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 |
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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 |