Yakult

Board of Directors & Auditors

(As of April 1, 2024)

Consultant and Honorary chairman Sumiya Hori

Directors and Auditors

Position Name Important Concurrent duties
President and Representative Director Hiroshi Narita
Directors Hiroshi Wakabayashi
Akifumi Doi
Masao Imada
Koichi Hirano
Masatoshi Nagira
Hideaki Hoshiko
Junichi Shimada
Directors (Part-Time) Ryuji Yasuda Outside Director (Chairman, Tokyo Woman's Christian University)
Naoko Tobe Outside Director (Lawyer)
Katsuyoshi Shinbo 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)
Manabu Naito (President of Yakult Mito Sales Co., Ltd.)
Full-Time Auditors Hiroshi Yamakami
Hideyuki Kawana
Auditors Seijuro Tanigawa Outside Auditor (President of Yakult Kobe Sales Co., Ltd.)
Seno Tezuka Outside Auditor (Certified Public Accountant)
Emi Machida Outside Auditor (Certified Public Accountant)

Executive Officers

Position Name Responsibilities
President and Representative Director Hiroshi Narita
Senior Managing Executive Officers Koichi Hirano Divisional General Manager of Research & Development Division (Development Department, Development & Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, and Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER))
Masanobu Nanno Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, and Director of the Yakult Central Institute
Masatoshi Nagira 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, and Branches)
Divisional General Manager of Cosmetics Business Division (Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant)
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)
Managing Executive Officers Junichi Shimada Divisional General Manager of International Business Division (International Operations Department, International Business Department)
Yasuyuki Suzuki Divisional General Manager of Production Division (Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Plants), International Operations Department (Manager of Overseas Plants)
Shuichi Watanabe Divisional General Manager of Pharmaceutical Business Division (Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Department, Pharmaceutical Business Management & Licensing Department, Medical Sales & Marketing Department, and Fuji Susono Pharmaceutical Plant), Finance & Accounting Department
Takao Goto Secretarial Department
Hiroyuki Kawabata Divisional General Manager of Management Support Division (Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Environmental Promotion Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Legal Department)
Akira Kishimoto Sales Company Management Solutions Department, Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, Retail Sales Department, and Logistics Control Department
Masato Nagaoka Deputy Director of Central Research Institute, Corporate Planning Department, 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 Environmental Promotion Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, and Advertising Department
Executive Officers Masahiko Satomi Pharmaceutical Business Management Department, and Pharmaceutical Sales & Marketing Department
Masakazu Seino Production Control Department, and Purchasing Department
Yoshinobu Asakura West Japan Branch Manager
Noriyuki Umehara Guangzhou Yakult Co., Ltd., and Yakult (China) Corporation
Osamu Chonan Yakult Central Institute, Public Relations Department (in charge of Academic), and International Operations Department (in charge of Academic)
Kan Shida Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, and Development Department
Shunichi Uekusa International Operations Department, and International Business Department
Masaki Kaiya General Affairs Department, Information Systems Department, and Legal Department
Ken Nishikawa Development Department, Development & Research Department, Food and Beverages Sales Management Department, and Environmental Promotion Department
Motoki Yamamoto Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Sales Company Management Solutions Department, and Retail Sales Department
Naoki Komachi Food and Beverages Sales Management Department, Home Delivery Sales Department, and Cosmetics Department, Shonan Cosmetics Plant
Mitsuhisa Kawai Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, and Development Department
Tadashi Oogo Finance & Accounting Department, and Corporate Planning Department
Ken Nakano East Japan Branch Manager
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