Yakult

Board of Directors & Auditors

(As of February 8, 2025)

Consultant and Honorary chairman Sumiya Hori

Directors and Auditors

Position Name Important Concurrent duties
President and Representative Director Hiroshi Narita
Directors Koichi Hirano
Masatoshi Nagira
Hideaki Hoshiko
Junichi Shimada
Yasuyuki Suzuki
Shuichi Watanabe
Hiroyuki Kawabata
Directors (Part-Time) Naoko Tobe Outside Director (Lawyer)
Yumiko Nagasawa Outside Director (Facilitator of Foster Forum (Association for the Development of High Quality Financial Products))
Satoshi Akutsu Outside Director (Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)
Matthew Digby Outside Director (Lawyer)
Toshihiko Fukuzawa Outside Director(Special Advisor, Chuo-Nittochi Group Co., Ltd.)
Manabu Naito (President of Yakult Mito Sales Co., Ltd.)
Full-Time Auditors Hideyuki Kawana
Auditors Emi Machida Outside Auditor (Certified Public Accountant)
Kimikazu Okochi Outside Auditor
Satoko Kitamura Outside Auditor(Lawyer)
Yoshiaki Onozuka (President of Yakult Osaka Tobu Sales Co., Ltd.)

Executive Officers

(As of April 1st, 2025)

Position Name Responsibilities
President and Representative Director Hiroshi Narita
Senior Managing Executive Officers Hideaki Hoshiko Divisional General Manager of Administrative Division (Secretarial Department, General Affairs Department, Human Resources Department, Human Resources Development Center, Finance & Accounting Department, and Information Systems Department)
Yasuyuki Suzuki Divisional General Manager of Production Division (Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Plants), and International Operations Department (Manager of Overseas Plants)
Managing Executive Officers Junichi Shimada Divisional General Manager of International Business Division (International Operations Department, and International Business Department)
Shuichi Watanabe Finance & Accounting Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, and Pharmaceutical Department
Hiroyuki Kawabata Divisional General Manager of Management Support Division (Corporate Planning Department, Sustainability Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Pharmaceutical Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Legal Department)
Akira Kishimoto Divisional General Manager of Food and Beverages Business Division (Sales Company Management Solutions Department, Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, Home Delivery Sales Department, Retail Sales Department, Logistics Control Department, Sales Company Business Creation Project Team, and Branches)
Masato Nagaoka Director of Central Research Institute, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER), and Healthcare Business Promotion Department
Hiroaki Nagaoka Human Resources Department, Human Resources Development Center, Information Systems Department, and Food & Beverage Sales Management Department
Hiroshi Natsume Sustainability Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Retail Sales Department
Masakazu Seino Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Logistics Control Department
Executive Officers Yoshinobu Asakura West Japan Branch Manager
Noriyuki Umehara Guangzhou Yakult Co., Ltd., and Yakult (China) Corporation
Osamu Chonan Yakult Central Institute, Sustainability Department, Public Relations Department (in charge of Academic), and International Operations Department (in charge of Academic)
Kan Shida Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, Development Department, Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant
Shunichi Uekusa International Operations Department, and International Business Department
Masaki Kaiya General Affairs Department, Information Systems Department, and Legal Department
Ken Nishikawa Divisional General Manager of Research & Development Division (Development Department, Development & Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, Global R&D Framework Preparation Team, and Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER))
Motoki Yamamoto Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Sales Company Management Solutions Department, and Retail Sales Department
Naoki Komachi Divisional General Manager of Cosmetics Business Division (Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant), Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, and Home Delivery Sales Department
Mitsuhisa Kawai Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, Development Department, and Global R&D Framework Preparation Team
Tadashi Oogo Finance & Accounting Department, and Corporate Planning Department
Ken Nakano East Japan Branch Manager, and Sales Company Business Creation Project Team
Tomoyuki Masuda Development Department, and Development & Research Department
Jyun Tsukakoshi Human Resources Department
Masaya Watanabe Yakult (China) Corporation
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