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Management Team
Members of the Board
As of June, 24 2026

Chairman and Member of the Board
Akihiro Nikkaku
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President and Representative Member of the Board
Mitsuo Ohya
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Representative Member of the Board
Tetsuya Tsunekawa
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Representative Member of the Board
Kenichiro Miki
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Member of the Board
Shigeki Terada
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Member of the Board
Yuichiro Kato
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Member of the Board (Outside)
Yuko Harayama
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Member of the Board (Outside)
Akiko Innes-Taylor
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Member of the Board (Outside)
Keiichi Kobayashi
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Member of the Board (Outside)
Hideshi Ueda
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As of June 2026
| 1973 | Joined the Company |
| 2001 | General Manager, Engineering Division; General Manager, Second Engineering Dept. |
| 2002 | Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2004 | Senior Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2006 | Senior Vice President (Member of the Board & Member of the Executive Committee) |
| 2007 | Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2010 | President and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2020 | President and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2023 | Chairman and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2026 | Chairman and Member of the Board (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1980 | Joined the Company |
| 2009 | General Manager, Industrial & Textile Fibers Division |
| 2012 | Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2014 | Retired from Vice President (Member of the Board) President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray International, Inc. |
| 2016 | Senior Vice President (Member of the Board & Member of the Executive Committee) |
| 2020 | Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2023 | President and Representative Member of the Board |
| 2026 | President (Representative Member of the Board) and Chief Executive Officer (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1984 | Joined the Company |
| 2004 | General Manager, Films & Film Products Research Laboratories |
| 2009 | General Manager, Advanced Film Technical Dept., Films & Film Products Research Laboratories |
| 2012 | General Manager, Tsuchiura Plant |
| 2014 | Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2016 | Senior Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2020 | Retired from Senior Vice President (Member of the Board) Senior Vice President |
| 2022 | Senior Vice President |
| 2023 | Senior Vice President and Member of the Board |
| 2025 | Executive Vice President and Member of the Board |
| 2026 | Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1982 | Joined the Company |
| 2007 | Director, Staple Fibers Dept. |
| 2012 | Director, Filament Dept. |
| 2013 | General Manager, Industrial & Textile Fibers Division |
| 2016 | General Manager, Textiles Division & Chairman, Toray Textiles Europe Ltd. (part-time) |
| 2016 | Member of the Board, the Company |
| 2018 | Retired from Member of the Board President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray International, Inc. |
| 2020 | Senior Vice President, the Company |
| 2023 | Senior Vice President |
| 2026 | Executive Vice President |
| 2026 | Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1986 | Joined the Company |
| 2009 | Executive Officer, CFO, Toray Films Europe S.A.S. |
| 2011 | General Manager, Films Business Planning & Administration Dept.; General Manager, Resins & Chemicals Business Planning & Administration Dept., the Company |
| 2013 | General Manager, Films Business Planning & Administration Dept. |
| 2017 | Vice President (Member of the Board), Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 | Senior Vice President (Member of the Board), Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd. |
| 2020 | General Manager on Special Assignment, Torayca & Advanced Composites Division; General Manager, Torayca & Advanced Composites Business Planning & Administration Dept., the Company |
| 2023 | Senior Director, Corporate Strategic Planning Division |
| 2025 | Corporate Vice President |
| 2025 | Corporate Vice President and Member of the Board (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1986 | Joined the Company |
| 2010 | General Manager, Controllers’ Dept. |
| 2014 | General Manager on Special Assignment, External Relations Planning Dept. |
| 2018 | General Manager, Management Division, Toray International, Inc. |
| 2020 | General Manager on Special Assignment, Affiliated Companies Division; General Manager, Group Business Planning Dept., the Company |
| 2023 | Deputy General Manager, Affiliated Companies Division; General Manager, Group Business Planning Dept. |
| 2025 | Corporate Vice President |
| 2025 | Corporate Vice President and Member of the Board (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Geneva |
| 2002 | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University |
| 2007 | Outside Director, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA |
| 2010 | Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| 2013 | Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office |
| 2020 | Executive Director, RIKEN |
| 2022 | Co-Representative Director, Japanese Association for the Advancement of Science (incumbent) |
| 2023 | Outside Director, the Company (incumbent) |
| 2024 | Trustee, Yamaguchi University (incumbent) |
| 2024 | Secretary General, GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1986 | Joined Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| 2005 | Representative Director, Sisley Paris Japan Corporation |
| 2009 | Senior Vice President & Operating Officer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| 2015 | Senior Vice President and Operating Officer, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Board Member, Kitakamakura Girls’ Junior High School & Senior High School (incumbent) |
| 2025 | Advisor, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (incumbent) |
| 2025 | Professor, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance) (incumbent) |
| 2025 | Outside Director, the Company (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1985 | Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 2015 | Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 2016 | Representative Director, Corporate Executive Vice President, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Representative Director, President, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 2023 | Director and Chairman of the Board, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (incumbent) |
| 2023 | Outside Director, NTT DATA Japan Corporation (incumbent) |
| 2024 | Outside Director, JFE Holdings, Inc. (incumbent) |
| 2026 | Outside Director, the Company (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1982 | Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| 2005 | Director, Economic Partnership Division, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2006 | Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency |
| 2008 | Director-General, Trade Control Department, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau |
| 2010 | Deputy Secretary-General, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat (Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat) |
| 2012 | Retired from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2012 | Vice Chairman and Director General, Japan Chemical Fibers Association |
| 2012 | Vice Chairman and Secretary General, Japan Textile Federation |
| 2019 | Retired from Vice Chairman and Director General, Japan Chemical Fibers Association |
| 2019 | Retired from Vice Chairman and Secretary General, Japan Textile Federation |
| 2020 | Representative Director, Vice President & Executive Officer, Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corporation |
| 2022 | Retired from Representative Director, Vice President & Executive Officer |
| 2022 | Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Gas Network Co., Ltd. |
| 2025 | Retired from Audit and Supervisory Board Member |
| 2025 | Vice President and Managing Director, Center for International Economic Collaboration (incumbent) |
| 2026 | Outside Director, the Company (incumbent) |
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As of June, 24 2026
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As of June 2026
| 1981 | Joined the Company |
| 2002 | Deputy General Manager, Films Trading Dept. |
| 2003 | Director, Penfibre Sdn. Berhad |
| 2005 | Executive Vice President, Toray Plastics (America), Inc. |
| 2007 | General Manager, Industrial Films 1st Dept., the Company |
| 2010 | In charge of Europe Region; Chief Representative for Europe; General Manager, Europe Office |
| 2014 | General Manager on Special Assignment, Corporate Strategic Planning Division |
| 2016 | General Manager, General Administration & Legal Division; General Manager, General Administration Dept. |
| 2017 | Vice President (Member of the Board) |
| 2020 | Retired from Vice President (Member of the Board) Corporate Vice President |
| 2021 | Senior Vice President |
| 2023 | Corporate Auditor (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1985 | Joined the Company |
| 2006 | CFO, Toray Plastics (America), Inc. |
| 2009 | General Manager, Finance Dept., the Company |
| 2013 | General Manager, Affiliated Companies Administration Dept. |
| 2016 | General Manager, Auditing Dept. |
| 2020 | Senior Vice President, Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. |
| 2023 | General Manager, Auditing Dept., the Company |
| 2025 | General Manager on Special Assignment, Auditing Dept. |
| 2025 | Corporate Auditor (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1981 | Appointed as an Assistant Judge |
| 1991 | Judge, Takamatsu District Court and Family Court |
| 1994 | Judge, Tokyo District Court |
| 1998 | Judicial Research Official, Supreme Court |
| 2003 | Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court |
| 2009 | Judge, Intellectual Property High Court |
| 2013 | Chief Judge, Kawasaki Branch of Yokohama District Court and Family Court |
| 2014 | Chief Judge, Fukui District Court and Family Court |
| 2015 | Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court |
| 2018 | Chief Judge, Intellectual Property High Court |
| 2020 | President, Takamatsu High Court |
| 2021 | Registered as a lawyer (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) Of Counsel, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) (incumbent) |
| 2023 | Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1981 | Joined The Mitsui Bank, Ltd. |
| 2010 | Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| 2011 | Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| 2013 | Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2013 | Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2014 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2017 | Director and Deputy President, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Director, Deputy President, Executive Officer, Group CRO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2019 | Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2019 | Retired |
| 2019 | Director, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. |
| 2019 | President & CEO (Representative Director), SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. |
| 2022 | Chairperson, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. |
| 2023 | Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent) |
| 2024 | Special Advisor, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. (incumbent) |
| 2025 | Outside Director, WORLD HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent) |
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As of June 2026
| 1986 | Joined the Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company (currently The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited) |
| 1988 | Joined Chuo Shinko Audit Corporation (later Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation) |
| 1999 | Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation (later Misuzu Audit Corporation) |
| 2004 | Representative employee, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation |
| 2007 | Partner, Tohmatsu LLC (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) |
| 2018 | Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| 2019 | Executive Officer (Senior), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| 2022 | Resigned from the Executive Officer position Head, Non-Financial Sustainability Assurance Promotion Office, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| 2024 | Retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| 2024 | Representative, Masahiko Inoue Certified Public Accountant Office (incumbent) |
| 2024 | Senior Fellow, Japan Foundation for Accounting Education and Learning. (incumbent) |
| 2025 | Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent) |