abbreviation
Supervisory Board
SB
Board
BD
Risk & Compliance
RC
Audit
AU
Remuneration
RE
Capital investment
CI
Industry Specific
IS
Nominations & Governance
NG
Health, Safety & Environment
HS
Social & Ethics
SE
Technology
TE
Executive
EX
Other
OT