About Us
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
As of October 1, 2022

April 1983 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2011 | President, Teijin Holdings Netherlands B.V. |
April 2012 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Limited |
April 2013 | Executive Officer, Teijin Limited |
June 2013 | Director, Executive Officer, Teijin Limited |
April 2014 | President and Representative Director CEO (Chief Executive officer) |
April 2022 | Chairperson of Teijin Limited, Member of the Board (Incumbent) |

March 1990 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2017 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Group Responsible for Material Business of Teijin Group Assistant to General Manager, Fibers and Products Converting Business Group (for Technology, Production, Restructuring Initiatives) |
April 2020 | General Manager, Composites Business Unit |
April 2021 | Executive Officer, Teijin Group President, Material Business of Teijin Group |
June 2021 | Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited |
April 2022 | President and Representative Director (Incumbent) CEO (Chief Executive officer) (Incumbent) |

April 1982 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2015 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Group |
April 2017 | Executive Officer, Teijin Group General Manager, Healthcare Business Group President and Representative Director, Teijin Pharma Limited |
April 2019 | President for Healthcare Business of Teijin Group |
June 2019 | Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited |
April 2021 | Executive Officer, Representative Director of the Board, Teijin Limited Chief Financial Officer (Incumbent) |
April 2022 | Senior Executive Officer, Representative Director of the Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |

April 1986 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2013 | Corporate Officer (Riji), Teijin Group General Manager, New Materials Business Development Department Chief Representative of Teijin Electronics Korea Co., Ltd. |
April 2015 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Group |
April 2017 | Executive Officer, Teijin Group General Manager, Material Business Group |
April 2020 | President, Material Business of Teijin Group |
June 2020 | Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |
April 2021 | Chief Social Responsibility Officer (Incumbent) |

April 1985 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2016 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Group General Manager, Resin and Plastic Processing Business Unit, Teijin Limited |
April 2019 | Chief Officer, Corporate Strategy |
June 2020 | Corporate Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited |
April 2021 | Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |
April 2022 | President, Material Business of Teijin Group (Incumbent) |

March 1990 | Joined Teijin Limited |
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April 2017 | Corporate Officer, Teijin Group Responsible for Healthcare Business of Teijin Group |
April 2019 | General Manager, Healthcare New Business Division |
April 2021 | Executive Officer, Teijin Group President, Healthcare Business of Teijin Group |
June 2021 | Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |
October 2022 | Chief Officer (Corporate Strategy) (Incumbent) |

July 1971 | Joined IBM Japan, Ltd |
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April 1995 | Director, IBM Japan, Ltd |
April 2000 | Director, Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd |
April 2004 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd |
April 2007 | Board Chair, Japan Women's Innovate Network (Incumbent) |
June 2007 | Director, Benesse Corporation |
April 2008 | Director, Vice Chairman, Benesse Corporation Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Berlitz Corporation |
October 2009 | Director, Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc. |
April 2013 | Honorary Chairperson, Berlitz Corporation |
September 2013 | President and CEO, Globalization Research Institute Co., Ltd. (Incumbent) |
April 2014 | Board Chair, Japan Diversity Network Association |
June 2018 | Director, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) Member of the Advisory Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |

April 1975 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan (MFA) |
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June 1997 | Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva |
April 2003 | Minister's Secretariat (MFA) |
September 2005 | Consul-General of Boston |
December 2008 | Director-General for Economic Affairs of MFA |
August 2010 | Ambassador to Singapore |
August 2013 | Ambassador to France |
June 2016 | Government Representative and Ambassador in charge of the Kansai region |
March 2017 | Ambassador for International Economic Affairs and Chief Negotiator for the Japan EU EPA |
April 2018 | MFA retired |
June 2018 | Director, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) Member of the Advisory Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |

April 1978 | Joined Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. |
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April 2007 | President JAL Aircraft Maintenance Narita |
April 2009 | Executive officer, JAL International Co., Ltd |
June 2009 | President of Japan Air Commuter |
February 2010 | President Japan Air Lines Corporation, (JAL group COO) President Japan Air Lines International Co., Ltd. |
November 2010 | President Japan Air Lines International Co., Ltd. (Organizational change) |
March 2011 | Representative Director, President Japan Air Lines International Co., Ltd. |
April 2011 | Representative Director, President Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Company name change from Japan Air Lines International Co., Ltd. to Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.) |
February 2012 | Representative Director, Chairman Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
February 2014 | Director, Chairman Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
July 2018 | External Affairs Representative, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
June 2019 | Director, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) Member of the Advisory Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |

April 1976 | Joined Bridgestone Corporation |
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March 2006 | Vice President and Officer, Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2008 | Director, Vice President and Senior Officer, Bridgestone Corporation |
September 2011 | Representative Director, Senior Vice President, Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2012 | Representative Director, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2013 | Representative Director, CEO Chairperson of the Board, Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2016 | Representative Executive Officer, CEO Chairperson of the Board, Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2020 | Chairperson of the Board, Bridgestone Corporation |
March 2021 | External Advisor, Bridgestone Corporation (Incumbent) |
June 2022 | Director, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) Member of the Advisory Board, Teijin Limited (Incumbent) |
Statutory Auditors
As of June 23, 2021
Statutory Auditor | Masanori Shimai |
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Akio Nakaishi | |
Independent Outside Statutory Auditor | Gen Ikegami |
Hitomi Nakayama | |
Jun Arima |
Corporate Officers
As of December 1, 2022
President and CEO, Representative Director of the Board CEO |
Akimoto Uchikawa |
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Senior Executive Officer, Representative Director of the Board Chief Financial Officer |
Akihisa Nabeshima |
Executive Officer, Member of the Board Chief Social Responsibility Officer Responsible for Corporate Audit Department |
Toshiya Koyama |
Executive Officer, Member of the Board President, Material Business of Teijin Group |
Eiji Ogawa |
Executive Officer, Member of the Board Chief Officer (Corporate Strategy) |
Naohiko Moriyama |
Teijin Group Executive Officer President, Healthcare Business of Teijin Group President, Teijin Pharma Limited |
Ichiro Watanabe |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Carbon Fibers Business Unit |
Shukei Inui |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Management Coordinator for the President, Healthcare Business of Teijin Group (Strategy Promotion) |
Yasuhiko Kuriyama |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Chief Human Resources Officer |
Karola Japke |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Chief Officer (Global Business Strategy) |
Tsutomu Igawa |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Senior Managing Director, Teijin Pharma Limited (Deputy President, Teijin Pharma Limited) |
Ken-ichiro Kataoka |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Material New Business Division |
Tadashi Sakata |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Chief Information Officer |
Tsutomu Morioka |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Resin & Plastic Processing Business Unit |
Noboru Yamanishi |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Aramid Business Unit President, Teijin Aramid B.V. |
Peter ter Horst |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Senior Corporate Project Officer Responsible for External Affairs Group |
Toshihiko Sakaguchi |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Corporate Business Incubation Division |
Noriko Higuchi |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Material Technology Center |
Ton de Weijer |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Chief Officer (Legal, Intellectual Property) General Manager, Intellectual Property Department |
Akihiko Uchiyama |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Chief Officer (Engineering) Deputy Chief Social Responsibility Officer (for Disaster Prevention) Director, Effective Utilization of Factories Project Director, Iwakuni Factory and Matsuyama Factory |
Teruo Aoyagi |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Teijin Pharma Limited General Manager Marketing & Sales Unit |
Masato Tanaka |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer Deputy Chief Financial Officer General Manager, Accounting Department |
Junji Kitahama |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer General Manager, Composites Business Unit |
Masataka Akiyoshi |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer, Regional Human Resources Director (Japan) General Manager, Operational Reforms Promotion Team |
Toshitake Karasawa |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Management Coordinator for the President Material Business of Teijin Group (for Intelligence) |
Yutaka Horie |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Deputy Chief Social Responsibility Officer (for promoting SDGs) General Manager, CSR Planning and Promotion Department |
Shuichi Osaki |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Managing Director, Teijin Pharma Limited General Manager, Research, Development & Technology Unit |
Masaki Taneda |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Deputy Chief Officer (Corporate Strategy) (for stakeholder communication) General Manager, Corporate Branding Department Manager, Stakeholder Communication Coordination Group |
Tomoko Torii |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) General Manager, Material Business Strategic Planning and Control Division |
Toru Yamaura |
Teijin Group Corporate Officer (Riji) Deputy General Manager, Corporate Business Incubation Division General Manager, Regenerative Medicine New Business Department |
Takayuki Nakano |
Head of Independent Group Companies
As of October 1, 2022
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd.President and CEO | Yasunari Hirata |
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Infocom CorporationPresident and CEO | Norihiro Takehara |
Japan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd.President and CEO | Ken-ichiro Hata |