Biographies of Directors and Corporate Auditors
As of June 21, 2025
Chairman, Representative Director,
Board Member
Minako Suzuki
Date of Birth: August 30, 1961
| September 2003 | Joined the company as General Manager, President’s Office |
| January 2004 | General Manager, President’s Office and General Manager, Systems Department, Administration Division |
| June 2004 | Director, General Manager, Administration Division, and General Manager, Systems Department |
| June 2007 | Managing Director |
| October 2016 | Director, Vice president |
| June 2017 | Representative director, President |
| June 2021 | Representative director, President and Executive officer |
| April 2025 | Chairman, Representative Director, Board Member (to present) |
President, Representative Director,
Board Member
Toru Taniguchi
Date of Birth: July 6, 1968
| April 1993 | Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. |
| March 2005 | Joined The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
| November 2010 | Joined PARCO CO.,LTD. |
| April 2015 | Joined the company as General Manager, Corporate Planning Division |
| June 2019 | Senior Managing Director |
| June 2021 | Director and Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2023 | Representative director, Vice president, and Executive officer |
| April 2024 | Representative director, Vice president, and Executive officer and General Manager, Factory Solutions Business Division |
| February 2025 | President, Representative Director, Board Member, Suzumo International Corporation(to present) |
| April 2025 | President, Representative Director, Board Member (to present) |
Director, Managing Executive Officer,
Board Member
Executive Officer, Corporate Department
Junko Koshino
Date of Birth: September 8, 1969
| April 1993 | Joined the Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. (currently Aozora Bank, Ltd Aozora Bank, Ltd.) |
| January 1997 | Investment Analyst, Investment Department, FIL Investments (Japan) Limited |
| April 2002 | Investment Analyst, Investment Department, Capital Research and Management Company |
| February 2006 | Investment Analyst, Halberdier Capital Management Pte. Ltd., Tokyo Representative Office |
| April 2012 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, MORITO CO.,LTD. |
| October 2015 | General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Otsuka Kagu, Ltd. |
| April 2016 | General Manager, Business Development Division, JVCKENWOOD Corporation |
| April 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, JVCKENWOOD Corporation |
| April 2020 | Executive Officer and CEO Assistant, JVCKENWOOD Corporation |
| July 2020 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Frontier Management Inc. |
| June 2021 | Outside Director, SAXA Holdings, Inc. |
| June 2022 | Outside Director, Rikei Corporation (to present) |
| June 2024 | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2024 | Outside director, Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (to present) |
| April 2025 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Executive Officer , Corporate Department (to present) |
Outside director
Masami Takahashi
Date of Birth: January 24, 1945
| April 1968 | Joined Saitama Bank, Ltd. (currently Resona Bank, Limited) |
| April 1991 | President, UK Securities Division, The Asahi Bank, Ltd. (currently Resona Bank, Ltd) |
| June 1996 | Director, International Division, The Asahi Bank, Ltd. (currently Resona Bank, Ltd) |
| April 2002 | Representative Director and Vice President, TOYO KANETSU K.K. |
| October 2002 | Representative Director and President, TOYO KANETSU K.K. |
| January 2004 | Representative Director and President, Royal Medical Club (to present) |
| May 2007 | Director, Eco's Co., Ltd. |
| June 2015 | Outside director, the Company (to present) |
| June 2024 | Advisor, Eco's Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Outside director
Akio Takahashi
Date of Birth: March 15, 1956
| April 1978 | Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. |
| April 2009 | Executive Managing Director, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) |
| June 2012 | Director and Executive Vice President, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. |
| April 2015 | President and Representative Director, Daiwa Investment Management Inc |
| July 2017 | Outside Director, Biomass Fuel Co., Ltd. (to present) |
| June 2019 | Outside director, the Company (to present) |
| December 2019 | Outside Director, MTG Co., Ltd. |
| March 2025 | Outside Director, KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (to present) |
Outside director
Toshiya Sasagawa
Date of Birth: December 12, 1966
| April 1991 | Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) |
| April 2006 | General Manager, Corporate Planning Department & Head of International Business Development, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
| April 2007 | Principal, Nikko Principal Investments Inc. (currently Citigroup Global Capital Partners Japan Ltd.) |
| August 2010 | Head of Business Development, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited (UK) |
| January 2012 | Head of Capital Markets Division, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited (UK) |
| June 2019 | Executive Director, President's Office, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited (UK) |
| April 2022 | Head of Capital Markets Division, SMBC Nikko Securities (Hong Kong) Limited |
| October 2020 | Managing Partner, Kiraboshi Capital Co., Ltd. |
| December 2023 | Senior Advisor, Mizuho Gulf Capital Partners Ltd. (to present) |
| June 2025 | Outside director, the Company (to present) |
Full-Time corporate auditor
Jun Kono
Date of Birth: July 20, 1962
| March 2010 | Joined the Company as Manager, Tokyo Plant |
| July 2010 | Technical Manager, Tokyo Plant |
| April 2012 | Manager, Technical Management Department, Tokyo Plant |
| October 2015 | Manager, Product Department |
| July 2019 | General Manager, Audit Office |
| June 2022 | Full-Time corporate auditor, the Company (to present) |
Outside AuditorOutside corporate auditor
Junya Murai
Date of Birth: July 9, 1971
| October 1999 | Joined Showa Ota & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
| August 2010 | Registered as an attorney at law (current) |
| October 2010 | Registered as a certified public accountant (current) |
| March 2019 | Representative, Murai Law and Accounting Office (to present) |
| June 2023 | Outside corporate auditor, the Company (to present) |
Outside corporate auditor
Takamasa Nakashima
Date of Birth: March 31, 1956
| April 1978 | Joined MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION |
| May 1993 | Senior Researcher, Research Institute For Advancement Of Living Standards (secondment) |
| July 2001 | HR Manager and General Manager of Consulting Division, ITOCHU Human Resources Services Inc. (currently ITOCHU Human Resources ＆ General Affairs Services Inc.) |
| February 2004 | Executive Officer, HR Division Head, Nihon Aim Co. (currently UT Group Co., Ltd.) |
| April 2007 | Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, KINDAI UNIVERSITY (concurrently Professor, Graduate School of Commerce) |
| June 2022 | Outside corporate auditor, the Company (to present) |
| April 2023 | Professor, Professional University of Beauty & Wellness, School Corporation Miss Paris Gakuen (to present) |
