| Consultant and Honorary chairman |
Sumiya Hori |
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| Position |
Name |
Important Concurrent duties |
| President and Representative Director |
Hiroshi Narita |
|
| Directors |
Koichi Hirano |
|
| Masatoshi Nagira |
|
| Hideaki Hoshiko |
|
| Junichi Shimada |
|
| Yasuyuki Suzuki |
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| 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.) |
| Position |
Name |
Responsibilities |
| President and Representative Director |
Hiroshi Narita |
|
| Senior Managing Executive Officers |
Koichi Hirano |
Divisional General Manager of Research & Development Division (Development Department, Development & Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, and Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology VOF (YHER)) |
| Masanobu Nanno |
Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, and Director of the Yakult Central Institute |
| Masatoshi Nagira |
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, and Branches)
Divisional General Manager of Cosmetics Business Division (Cosmetics Department, and Shonan Cosmetics Plant) |
| 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) |
| Managing Executive Officers |
Junichi Shimada |
Divisional General Manager of International Business Division (International Operations Department, International Business Department) |
| Yasuyuki Suzuki |
Divisional General Manager of Production Division (Production Control Department, Purchasing Department, and Plants), International Operations Department (Manager of Overseas Plants) |
| Shuichi Watanabe |
Divisional General Manager of Pharmaceutical Business Division (Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Department, Pharmaceutical Business Management & Licensing Department, Medical Sales & Marketing Department, and Fuji Susono Pharmaceutical Plant), Finance & Accounting Department |
| Takao Goto |
Secretarial Department |
| Hiroyuki Kawabata |
Divisional General Manager of Management Support Division (Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Environmental Promotion Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Advertising Department, and Legal Department) |
| Akira Kishimoto |
Sales Company Management Solutions Department, Food & Beverage Sales Management Department, Retail Sales Department, and Logistics Control Department |
| Masato Nagaoka |
Deputy Director of Central Research Institute, Corporate Planning Department, 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 |
Environmental Promotion Department, Food Quality Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, and Advertising Department |
| Executive Officers |
Masahiko Satomi |
Pharmaceutical Business Management Department, and Pharmaceutical Sales & Marketing Department |
| Masakazu Seino |
Production Control Department, and Purchasing Department |
| Yoshinobu Asakura |
West Japan Branch Manager |
| Noriyuki Umehara |
Guangzhou Yakult Co., Ltd., and Yakult (China) Corporation |
| Osamu Chonan |
Yakult Central Institute, Public Relations Department (in charge of Academic), and International Operations Department (in charge of Academic) |
| Kan Shida |
Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, and Development Department |
| Shunichi Uekusa |
International Operations Department, and International Business Department |
| Masaki Kaiya |
General Affairs Department, Information Systems Department, and Legal Department |
| Ken Nishikawa |
Development Department, Development & Research Department, Food and Beverages Sales Management Department, and Environmental Promotion Department |
| Motoki Yamamoto |
Corporate Planning Department, Healthcare Business Promotion Department, Sales Company Management Solutions Department, and Retail Sales Department |
| Naoki Komachi |
Food and Beverages Sales Management Department, Home Delivery Sales Department, and Cosmetics Department, Shonan Cosmetics Plant |
| Mitsuhisa Kawai |
Yakult Central Institute, Development & Research Department, and Development Department |
| Tadashi Oogo |
Finance & Accounting Department, and Corporate Planning Department |
| Ken Nakano |
East Japan Branch Manager |
