Management Team

Toru NakaiRepresentative Director, President

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Shouzou SanoManaging Director, Sales and Marketing

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Takashi TakayaDirector, Personnel, General Affairs, Risk Management,
Compliance & Digital Transformation

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Takanori EdamitsuDirector, Business Management & Sustainability

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Kazuchika TakagakiDirector, Research & Development

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Hitoshi IshizawaDirector, Functional Food

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Hitomi KimuraDirector, General Manager, Resource Procurement, Production & Assurance

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14

Miyuki SakuraiOutside Director

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14
[Significant concurrent positions]
Joint Owner, Hanamizuki Law Office
Member of the Board, NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, MBS MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

Yoshinao WadaOutside Director

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14
[Significant concurrent positions]
Part-time physician, Department of Maternal Medicine, Osaka Women’s and
Children’s Hospital

Yukari KobayashiOutside Director

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 14/14
[Significant concurrent positions]
Representative Partner, Amanda Life Consulting LLC.
Outside Director, Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, Bridgestone Corporation
CEO, JC1 LLC

Mayumi NishiOutside Director

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 11/11

Hirotsugu ItoStanding Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 11/11

Eriko DoiStanding Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hiroharu HaraOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Attendance at board meetings (FY2023): 11/11
[Significant concurrent positions]
President, Hiroharu Hara Tax Accountant office

Mariko ChakiOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

[Significant concurrent positions]
Partner, Oike Law Office