Board of Directors
President & Representative Director
Satoshi Yamaguchi
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1983
Joined the Company
April 2003
General Manager, Institutional & Industrial Business Unit
April 2010
Executive Officer
April 2010
Director, Institutional & Industrial Business Division
October 2015
Director, Innovation Division
October 2018
Director, Vegetable Business Division
March 2019
Director & Managing Executive Officer
January 2020
President & Representative Director (to present)
Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ Director, Production & Purchasing Division
Yoshihisa Hairo
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1990
Joined the Company
April 2013
Director, Kagome Australia Pty Ltd.
April 2016
General Manager, Global Quality Assurance Department, International Business Division of the Company
April 2019
General Manager, Purchasing Department, Production & Purchasing Division
October 2020
Director, Production & Purchasing Division (to present)
April 2021
Executive Officer
March 2024
Director & Executive Officer
March 2025
Director & Managing Executive Officer(to present)
Director & Managing Executive Officer・ Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department
Harunobu Okuya
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1990
Joined the Company
November 2013
General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,AsiaBusiness Company
March 2014
CFO and General Manager, Planning & CoordinationDepartment, Asia Business Company
October 2015
General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,GlobalConsumer Business Unit
April 2016
General Manager, Planning & Management Department,International Business Division
November 2021
General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and GeneralManager, US Growth Strategy Department
April 2022
Executive Officer
March 2024
Director & Executive Officer
April 2024
Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department(to present)
March 2025
Director & Managing Executive Officer(to present)
Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ CFO, CRO
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department
Takeshi Saeki
April 1986
Joined KYOCERA Corporation
May 1991
Seconded to YASHICA Kyocera GmbH (Germany)
January 2003
Joined the Company
April 2013
CFO, Tomato Business Company
October 2017
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department
April 2020
Executive Officer
November 2021
CFO, CRO and Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Management Committee
October 2023
Managing Executive Officer
March 2024
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department
March 2025
Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ CFO, CRO
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department (to present)
External Director
Kumi Arakane
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1981
Joined KOBAYASHI KOSE COMPANY LIMITED (currently, KOSE Corporation)
July 1997
Obtained a doctorate (Doctor of Pharmacy) from the University of Tokyo
March 2002
Senior Chief Researcher, R&D Headquarters Advanced Cosmetic Research Laboratories of KOSE Corporation
March 2004
General Manager, Product Development Dept., Marketing Headquarters of KOSE Corporation
March 2006
Executive Officer, Deputy Director-General of Marketing Headquarters and General Manager of Product Development Dept. of KOSE Corporation
March 2010
Executive Officer, General Manager, R&D Laboratories of KOSE Corporation
March 2011
Executive Officer, General Manager, Quality Assurance Dept. of KOSE Corporation
June 2011
Director, KOSE Corporation (in charge of Quality Assurance Dept., Customer Service Center, Purchasing Dept., and Product Designing Dept.)
June 2017
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOSE Corporation
March 2019
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kubota Corporation
March 2020
External Director of the Company (to present)
March 2021
Outside Director, Kubota Corporation (to present)
External Director
Shigeru Kumekawa
April 1986
Joined Sony Corporation
April 2006
General Manager, Display & Home AV Marketing Department, Sony Marketing Inc.
April 2010
Corporate Vice President, National Account Sales Division, Sony Marketing Inc.
April 2012
Corporate Vice President, Marketing Division, Sony Marketing Inc.
September 2014
Chairman & President, CJSC Sony Electronics (Moscow)
April 2016
President, Sony Europe Limited
April 2018
Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation
April 2019
President and Representative Director, Sony Marketing Inc.
April 2022
Deputy Global Sales & Marketing Officer, Sony Corporation (concurrent position)
April 2024
Chairman and Representative Director, Sony Marketing Inc. (to present)
March 2025
External Director of the Company (to present)
Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Hitoshi Takano
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1988
Joined the Company
April 2005
Unit Director, Vegetable Beverage Business Unit
June 2008
Executive Officer
June 2008
Unit Director, Beverage Business Unit
April 2009
General Manager, Product Development Department,Consumer Business Division
April 2010
General Manager, Business Administration Department,Asia Business Company
October 2014
Director, Direct Marketing Division
April 2016
Nagoya Branch Manager
October 2017
Director, Corporate Planning Division
October 2018
Director, SCM Division
October 2023
Executive Assistant to the President
March 2024
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (to present)
External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Tatsuya Endo
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1985
Joined Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office
April 1990
Certified as tax accountant
September 1998
Partner at Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office
July 2002
Partner at Asahi KPMG Tax Corporation (currently,KPMG Tax Corporation)
January 2016
Deputy Senior Partner at KPMG Tax Corporation
January 2020
Representative of Tatsuya Endo Tax Accountant Office (to present)
March 2020
External Director of the Company (to present)
External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Asako Yamagami
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%
April 1999
Registered as attorney-at-law. Joined Taiyo Law Office (currently, Paul Hastings LLP).
October 2005
Seconded to The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
May 2006
Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2012
Joined Natori Law Office (currently ITN law office) as Partner (to present)
July 2012
Joined Natori Law Office as Partner (to present)
June 2015
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
January 2016
Director, Office of International Affairs, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
March 2020
External Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (to present)
June 2020
External Director(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of NIKON CORPORATION (to present)
June 2021
Outside Director of NEC Capital Solutions Limited (to present)