Directors and Auditors
(As of June 25, 2025)
| Position | Name | Important Concurrent duties |
|---|---|---|
| President and Representative Director | Hiroshi Narita | |
| Directors | Hideaki Hoshiko | |
| Yasuyuki Suzuki | ||
| Junichi Shimada | ||
| Shuichi Watanabe | ||
| Hiroyuki Kawabata | ||
| Akira Kishimoto | ||
| Directors (Part-Time) | Naoko Tobe | Outside Director (Lawyer) |
| Yumiko Nagasawa | Outside Director (Facilitator of Foster Forum (Association for the Development of High Quality Financial Products)) | |
| Satoshi Akutsu | Outside Director (Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University) | |
| Matthew Digby | Outside Director (Lawyer) | |
| Toshihiko Fukuzawa | Outside Director(Special Advisor, Chuo-Nittochi Group Co., Ltd.) | |
| Takeshi Osumi | Outside Director(President, Shibusawa Logistics Co., Ltd.) | |
| Manabu Naito | (President of Yakult Mito Sales Co., Ltd.) | |
| Full-Time Auditors | Hideyuki Kawana | |
| Auditors | Emi Machida | Outside Auditor (Certified Public Accountant) |
| Kimikazu Okochi | Outside Auditor | |
| Satoko Kitamura | Outside Auditor(Lawyer) | |
| Yoshiaki Onozuka | (President of Yakult Osaka Tobu Sales Co., Ltd.) |
Executive Officers
(As of April 1st, 2025)
| Position | Name | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| President and Representative Director | Hiroshi Narita | |
| Senior Managing Executive Officers | Hideaki Hoshiko | Divisional General Manager of Administrative Division (Secretarial Department, General Affairs Department, Human Resources Department, Human Resources Development Center, Finance & Accounting Department, and Information Systems Department) |
| Yasuyuki Suzuki | Divisional General Manager of Production Division (Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Plants), and International Operations Department (Manager of Overseas Plants) | |
| Managing Executive Officers | Junichi Shimada | Divisional General Manager of International Business Division (International Operations Department, and International Business Department) |
| Shuichi Watanabe | Finance & Accounting Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, and Pharmaceutical Department | |
| Hiroyuki Kawabata | Divisional General Manager of Management Support Division (Corporate Planning Department, Sustainability Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Pharmaceutical Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Legal Department) | |
| Akira Kishimoto | Divisional General Manager of Food and Beverages Business Division (Sales Company Management Solutions Department, Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, Home Delivery Sales Department, Retail Sales Department, Logistics Control Department, Sales Company Business Creation Project Team, and Branches) | |
| Masato Nagaoka | Director of Central Research Institute, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER), and Healthcare Business Promotion Department | |
| Hiroaki Nagaoka | Human Resources Department, Human Resources Development Center, Information Systems Department, and Food & Beverage Sales Management Department | |
| Hiroshi Natsume | Sustainability Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Retail Sales Department | |
| Masakazu Seino | Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Logistics Control Department | |
| Executive Officers | Yoshinobu Asakura | West Japan Branch Manager |
| Noriyuki Umehara | Guangzhou Yakult Co., Ltd., and Yakult (China) Corporation | |
| Osamu Chonan | Yakult Central Institute, Sustainability Department, Public Relations Department (in charge of Academic), and International Operations Department (in charge of Academic) | |
| Kan Shida | Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, Development Department, Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant | |
| Shunichi Uekusa | International Operations Department, and International Business Department | |
| Masaki Kaiya | General Affairs Department, Information Systems Department, and Legal Department | |
| Ken Nishikawa | Divisional General Manager of Research & Development Division (Development Department, Development & Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, Global R&D Framework Preparation Team, and Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER)) | |
| Motoki Yamamoto | Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Sales Company Management Solutions Department, and Retail Sales Department | |
| Naoki Komachi | Divisional General Manager of Cosmetics Business Division (Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant), Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, and Home Delivery Sales Department | |
| Mitsuhisa Kawai | Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, Development Department, and Global R&D Framework Preparation Team | |
| Tadashi Oogo | Finance & Accounting Department, and Corporate Planning Department | |
| Ken Nakano | East Japan Branch Manager, and Sales Company Business Creation Project Team | |
| Tomoyuki Masuda | Development Department, and Development & Research Department | |
| Jyun Tsukakoshi | Human Resources Department | |
| Masaya Watanabe | Yakult (China) Corporation |
