Board of Directors
President & Representative Director
Satoshi Yamaguchi
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100％
April 1983
Joined the Company
April 2003
General Manager, Institutional & Industrial Business Unit
April 2010
Executive Officer
April 2010
Director, Institutional & Industrial Business Division
October 2015
Director, Innovation Division
October 2018
Director, Vegetable Business Division
March 2019
Director & Managing Executive Officer
January 2020
President & Representative Director (to present)
Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ Director in charge of Domestic Processed Food Business
Hirohisa Kobayashi
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100％
April 1984
Joined the Company
November 2005
General Manager, Taiwan Kagome Co., Ltd.
October 2006
General Manager, Probiotics Business Unit (responsible for marketing) of the Company
April 2009
General Manager, Consumer Sales Department, Osaka Branch
January 2014
Executive Officer
January 2014
Director, Consumer Business Division
October 2015
Managing Executive Officer
October 2015
Director, Marketing Division
October 2018
Director, Sales Division
March 2019
Director & Managing Executive Officer (to present)
October 2023
Director in charge of Domestic Processed Food Business (to present)
Director & Executive Officer ・ Director, Production & Purchasing Division
Yoshihisa Hairo
April 1990
Joined the Company
April 2013
Director, Kagome Australia Pty Ltd.
April 2016
General Manager, Global Quality Assurance Department, International Business Division of the Company
April 2019
General Manager, Purchasing Department, Production & Purchasing Division
October 2020
Director, Production & Purchasing Division (to present)
April 2021
Executive Officer
March 2024
Director & Executive Officer (to present)
Director & Executive Officer・ Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department
Harunobu Okuya
April 1990
Joined the Company
November 2013
General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,AsiaBusiness Company
March 2014
CFO and General Manager, Planning & CoordinationDepartment, Asia Business Company
October 2015
General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,GlobalConsumer Business Unit
April 2016
General Manager, Planning & Management Department,International Business Division
November 2021
General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and GeneralManager, US Growth Strategy Department
April 2022
Executive Officer
March 2024
Director & Executive Officer (to present)
April 2024
Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department(to present)
External Director
Hidemi Sato
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100％
April 1981
Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
March 1996
Completed Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Ochanomizu University; took a doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science)
April 1997
Part-time lecturer at Fukushima University, The Open University of Japan, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University (currently Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University)
April 1999
Part-time lecturer at Mejiro University College
April 2015
Visiting professor at Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University (to present)
March 2017
External Director of the Company (to present)
External Director
Kumi Arakane
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100%
April 1981
Joined KOBAYASHI KOSE COMPANY LIMITED (currently, KOSE Corporation)
July 1997
Obtained a doctorate (Doctor of Pharmacy) from the University of Tokyo
March 2002
Senior Chief Researcher, R&D Headquarters Advanced Cosmetic Research Laboratories of KOSE Corporation
March 2004
General Manager, Product Development Dept., Marketing Headquarters of KOSE Corporation
March 2006
Executive Officer, Deputy Director-General of Marketing Headquarters and General Manager of Product Development Dept. of KOSE Corporation
March 2010
Executive Officer, General Manager, R&D Laboratories of KOSE Corporation
March 2011
Executive Officer, General Manager, Quality Assurance Dept. of KOSE Corporation
June 2011
Director, KOSE Corporation (in charge of Quality Assurance Dept., Customer Service Center, Purchasing Dept., and Product Designing Dept.)
June 2017
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOSE Corporation
March 2019
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kubota Corporation
March 2020
External Director of the Company (to present)
March 2021
Outside Director, Kubota Corporation (to present)
Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Hitoshi Takano
April 1988
Joined the Company
April 2005
Unit Director, Vegetable Beverage Business Unit
June 2008
Executive Officer
June 2008
Unit Director, Beverage Business Unit
April 2009
General Manager, Product Development Department,Consumer Business Division
April 2010
General Manager, Business Administration Department,Asia Business Company
October 2014
Director, Direct Marketing Division
April 2016
Nagoya Branch Manager
October 2017
Director, Corporate Planning Division
October 2018
Director, SCM Division
October 2023
Executive Assistant to the President
March 2024
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (to present)
External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Tatsuya Endo
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100%
April 1985
Joined Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office
April 1990
Certified as tax accountant
September 1998
Partner at Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office
July 2002
Partner at Asahi KPMG Tax Corporation (currently,KPMG Tax Corporation)
January 2016
Deputy Senior Partner at KPMG Tax Corporation
January 2020
Representative of Tatsuya Endo Tax Accountant Office (to present)
March 2020
External Director of the Company (to present)
External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Asako Yamagami
Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings（2023）：100%
April 1999
Registered as attorney-at-law. Joined Taiyo Law Office (currently, Paul Hastings LLP).
October 2005
Seconded to The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
May 2006
Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2012
Joined Natori Law Office (currently ITN law office) as Partner (to present)
July 2012
Joined Natori Law Office as Partner (to present)
June 2015
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
January 2016
Director, Office of International Affairs, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
March 2020
External Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (to present)
June 2020
External Director(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of NIKON CORPORATION (to present)
June 2021
Outside Director of NEC Capital Solutions Limited (to present)
