Koji Yanai

Koji Yanai is the board director and senior executive officer of the Fast Retailing group—the parent company of international fashion brands such as Uniqlo. His appointment as SEO and board director in 2020 followed 8 years of overseeing sustainability communications for the group, as well as global marketing strategies for Uniqlo. Yanai is also the founder of The Tokyo Toilet, a renovation project of public toilets in the city’s Shibuya district that took place ahead of the 2020 Olympics. The enterprise gained international acclaim for integrating design and community pride into city streets.