Members of the Board
The following are our members of the Board.
Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
As of March 23, 2018
Career summaries
As of March 23, 2018
Chairman and Representative Director
Hiroyuki Yanagi
- April 1978:
- Joined the Company
- March 2009:
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- November 2009:
- Senior Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of MC Business Section, MC Business Operations
- March 2010:
- President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director
- June 2011:
- Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation
- January 2012:
- President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief General Manager of MC Business Operations
- January 2015:
- President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director
- January 2018:
- Chairman and Representative Director (to present)
President and Representative Director
Yoshihiro Hidaka
- April 1987:
- Joined the Company
- July 2010:
- Vice President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
- March 2017:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Center
- January 2018:
- President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chief General Manager in charge of Corporate and Marine (to present)
- June 2018:
- Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to present)
Representative Director
Katsuaki Watanabe
- April 1982:
- Joined the Company
- March 2011:
- Senior Executive Officer and Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- April 2013:
- Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, MC Business Operations and Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- January 2015:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of MC Business Operations and Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, MC Business Operations
- March 2016:
- Managing Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of MC Business Operations
- January 2018:
- Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Chief General Manager in charge of Motorcycle, CS, Market Development, Automotive, and Advanced Technology (to present)
Director
Toshizumi Kato
- June 1986:
- Joined the Company
- January 2011:
- Director and President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
- March 2012:
- Senior Executive Officer
- March 2014:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director
- January 2016:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
- March 2016:
- Managing Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
- January 2018:
- Managing Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager in charge of Solution and Alliance Strategy (to present)
Director
Katsuhito Yamaji
- April 1982:
- Joined the Company
- April 2003:
- Director of Yamaha Motor da Amazonia Ltda.
- March 2015:
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- March 2017:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- January 2018:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager in charge of Manufacturing, Procurement and Powertrain (to present)
Director
Makoto Shimamoto
- April 1983:
- Joined the Company
- March 2015:
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit and Senior General Manager of PF Model Development Section, PF Model Unit
- January 2017:
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Technology Center and Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit
- March 2017:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Technology Center and Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit
- January 2018:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Vehicle Development and Design, and Chief General Manager of Mobility Technology Center (to present)
Director
Tatsumi Okawa
- April 1986:
- Joined the Company
- January 2015:
- Director and President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
- March 2018:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Center (to present)
Director (Outside)
Takuya Nakata
- April 1981:
- Joined Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation)
- October 2005:
- General Manager of PA/DMI Division of Yamaha Corporation
- June 2006:
- Executive Officer of Yamaha Corporation
- June 2009:
- Director & Executive Officer of Yamaha Corporation
- April 2010:
- President of Yamaha Corporation of America
- June 2010:
- Senior Executive Officer of Yamaha Corporation
- June 2013:
- President and Representative Director of Yamaha Corporation
- March 2014:
- Outside Director (to present)
- June 2017:
- Director, Representative Executive Officer and President of Yamaha Corporation (to present)
Director (Outside)
Atsushi Niimi
- April 1971:
- Joined Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (currently Toyota Motor Corporation)
- June 2000:
- Director of Toyota Motor Corporation
- June 2003:
- Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation
- June 2004:
- Director of Toyota Motor Corporation
- June 2005:
- Senior Managing Director of Toyota Motor Corporation
- June 2009:
- Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Toyota Motor Corporation
Outside Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board of JTEKT Corporation - June 2013:
- Chairman & Representative Director of JTEKT Corporation
- March 2015:
- Outside Director (to present)
- June 2016:
- Advisor of JTEKT Corporation
- June 2016:
- Outside Director of NIPPON SHARYO, LTD. (to present)
- June 2018:
- Advisor of JTEKT Corporation (to present)
Director (Outside)
Genichi Tamatsuka
- April 1985:
- Joined ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.
- July 1998:
- Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
- December 1998:
- Joined FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
- November 2002:
- President and Representative Director, and COO of FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
- September 2005:
- Founder and Representative Director and COO of Revamp Corporation
- November 2010:
- Advisor of Lawson, Inc.
- March 2011:
- Senior Executive Vice President and COO of Lawson, Inc.
- May 2012:
- Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President and COO of Lawson, Inc.
- May 2013:
- Member of the Board, Representative Executive Officer and COO of Lawson, Inc.
- May 2014:
- President and CEO, Representative Director of Lawson, Inc.
- June 2015:
- Outside Director of AIG Japan Holdings KK (to present)
- June 2016:
- Chairman and CEO, Representative Director of Lawson, Inc.
- March 2017:
- Chairman of the Board, Representative Director of Lawson, Inc.
- March 2017:
- Outside Director (to present)
- June 2017:
- President and CEO of Hearts United Group Co.,Ltd.( currently named DIGITAL HEARTS HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.) (to present)
- September 2017:
- Outside Director of a dot co., ltd (to present)
- October 2017:
- Outside Director of Raksul, Inc. (to present)
Director ( Outside )
Takehiro Kamigama
- April 1981:
- Joined Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (currently TDK Corporation)
- June 2002:
- Corporate Officer of TDK Corporation
- June 2003:
- Senior Vice President of TDK Corporation
- June 2004:
- Director & Executive Vice President of TDK Corporation
- June 2006:
- President & Representative Director of TDK Corporation
- June 2016:
- Chairman & Representative Director of TDK Corporation
- June 2017:
- Outside Director of OMRON Corporation (to present)
- March 2018:
- Outside Director (to present)
- June 2018 :
- Outside Director of SoftBank Corp. (to present)
- June 2018 :
- Mission Exective of TDK Corporation (to present)
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Hiroshi Ito
- April 1980:
- Joined the Company
- January 2011:
- Director and President of Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
- January 2015:
- Chief General Manager in charge of planning, Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Center
- March 2015:
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kenji Hironaga
- April 1982:
- Joined the Company
- February 2010:
- General Manager of Human Resources Development Division, Human Resources & General Affairs Section
- September 2014:
- Chief General Manager in charge of planning, Audit & Supervisory Board Member’s Office
- March 2015:
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Tomomi Yatsu
- April 1983:
- Joined Tokyo Electron Limited
- October 1986:
- Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Sanwa (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
- September 1990:
- Registered as a certified public accountant
- November 2001:
- Registered as an attorney
Joined New Tokyo Law Office (currently Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa-Foreign Law Joint Enterprise) - April 2007:
- Partner of Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa-Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (to present)
- June 2009:
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of CALBEE, Inc.
- June 2010:
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- March 2012:
- Outside Statutory Auditor of Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
- March 2015:
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
- April 2015:
- Partner of TMI Associates (to present)
- June 2016:
- Outside Executive Director of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. (to present)
- June 2017:
- Outside Auditor of IHI Corporation (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Masahiko Ikaga
- October 1979:
- Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
- March 1988:
- Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
- May 1988:
- Director of Tohmatsu Touche Ross Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently ABeam Consulting Ltd.)
- May 1990:
- Partner of Tohmatsu Awoki & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
- April 1993:
- Director of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC)
- March 2000:
- Representative Director and President of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
- October 2010:
- Chairman and Director of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
- November 2013:
- CSO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
- April 2016:
- Representative of Masahiko Ikaga Certified Public Accountant Office (to present)
- May 2016:
- Representative Director of PrajnaLink Co., Ltd. (to present)
- June 2016:
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (to present)
- March 2017:
- Outside Director (to present)
- June 2017:
- Outside Director of RYOBI LIMITED (to present)
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