Management Team

Members of the Board

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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, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer
2023   Chairman and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent) 

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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 (Representative Member of the Board)
2023   President and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent) 

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Satoru Hagiwara
Satoru Hagiwara
1981  Joined the Company
2012  General Manager, Industrial Films Division;
Chairman, Toray Films Europe S.A.S.;
Chairman, Toray Plastics Europe S.A.
Vice President (Member of the Board)
2014  Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2017   President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
2020   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2022  Executive Vice President (Representative Member of the Board) (incumbent)

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Kazuyuki Adachi
Kazuyuki Adachi
1980   Joined the Company
2017  Director, Toray Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd.;
President, Luckytex (Thailand) Public Company Limited;
Chairman, Thai Toray Textile Mills Public Company Limited
2018   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2020   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2023   Executive Vice President (Member of the Board) (incumbent)

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Kazuhiko Shuto
Kazuhiko Shuto
1980   Joined the Company
1998   Vice President (Member of the Board), Penfabric Sdn. Berhad
2005   General Manager on Special Assignment, International Fibers & Textiles Operations Dept.
2005   Chairman, Toray Jifa (Qingdao) Textile Co., Ltd.
2008   General Manager, Sports Wear & Clothing Materials Fabrics Dept.; General Manager on Special Assignment, Fibers & Textiles Recycling Department
2010   General Manager, Textiles Division
2013   General Manager, Advanced Textiles & Apparel Division; General Manager, Fibers & Textiles Division (Apparel Business Marketing Department); General Manager, Uniform & Advanced Textiles Dept.; General Manager on Special Assignment, Fibers & Textiles Green Innovation Business Planning Department
2014   General Manager, Textiles Division
2014   Vice President (Member of the Board)
2016   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2018   Retired from Senior Vice President (Member of the Board) Chief Representative for China; Chairman & President, Toray Industries (China) Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Toray Sakai Weaving & Dyeing (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
2020   Senior Vice President
2022   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2023   Executive Vice President (Member of the Board) (incumbent)

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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 (Member of the Board) (incumbent)

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Masahiko Okamoto
Masahiko Okamoto
1986  Joined the Company
2009  Vice President (Member of the Board), Toray Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Berhad; Vice President (Member of the Board), Penfabric Sdn. Berhad; General Manager on Special Assignment, Finance & Controller’s Division (Finance & Controller’s Chief for Malaysia)
2011  General Manager on Special Assignment, International Division
2013   General Manager, Finance Dept.
2017   General Manager, Controller’s Dept.
2020   Corporate Vice President (Member of the Board)
2023   Senior Vice President (Member of the Board) (incumbent)

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Takashi Yoshiyama
Takashi Yoshiyama
1984  Joined the Company
2009  General Manager, Advanced Composites Technical Dept.
2010  General Manager, Second Advanced Composites Technical Dept.
2014   General Manager, Composites Production Dept., Shiga Plant
2016   General Manager, Manufacturing Division (Advanced Composites Manufacturing)
2017   General Manager, Manufacturing Division (Advanced Composites Technology and Manufacturing)
President, Euro Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites
2023   Corporate Vice President (Member of the Board)(incumbent)

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Kunio Ito
Kunio Ito
1980  Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1984  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1992  Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2002  Dean, Graduate School of Commerce and Management and Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2004  Executive Vice President and Board Member, Hitotsubashi University
2005  Member of the Board, Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
2006  Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2007  Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
2009  Director, Sharp Corporation
Director, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
2012  Director, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
2013  Director, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
2014  Director, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.
Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent)
2015  Director, Hitotsubashi CFO Education and Research Center (incumbent)
Research Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
Specially Appointed Professor, Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
2018  Research Professor, Department of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University Business School

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Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori
1997  Dean, Graduate School of Science and School of Science, Nagoya University
2001  Director, TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (incumbent)
2003  President, RIKEN
2004  Special Professor, Nagoya University (incumbent)
2015  Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency (incumbent)
Vice President (Member of the Board) of the Company
2020  Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent)

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Susumu Kaminaga
Susumu Kaminaga
1969  Joined Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
1995  Representative Director, Surface Technology Systems Ltd.
2000  Director, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2002  Managing Director, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2004  President, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2012  Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.; Representative Director, SK Global Advisers Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
2012  Director, DEFTA Capital (incumbent)
2016  Outside Director, Olympus Corporation
2020  Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent)

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Kazuo Futagawa
Kazuo Futagawa
1980  Joined the Ministry of Health and Welfare
2012  Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
2014  Director-General, Health Policy Bureau, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
2015  Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2017  Retired from Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2018  Special Advisor on Policy, Social Security Reform Office, Cabinet Secretariat
2020  Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent)
Member of the Board, Kanamic Network Co., LTD. (incumbent)

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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  Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent)

Corporate Auditors

  

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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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Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
1984  Joined the Company
2006  Executive Vice President, Toray Fluorofibers (America), Inc.
2014  General Manager, Okazaki Plant
2015  Vice President (Member of the Board)
2018  General Manager, Manufacturing Division (Fibers & Textiles Technology and Manufacturing)
2020  President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Opelontex Co., Ltd.
2021  Corporate Auditor (incumbent)

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Hiroyuki Kumasaka
Hiroyuki Kumasaka
1973  Joined FUSO Audit Corporation (later MISUZU Audit Corporation)
2007  Chairs of the Board of Council; Head, Tokyo Office, the Audit Corporation
Representative Liquidator, the Audit Corporation
2008  Outside Corporate Auditor, MATSUDA SANGYO CO., LTD.
2011  External Corporate Auditor of the Board, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
2015  Outside Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, MATSUDA SANGYO CO., LTD.
2019  Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)

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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 (incumbent)
2023  Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)

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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. (incumbent)
2023  Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)