About Us

List of Directors

Akihiko Sakurai's photo

Representative Director
President and CEO

Akihiko Sakurai

career
February 1989
Joined the Company
April 2005
General Manager, Machinery Department II, Osaka Operations Division II
April 2009
President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2011
General Manager, Strategical Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division and General Manager, Asian Market Department, the Company
April 2013
Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo Operations Division I
April 2014
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
June 2014
Director; Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
April 2015
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Business Control Division, Industrial Machinery Region
April 2016
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Business Control Division
April 2018
Representative Director; President and CEO(to present)
Yasumasa Kawana's photo

Director
Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning

Yasumasa Kawana

career
April 1984
Joined the Company
April 2010
General Manager, Strategical Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division and Deputy General Manager, Internal Audit Division and Deputy General Manager, Affiliated Company Supervision Division
April 2011
General Manager, Nagoya Branch, Osaka Operations Division II
April 2013
Director and Deputy President, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
July 2013
President and CEO
April 2015
Executive Officer, the Company
President and CEO, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2016
Senior Executive Officer, the Company
President and CEO, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2017
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Administration Department
June 2017
Director; Senior Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Administration Department
April 2019
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
October 2020
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division and General Manager, Business Strategy Department
November 2020
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
October 2021
Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Planning Division and General Manager, Subsidiary and Affiliate Business Strategy Division
April 2022
Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of planning(to present)
Hirohisa Masuda's photo

Director
Managing Executive Officer in charge of administration

Hirohisa Masuda

career
April 1983
Joined the Company
April 2008
General Manager, Nagasaki Branch, Kyushu Business Operation Division
April 2013
General Manager, Strategical Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division; Deputy General Manager, Internal Audit Division
April 2014
Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division,
Chemicals and Energy Plant Region
April 2015
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region
April 2016
Executive Officer; General Manager, Global Business Division; General Manager, Overseas Business Department
April 2017
Executive Officer, the Company; Director and President, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2019
Senior Executive Officer, the Company
Director and President, Nippon Daiya Valve Co., Ltd. (seconded)
April 2022
Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing; General Manager, Business Operation Division, the Company
June 2022
Director; Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing; General Manager, Business Operation Division
April 2024
Director; Managing Executive Officer in charge of administration(to present)
Noriyuki Takahashi's photo

Director
Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing
General Manager, Business Operation Division

Noriyuki Takahashi

career
April 1985
Joined the Company
April 2011
General Manager, Business Administration Department,
Business Control Division; Manager, Shanghai Office
April 2012
General Manager, Business Administration Department,
Business Control Division, the Company
April 2013
General Manager, Business Promotion Department, Business
Control Division, the Company; President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2014
Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Division;
General Manager, Business Development Department, the
Company; President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2015
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Corporate
Planning Division, the Company; President, Seika Shanghai
Co., Ltd.
April 2016
Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Control
Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region, the Company;
President, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.
April 2018
Executive Officer, the Company; Director and Deputy
President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2019
Executive Officer, the Company; Representative Director and
President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2021
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; Representative
Director and President, Shikishimakiki Corporation (seconded)
April 2022
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Operation Division (responsible for the energy field), the Company
April 2024
Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and marketing;
General Manager, Business Operation Division
June 2024
Director; Managing Executive Officer in charge of sales and
marketing; General Manager, Business Operation Division
(to present)
Kiyomi Miyata's photo

Outside Director

Kiyomi Miyata

career
April 1969
Joined HOSOKAWA MICRON CORPORATION
December 1998
Director
December 2003
Vice President
December 2008
Representative Director, President
February 2009
Director, The Japan Society Of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers
June 2012
Vice Chairman, Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation
October 2014
Chairman, HOSOKAWA MICRON CORPORATION
December 2017
Full-time Adviser
January 2019
Adviser (Part-time)
June 2020
Outside Director, the Company(to present)
Masanori Kagami's photo

Outside Director

Masanori Kagami

career
January 1980
Joined Nippon Yusoki Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.)
June 2010
Director, Executive Officer
Representative Director and President, Nichiyu MHI Forklift Co., Ltd.
Director, Kitakanto Nichiyu Co., Ltd. (to present)
April 2013
Director, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.)
June 2015
Director, Managing Executive Officer
October 2017
Director, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
June 2020
Director and Chairman; Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 2021
Senior Executive Advisor
Vice Chairperson, Japan Industrial Vehicles Association
Member, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry
June 2022
Outside Director, the Company(to present)
Tatsuhiko Hirayama's photo

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee

Tatsuhiko Hirayama

career
April 1984
Joined the Company
April 2009
General Manager, Takamatsu Branch, Osaka Operations
Division I
April 2012
General Manager, Seika Shanghai Co., Ltd.; Manager, Shanghai
Office, the Company (seconded)
April 2014
General Manager, Hiroshima Branch, the Company
April 2015
General Manager, Hiroshima Branch; General Manager,
Tokuyama Branch
April 2018
Assistant to General Manager, Business Control Division
June 2018
Full-time Auditor
June 2020
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Control Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region
March 2021
Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business
Control Division, Chemicals and Energy Plant Region, the
Company; President, Meinan Kyodo Energy
April 2021
Senior Executive Officer, the Company; Representative Director
and President, Meinan Kyodo Energy (seconded)
April 2022
Executive Partner, the Company; *Representative Director and
President, Meinan Kyodo Energy (seconded)
June 2024
Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee(to present)
Yuko Shirai's photo

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee

Yuko Shirai

career
April 1986
Registered as attorney (Tokyo Bar Association)
April 1991
Established Wing Law Office (formerly Shin-Yotsuya Law Office) (Partner)
April 2004
Director, Kanto Federation of Bar Associations
April 2005
Expert Committee Member and Conciliation Committee Member, Tokyo District Court
May 2009
Chair, Shinjuku Ward Board of Education
April 2010
Auditor, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
April 2011
Auditor, Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center
April 2012
Vice-President, Tokyo Bar Association
October 2013
Chair, Shinjuku Ward Board of Education
June 2015
Outside Director, the Company(to present)
April 2016
Audit Commissioner, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo (Part-time)
April 2019
Chief Audit Commissioner (Part-time)
(to present)
June 2021
Independent Director, ANEST IWATA Corporation
June 2022
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee
(to present)
Yoshihiko Nakamura's photo

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee

Yoshihiko Nakamura

career
November 1979
Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company (present: KPMG AZSA LLC)
March 1983
Registered as certified public accountant
October 1994
Partner (Representative), Minato Audit Corp. (present: KPMG AZSA LLC)
October 2003
Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC
June 2019
Substitute Auditor, the Company
July 2019
Established Certified Public Accountant Yoshihiko Nakamura Accounting Office(to present)
June 2020
Outside Director, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
June 2020
Outside Auditor, the Company
June 2022
Outside Director (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee), the Company (to present)
June 2023
Outside Director, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
Member of the Audit Committee (Chairperson) (to present)

Senior Executive Officer
Chief Secretary

Tatsuhiko Nojiri

Senior Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarter
General Manager of Business Promotion Department

Katsumi Nakamura

Executive Officer
General Manager Of Osaka Branch
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarter

Kazutoshi Usui

Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarter

Akira Yumen

Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of Business Operation Headquarter
General Manager of Business Development Department

Yuji Honda

Executive Officer
General Manager of Legal & Control Department

Yuki Kinoshita

Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department

Takuji Kawai