Leadership

Director

Seishi Sakamoto

Chairman
Nomination and Compensation
Committee Member
Mar. 1959Joined the Company
Feb. 1960Director
Jun. 1965Executive Director
Jul. 1988Director
Jul. 2000Retired from the position of Director
Feb. 2002Director
Feb. 2003Director and Advisor
Jan. 2005Representative Director and Advisor
Feb. 2005Representative Director, President & COO
Mar. 2011Representative Director, Chairman & CEO
Jun. 2014Representative Director, Chairman & CEO and President & COO
Mar. 2017Representative Director, Chairman & CEO
Jun. 2019Chairman & CEO
Mar. 2024Chairman (current position)

Yasuhiro Kobayashi

Representative Director, President & CEO, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member
Sep. 2008Joined the Company
Oct. 2008Head of Corporate Planning Office
Jan. 2010General Manager of Accounting Department
Mar. 2012Director
Mar. 2012In charge of Accounting Department and General Affairs Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Jan. 2015In charge of Accounting Department, Human Resources Department, and General Affairs Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Mar. 2015In charge of Accounting Department and Group Management Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Jan. 2016In charge of Group Management Department and IR & Corporate Planning
Mar. 2017Representative Director, President & COO
Jan. 2023Representative Director, HOSHIZAKI SALES CO., LTD. (current position)
Mar. 2024Representative Director, President & CEO (current position)

Masanao Tomozoe

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Chair
Jun. 2005Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation
Apr. 2011Senior Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation, Senior Vice President of Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Jun. 2012President and Representative Director of Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing Corporation
Jun. 2015President and CEO of Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Toyota Industries Corporation (current position)
Jun. 2019Outside Director of NORITAKE CO., LIMITED
Mar. 2020Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Sep. 2020Outside Director of Sasatoku Printing Co., Ltd. (current position)

Masahiko Goto

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member
May 1984Director, Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Makita Corporation
Jul. 1987Managing Director, General Manager of Administration Headquarters
May 1989President and Representative Director
Jun. 2013Chairman and Representative Director
Mar. 2022Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Jun. 2024Honorary Chairman of Makita Corporation (current position)

Yasushi Ieta

Director
Apr. 2018Joined the Company
Sep. 2018General Manager of Cost Planning Department
Jan. 2019Head Office Plant Manager
Mar. 2019Director (current position)
Mar. 2019In charge of Value Enhancement Research Institute, Head Office Plant, Cost Planning Department, and Purchase Department
Mar. 2020Senior Executive Officer
Mar. 2020In charge of research and development, manufacturing
Jan. 2023In charge of domestic business
Mar. 2023Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2025In charge of domestic sales
Dec. 2025President of NAOMI Co., Ltd (current position)

Ryuichiro Seki

Director
Nov. 2021Retired from MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Dec. 2021Joined the Company
Mar. 2022Executive Officer
Mar. 2022In charge of Accounting Department (current position)
Mar. 2025Director (current position)
Mar. 2025Senior Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2025In charge of Global Administration Department

Toshikazu Tanjima

Director
May 2014General Manager of Second Manufacturing Department, Head Office Plant
Apr. 2017General Manager of Production Control Department, Shimane Plant
Jan. 2019General Manager of Cost Planning Department, Head Office Plant
Jan. 2021General Manager of Engineering Promotion Department, R&D Center
Jan. 2023General Manager of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department (current position)
Mar. 2024Executive Officer
Mar. 2024In charge of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department (current position)
Mar. 2025Director (current position)
Mar. 2025Senior Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2025Head of R&D, in charge of manufacturing (current position)

Shiro Nishiguchi

Director
Apr. 2008Executive Officer of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
Apr. 2014Senior Vice President of Appliances Company, in charge of Planning and Overseas Business
Apr. 2015Corporate Advisor
Jun. 2015Representative Director, Deputy President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2022Corporate Advisor
Jan. 2023Advisor of the Company
Mar. 2023Retired from the position of Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2023Director (current position)
Mar. 2023Senior Managing Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2023In charge of global business (current position)
Dec. 2024Managing Director of Hoshizaki Europe Holdings B.V. (current position)
Jan. 2025Chairman of HOSHIZAKI CHINA CORPORATION (current position)

Tadashi Mizutani

Director
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Audit and Supervisory Committee Chair
Jan. 2017Joined the Company
Jan. 2017General Manager of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2019Director in charge of General Affairs Department and Group Management Department, and General Manager of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2020Retired from the position of Director. Executive Officer in charge of General Affairs Department and General Manager of General Affairs Department
Feb. 2021Executive Officer in charge of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2022Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

Satoe Tsuge

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member
Apr. 1995Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec. 1998Retired from Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jan. 1999Representative of Tsuge Certified Public Accountant Office (current position)
Sep. 2001Registered as Certified Public Tax Accountant
Jun. 2007Representative Director of La Vida Planning Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2015Outside Director of Aisan Industry Co., Ltd. (current position)
Mar. 2017Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
Oct. 2021Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Board Member) of Juroku Financial Group, Inc. (current position) 

Yoshimi Horinishi

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member
Apr. 2000Registered as an attorney-at-law
Apr. 2000Joined Nagoya Bar Association
Dec. 2004Joined Asahikawa Bar Association
Apr. 2007Re-admitted to Aichi Bar Association (formerly Nagoya Bar Association)
Nov. 2009Representative of Horinishi Law Office (current position)
Apr. 2014Member of Nagoya City Architectural Dispute Mediation Committee
Oct. 2014Civil Mediator of Nagoya Summary Court
Jun. 2016Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of Menicon Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2020Outside Director (Chairperson of the Compensation Committee) (current position)
Mar. 2024Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)

Executive Officer

Takashi Akita

Senior Executive Officer, in charge of domestic sales

Teruyuki Kai

Executive Officer, in charge of China

Akira Kamiya

Executive Officer, in charge of Global Manufacturing Department

Makoto Sasaki

Executive Officer, in charge of research and development

Fumio Maruyama

Executive Officer, in charge of Global Engineering Department

Kazuhiro Nagashima

Executive Officer, in charge of Legal Department and General Affairs Department

Hidehiko Furuhashi

Executive Officer, in charge of Head Office Plant

Jun Kimura

Executive Officer, in charge of Shimane Plant

Masayoshi Ogawa

Executive Officer, in charge of Information Systems Department and BPR

Kazuya Kogami

Executive Officer, in charge of corporate sales (domestic)

Minoru Furuta

Executive Officer, in charge of Americas administration

Tomohiro Matsuda

Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department

Keisuke Yamanaka

Executive Officer, in charge of Europe