Profile: Tetsuya Ando
| 1962 | Born Tokyo, Japan. Currently 46 and father of 3 (girl (11), boy (8), boy(1)) |
| 1985 | 1985 Graduate Meiji University. Trek around bookstores nationwide as salesman for Yuki Shobo. |
| 1986 | Join Rittor Music as a sheet music and magazine salesman. |
| 1988 | Manage sales for I-D Japan, the Japanese version of Escquire for UPU |
| 1994 | Suddenly hit with a desire to run a book store and takes over as manager of Tamura bookstore in Otsuka |
| 1996 | Design, produce and manage “Ohraido”, a book store in Sendagi, Tokyo |
| 2000 | Work as manager of bk1, an online bookstore |
| 2003 | After working for Itoi, assisted NTT docomo with its entrance into the e-book market |
| 2004 | Manager of Rakuten books and assisted with cross-media division. (Retired in Oct 2007) |
| 2006 | November. While working at Rakuten books, created NPO Fathering Japan in order to promote the role of Fathers in child raising |
| 2007 | November. Appointed non-executive director of Ehon Navi |
At various times have been the president of the PTA and parents association at his children’s local primary school and kindergartens. Since 2003 has been a member of the “Papa’s picture book project” and has been visiting libraries and kindergartens around the nation to read books to children in a way that only a Dad can do. Joint Representative of “Nippon Children and Parents Supporter” since its inception in 2009.
Committees, Research Committees and Advisory Boards
2009
- "Starting from scratch to tackle the ageing population problem" Project Team for the Special Minister for ageing population and equal opportunities.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Task Force to Support the Development of the Next Generation
- Tokyo Metropolitan Group to Support Child Rearing
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Committee for enlightened understanding of balance between work and child rearing by males
- Matsudo City Committee for Promoting Equal Opportunities
- National Children’s Castle Committee for Creating a Network of Fathers within public playgroup facilities.
- Polar Star Project (officially supported by the Ministry of Education) to assist in general life planning for females
- Dentsu Co., Next Generation Development Committee