Organization Information

Tokyo Biennale Citizens Committee, Advisers, and Committee Members

Advisers

Hidenobu Jinnai (Emeritus Professor at Hosei University / Director of Chuo City Local History Museum)
Itsuko Hasegawa (Architect / Director of Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier)*

Joint Representatives of Executive Committee

Masato Nakamura (Artist / Vice President and Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts)
Kazuko Koike (Creative Director, Founder of Sagacho Archives)

Special Committee Members

Yoshiyuki Ooshita (Cultural Policy Researcher / Professor at Doshisha University)
Wataru Ootani (Advisor of YKK AP)
Daisuke Okeda (Lawyer / CITY LIGHTS LAW)
Masaaki Kanai (Chairman & Representative Director of Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.)
Yoshihisa Kawamura (President of Kawamura Arts and Cultural Foundation)
Shuji Kogi (Secretary General of EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee)
Masami Kobayashi (Vice President / Professor at School of Science and Technology, Meiji University)
Kotaro Taketsuru (CEO of Taketsuru & Co.)
Katsuhiko Hibino (Artist / President at Tokyo University of the Arts)
Seiji Yasubuchi (President and CEO of AXA Holdings Japan Co., Ltd.)
Shunya Yoshimi (Professor of Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University)
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Co-Founder and General Director, LLC. Institute for Culture Commons)

Committee Members

Akiko Shiihara (Local Planner / Director of NPO Taito Cultural & Historical Society / Director of Machiakarisha)
Haruka Kuryu (Representative director of Sento & Neighborhood, Representative director of Bunkyo Kenchikukai Youth)
Soichiro Domyo (CEO of DOMYO)
Soichi Yagi (President of Books Yagi Holdings / Director of Kanda Kosho Bookshops Association / Secretary General of “Cheer-up the Jimbocho Book Town” / President of Nippon Kosho Tsushin)
Yoshihiko Shimizu (Gûji of Kanda Shrine)
Kinji Kubo (Director of Kanda Gakkai)
Seitoku Takuma (CEO of Kaedeya / Board Member of Chiyoda City Tourism Association)
Yasuo Takeuchi (CEO of Takeuchi Kobo / Adviser of Sotokanda 12 Mutsumi)
Mikio Kadoya (Director of Kanda Sports Shops Liaison Council)
Kiyoshi Hashimoto (CEO of Kyoei Soft Engineering)
Yasunori Tamaki (General Editoe in chief of Area Love Walker at KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.)
Masashi Takamichi (Assistant professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Shin Nakajima (Associate Professor of Faculty of Urban Life Studies, Tokyo City University)
Naoko Wakabayashi (CEO of Social PR Partners Inc. / PR Consultant)*
Tatsuo Nishiomoto (Art Urbanism General Manager of NPO OMY Area Management Association)
Takako Kunimochi (Art Urbanism Producer of NPO OMY Area Management Association)
Ryo Nagai (Deputy Secretary General of The Council for Area Development and Management of Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho)
Shigeru Inoue (Senior Manager of Area Management Planning Department, MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD.)
Yoichi Kaga (Nihonbashi Urban Planning and Development Department, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.)
Hiroaki Okazawa (Nihonbashi Town Planning Promotion Department of Mitsui Fudosan)
Yasushi Nakamura (General Manager of Nomura Real Estate Hotels Co., Ltd. Operation supervision Department)
Kentaro Kitanami (Area Management Department of Tokyo Tatemono Co.,Ltd)
Keiichiro Nishimi (General Producer, Entertainment Business Dept.Tokyo Dome Corporation）

Naoki Sato (Professor in the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University)

Yoshiya Ebihara (EBIHARASHOTEN Director)
*Committee Members of 2025

Area Directors

Ueno

Soichiro Domyo (CEO of DOMYO)

Ueno, Akihabara

Yasushi Nakamura (General Manager of Nomura Real Estate Hotels Co., Ltd. Operation supervision Department)

Hongo

Haruka Kuryu (Representative director of Sento & Neighborhood, Representative director of Bunkyo Kenchikukai Youth)

Kanda

Seitoku Takuma (CEO of Kaedeya / Board Member of Chiyoda City Tourism Association)

Kanda

Yasuo Takeuchi (CEO of Takeuchi Kobo / Adviser of Sotokanda 12 Mutsumi)

Kitanomaru Park, Bancho, Kojimachi

Kiyosumi Kasai (Chairman of Kojimachi 4-Chome Neighborhood Association)

Otemachi, Marunouchi, Yurakucho

Tatsuo Nishiomoto (Art Urbanism General Manager of NPO OMY Area Management Association)

Yaesu, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi

Yoichi Kaga (Nihonbashi Urban Planning and Development Department, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.)

Yaesu, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi

Kentaro Kitanami (Area Management Department of Tokyo Tatemono Co.,Ltd)

Executive Office

General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo Biennale
Representative Director: Masato Nakamura
Director: Kazuko Koike
Director: Hidetoshi Kita
Supervisor: Naoko Obiya (Lawyer)

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