Last One Mile Inc.

COMPANY

Company Profile

Company name Last One Mile Inc.
Address 151-0051 Matsutoya Bldg 5F, 2-32-1 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founded December 16, 2011
Capital ¥2,000,000
Business Planning and management of sports events, planning and management of shared spaces, planning and production of community development initiatives, volunteer management, website development and operation
Major clients NTT Communications Corporation, The Fukui Bank, Ltd., Yahoo Japan Corporation, Rakuten, Inc., LINE Corporation, Blue Studio, Inc., Space Market, Inc., 7net Shopping Co., Ltd., Pit Crew Inc., Hakuba Village, Hakuba Happo-one Tourist Association, Oita City, Wise Sports Co., Ltd., AOL Online Japan, TV Asahi Corporation, Terrada Warehouse Co., Ltd., Primal Co., Ltd., Kanazawa University, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd., and others

CEO Profile

Naobumi Tanaka

Naobumi Tanaka — born February 22, 1974

Biography

Spent his early childhood in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Graduated from Seikyo Gakuen High School (Kawachinagano, Osaka). After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Kindai University, he worked at Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. and ValueClick Japan, then at Yahoo Japan Corporation and Rakuten, Inc. In 2011, he founded Last One Mile Inc. and became its Representative Director.

Business & Management

  • Representative Director, Last One Mile Inc. (2011–present)
  • Manager, Sport x Tech shared office operated by Dai Tamesue (2018–2020)
  • Owner & Community Manager, Salon de zuppa (Sendagaya, Tokyo)
  • Owner & Community Manager, Zuppa-Ishigaki, near the outer island terminal (Ishigaki Island, Okinawa)
  • Designer, Producer, Director, Co-owner & Bookstore Owner, "the bookstore you can stay at" Re:Public

Sports Event Management

  • Competition & Volunteer Director, Tohoku Fudo Marathon & Festival (Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture) (2014–present)
  • Organizing Committee Chair, Echigo Matsudai Haru no Jin Trail Running Race (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture) (2023–present)
  • Volunteer Director, Freeride World Tour Hakuba Japan (2016–2017)
  • Volunteer Director, Tekkojima Festival (Keihinjima, Ota-ku, Tokyo) (2017–2018); Instructor, CAMP Urban Disaster Prevention Bootcamp

Research & Education

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Tourism Science, Kanazawa University

Speaking Engagements

  • SPORTS X Conference 2018 / 2019 (co-hosted by Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management and Nikkei Inc.)
  • Keio University KEIO Sports X, "Sport x Regional Revitalization: The Key to Success is 'Resolve'" (2016)

Awards

  • Good Design Award, Re:Public "the bookstore you can stay at" (FY2024)
  • Sports Culture Tourism Award 2023, Echigo Matsudai Haru no Jin Trail Running Race
  • Good Design Award, 4th Sports Promotion Award, Tohoku Fudo Marathon & Festival
  • Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner's Award, Tohoku Fudo Marathon & Festival