Directors & executive officers

As of May 27,2026

Representative Director,
Chairman of the Board; President


Hiroshi Ogasawara
Career Summary
March 1979 Joined the Company
June 2006 Director; Deputy General Manager, Motion Control Div.
March 2007 Director; General Manager, Drives Div.
March 2011 Director; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
June 2012 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
June 2013 Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
March 2014 Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2015 Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2016 Representative Director, President; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2017 Representative Director, President;
Manager, Diversity Management Div.
March 2018 Representative Director, President;
Manager, ICT Strategy Div.
March 2022 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board; President
March 2023 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
May 2026 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board; President
In charge of Human Resources Development;​
In charge of ICT Strategy (to present)
Director, Managing Executive Officer

Ayumi Hayashida
Career Summary
March 1985　 Joined the Company
March 2018　 Associate Director, General Manager,
Corporate Communications Div.
March 2021　 Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate
Communications Div.
March 2023 Senior Executive Officer; General Manager,
Corporate Branding Div.
March 2026　 Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo
Branch; General Manager, Corporate Branding Div.
May 2026　 Director, Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Tokyo Branch ;
General Manager, Corporate Branding Div. (to present)
Director, Executive Officer

Yumie Kubota
Career Summary
March 1991 Joined the Company
March 2019 Representative Director, President, AI Cube Inc.
March 2024　 Executive Officer; Representative Director,
President, AI Cube Inc.; Digital Strategy Manager,
Robotics Div.
March 2025　 Executive Officer; General Manager, AI Robotics
Dept., Corporate Technology Div.; Representative
Director, President, AI Cube Inc.
May 2026 Director, Executive Officer
General Manager, AI Robotics Dept., Corporate Technology Div.
Representative Director, President, AI Cube Inc. (to present)　
Outside Director (*1)(*2)
Hisanori Makaya
Career Summary
April 1982 Joined Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation)
June 2015 Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Graphic Systems Division,
FUJIFILM Corporation and President and Representative Director,
FUJIFILM Global Graphic Systems Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Graphic Solutions Corporation)
December 2016 Director and Corporate Vice President, FUJIFILM Corporation
June 2017 Director and Senior Vice President, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.)
June 2019 Director and Executive Vice President, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
April 2021 President and CEO, Representative Director, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
April 2022 Chairman and Director, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
June 2024 Outside Director, Niterra Co., Ltd. (to present)
May 2025 Outside Director (to present)
June 2025 Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (to present)
Outside Director(*1)(*2)

Harumi Mukai
Career Summary
May 1990 Registered for medical license, Senior Resident,
University of Tsukuba Hospital
December 1999　 Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
University of Tsukuba
April 2008 Medical Director, Medical Affairs Department,
Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.
November 2014 Executive Manager, Hepatic Diseases & Oncology
Divisions, AbbVie GK
May 2022 Medical Director, Moderna Japan Co., Ltd.
March 2024 Director, Medical Director, GlaxoSmithKline K.K.
January 2026 Assistant Director, Tohoku University Drug
Discovery Strategy Promotion Organization (to present)
May 2026 Outside Director of the Company (to present)
Director and Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee
Takeshi Ikuyama
Career Summary
March 1986 Joined the Company
March 2013 Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Div.
March 2017 Executive Officer; Chairman of the Board of Directors, YASKAWA ELECTRIC (CHINA) CO., LTD.
March 2019 President; Bestact Solutions Inc.
March 2023 Executive Officer; Audit Div.
May 2023 Director and Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee (full-time) (to present)
Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Keiji Nishio
Career Summary
April 1981 Joined Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd. (currently Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.)
June 2003 Executive Officer; General Manager, Dairy, Grocery Foods & Wine Marketing Dept., Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
June 2004 Managing Executive Officer; Chief Operations Officer, Kanto Regional Sales Div., Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
October 2009 Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Sales Promotion Dept.; Chief Operations Officer, Kanto Regional Sales Div., Snow Brand Milk Products, Co., Ltd.
April 2011 Executive Officer; General Manager, Marketing Control Dept., Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
June 2013 Director; Executive Officer, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
April 2015 Representative Director; President, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
April 2022 Director; Senior Adviser, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
June 2022 Senior Adviser, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
May 2023 Outside Director; Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company (to present)
June 2025 Outside Director, KUREHA CORPORATION (to present)
Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Yaeko Hodaka
Career Summary
April 1992 Registered as an Attorney
Joined Ishii Law Office
January 2005 Joined Morrison & Foerster, Partner
January 2011 Joined Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), Partner
September 2020 Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan, World Economic Forum
June 2021 Outside Corporate Auditor, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
April 2023 Joined Isshiki & Partners, Partner (to present)
May 2023 Outside Director; Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company (to present)
June 2023 Outside Corporate Auditor; Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (to present)
March 2024 Outside Director, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (to present)
Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)


Chikako Irie
Career Summary
October 1996　 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
April 2000　　 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
July 2013　　 Inspector, Certified Public Accountants and
Auditing Oversight Board, Financial Services Agency
July 2019　 　 Managing Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
July 2023 Representative, Irie Certified Public
Accountant Office (to present)
May 2024 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. (to present)
June 2025 Outside Director (Member of Audit and
Supervisory Committee), Torishima Pump
Mfg. Co., Ltd. (to present)
May 2026　　　 Outside Director; Member of the Audit and Supervisory
Committee of the Company (to present)
Vice Chairman, Executive Officer

Masahiro Ogawa
Career Summary
March 1987 Joined the Company
December 2010 Regional Manager, The Americas; Director and Chairman, YASKAWA AMERICA, Inc.
June 2012 Executive Officer; Reginal Manager, The Americas; Director and Chairman, YASKAWA AMERICA, Inc.
March 2016 Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
May 2019 Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2020 Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2022 Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2023 Representative Director, President;
In charge of Human Resources Development;
In charge of ICT Strategy;
General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2026 Representative Director, President;
In charge of Human Resources Development;
In charge of ICT Strategy
May 2026　 Vice Chairman, Executive Officer, Responsible for AI Robotics Business, Responsible for New Mechatronics Applications Business (to present)

(*1) Indicates an Outside Director as provided in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act.
(*2) Indicates a designated Independent Director as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Managing Executive Officer Tatsuya Yamada
Senior Executive Officer Michael Knapek
Nobuaki Jinnouchi
Hiroshi Takata
Manabu Okahisa
Yasushi Ichiki
Kozo Ide
Executive Officer Takenori Otsuka
Michiaki Higuchi
Shoichiro Shimoike
Yasuo Adachi
Toshio Kawasaki
Hideaki Yoshimatsu
Seigo Yamada
Marcus Mead
Tetsuyoshi Yamamoto
Takahiro Uchiyama
Hidenori Hara
Yasuo Taketomi

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