DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS(As of June 27, 2025)
| Chairman | Hiroaki Otani |
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| 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, 2025)
| President | Koichi Matsushima | |
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| 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 |
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| Toshihiro Kimoto | Slider Engineering Development Department, Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division |
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| Hironori Takiyama | Assembling Engineering Development Department, Production Engineering Division, Manufacturing & Engineering Division |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Takanori Yoshida | Managing Director, YKK EUROPE LTD. | |
| Kazuto Daimon | President, YKK HOLDING ASIA PTE.LTD. | |
| Hiroyuki Aoshima | President, YKK (CHINA)INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. |