Message from CEO

With the Vision of "to create the 21st century’s leading company," we have achieved 28 consecutive years of revenue growth since our founding. In the fiscal year 2025, the Media & IP business is set to achieve profitability for the first time in 10 years since the launch of ABEMA, and the Game business delivered new hit titles, resulting in a substantial increase in profit that significantly exceeded our revised forecasts.

The internet industry is characterized by rapid change, but our change capability has enabled us to continually launch new businesses in response. This includes the shift to smartphone services, entry into the game business, and the launch of ABEMA. 
Currently, we regard AI as a disruptive force comparable to the emergence of the internet. We are convinced that a considerable disparity will arise between organizations that adopt AI and those that do not. Consequently, our strategic focus is to utilize AI for competitive advantage, thereby propelling both novel value creation and company-wide operational efficiencies.

Sustainable and long-term growth mandates that we proactively address future challenges and continuously incubate new businesses. This culture, which eradicates procrastination and never neglects transformation, is epitomized by "Ashita Kaigi" (Meeting for Tomorrow), our executive management meeting since 2006. Teams, led by executive officers, are tasked not only with formulating new businesses but also with identifying medium to long-term risks and challenges, discussing, and implementing solutions. This process has been the wellspring of the key strategic initiatives, such as founding subsidiaries in growth areas, establishing specialized departments to maximize talent allocation, and deploying a management system for fair performance evaluation. Most importantly, the sustained execution of this process has permeated the entire organization with a proactive mindset—a constant readiness to challenge and seize emerging market trends.

To transition from a founder-led company to a truly public company, I initiated my personal succession plan in 2022. Following a three-and-a-half-year training period, Takahiro Yamauchi has been appointed President and Representative Director. Given the difficulty of transitioning from a founder to a next leader, we are implementing a two-Representative Director system for the interim period. We will deliberately keep the division of roles fluid during this phase. I will ensure he systematically acquires the essential presidential competencies—conceptualizing business, deep insight, and cohesive power—by transferring the entire range of CEO duties from the ground up, guaranteeing a gradual and robust transition of management.

Moving forward, we are committed to creating social value through the growth of our businesses and talent, aiming to realize our Purpose, “to break through stagnation with new power and the internet.

Susumu Fujita
Representative Director, Chairman

I am Takahiro Yamauchi, and I am honored to assume the role of President and Representative Director. 
I joined CyberAgent as a new graduate in April 2006. After serving as a director of a subsidiary, I founded CyberZ, Inc., which provided me with invaluable experience as a business executive. Currently, as Director and COO of AbemaTV, Inc., I am working to create original content leveraging ABEMA's audience acquisition power, establish ABEMA as a video platform, and strengthen monetization. Simultaneously, I am focused on launching the Anime & IP Business Division, which is closely related to ABEMA.
As Japanese content garners increasing global recognition, we aim to maximize group synergy with our top-tier advertising and game businesses in Japan. We are actively building a seamless, end-to-end system, spanning from original IP creation to monetization, with the bold ambition of launching globally competitive IPs.
The three-and-a-half-year training program allowed me to fully recognize the profound responsibility of the role. In the process of succeeding the founder, I already had many discussions with Fujita, and I am convinced that the essence of management can only be grasped by standing in that position and learning through practice. My immediate focus is to dedicate myself entirely to the transition process. My objective is to be fully prepared to announce my medium to long-term vision for the company in 2027.
After nearly 20 years with CyberAgent, I recognize that the enduring source of our competitive edge is our culture and our people. The company's long-term growth has been powered by consistently maximizing employee potential and embracing cycles of challenge and innovation. I have benefited immensely, gaining deep experience and growing within this dynamic environment. I will dedicate all my efforts to realizing the Vision of “to create the 21st century’s leading company,” while resolutely adhering to our established corporate strategy. Lastly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your ongoing support.
 

Takahiro Yamauchi
Representative Director, President