DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS(As of April 1st, 2026)

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

OPERATING OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2026)

President Koichi Matsushima
Executive Vice President Toru Shikita Business Strategy Division
Yoshimine Kobayashi Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Katsuya Yumoto Administration Division
Kiyoko Kobayashi Kurobe Manufacturing Center
Senior Vice President Hisashi Yoneshima Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Masato Tomita Planning Department, Manufacturing & Engineering Division
Koji Matsumoto Corporate Planning Department
Ryuichi Tsuneda Digital Transformation Division
Vice President Kotaro Takeda Business Planning Department, Business Strategy Division
Takayuki Kato Global Marketing Group, Business Strategy Division
Shinichi Muguruma Information Technology Department, Digital Transformation Division
Reisuke Aratani Global Sales Headquarters
Yasuhiro Sato Product Strategy Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Yuji Kitahara Application Development Division, Global Sales Headquarters
Shigeyoshi Takazawa 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
Yasuhiro Harada Legal & Intellectual Property Department, Administration Division
Yoshio Shinoda Human Resources Department, Administration Division
Kei Sugita Accounting & Finance Department, Administration Division
Asako Yoshioka Snap & Button Business Division
Atsushi Arai JAPAN Company President
Yukio Nagata Manufacturing Management Division, JAPAN Company
Jessica Kennett Cork Global Engagement Office, Corporate Planning Department
Yukiyo Nakamura Internal Auditing Department
Kazuhiko Kita Technology Strategy Department, Technology & Innovation Center
Takayuki Aoki Procurement & Logistics Department
Akiyoshi Ichihashi Quality Management & Assurance Department
Minoru Maeda Environment, Safety & Facility Management Department
Mai Mizubayashi Sustainability Department

REGIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2026)

Senior Vice President Hirokazu Tsuboshima Chief Representative of China
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.
Christopher T. Gleeson  Americas Business Leader
Kohei Kawakami Europe Business Leader
Jin Deguchi ISAMEA Business Leader
Yuji Furukawa ASEAN Business Leader
Ryohei Nagahata China Manufacturing & Engineering Leader

SPECIALIZED OFFICERS(As of April 1st, 2026)

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