Corporate Information

Directors & Officers

Shigekazu Takeuchi

Director
Shigekazu Takeuchi

Apr. 1976
Joined CBS Sony Inc. (currently Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.)
Feb. 1997
President, Sony Music Artists Inc.
Feb. 2000
Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning Department, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2000
Managing Director, Corporate Planning Department, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Oct. 2002
President, SME Visual Works Inc. (currently Aniplex Inc.)
Jun. 2006
Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2007
Chairman, Sony Broadcast Media Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2009
Joined Avex Group Holdings Inc. (currently Avex Inc.)
Jun. 2010
Representative Director, CFO, Avex Group Holdings Inc. (currently Avex Inc.)
Jun. 2016
Director, Vice President & CEO of the Company
Director, Fujirebio Inc. (incumbent)
Oct. 2016
Director, President & CEO of the Company (incumbent)
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Apr. 2017
Director, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Jun. 2023
Chairman of the Company (incumbent)
Naoki Kitamura

Director
Naoki Kitamura

Apr. 1993
Joined Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
Jun. 1996
Sony International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (currently Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.)
Jul. 2004
Seconded to Sony Corporation of America
Apr. 2008
General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, So-net Entertainment Corporation
(currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)
Sep. 2011
Joined the Company.
General Manager, Strategic Planning Department
Nov. 2011
Director, SRL, Inc.
Jun. 2013
Executive Officer of the Company
Feb. 2015
Chairman and CEO, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC
Jun. 2015
Chairman, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC (incumbent)
Jul. 2016
CEO, Miraca Life Sciences, Inc.
Apr. 2017
Statutory Auditor, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2017
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Oct. 2017
CEO, Miraca America, Inc.(currently H.U. America,Inc.)(incumbent)
Director, SRL (Hong Kong) Limited (incumbent)
Jun. 2018
Director of the Company (incumbent)
Director, SRL International, Inc. (incumbent)
Jul. 2020
Director, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc.
Jun. 2021
Managing Executive Officer of the Company (incumbent)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nihon Stery, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Care'x, Inc.
Jun. 2024
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Nihon Stery, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Care'x, Inc. (incumbent)
Shigehiro Aoyama

Outside Director
Shigehiro Aoyama

Apr. 1969
Joined Suntory Limited
Mar. 1994
Director, Member of the Board, Spirits Division
Mar. 1999
Managing Director, Member of the Board, Sales Development & Marketing Promotion Division
Mar. 2001
Managing Director, Member of the Board, Corporate Planning Division
Mar. 2003
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, Corporate Planning Division
Sep. 2005
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, President of Spirits, Wine & Beer Company
Mar. 2006
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, President of Spirits, Wine & Beer Company
Feb. 2009
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, Suntory Holdings Limited
Mar. 2010
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director
Oct. 2014
Vice Chairman of the Board, Representative Director
Apr. 2015
Supreme Advisor
Jun. 2015
Chairman, the Distribution Economics Institute of Japan (incumbent)
Jun. 2016
Outside Director, Takamatsu Construction Group Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Outside Director, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (currently SUBARU CORPORATION)
Apr. 2018
Special Advisor, Suntory Holdings Limited
Jun. 2018
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Futomichi Amano

Outside Director
Futomichi Amano

Nov. 1977
Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co. (Currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jun. 1989
Partner (Audit), Tohmatsu Awoki & Sanwa
Nov. 1995
Transferred to Los Angeles office of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Sep. 2002
Partner in charge of corporate planning of Tokyo office, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Jun. 2004
Managing Partner of corporate planning of Tokyo office, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Jun. 2007
Board member, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Managing Partner of Eastern Japan & Tokyo office, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Nov. 2010
CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (Japan)
Global executive committee member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Global)
Jan. 2016
Futomichi Amano CPA office (incumbent)
Jun. 2017
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Sachiko Awai

Outside Director
Sachiko Awai

Jul. 1984
Joined Japan Office of U.S. Meat Export Federation
Jan. 1991
Joined Estée Lauder Companies
Mar. 1997
Joined NIHON L'ORÉAL K.K.
Nov. 2004
Joined GUERLAIN (LVJ Group)
May 2012
Joined fitfit, Inc.
May 2013
President and Representative Director, La Prairie Japan
Jan. 2019
General Manager, INCOCO Business Department, Newport Ltd.
Part Time Adviser, Natural Water Business Department, Harves Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019
Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), A.D.Works Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020
Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), A.D.Works Group Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Jun. 2020
Outside Director, INFOCOM CORPORATION (incumbent)
Mar. 2022
Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), BP Castrol K.K. (incumbent)
Jun. 2023
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Ryoji Itoh

Outside Director
Ryoji Itoh

Jul. 1979
Joined McKinsey & Company
Jan. 1984
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Jun. 1988
Director, UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.
Sep. 1990
Representative Director, Schroder Ventures
Nov. 1997
Director, Bain & Company
Sep. 1999
Guest Professor at Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
May. 2000
Project Professor at Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Jan. 2001
Head of Japan Office, Bain & Company
Apr. 2006
Managing Director, Planetplan, Inc. (incumbent)
Apr. 2010
Visiting Professor, Yokohama City University
May. 2012
Director, Renown Incorporated
Oct. 2012
Professor, BBT University
Jun. 2014
Outside Director, SATO HOLDINGS CORPORATION (incumbent)
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Apr. 2020
Part-time Lecturer at Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
Apr. 2021
Senior Researcher at Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University
Moegi Shirakawa

Outside Director
Moegi Shirakawa

Oct. 2003
Admitted to bar
Joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (former Tomotsune & Kimura)
Sep. 2008
Associated with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
Aug. 2009
Rejoined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Jan. 2013
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (incumbent)
Feb. 2021
Member of the Business Accounting Council, Financial Services Agency (incumbent)
Jun. 2022
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Keiji Miyakawa

Outside Director
Keiji Miyakawa

Apr. 1982
Joined Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Jul. 1988
Joined Bankers Trust Company (currently Deutsche Securities Inc.)
Jul. 1999
Head of M&A Division, Managing Director, Deutsche Securities Inc.
Oct. 2006
Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Deutsche Securities Inc.
Sep. 2009
Chairman-Japan, Lincoln International Inc.
Jun. 2012
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ASICS Corporation
Jun. 2013
Outside Director, ASICS Corporation
Mar. 2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ASICS Corporation
Apr. 2016
Representative Director, N.I.Partners Ltd. (incumbent)
Mar. 2018
Outside Director, Member of the Board, GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (incumbent)
Jan. 2019
Senior Advisor, Lincoln International Inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Executive Advisor, MASH Holdings Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2021
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Dec. 2023
Outside Director, ZENSHO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Mar. 2024
Outside Auditor, MASH Holdings Co.,Ltd. (incumbent)
May. 2024
Outside Director, ZENSHO INTERNATIONAL FOOD SERVICE LIMITED (incumbent)
Hitoshi Yoshida

Outside Director
Hitoshi Yoshida

Apr. 1980
Joined Victoria Inc.
Dec. 2000
Joined ASKUL Corporation
Mar. 2004
Business Leader, Catalogue Planning Operation, Office Life Creation
Aug. 2006
Manager, Living Supplies Division, Office Life Creation
Mar. 2008
Chief General Manager, Office Life Creation
Aug. 2009
Executive Officer in charge of Products
Aug. 2011
Executive Officer in charge of ECR
Representative Director and Chairman, Bizex Corporation (currently ASKUL LOGIST Corporation)
Jul. 2012
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company, ASKUL Corporation
Aug. 2012
Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company
Aug. 2017
Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company, Director in charge of risk management
Mar. 2020
Director and Vice President, Director in charge of risk management
Aug. 2020
Director and Vice President
Jun. 2023
Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Nominating Committee Shigehiro Aoyama (Chairman)
Ryoji Itoh
Hitoshi Yoshida
Audit Committee Futomichi Amano (Chairman)
Moegi Shirakawa
Keiji Miyakawa
Compensation Committee Ryoji Itoh (Chairman)
Sachiko Awai
Keiji Miyakawa
Shigekazu Takeuchi

Chairman, President and Group CEO
Shigekazu Takeuchi

Apr. 1976
Joined CBS Sony Inc. (currently Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.)
Feb. 1997
President, Sony Music Artists Inc.
Feb. 2000
Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning Department, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2000
Managing Director, Corporate Planning Department, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Oct. 2002
President, SME Visual Works Inc. (currently Aniplex Inc.)
Jun. 2006
Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2007
Chairman, Sony Broadcast Media Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2009
Joined Avex Group Holdings Inc. (currently Avex Inc.)
Jun. 2010
Representative Director, CFO, Avex Group Holdings Inc. (currently Avex Inc.)
Jun. 2016
Director, Vice President & CEO of the Company
Director, Fujirebio Inc. (incumbent)
Oct. 2016
Director, President & CEO of the Company (incumbent)
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Apr. 2017
Director, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Jun. 2023
Chairman of the Company (incumbent)
Naoki Kitamura

Managing Executive Officer and CFO
Naoki Kitamura
HS

Apr. 1993
Joined Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
Jun. 1996
Sony International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (currently Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.)
Jul. 2004
Seconded to Sony Corporation of America
Apr. 2008
General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, So-net Entertainment Corporation
(currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)
Sep. 2011
Joined the Company.
General Manager, Strategic Planning Department
Nov. 2011
Director, SRL, Inc.
Jun. 2013
Executive Officer of the Company
Feb. 2015
Chairman and CEO, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC
Jun. 2015
Chairman, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC (incumbent)
Jul. 2016
CEO, Miraca Life Sciences, Inc.
Apr. 2017
Statutory Auditor, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2017
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Oct. 2017
CEO, Miraca America, Inc.(currently H.U. America,Inc.)(incumbent)
Director, SRL (Hong Kong) Limited (incumbent)
Jun. 2018
Director of the Company (incumbent)
Director, SRL International, Inc. (incumbent)
Jul. 2020
Director, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc.
Jun. 2021
Managing Executive Officer of the Company (incumbent)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nihon Stery, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Care'x, Inc.
Jun. 2024
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Nihon Stery, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Care'x, Inc. (incumbent)
Goki Ishikawa

Executive Officer
Goki Ishikawa
IVD

Apr. 2000
Joined the Japan Defense Agency (currently Ministry of Defense, Japan)
Sep. 2006
Joined the Boston Consulting Group
Dec. 2008
Joined Elsevier
Jan. 2012
Joined the Company
Jun. 2013
Director, Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc. (incumbent)
Apr. 2014
Director, Fujirebio inc.
Jun. 2014
Director, Fujirebio Europe N.V. (incumbent)
Mar. 2015
Representative Director, Fujirebio inc.
Apr. 2016
Representative Managing Director, Fujirebio inc.
Apr. 2017
Executive Vice President & Representative Director, Fujirebio inc.
Executive Vice President & Representative Director, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2018
President & CEO, Fujirebio inc.
Jun. 2020
Executive Officer, the Company (incumbent)
President & CEO, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Jun. 2023
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Hiroaki Kimura

Executive Officer
Makoto Matsumoto
LTS

Apr. 1991
Joined SRL, Inc.
Jan. 2008
Senior Manager, Tokyo Office 4
Jul. 2010
Senior Manager, Tokyo Office 3
May 2011
General Manager, Hokkaido Sales Department
Jul. 2013
General Manager, Hokkaido/Tohoku Sales Department
Apr. 2014
General Manager, East Japan Sales Department
Oct. 2014
General Manager, Sales Department 3
Jul. 2016
General Manager, Hospital Labo Sales Department
Jan. 2017
Deputy Division Head, Sales Division
May 2017
Division Head, Sales Division
Jun. 2018
Director, SRL, Inc.
Director, SRL Medisearch Inc.
Oct. 2018
Director, MSW, Inc.
Jun. 2019
Managing Director, SRL, Inc.
Dec. 2019
Director, St. Luke’s SRL Advanced Clinical Research Center, Inc.
Jun. 2020
Senior Managing Director, SRL, Inc.
Oct. 2020
President and CEO, H.U. Frontier, Inc.
Jun. 2021
Director, Sapporo Mirai Laboratory, Inc.
Jun. 2023
Executive Officer, the Company (incumbent)
President and CEO, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, SRL international, Inc. (incumbent)
Kazuya Omi

Executive Officer
Kazuya Omi
CTO

Apr. 2007
Joined Fujirebio inc.
Oct. 2009
Manager, Biotechnology Research Group, Fundamental Research Department, Fujirebio inc.
Nov. 2013
Joined Eli Lilly Japan K.K.
Apr. 2015
Joined the Company
Jan. 2017
General Manager, Research & Development Strategy Department, the Company
Jul. 2017
President, Miraca Research Institute G.K. (currently H.U. Group Research Institute G.K.) (incumbent)
Dec. 2017
Division Head, Research and Development Division, SRL, Inc.
Apr. 2019
Division Head, Advanced Medical Solutions Business Development Division, the Company
Jun. 2019
Executive Officer, the Company (incumbent)
Jun. 2020
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Dec. 2022
Director, H.U.POCkeT, Inc. (incumbent)
Toshihiko Shimizu

Executive Officer
Toshihiko Shimizu
CIO

Apr. 1978
Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
Jun. 2004
General Manager, Information and Communication Business Department, Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
Jun. 2008
Executive Officer and General Manager, Information and Communication Business Department, Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
Jun. 2009
Director, Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
President and Chief Executive Officer, AT TOKYO Corporation
Jun. 2013
Executive Officer and Secretary General, the New Growth Task Force, Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
Jun. 2014
Fellow, Tokyo Electric Power Company (currently Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated)
Jan. 2015
Executive Advisor, IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2021
Advisor to the Company
Jun. 2021
Executive Officer, the Company (incumbent)
Tadashi Hasegawa

Executive Officer
Tadashi Hasegawa
President’s Special Assignments Officer

Apr. 1994
Joined the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
Aug. 2000
Joined SRL, Inc.
Jul. 2006
Manager, Corporate Management Group, the Company
Jul. 2011
General Manager, Corporate Management Department, the Company
Jan. 2017
Division Head, Corporate Management Division, the Company
Jun. 2017
Director, SRL, Inc. (incumbent)
Oct. 2017
Director, Miraca America, Inc. (currently H.U. America,Inc.)(incumbent)
Director, SRL(Hong Kong)Limited (incumbent)
Jan. 2018
Division Head, Corporate Planning & Management Division, the Company
Jun. 2018
Executive Officer, the Company (incumbent)
Jun. 2020
Director, Fujirebio inc. (incumbent)
Sep. 2020
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)

(As of June 18, 2024)