Management Team

Members of the Board

As of June, 24 2026

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As of June 2026

Akihiro Nikkaku
Akihiro Nikkaku
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

Mitsuo Ohya
Mitsuo Ohya
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

Tetsuya Tsunekawa
Tetsuya Tsunekawa
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

Kenichiro Miki
Kenichiro Miki
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

Shigeki Terada
Shigeki Terada
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

Yuichiro Kato
Yuichiro Kato
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

Yuko Harayama
Yuko Harayama
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

Akiko Innes-Taylor
Akiko Innes-Taylor
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

Keiichi Kobayashi
Keiichi Kobayashi
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

Hideshi Ueda
Hideshi Ueda
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)

Corporate Auditors

As of June, 24 2026

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As of June 2026

Hideki Hirabayashi
Hideki Hirabayashi
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

Mitsuharu Mano
Mitsuharu Mano
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

Makiko Takabe
Makiko Takabe
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

Kozo Ogino
Kozo Ogino
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

Masahiko Inoue
Masahiko Inoue
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)