Members of the Board
The following are our members of the Board.
Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
As of January 1, 2022
Career summaries
As of January 1, 2022
Chairman and Representative Director
Katsuaki Watanabe
- April 1982:
- Joined the Company
- March 2011:
- Senior Executive Officer and Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center
- March 2014:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center and Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, MC business Operations
- 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
- January 2022:
- 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 (to present)
- June 2018:
- Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to present)
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 2018:
- Chairman and Representative Director
- March 2019:
- Outside Director of AGC Inc. (to present)
- March 2019:
- Outside Director of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (to present)
- March 2021:
- Chairman and Director
- June 2021:
- Outside Director of Japan Airlines Company, Limited (to present)
- January 2022:
- Director (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
- March 2019:
- Managing Executive Officer and Director (to present)
Director
Heiji Maruyama
- April 1986:
- Joined the Company
- March 2019:
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Powertrain Unit, and Senior General Manager of Powertrain Planning Section, Powertrain Unit
- March 2021:
- Senior Executive Officer and Director, Chief General Manager of Technical Research & Development Center (to present)
Responsible for Creative, Research & Development, Powertrain Unit, Vehicle Development
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 )
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
- March 2021 :
- Outside Director of KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)
- July 2021 :
- Chief Consultant of Contemporary Amperex Technology Japan KK (to present)
- August 2021 :
- Representative Director of Gama Expert, Inc. (to present)
Director ( Outside )
Yuko Tashiro
- June 1986:
- Joined KPMG LLP
- July 1995:
- Partner of KPMG LLP
- November 2000:
- Sourcing Leader of GE Corporate Japan of General Electric International Inc.
- July 2003:
- Chief Financial Officer of PHOENIX RESORT CO., LTD.
- April 2005:
- Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Aon Holdings Japan, Ltd.
- April 2010:
- Representative Director of TS Associates, Ltd.
- June 2012:
- Outside Director of Accordia Golf co., Ltd.
- March 2016:
- Auditor (External) of McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd. (to present)
- June 2016:
- Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Accordia Golf co., Ltd.
- January 2018:
- Director and Chairman of the board of Accordia Golf co., Ltd.
- April 2018:
- Representative Director, Chairman of the board and President, CEO of Accordia Golf co., Ltd. (to present)
- March 2019:
- Outside Director (to present)
- March 2019:
- Representative Director, Chairman of the board of NEXT GOLF MANAGMENT Co., Ltd. (to present)
Director (Outside)
Tetsuji Ohashi
- April 1977:
- Joined Komatsu Ltd.
- January 2004:
- President and Chief Operating Officer(COO) of Komatsu America Corp.
- April 2007:
- Excecutive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
- April 2008:
- Senior Executive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
- June 2009:
- Director and Senior Executive Officer of Komatsu
- April 2012:
- Director and Senior Executive Officer of Komatsu
- April 2013:
- President and Representative Director, and CEO of Komatsu Ltd.
- April 2019:
- Chairperson of the Board and Representative Director of Komatsu Ltd. (to present)
- March 2020:
- Outside Director (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)
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Junzo Saito
- November 1985:
- Joined the Company
- February 2008:
- General Manager of Legal & Intellectual Property Division
- April 2011:
- Representative Director and President of Yamaha Motor Espana S.A.
- May 2012:
- Vice President of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.
- March 2015:
- Chief General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Center
- March 2017:
- Senior Executive Officer
- March 2019:
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Masatake Yone
- April 1981:
- Registered as an Attorney
- March 1987:
- Registered as a New York State Attorney
- July 1987:
- Joined Mori Sogo (currently Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
- January 1989:
- Partner Attorney of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
- April 2000:
- Lecturer at Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
- March 2008:
- Outside Director of GCA Savvian Group Corporation (currently GCA Corporation)
- April 2011:
- Vice President of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
- June 2011:
- Outside Corporate Auditor of BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc. (currently BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.) (to present)
- June 2013:
- Audit and Supervisory Board Member (External) of Terumo Corporation
- June 2015:
- Independent Director (Audit/Supervisory Committee Member) of Terumo Corporation
- March 2016:
- Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of GCA Corporation (to present)
- March 2019:
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
- December 2019:
- Outside Director of Skymark Airlines Inc. (to present)
- January 2020：
- Senior Counsel at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Eriko Kawai
- October 1981:
- Joined Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
- September 1985:
- Management Consultant of McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- October 1986:
- Fund Manager of Mercury Asset Management/SG Warburg plc
- November 1995:
- Director and Chief Investment Officer(CIO) of Yamaichi Regent ABC Polska
- July 1998:
- Senior Pension Funds Administrator of Bank for International Settlements
- October 2004:
- Senior Pension Funds Administrator of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- March 2008:
- Representative of Kawai Global Intelligence
- April 2012:
- Professor of Institute for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education of Kyoto University
- April 2013:
- Professor of Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences of Kyoto University
- April 2014:
- Professor of Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability of Kyoto University (to present)
- December 2017:
- External Audit and Supervisory Board Member of CMIC HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
- June 2018:
- Outside Director of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (to present)
- December 2019:
- Outside Director of CMIC HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (to present)
- March 2021:
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
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