Kazuhiro Ebina

Kazuhiro Ebina is Managing Partner of EY Japan Tax, a member company of EY Japan, with management and HR responsibilities. He also acts as a tax consultant for major clients.

His EY career began in 1998 when he joined the Tokyo office of Ota Showa Ernst & Young, a predecessor company of EY Japan Tax, where he handled an extensive range of tax consulting and compliance assignments for financial institutions including banking, securities, insurance, investment advisory, and investment funds. His credentials include supporting consumption tax adjustments for financial institutions, advising on developing a global tax management structure and taxes with both domestic and cross-border group reorganization (holding company, incorporating the Japan operation).

His overseas experience includes time in New York at the Japan Tax Desk of EY USA, where he specialized in international tax, financial product accounting and taxes, and securitization/liquidation/fund investment structuring.

He is a Japan qualified tax accountant, with an MA in Law and Politics from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Building a better working world

"Rather than just a tax accountant, I want to be the best business advisor who can win a client's trust. I take a sincere approach with clients so that I will be the first to be called when the need arises. I believe in the value of teams and collaboration: businesses are becoming ever more complex, and there's a limit to what you can achieve alone. We place skilled staff in the right place so that we gather global knowledge and experience to provide the most effective advice possible. This is one of the key strengths of EY with our 270,000 global staff, 8,000 of whom are based in Japan, and who work within our flexible and open corporate culture.

Today's dynamic changes in tax leads to ever diversifying needs. My mission is to create entirely new tax services that serve our clients and the wider business community, and that will benefit society."