Directors and Officers

(As of June 20, 2025)

Directors

Takuya Nakata

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Professional Highlight

April 1981	Entered the Company
October 2005	General Manager of Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instruments Division
June 2006	Executive Officer
June 2009	Director and Executive Officer
April 2010	President of Yamaha Corporation of America
June 2010	Senior Executive Officer of the Company
June 2013	President and Representative Director
June 2015	President of Yamaha Music Foundation (to the present)
June 2017	Director, President and Representative Executive Officer
April 2024	Chairman of the Board of Directors (to the present)

Atsushi Yamaura

Director

Professional Highlight

April 1992	Entered the Company
April 2015	General Manager of Audio Technology Development Department, Audio Products Development Division
October 2016	General Manager of Digital Musical Instruments Development Department, Musical Instruments Development Division
April 2019	Senior General Manager of Digital Musical Instruments Division, Musical Instruments Business Unit
April 2021	Operating Officer
April 2022	Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments Business Unit
April 2023	Deputy Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments & Audio Products Sales Unit and President of Yamaha Music & Electronics (China) Co., Ltd.
April 2024	President and Representative Executive Officer
June 2024	Director, President and Representative Executive Officer (to the present)

Paul Candland

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

June 1985	Entered Owens Corning
April 1987	Entered PepsiCo, Inc.
November 1994	President of Okinawa Pepsi-Cola, Inc.
April 1998	Representative of Japan Branch, PepsiCo International Ltd.
November 1998	Representative Director and General Manager of The Disney Store Japan, Inc.
April 2002	Managing Director, Walt Disney Television International Japan of The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
June 2007	Representative Director and President
July 2014	President of The Walt Disney Company, Asia
September 2018	Managing Director of PMC Partners Co., Ltd. (to the present)
June 2019	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)
September 2019	CEO, Age of Learning, Inc.
March 2022	Outside Director of Dentsu Group Inc. (to the present)

Hiromichi Shinohara

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

April 1978	Entered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
June 2003	Head of Access Service System Laboratory of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT)
June 2007	Head of the Information Sharing Laboratory Group of NTT
June 2009	Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of NTT
June 2012	Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of NTT
June 2014	Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of NTT
June 2018	Chairman of the Board of NTT
June 2021	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)
June 2023	Outside Director of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (to the present)

Naoko Yoshizawa

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

August 1988	Entered Fujitsu Limited
September 2009	Vice President of Mobile Phones Unit of Fujitsu Limited
October 2011	Head of Global Research & Development Center of Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.
April 2016	Deputy Head of Advanced System Research & Development Unit and Head of AI Promotion Office of Fujitsu Limited
April 2017	Corporate Executive Officer and Head of AI Platform Business Unit of Fujitsu Limited
April 2018	Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and Vice Head of Digital Services Business of Fujitsu Limited
September 2018	Corporate Executive Officer, EVP of Fujitsu Limited, CEO of FUJITSU Intelligence Technology Ltd.
November 2019	Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and Evangelist of Digital Software & Solutions Business Group of Fujitsu Limited
October 2020	Director of knowledge piece Inc. (to the present)
May 2021	Outside Director of Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. (to the present)
June 2021	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)

Naho Ebata

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

October 2000	Registered as an attorney, entered Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Law Firm
July 2004	Specialist of Legislative Affairs Office, General Coordination Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, Japan Patent Office
January 2008	Partner of Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Law Firm (to the present)
December 2020	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), ABIST Co., Ltd. (to the present)
November 2022	Provisional Corporate Auditor of 3-D Matrix, Ltd.
December 2022	Outside Corporate Auditor of Brave group Inc. (to the present)
June 2023	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)

Shuji Ito

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

March 1979	Entered Calbee, Inc.
July 2001	Executive Officer and COO of the East Japan Company of Calbee, Inc.
June 2004	Director, Executive Officer and COO of the Jagarico Company of Calbee, Inc.
June 2006	Director, Executive Managing Officer, and the Controller of the Marketing Group of Calbee, Inc.
June 2009	President & COO, Representative Director of Calbee, Inc.
June 2018	President & CEO, Representative Director of Calbee, Inc.
April 2023	Director of Calbee, Inc.
June 2024	Outside Director of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (to the present)
June 2025	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)

Saimon Nogami

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

April 1984	Entered NSK Ltd.
June 2011	Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Industrial Machinery Business Division HQ of NSK Ltd.
June 2013	Director, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Planning Division HQ of NSK Ltd.
June 2015	Director, Representative, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy Division HQ of NSK Ltd.
June 2017	Director, Representative Executive Vice President, CFO, Head of Corporate Strategy Division HQ of NSK Ltd.
April 2019	Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Vice President, CFO of NSK Ltd.
April 2023	Director of NSK Ltd. (to the present)
June 2024	Outside Director of Yasuda Logistics Corporation (to the present)
June 2025	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)

Executive Officers

Atsushi Yamaura

President and Representative Executive Officer

Seiichi Yamaguchi

Managing Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments Business Unit

Masato Oshiki

Managing Executive Officer
Deputy Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments Business Unit and Deputy Executive General Manager of Audio Products Business Unit

Toshiaki Goto

Executive Officer
Deputy Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments Business Unit and Deputy Executive General Manager of Audio Products Business Unit

Taro Tokuhiro

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Operations Unit

Nobukazu Toba

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Audio Products Business Unit

Jun Nishimura

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Corporate Management Unit

Operating Officers

Thomas Sumner

President of Yamaha Corporation of America

Yutaka Matsuki

Senior General Manager of Piano Division, Musical Instruments Business Unit

Masahiro Ikeda

Executive General Manager of Technology Unit

Masamitsu Kitase

Senior General Manager of New Business Development Division

Keiko Sugiyama

Senior General Manager of Brand Development Division

Seiji Abe

Senior General Manager of Digital Musical Instruments Division in Musical Instruments Business Unit

Directors and Officers

Directors

Takuya Nakata

Atsushi Yamaura

Paul Candland

Hiromichi Shinohara

Naoko Yoshizawa

Naho Ebata

Shuji Ito

Saimon Nogami

Executive Officers

Atsushi Yamaura

Seiichi Yamaguchi

Masato Oshiki

Toshiaki Goto

Taro Tokuhiro

Nobukazu Toba

Jun Nishimura

Operating Officers

Thomas Sumner

Yutaka Matsuki

Masahiro Ikeda

Masamitsu Kitase

Keiko Sugiyama

Seiji Abe

Audit Officers

Yasushi Nishiyama

Hirofumi Yamashita