Tadashi Onodera

Background

Onodera, Tadashi was born on February 3, 1948 in Miyagi, Japan.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan, 1970.

Career

With Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, 1970—1984. Joined DDI Corporation, 1984, director, 1989—1995, managing director, 1995—1997, executive vice president, 1997—2000. Merger of DDI Corporation, KDD Corporation and IDO Corporation to form a new company, KDDI Corporation (named changed in 2001), 2000.

Executive vice president KDDI Corporation, 2000—2001, president, board director, since 2001, chairman board director, since 2005.

Achievements

• Tadashi Onodera has been listed as a noteworthy telecommunications industry executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Association Radio and Industries Businesses (director since 2005).