TAMAKI HEADS TO UNIVERSAL JAPAN

Spotify Japan’s GM & President, Ichiro Tamaki, has made the leap to Universal Music Japan to oversee its digital strategy, data analytics and platform partnerships.

With the title of Corporate Executive for Digital Strategy, Tamaki will oversee the Data & Analytics and Platform Partnerships teams, and will be responsible for leading and developing UMJ’s digital and streaming strategy for Japan. He will work directly with international divisions and platform partners, to ensure that UMJ continues to innovate the streaming experience. He will be based in Tokyo and report to UMJ CEO Naoshi Fujikara.

Tamaki joins UMJ after serving as GM & President of Spotify Japan since 2016. Prior to that, he served as VP at Amazon, driving and expanding Amazon’s hardware and Kindle content businesses in Japan.

“His skills, experience and advanced knowledge will bring us game-changing strategy and help drive UMJ towards the next phase of our rapidly evolving music market in Japan," UMJ CEO Fujikura said. "Mr. Tamaki’s leadership will help us ensure and accelerate long-term digital growth, while helping our artist talent to reach new audiences around the world.”