About Us

List of Directors

Akihiko Sakurai's photo

Representative Director
President and CEO

Akihiko Sakurai

career
February 1989
Joined the Company
April 2005
General Manager, Machinery Department II, Osaka Operations Division II
April 2009
President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2011
General Manager, Strategical Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division and General Manager, Asian Market Department, the Company
April 2013
Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo Operations Division I
April 2014
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
June 2014
Director; Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
April 2015
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
April 2016
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Business Control Division
April 2018
Representative Director; President and CEO(to present)
Yasumasa Kawana's photo

Director
Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of administration

Yasumasa Kawana

career
April 1984
Joined the Company
April 2010
General Manager, Strategical Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division and Deputy General Manager, Internal Audit Division and Deputy General Manager, Affiliated Company Supervision Division
April 2011
General Manager, Nagoya Branch, Osaka Operations Division II
April 2013
Director and Deputy President, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
July 2013
President and CEO
April 2015
Executive Officer, the Company
President and CEO, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2016
Senior Executive Officer, the Company
President and CEO, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2017
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Administration Department
June 2017
Director; Senior Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Administration Department
April 2019
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
October 2020
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Business Strategy Department
November 2020
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
October 2021
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Planning Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
April 2022
Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning
April 2026
Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of administration (to present)
Noriyuki Takahashi's photo

Director
Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing
General Manager, Business Operation Division

Noriyuki Takahashi

career
April 1985
Joined the Company
April 2011
General Manager, Business Administration Department,
Business Control Division; Manager, Shanghai Office
April 2012
General Manager, Business Administration Department,
Business Control Division, the Company
April 2013
General Manager, Business Promotion Department, Business
Control Division, the Company; President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2014
Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Division;
General Manager, Business Development Department, the
Company; President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2015
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Corporate
Planning Division, the Company; President, Seika Shanghai
Co., Ltd.
April 2016
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control
Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region, the Company;
President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2018
Executive Officer, the Company; Director and Deputy
President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2019
Executive Officer, the Company; Representative Director and
President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2021
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; Representative
Director and President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2022
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Operation Division (responsible for the energy field), the Company
April 2024
Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing;
General Manager, Business Operation Division
June 2024
Director; Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and
marketing; General Manager, Business Operation Division
(to present)
Takuji Kawai's photo

Director
Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning

Takuji Kawai

career
April 1991
Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited (currently MUFG Bank)
February 2007
Senior Vice President, Investment Banking Division for the Americas (seconded to BTMU Leasing & Finance) , The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ , Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
April 2013
General Manager, Strategic Alliance Office, Corporate Planning Division, seconded to Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.
August 2015
Deputy General Manager, Structured Finance Division, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ , Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
April 2018
Seconded to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
General Manager, Business Finance Department, MHI FINANCIAL Ltd.
April 2020
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate & Investment Banking Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
February 2021
Seconded from MUFG Bank, Ltd.
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, the Company
August 2021
Joined the Company
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division
April 2022
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, and General Manager, Business Reform Office
April 2024
Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Planning Division
April 2025
Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Planning Division
April 2026
Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning
June 2026
Director; Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning (to present)
Masanori Kagami's photo

Outside Director

Masanori Kagami

career
January 1980
Joined Nippon Yusoki Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.)
June 2010
Director, Executive Officer
Representative Director and President, Nichiyu MHI Forklift Co., Ltd.
Director, Kitakanto Nichiyu Co., Ltd. (to present)
April 2013
Director, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.)
June 2015
Director, Managing Executive Officer
October 2017
Director, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
June 2020
Director and Chairman; Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 2021
Senior Executive Advisor
Vice Chairperson, Japan Industrial Vehicles Association
Member, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry
June 2022
Outside Director, the Company(to present)
photo

Outside Director

Hitoshi Murayama

career
April 1980
Joined Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.
June 2008
Department Director, Thermal Power Department
June 2009
Executive Officer; Department Director, Thermal Power Department
June 2010
Executive Officer; Department Director, Thermal Power Engineering Department
December 2011
Executive Officer; Department Director, Thermal Power
Engineering Department (Japanese name changed; English name unchanged)
June 2012
Director and Executive Managing Officer
June 2015
Executive Vice President and Representative Director
April 2019
Representative Director and Executive Officer Vice President
June 2020
Chairman and Representative Director
June 2023
Special Advisor (to present)
June 2026
Outside Director, the Company (to present)
photo

Outside Director

Mayumi Noguchi

career
April 1991
Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited (current MUFG Bank,Ltd.)
March 1993
Joined Citibank, N.A. Japan Branch
October 1998
Joined Asahi & Co. (current KPMG AZSA LLC)
April 2008
Head of Noguchi Accounting Office (to present)
November 2014
Outside Auditor, Phone Appli Inc.
April 2015
Auditor, The National Archives of Japan, Incorporated Administrative Agency (to present)
March 2018
Outside Director, Fenwal Controls of Japan, Ltd.
June 2021
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. (to present)
October 2022
Outside Auditor, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality (to present)
June 2024
Outside member of Audit & Supervisory Board, JSP Corporation (to present)
June 2025
Outside Director, the Company (to present)
photo

Outside Director

Sachiyo Kosugi

career
October 2004
Registered as attorney (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
Associate, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
April 2009
Chief of Legal Affairs, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan
July 2011
Worked for SoftBank Mobile Corp. (currently SoftBank Corp.)
October 2014
Deputy Associate Director, NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
January 2016
Associate, Tokyo Aoi Law Office
July 2019
Counsel, T&K Partners
July 2023
Outside Director, TOA Xible Co., Ltd.
June 2025
Outside Director, the Company (to present)
July 2025
Inaba & Partners (Partner) (to present)
Tatsuhiko Hirayama's photo

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee

Tatsuhiko Hirayama

career
April 1984
Joined the Company
April 2009
General Manager, Takamatsu Branch, Osaka Operations
Division I
April 2012
General Manager, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.; Manager, Shanghai
Office, the Company (seconded)
April 2014
General Manager, Hiroshima Branch, the Company
April 2015
General Manager, Hiroshima Branch; General Manager,
Tokuyama Branch
April 2018
Assistant to General Manager, Business Control Division
June 2018
Full-time Auditor
June 2020
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Control Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region
March 2021
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Control Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region, the
Company; President, Meinan Kyodo Energy
April 2021
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; Representative Director
and President, Meinan Kyodo Energy (seconded)
April 2022
Executive Partner, the Company; *Representative Director and
President, Meinan Kyodo Energy (seconded)
June 2024
Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee(to present)
Yoshihiko Nakamura's photo

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee

Yoshihiko Nakamura

career
November 1979
Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company (present: KPMG AZSA LLC)
March 1983
Registered as certified public accountant
October 1994
Partner (Representative), Minato Audit Corp. (present: KPMG AZSA LLC)
October 2003
Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC
June 2019
Substitute Auditor, the Company
July 2019
Established Certified Public Accountant Yoshihiko Nakamura Accounting Office(to present)
June 2020
Outside Director, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
June 2020
Outside Auditor, the Company
June 2022
Outside Director (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee), the Company (to present)
June 2023
Outside Director, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
Member of the Audit Committee (Chairperson) (to present)
Yoshiko Tonoike's photo

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee

Yoshiko Tonoike

career
April 1997
Appointed as Prosecutor
April 2017
Instructor, Meiji University Legal Laboratory
June 2021
Outside Director, Daitoh Trading Co., Ltd.
November 2021
Registered as an attorney (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Joined Minaki & Kitazawa Law Office
Visiting Attorney
June 2023
Outside Director, Maruha Nichiro Corporation (currently Umios Corporation) (to present)
October 2023
Partner, Minaki & Kitazawa Law Office (to present)
October 2025
Refugee examination counselor, Immigration Services Agencyof Japan (to present)
June 2026
Outside Director (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee), the Company (to present)

Senior Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarter

Yuki Kinoshita

Senior Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarters
General Manager of Group Administration Department

Katsumi Nakamura

Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarters
General Manager of Business Promotion Department

Takashi Kamihata

Executive Officer
Branch Manager of Hiroshima Branch

Shigeru Sumida

Executive Officer
General Manager of General Affairs & Human Resource Dept.

Go Saito

Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department and Chief of Secretariat

Takaaki Ozawa