Born in Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Tatsumi (nicknamed Tom) finished high school at Nagano HS in 1959 and Business Administration at Meiji University in 1963.

In 1969, he became Sansui Electric's director until 1988, the year he founded TY Limited (then Thomas Yoda Limited).

Still in 1988, Yoda, with Max Matsuura and Ken Suzuki, founded Avex Group, one of Japan's biggest names in music and entertainment.

In 1999, he joined Gaga Communications as a director.

Due to a feud with Matsuura over unknown circumstances, Yoda resigned as Avex's chairman in 2004, but reappointed as honorary chairman until 2005.

As of now, he has his own entertainment company called TY Entertainment.

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