Mari Matsunaga
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Mari Matsunaga | |
|---|---|
 Portrait released upon inauguration as a member of the "Building a Beautiful Country" Planning Committee | |
| Native name | 松永真理 |
| Born | 13 November 1954 Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture |
| Occupation | Editor, author, businesswoman |
Mari Matsunaga (born 13 November 1954) is a Japanese editor, author, and businesswoman. She is also the representative of the Matsunaga Mari Office.[1]
After working at Japan Recruit Center Co., Ltd. and Recruit Co., Ltd., she served as head of the planning office in the Gateway Business Division at NTT Mobile Communications Network Corporation.
Early life
Born in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, she is member of the Yamato ethnic group.[2] Her grandfather was Vice Admiral Matsunaga Sadaichi, and her father was Navy Captain and author Matsunaga Ichiro. He graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Kita High School and Meiji University's Department of French Literature.[3]
As an editor
In 1977, she joined Japan Recruit Center (now Recruit).[1] After working in the editorial departments of magazines such as "Torabayu" and "Recruit Book", she became editor-in-chief of "Shuushoku Journal" in July 1986, and editor-in-chief of "Torabayu" in July 1988. In July 1997, she left the company to join NTT Mobile Communications Network (now NTT DoCoMo). She became head of the planning office in the Gateway Business Department at NTT Mobile Communications Network, where she was involved in the planning and development of i-mode. She left the company in March 2000 and established the Matsunaga Mari Office.[4][clarification needed]
