I would like to ask which one of the following two words could be used to
express the word "leader" when I am talking about someone who is the head of a
club or at least the member of its board; for example an anime fun club. When
I checked the dictionary I found these two words with the meaning "leader":

> 始端部`したんぶ` and 引率者`いんそつしゃ`
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How can I say "the leader(s) of the club" in Japanese
I'll go ahead and add this as an answer since nobody else has, but basically
you'll be taking whatever kind of gathering it is that you have, using its
kanji and adding 長 to it. So for example if it's some kind of 会 then it'll be
会長. If your group is a 団, like a 劇団 or whatever, you can say 団長. If it's a
school club, like in 部活動, you'll say 部長. Or as pointed out you can also just
say クラブのリーダー.

[alc](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=club%20president) suggests the last two.

> club president クラブのリーダー、〔部活動の〕部長

There are other words you can explore, like 担当者, but I think the 長 route is
appropriate given the context.
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Just to add, 始端部 literally means “starting end,” and is used to refer to the
[leader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette#Tape_leaders) of a
magnetic tape, although I think that it is more commonly referred to as リーダー.
(But speaking of common words, magnetic tapes themselves are rare nowadays.)

It is better to always check a Japanese-English dictionary after you look up
an English-Japanese dictionary. The purpose of an English-Japanese dictionary
for learners of Japanese is to list the Japanese words corresponding to many
meanings of a given English word. The purpose of a Japanese-English dictionary
for learners of Japanese is to explain a given Japanese word in English. They
are not the opposite of each other.
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For a more casual setting, would not 「幹事」 be the best choice? Some of the
previous comments suggesting 部長 or 会長 seem to me to be very formal and more
appropriate for business settings...
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