Education
He graduated in 1968 in the same school.
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Keiichi Ishizaka
Edit Profile石坂 敬一
Career
He learned the music of Japan while studying Business Administration at Keio University. Electric and Music Industries days
He became an inside director in 1968 before being promoted at Toshiba-Electric and Music Industries in 1991 and stayed until 1993. He was called "Mr. Beatles" for endless efforts of promoting the British band"s albums in Japan.
PolyGram/Universal days
In 1998, he became the executive director of Universal Music Japan.
Three years later, he became the company"s Chief Executive Officer, and in October 2006 he became the chairman until November 2009, when he retired. He was replaced as UMG Japan"s Chief Executive Officer the same month by former A&R VP and Def Jam Japan General Motors Koike Kazuhiko.
RIAJ chairmanship
He was the RIAJ"s chairman from July 2007, until he was replaced by Sony Music Japan Chief Executive Officer Naoki Kitagawa in the RIAJ presidency in June 2011. Warner days
In November 2011, Keiichi Ishizaka became the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Warner Music Japan, replacing Hirokazu Tanaka who served as the acting head of the company since the October 2010 tragic death of Takashi Yoshida.
After three years, he resigned on April 1, 2014.
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Japan