Corporate Officers

President & CEO

Masanobu Shintani

Career Summary
April 1982 Joined the Company
October 2008 General Manager of Tokyo Rubber Business Unit 3
October 2010 General Manager assistant to Operational Headquarters
January 2012 President of Sanyo Corporation of America
October 2012 Executive Officer of the Company President of Sanyo Corporation of America
December 2013 Director & Executive Officer, General Manager of Operational Headquarters of the Company
October 2014 Director & Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
December 2018 President & CEO (present post)
Director & Executive Officer

Mitsuyasu Hirasawa

Career Summary
April 1989 Joined the Company
October 2012 General Manager of Industrial Products No. 2 Business Unit
October 2014 General Manager of Industrial Products No. 1 Business Unit
October 2015 General Manager of Industrial Products Business Unit
October 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager supervising
Industrial Products Business Unit,
General Manager of New Business Development Department
October 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager supervising
Industrial Products Business Unit,
General Manager of New Business Development Department
December 2020 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager supervising
Industrial Products Business Unit,
General Manager of New Business Development Department
December 2022 Director & Executive Officer,
General Manager of New Business Development Department (In charge of Business Divisions)
October 2023Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions
December 2024Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions and Administration Divisions
October 2025Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions (present post)
Director & Executive Officer

Ryuichi Otani

Career Summary
April 1994Joined the Company
October 2019General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
December 2021Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
October 2022Executive Officer of the Company
Representative Director and CFO of Cosmo Computing System, Inc.
December 2023Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions of the Company
December 2024Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions of the Company (present post)
Director & Executive Officer

Yoshimi Namba

Career Summary
April 1988Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD.
August 2001Chief Operating Officer, PT Bussan Auto Finance
(based in Indonesia)
October 2010Director and Senior Vice President, Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (based in Michigan, U.S.)
April 2017Divisional Operating Officer of Mobility Division,
Americas Business Unit, MITSUI & CO., LTD. and
Senior Vice President, New York Headquarters,
MITSUI & CO. (U.S.A.) INC. (based in New York State, U.S.)
September 2022Joined the Company
October 2022General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
February 2023General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
December 2023Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning
Department
December 2024Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
(present post)
Outside Director

Hirotaka Sugihara

Career Summary
April 1981Joined ITOCHU Corporation
May 1994Assistant to CEO for Asia Bloc (based in Hong Kong) of
ITOCHU Corporation
July 2007Acting General Manager of Financial Business Department and General Manager of Financial Retail Promotion Department, ITOCHU Corporation
April 2008General Manager of Finance, Real Estate, Insurance & Logistics Management Planning Department, ITOCHU Corporation
April 2012Assistant CEO for ASEAN & Southwest Asia Bloc in charge of Corporate Planning, ITOCHU Corporation (based in Singapore)
May 2014Director, Vice President supervising Sales Group, POCKETCARD CO., LTD.
December 2021Outside Director (part-time) of the Company (present post)
Outside Director

Mitsuo Ogawa

Career Summary
April 1987 Joined Nippon Electrical Equipments Co., Ltd.
(currently DENSO Corporation)
June 1991 Joined Sanwa Research Institute Corp.
(currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)
April 2000 Joined PwC Consulting LLC
March 2004 President of Craig Consulting (present post)
December 2022 Outside Director (part-time) of the Company
(present post)
Outside Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Narumi Sakuma

Career Summary
April 1986Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
August 2006Senior Manager, Natural Lawson, Inc
November 2007Manager, Corporate Strategy Station, Lawson, Inc.
December 2011General Manager, Administration Office, Lawson (China) Holdings, Inc.
December 2013Manager, Internal Audit Dept., Mitsubishi Corporation
September 2015Manager,
Living Essentials Group CEO Office, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 2017Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy Office, Lawson, Inc.
September 2019Senior Manager,
Internal Audit Management Dept., Lawson, Inc.
July 2021Full-Time Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Lawson Entertainment, Inc.
June 2025Director, Kenko Corporation (present post)
Outside Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Asako Hasegawa

Career Summary
April 1988 Joined Kanematsu Corporation
October 2000 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (present KPMG AZSA LLC)
December 2004 Hasegawa CPA Office, Representative (present post)
December 2017 Outside Director concurrently serving as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (present post)
Outside Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Kuniaki Kobayashi

Career Summary
April 2000 Joined YUASA and HARA
September 2013 Joined Yamada, Goya & Suzuki (present post)
June 2014 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Kanematsu Sustech Corporation
December 2021 Outside Director concurrently serving as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (present post)