Choemon Masataka Tanabe
25th (第二十五代) Choemon Masataka Tanabe | |
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田部 長右衛門 真孝 | |
| Born | Masataka Tanabe August 4, 1979 |
| Alma mater | Chuo University (BEc) |
| Occupation | 25th head of the Tanabe family |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Organization(s) | Representative Director, Tanabe Art Museum Chairperson, the Matsue Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Television | Kamaitachi no Okite |
| Predecessor | 24th Choemon Tomohisa Tanabe |
| Board member of | Representative Director and President, Tanabe Corporation Representative Director and President, San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. |
| Parent(s) | 24th Choemon Tomohisa Tanabe (father) Yoko Tanabe (mother) |
| Relatives | 23rd Choemon Tomoyuki Tanabe (grandfather) Heibei Sakaguchi II (grandfather) 22nd Choemon Shigeaki Tanabe (great-grandfather) Heibei Sakaguchi I (great-grandfather) Masahiro Yonehara (uncle-in-law) Kyojiro Hata (uncle-in-law) Soshu Sen (uncle-in-law) Heibei Sakaguchi III (cousin) Nobuhiko Sakaguchi III (cousin) So-oku Sen (cousin) |
Choemon Masataka Tanabe (田部 長右衛門 真孝, born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese business magnate, one of Japan's largest private forest owners, owner of a ranch, investor, media proprietor, mass media heir, and television executive. He is the 25th head of the Tanabe family, one of the "Tatara Big Three" in Japan's San'in region. He serves as representative director and President of Tanabe Corporation and San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., commonly known as TSK. His commonly used name and legal name is "Choemon Tanabe (田部 長右衛門)".
His grandfather is the 23rd Choemon Tomoyuki Tanabe, who was a former governor of Shimane Prefecture, and his father is the 24th Choemon Tomohisa Tanabe.