Management Team

Members of the Board

Akihiro Nikkaku

Chairman and Representative Member of the Board
Akihiro Nikkaku
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Mitsuo Ohya

President and Representative Member of the Board
Mitsuo Ohya
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Satoru Hagiwara

Representative Member of the Board
Satoru Hagiwara
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Kazuyuki Adachi

Member of the Board
Kazuyuki Adachi
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Kazuhiko Shuto

Member of the Board
Kazuhiko Shuto
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Tetsuya Tsunekawa

Member of the Board
Tetsuya Tsunekawa
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Masahiko Okamoto

Member of the Board
Masahiko Okamoto
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Kunio Ito

Member of the Board (Outside)
Kunio Ito
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Ryoji Noyori

Member of the Board (Outside)
Ryoji Noyori
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Susumu Kaminaga

Member of the Board (Outside)
Susumu Kaminaga
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Kazuo Futagawa

Member of the Board (Outside)
Kazuo Futagawa
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Yuko Harayama

Member of the Board (Outside)
Yuko Harayama
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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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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

　　
Hideki Hirabayashi

Corporate Auditor
Hideki Hirabayashi
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Yoshiyuki Tanaka

Corporate Auditor
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
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Hiroyuki Kumasaka

Outside Corporate Auditor
Hiroyuki Kumasaka
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Makiko Takabe

Outside Corporate Auditor
Makiko Takabe
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Kozo Ogino

Outside Corporate Auditor
Kozo Ogino
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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)