Toshi Tanaka

Toshi Tanaka is an experienced executive in the technology and media sectors, currently serving as the Director and Head of Advertising Sales for Japan at Netflix since April 2024. Tanaka's prior roles include Head of Apps at Google (January 2020 - April 2024) and Head of Japan, Global Gaming at Facebook (April 2013 - January 2020). Toshi's career began at Asahi Shimbun as a sales representative (April 2001 - August 2005), followed by positions at Overture as Manager (September 2006 - August 2008), Recruit as Account Manager (September 2008 - September 2010), and Google as Account Manager and Team Lead (October 2010 - March 2013). Toshi Tanaka holds a bachelor's degree in media communications from Sophia University (1996 - 2001) and pursued further education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005 - 2006).