Management Team

Members of the Board

As of June, 26 2025

Akihiro Nikkaku

Chairman and Representative Member of the Board
Akihiro Nikkaku
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Mitsuo Ohya

President and Representative Member of the Board
Mitsuo Ohya
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Kazuhiko Shuto

Representative Member of the Board
Kazuhiko Shuto
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Tetsuya Tsunekawa

Member of the Board
Tetsuya Tsunekawa
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Shigeki Terada

Member of the Board
Shigeki Terada
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Yuichiro Kato

Member of the Board
Yuichiro Kato
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Kunio Ito

Member of the Board (Outside)
Kunio Ito
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Susumu Kaminaga

Member of the Board (Outside)
Susumu Kaminaga
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Yuko Harayama

Member of the Board (Outside)
Yuko Harayama
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Akiko Innes-Taylor

Member of the Board (Outside)
Akiko Innes-Taylor
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As of June 2025

Akihiro Nikkaku
Akihiro Nikkaku
1973 Joined the Company
2001 General Manager, Engineering Division;
General Manager, Second Engineering Dept.
2002 Vice President (Member of the Board)
2004 　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2006　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board & Member of the Executive Committee)
2007 　 Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board
2010　 President and Representative Member of the Board
2020 　 President and Representative Member of the Board
2023 　 Chairman and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent)　

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As of June 2025

Mitsuo Ohya
Mitsuo Ohya
1980　 Joined the Company
2009 　 General Manager, Industrial & Textile Fibers Division
2012 　 Vice President (Member of the Board)
2014　 Retired from Vice President (Member of the Board)
President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray International, Inc.
2016 　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board & Member of the Executive Committee)
2020 　 Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board
2023 　 President and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent)　

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As of June 2025

Kazuhiko Shuto
Kazuhiko Shuto
1980 　 Joined the Company
2014 　 General Manager, Textiles Division
2014 　 Vice President (Member of the Board)
2016 　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2018 　 Retired from Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
Chief Representative for China; Chairman & President, Toray Industries (China) Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Toray Sakai Weaving & Dyeing (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
2020 　 Senior Vice President
2021 　 Senior Vice President
2022 　 Senior Vice President and Member of the Board
2023 　 Executive Vice President and Member of the Board
2025 　 Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Tetsuya Tsunekawa
Tetsuya Tsunekawa
1984 　 Joined the Company
2004 　 General Manager, Films & Film Products Research Laboratories
2009 　 General Manager, Advanced Film Technical Dept., Films & Film Products Research Laboratories
2012 　 General Manager, Tsuchiura Plant
2014 　 Vice President (Member of the Board)
2016 　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
2020 　 Retired from Senior Vice President (Member of the Board)
Senior Vice President
2022 　 Senior Vice President
2023 　 Senior Vice President and Member of the Board
2025 　 Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Shigeki Terada
Shigeki Terada
1986　 Joined the Company
2009　 Executive Officer, CFO, Toray Films Europe S.A.S.
2011　 General Manager, Films Business Planning & Administration Dept.;
General Manager, Resins & Chemicals Business Planning &
Administration Dept., the Company
2013 　 General Manager, Films Business Planning & Administration Dept.
2017 　 Vice President (Member of the Board), Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
2019　 Senior Vice President (Member of the Board), Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
2020　 General Manager on Special Assignment, Torayca & Advanced Composites Division;
General Manager, Torayca & Advanced Composites Business
Planning & Administration Dept., the Company
2023　 Senior Director, Corporate Strategic Planning Division
2025　 Corporate Vice President
2025　 Corporate Vice President and Member of the Board (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Yuichiro Kato
Yuichiro Kato
1986 　 Joined the Company
2010　 General Manager, Controllers’ Dept.
2014 　 General Manager on Special Assignment, External Relations Planning Dept.
2018 　 General Manager, Management Division, Toray International, Inc.
2020 　 General Manager on Special Assignment, Affiliated Companies Division;
General Manager, Group Business Planning Dept., the Company
2023 　 Deputy General Manager, Affiliated Companies Division;
General Manager, Group Business Planning Dept.
2025 　 Corporate Vice President
2025 　 Corporate Vice President and Member of the Board (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Kunio Ito
Kunio Ito
1980　 Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1984　 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1992　 Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2002　 Dean, Graduate School of Commerce and Management and Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2004　 Executive Vice President and Board Member, Hitotsubashi University
2005　 Outside Member of the Board, Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
2006　 Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2007　 Outside Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
2009　 Outside Director, Sharp Corporation
Outside Director, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
2012　 Outside Director, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
2013　 Outside Director, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
2014　 Outside Director, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, the Company (incumbent)
2015　 Director, Hitotsubashi CFO Education and Research Center (incumbent)
Research Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
Specially Appointed Professor, Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
2018　 Research Professor, Department of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University Business School

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As of June 2025

Susumu Kaminaga
Susumu Kaminaga
1969　 Joined Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
1995　 Representative Director, Surface Technology Systems Ltd.
2000　 Director, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2002　 Managing Director, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2004　 President, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
2012　 Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.; Representative Director, SK Global Advisers Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
2012　 Outside Director, DEFTA Capital (incumbent)
2016　 Outside Director, Olympus Corporation
2020　 Outside Director, the Company (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Yuko Harayama
Yuko Harayama
1998　 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Geneva
2002　 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
2007　 Outside Director, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA
2010　 Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
2013　 Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
2020　 Executive Director, RIKEN
2022　 Co-Representative Director, Japanese Association for the Advancement of Science (incumbent)
2023　 Outside Director, the Company (incumbent)
2024　 Trustee, Yamaguchi University (incumbent)
2024　 Secretary General, GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Akiko Innes-Taylor
Akiko Innes-Taylor
1986　 Joined Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
2005　 Representative Director, Sisley Paris Japan Corporation
2009　 Senior Vice President & Operating Officer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
2015　 Senior Vice President and Operating Officer, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
2017　 Board Member, Kitakamakura Girls’ Junior High School & Senior High School (incumbent)
2025　 Advisor, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
2025　 Professor, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance) (incumbent)
2025　 Outside Director, the Company (incumbent)

Corporate Auditors

As of June,26 2025

Hideki Hirabayashi

Corporate Auditor
Hideki Hirabayashi
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Mitsuharu Mano

Corporate Auditor
Mitsuharu Mano
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Makiko Takabe

Outside Corporate Auditor
Makiko Takabe
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Kozo Ogino

Outside Corporate Auditor
Kozo Ogino
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Masahiko Inoue

Outside Corporate Auditor
Masahiko Inoue
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As of June 2025

Hideki Hirabayashi
Hideki Hirabayashi
1981　 Joined the Company
2002　 Deputy General Manager, Films Trading Dept.
2003　 Director, Penfibre Sdn. Berhad
2005　 Executive Vice President, Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
2007　 General Manager, Industrial Films 1st Dept., the Company
2010　 In charge of Europe Region; Chief Representative for Europe; General Manager, Europe Office
2014　 General Manager on Special Assignment, Corporate Strategic Planning Division
2016　 General Manager, General Administration & Legal Division; General Manager, General Administration Dept.
2017　 Vice President (Member of the Board)
2020　 Retired from Vice President (Member of the Board)
Corporate Vice President
2021　 Senior Vice President
2023　 Corporate Auditor (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Mitsuharu Mano
Mitsuharu Mano
1985　 Joined the Company
2006　 CFO, Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
2009　 General Manager, Finance Dept., the Company
2013　 General Manager, Affiliated Companies Administration Dept.
2016　 General Manager, Auditing Dept.
2020　 Senior Vice President, Toray Composite Materials America, Inc.
2023　 General Manager, Auditing Dept., the Company
2025　 General Manager on Special Assignment, Auditing Dept.
2025　 Corporate Auditor (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Makiko Takabe
Makiko Takabe
1981　 Appointed as an Assistant Judge
1991　 Judge, Takamatsu District Court and Family Court
1994　 Judge, Tokyo District Court
1998　 Judicial Research Official, Supreme Court
2003　 Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court
2009　 Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
2013　 Chief Judge, Kawasaki Branch of Yokohama District Court and Family Court
2014　 Chief Judge, Fukui District Court and Family Court
2015　 Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
2018　 Chief Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
2020　 President, Takamatsu High Court
2021　 Registered as a lawyer (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
Of Counsel, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) (incumbent)
2023　 Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Kozo Ogino
Kozo Ogino
1981　 Joined The Mitsui Bank, Ltd.
2010　 Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
2011　 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
2013　 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
2013　 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
2014　 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
2017　 Director and Deputy President, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Director, Deputy President, Executive Officer, Group CRO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
2019　 Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
2019　 Retired
2019　 Director, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd.
2019　 President & CEO (Representative Director), SMBC Trust Bank Ltd.
2022　 Chairperson, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd.
2023　 Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)
2024　 Special Advisor, SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. (incumbent)
2025　 Outside Director, WORLD HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)

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As of June 2025

Masahiko Inoue
Masahiko Inoue
1986　 Joined the Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company (currently The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited)
1988　 Joined Chuo Shinko Audit Corporation (later Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation)
1999　 Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation (later Misuzu Audit Corporation)
2004　 Representative employee, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation
2007　 Partner, Tohmatsu LLC (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
2018　 Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
2019　 Executive Officer (Senior), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
2022　 Resigned from the Executive Officer position Head,
Non-Financial Sustainability Assurance Promotion Office, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
2024　 Retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
2024　 Representative, Masahiko Inoue Certified Public Accountant Office (incumbent)
2024　 Senior Fellow, Japan Foundation for Accounting Education and Learning. (incumbent)
2025　 Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (incumbent)