DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS(As of April 1st, 2025)

Chairman Hiroaki Otani
President Koichi Matsushima
Directors Satoshi Honda
Yoshimine Kobayashi
Fumio Ikeda
Katsuya Yumoto
Masayuki Sarumaru
Hidemitsu Hori
Keinosuke Ono
Erica Okada
Audit & Supervisory Board Members Saeko Arai
Kiyotaka Nagata
Hikaru Minami
Kouhei Morita

OPERATING OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2025)

President Koichi Matsushima
Executive
Vice President
Yoshimine Kobayashi Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Satoshi Honda Administration Division
Kiyoko Kobayashi Kurobe Manufacturing Center
Toru Shikita Business Strategy Division
Senior Vice President Takashi Tsukumo Product Strategy Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Hisashi Yoneshima Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Masato Tomita Planning Department, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Koji Matsumoto Corporate Planning Department
Hirokazu Tsuboshima Chief Representative of China
Vice President Takayuki Kato Global Marketing Group, Business Strategy Division
Kotaro Takeda Business Planning Department, Business Strategy Division
Reisuke Aratani Global Sales Headquarters
Makoto Nishizaki Application Development Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Yasuhiro Sato Product Development Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Tomotada Kamisaka Chain Engineering Development Department,
Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Toshihiro Kimoto Slider Engineering Development Department,
Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Hironori Takiyama Assembling Engineering Development Department,
Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Isami Matsui Machinery Manufacturing Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Kazuhiro Kumagai General Administration Department, Administration Division
Yoshio Shinoda Human Resources Department, Administration Division
Kei Sugita Accounting & Finance Department, Administration Division
Shinichi Muguruma Information Technology Department, Administration Division
Yasuhiro Harada Legal & Intellectual Property Department, Administration Division
Yuji Kitahara Snap & Button Business Division
Yukio Nagata Manufacturing Management Division, JAPAN Company
Atsushi Arai JAPAN Company President
Kazuhiko Kita Technology Strategy Department, Technology & Innovation Center
Asako Yoshioka Sustainability Department
Ryuichi Tsuneda Digital Business Development Department
Takayuki Aoki Procurement & Logistics Department
Minoru Maeda Environment, Safety & Facility Management Department
Jessica Kennett Cork Global Engagement Office, Corporate Planning Department
Yukiyo Nakamura Internal Auditing Department
Akiyoshi Ichihashi Quality Management & Assurance Department
Kohei Kawakami Europe Business Leader
Yuji Furukawa ASEAN Business Leader and President, YKK VIETNAM CO., LTD.
Christopher T. Gleeson Americas Business Leader and President, YKK (U.S.A.) INC.
Jin Deguchi ISAMEA Business Leader and President, YKK INDIA PVT.LTD.

SPECIALIZED OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2025)

Executive
Chief Specialist/Engineer
Yoshikazu Hamada Slider Technology, Product Development Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Hiroyuki Sawai Smart Factory Technology, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Takuya Koizumi Technology & Innovation Center
Yasuharu Yoshimura Material Technology, Technology & Innovation Center
Ayato Ueha Technologies of Plastic Material and Molding, Technology & Innovation Center
Toshiyuki Komaki Legal Counsel

GROUP OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2025)

Vice President James K. Reed President, YKK CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Takanori Yoshida Managing Director, YKK EUROPE LTD.
Kazuto Daimon President, YKK HOLDING ASIA PTE.LTD.
Hiroyuki Aoshima President, YKK (CHINA)INVESTMENT CO.,LTD.