After graduation from Ritsumeikan University, College of Letters Department of Philosophy, Tatsuya Kataoka joined Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

He became Branch Manager and later served as Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Products Division and Director of Multi-Package Distribution Co., Ltd.

He concurrently served as Executive Director of Tsutaya Online Co., Ltd. Mobile Business Division, and in addition to package distribution, was in charge of the Digital Content Distribution Division.

He became a Director of TC Entertainment, and, from 2009, he concurrently served as a Director of 247Music.

In 2012, he joined the non-profit organization ISL. As a joint program director for the Transformational Leadership Program (TLP) and the Strategic Leadership Program (SLP), he is engaged in executive education of managers of his generation. At the same time, Tatsuya Kataoka is General Manager of the Tohoku Future Creation Initiative, that aims at revitalizing the Tohoku region and creating Japan’s future, and carries out human development, community development and industrial development at the forefront of regional revitalization. Currently, he is appointed as a reconstruction adviser for Kesennuma City and Ofunato City.