Representative Director, Chairman
Apr 1979 Joined the Company
Dec 1986 General Manager, Second Manufacturing Planning Department
Feb 1987 Director, General Manager, Second Manufacturing Planning Department
Jul 1989 Managing Director
Feb 1990 Senior Managing Director
Oct 1992 Managing Director
Jan 1996 Representative Director, President
Jun 2025 Representative Director, Chairman (current)
1955-05-24
Representative Director, President; General Manager, Management Planning and Research Headquarters
Apr 2005 Joined Nippon Asia Investment Co., Ltd.
Dec 2007 Left Nippon Asia Investment Co., Ltd.
Apr 2008 Joined Hokkaido Bank, Ltd.
Sep 2014 Left Hokkaido Bank, Ltd.
Oct 2014 Joined the Company
Mar 2017 Manager, Manufacturing Operations Promotion Section, Manufacturing Management Department
Mar 2018 Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
Mar 2019 Acting Manager, Integrated Planning Department
Mar 2020 General Manager, Integrated Planning Department
Mar 2021 General Manager, Digital Promotion Department
Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Integrated Planning Department and Digital Promotion Department
Jun 2023 Managing Director, General Manager, Integrated Planning Department
Jun 2024 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director
Jun 2025 Representative Director, President (current)
1981-12-22
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Manufacturing Assurance Headquarters
Apr 1983 Joined the Company
Feb 2005 Manager, Product Development Section 2, Product Development Department
Mar 2007 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Manufacturing Audit Section, Quality Assurance Department
Mar 2010 Acting Manager, Manufacturing Audit Section, Quality Assurance Department
Mar 2012 General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Jun 2012 Director, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Mar 2016 Vice Chairman, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd.
Jun 2020 Managing Director, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Mar 2022 Managing Director
Jun 2024 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director (current)
Mar 2025 Chairman, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd. (current)
Mar 2025 Vice Chairman, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. (current)
1960-10-28
Managing Director; General Manager, Development and Expansion Headquarters; in charge of International Management Planning and Promotion
Apr 1996 Joined the Company
Nov 2003 Acting Head, Oita Branch Office
Mar 2008 Acting Manager, Regional Sales Section 2, West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2010 Manager, Sales Section 2, West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2016 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Sales Section 2, West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2017 Acting General Manager, West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2018 General Manager, West Japan Sales Department
Jun 2018 Director, General Manager, West Japan Sales Department
Apr 2019 Director, General Manager, East Japan Sales Department and West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2020 Director, General Manager, Area Sales Department
Mar 2023 Director, General Manager, Marketing Department and Area Sales Department
Jun 2023 Director, General Manager, Sales Strategy Division and Marketing Department
Mar 2024 Vice Chairman, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Jun 2024 Managing Director (current)
Dec 2024 Chairman, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Mar 2025 Chairman and General Manager, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Mar 2026 Chairman, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. (current)
1973-12-12
Managing Director; in charge of Domestic Management Planning and Promotion
Apr 1975 Joined the Company
Apr 1996 Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing Planning Department
Mar 1999 Deputy General Manager, Second Manufacturing Planning Department
Aug 2000 Deputy General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
May 2004 General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Jun 2004 Director, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Jun 2007 Managing Director, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Jun 2009 Chairman, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd.
Jun 2010 Chairman, Bourbon (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Mar 2012 Managing Director
Mar 2014 Vice Chairman, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd.
Mar 2021 Managing Director, General Manager, Integrated Planning Department
Jun 2022 Managing Director (current)
1951-09-05
Managing Director; General Manager, Human Capital and Intellectual Property Headquarters
Mar 1987 Joined the Company
Mar 2004 Plant Manager, Toyoura Plant, Kitanihon Toyoura Foods Co., Ltd.
Jan 2007 Plant Manager, Head Office Plant, the Company
Mar 2010 Plant Manager, Wako Plant, Lehmann Co., Ltd.
Mar 2015 Plant Manager, Joetsu Plant, the Company
Apr 2019 Acting Manager, General Affairs Promotion Department
Jun 2019 Director, General Manager, General Affairs Promotion Department
Jun 2024 Managing Director (current)
1967-01-01
Director; Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing Assurance Headquarters
Apr 1983 Joined the Company
May 2001 Acting Manager, Engineering Management Section, Hairo Plant, Kitanihon Hairo Foods Co., Ltd.
May 2004 Plant Manager, Gosen Plant, Kitanihon Gosen Foods Co., Ltd.
Jan 2007 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Engineering Management Section 2, Manufacturing Management Department, the Company
May 2014 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Construction Section, Facilities Management Department, the Company
May 2015 Representative Director, President, Kitanihon Hairo Foods Co., Ltd.
Mar 2016 Acting General Manager, Facilities Management Department, the Company
May 2018 General Manager, Facilities Management Department
Jun 2018 Director, General Manager, Facilities Management Department
Mar 2020 Director, General Manager, Equipment Development and Management Department
Mar 2025 Director, Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing Assurance Headquarters (current)
1962-11-03
Director; General Manager, Product Development Division, Development and Expansion Headquarters
Apr 1995 Joined the Company
Mar 2007 Acting Manager, Product Development Section 6, Product Development Department
Mar 2009 Manager, Product Development Section 10, Product Development Department
Mar 2012 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Overseas Product Development Section, Product Development Department
Mar 2017 Acting General Manager, First Product Development Department
Mar 2018 General Manager, Second Product Development Department
Jun 2018 Director, General Manager, Second Product Development Department
Mar 2019 Director, General Manager, First Product Development Department
Mar 2021 Director, General Manager, Second Product Development Department and Third Product Development Department
Jun 2023 Director, General Manager, Product Development Division and Third Product Development Department
Apr 2024 Director, General Manager, Product Development Division (current)
1971-11-21
Director; General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department, Human Capital and Intellectual Property Headquarters
Mar 1979 Joined the Company
Jun 2003 Acting Manager, Labor Management Section, Manufacturing Management Department
May 2011 Deputy General Manager and Manager, Labor Planning Section, Human Resources Planning Department
Jun 2015 Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department, and Acting Head, Occupational Safety and Health Office
Mar 2017 General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department
Jun 2017 Director, General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department (current)
1961-03-24
Director; General Manager, Finance Management Department, Human Capital and Intellectual Property Headquarters
Mar 1997 Joined Niigata Sogo Gakuin Educational Corporation
Mar 2009 Left Niigata Sogo Gakuin Educational Corporation
Apr 2009 Joined Nihon Food Link Co., Ltd.
Jan 2011 Left Nihon Food Link Co., Ltd.
Feb 2011 Joined the Company
Mar 2018 Acting Manager, Accounting Management Section, Finance Management Department
Mar 2020 Manager, Accounting Management Section, Finance Management Department
Mar 2021 Deputy General Manager, Finance Management Department
Mar 2023 General Manager, Finance Management Department
Jun 2024 Director, General Manager, Finance Management Department (current)
1974-12-16
Director; General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department, Manufacturing Assurance Headquarters
Mar 1987 Joined the Company
Jan 2007 Plant Manager, Tsukigata Plant, Kitanihon Tsukigata Foods Co., Ltd.
Mar 2010 Plant Manager, Murakami Plant, the Company
Mar 2012 Deputy General Manager, Product Development Department
Mar 2017 Acting Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
May 2018 General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
Jun 2018 Director, General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
Jun 2020 General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
Mar 2024 Vice Chairman and General Manager, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd.
Jun 2024 Director, General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department (current)
Mar 2026 Vice Chairman, Bourbon (Changxing) Food Co., Ltd. (current)
1965-02-19
Director; General Manager, Channel Sales Department, Development and Expansion Headquarters
Apr 2000 Joined the Company
Mar 2010 Acting Manager, Sales Promotion Section 1, East Japan Sales Department
Mar 2012 Acting Manager, Sales Section 1, East Japan Sales Department
Mar 2014 Manager, Sales Section 1, East Japan Sales Department
Mar 2017 Deputy General Manager, West Japan Sales Department
Apr 2019 Acting Manager, West Japan Sales Department
Mar 2020 Acting Manager, Area Sales Department
Mar 2023 Acting Manager, Channel Sales Department and Acting Manager, Area Sales Department
Jun 2023 General Manager, Area Sales Department
Jun 2024 General Manager, Area Sales Department and General Manager, Marketing Department
Mar 2025 General Manager, Channel Sales Department
Jun 2025 Director, General Manager, Channel Sales Department (current)
1977-12-12
Outside Director (Part-time)
Apr 1973 Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Apr 1997 General Manager, Oils and Fats Department, Sumitomo Corporation
Dec 2002 General Manager, Oils and Fats Department, Sumitomo Corporation; Director, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
Jun 2004 Left Sumitomo Corporation
Jun 2004 Managing Executive Officer and Director, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
Jun 2007 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, J-Oil Mills, Inc.; Representative Director, President, Hounen Lever Co., Ltd.
Jun 2010 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
Jun 2012 Special Advisor, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
Jun 2014 Retired as Special Advisor, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
Jun 2016 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1947-09-21
Outside Director (Part-time)
Apr 1978 Joined The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2006 Director, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2009 Managing Director, General Manager, Nagaoka Block Sales Headquarters, The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2011 Managing Director, General Manager, Administration Headquarters, The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2013 Senior Managing Director (Representative Director), The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2016 Representative Director, Deputy President, The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2018 Retired as Representative Director, Deputy President, The Dai-Shi Bank, Ltd.
Jun 2018 Representative Director, Chairman, Dai-Shi Lease Co., Ltd.
Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current)
Jun 2020 Retired as Representative Director, Chairman, Dai-Shi Lease Co., Ltd.
Jun 2020 Acting Chairman, Representative Director, Health Business Council, General Incorporated Association (current)
1955-12-01
Outside Director (Part-time)
Apr 1999 Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University
Aug 2000 Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan Law School
Apr 2004 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Komazawa University
Apr 2010 Professor, Seikei University Law School
Sep 2015 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Jun 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Apr 2017 Member, Yokohama City Bid Monitoring Committee
Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current)
Mar 2020 Retired as Member, Yokohama City Bid Monitoring Committee
Apr 2021 Professor, Graduate School of Law, Chuo University (current)
Jun 2024 Retired as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
1970-09-13
Outside Director (Part-time)
Apr 1982 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Jul 2005 General Manager, Fine Chemicals Department, Head Office, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Jun 2009 Executive Officer, General Manager, Fine Chemicals Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Jul 2011 Executive Officer, Omni Group Leader, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Jul 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, Pharmaceutical Custom Service Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Jun 2013 Representative Director, President, Ajinomoto Fine-Techno Co., Inc.
Jun 2017 Director, Chairman, Ajinomoto Fine-Techno Co., Inc.
Jun 2019 Retired as Director, Chairman, Ajinomoto Fine-Techno Co., Inc.
Jun 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1955-11-02
Outside Director (Part-time)
Apr 1988 Joined Lion Corporation
Apr 1999 Brand Manager, Beauty Care Business Division, Lion Corporation
Sep 2003 Left Lion Corporation
Oct 2003 Joined FANCL Corporation
May 2004 Left FANCL Corporation
Jun 2004 Joined Nu Skin/Amway Japan LLC; Senior Manager, Personal Care Brand Marketing Department
Oct 2010 General Manager, Beauty Brand and Product Marketing Department, Amway Japan LLC
Sep 2012 Left Amway Japan LLC
Feb 2014 Joined Oji Nepia Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Personal Care Innovation Center
Apr 2015 Director, General Manager, Personal Care Innovation Center, Oji Nepia Co., Ltd.
Mar 2020 Retired as Director, General Manager, Personal Care Innovation Center, Oji Nepia Co., Ltd.
Jun 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current)
Apr 2022 Representative Director, President, Tomoni Marketing Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-08-05
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1979 Joined the Company
Mar 1997 Manager, Sales Section 2, First Sales Department
Dec 2001 Manager, Food Sales Section, First Sales Department
Mar 2004 Deputy General Manager; Manager, Mass Retail Section 2; Manager, Regional Sales Section 2, West Japan Sales Department
Feb 2005 Acting General Manager, Planning Department
Jul 2006 Acting General Manager, Direct Sales Department
Feb 2008 Representative Director, President, BFEG Co., Ltd.
Oct 2011 Acting General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Department
May 2014 General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Department
Apr 2019 General Manager, Development and Expansion Headquarters
Jun 2019 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1956-07-02
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mar 1975 Joined the Company
Nov 2002 Acting Plant Manager, Wajima Plant, Kitanihon Wajima Foods Co., Ltd.
Mar 2004 Plant Manager, Wajima Plant, Kitanihon Wajima Foods Co., Ltd.
Jun 2011 Plant Manager, Joetsu Plant, the Company
Mar 2013 Manager, Manufacturing Management Section, Manufacturing Management Department
Mar 2016 Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing Management Department
Mar 2022 Manager, Manufacturing Management Section, Manufacturing Management Department
Jun 2024 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1957-03-02
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Apr 1965 Joined Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau
Jul 1999 Director, Isesaki Tax Office
Jul 2005 Director, Utsunomiya Tax Office
Sep 2006 Opened Etsuo Kawakami Certified Tax Accountant Office (current)
Jun 2012 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1946-11-09
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Apr 1983 Joined Nippon Kokan K.K.
Apr 2006 Head, Export Planning Office, Export Sales Department, JFE Steel Corporation
Nov 2006 Head, Export Shipping Office, Logistics Management Department, JFE Steel Corporation
Apr 2008 General Manager, General Affairs Department and Head, Internal Audit Office, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
Jun 2012 General Manager, General Affairs Department, Head, Internal Audit Office, and General Manager, Overseas Business Promotion Department, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
Jun 2017 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
Apr 2023 Retired as Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
Apr 2023 Advisor, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
Mar 2025 Retired as Advisor, JFE Container Co., Ltd.
1960-01-24