PwC Japan Group announces FY2027 Leadership Team

1 July 2026
PwC Japan Group

PwC Japan Group (Group Chair and Territory Senior Partner: Masataka Kubota) today announces its Leadership Team effective 1 July 2026.

Details are as follows:

PwC Japan Group Leadership Team (Effective 1 July 2026)
Note: The positions in parentheses are the posts held by the person in each member firm.

Chair and Territory Senior Partner, Chief Executive Officer

Masataka Kubota
(PwC Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer and Chair; PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer)

Vice Chair, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Akane Yoshida
(PwC Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair; PwC Advisory LLC Chief Executive Officer and Chair)

Vice Chair, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Innovation Officer

Kenji Katsura

(PwC Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer and President; PwC Consulting LLC Deputy CEO)

Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer
Tax Leader

Jun Takashima

(PwC Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer and Vice President; PwC Tax Japan Chief Executive Officer)

Assurance Leader

Takeshi Yamaguchi
(PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC Deputy Chief Executive Officer)

Consulting Leader

Mitsuru Toizaki
(PwC Consulting LLC Chief Executive Officer)

Deals Leader

Shinsuke Suzuki
(PwC Advisory LLC Chief Executive Officer and President)

Legal Leader

Michito Kitamura
(PwC Legal Japan Representative Lawyer)

Chief Markets Officer

Masaki Yasui
(PwC Japan LLC Executive Officer; PwC Consulting LLC Chair)

Chief Human Resources Officer

Takae Goto
(PwC Advisory LLC Partner)

Chief Information Technology Officer

Kei Tonomura
(PwC Japan LLC Executive Officer)

Chief Risk Officer

Takaki Suzuki
(PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC Executive Officer)

General Counsel

Tomoko Kobayashi
(PwC Japan LLC Executive Officer)
Chief Network Officer Wei Ku
(PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC Partner)

Partner Office Leader

Takashi Idesawa
(PwC Japan LLC Executive Officer)

Group Chief of Staff

Nobuhiro Nasu
(PwC Japan LLC Executive Officer)

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About the PwC Japan Group

The PwC Japan Group is a collective name for the member firms of the PwC global network in Japan and their affiliates. Each firm within the PwC Japan Group conducts its business as a separate, independent business entity.

In response to our clients’ increasingly complex and diverse corporate management issues, the PwC Japan Group has put in place a system that consolidates our knowledge in the fields of auditing and broader assurance services, consulting, deal advisory, tax and legal services, and encourages organic collaboration among our professionals in each field. As a professional services network with approximately 13,500 certified public accountants, tax accountants, lawyers and other professional staff, we strive to provide services that more accurately address our clients’ needs.

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