Directors and Officers
(As of August 1, 2023)
Directors
![[ Photo ]Takuya Nakata](images/photo01.jpg)
Takuya Nakata
Director
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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 March 2014 Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Outside Director) (to the present) June 2015 President of Yamaha Music Foundation (to the present) June 2017 Director, President and Representative Executive Officer (to the present)
![[ Photo ] Satoshi Yamahata](images/photo02.jpg)
Satoshi Yamahata
Director
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January 1988 Entered the Company August 2009 General Manager of Accounting and Finance Division June 2013 Executive Officer June 2013 General Manager of Corporate Planning Division April 2015 Executive General Manager of Operations Unit June 2015 Director and Senior Executive Officer May 2016 Executive General Manager of Corporate Management Unit June 2017 Director and Managing Executive Officer (to the present) April 2020 Executive General Manager of Human Resources and General Administration Unit April 2023 Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit (to the present)
![[ Photo ] Yoshihiro Hidaka](images/photo15.jpg)
Yoshihiro Hidaka
Outside Director
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April 1978 Entered Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. July 2010 Vice President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. January 2013 Executive General Manager of 3rd Business Unit, MC Business Operations of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. March 2014 Executive Officer January 2015 Executive General Manager of 2nd Business Unit, MC Business Operations January 2016 Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, MC Business Operations, and General Manager of Southeast & East Asia Sales Division, 1st Business Unit, MC Business Operations January 2017 Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Center March 2017 Senior Executive Officer and Director January 2018 President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director (to the present) June 2018 Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)
![[ Photo ] Mikio Fujitsuka](images/photo17.jpg)
Mikio Fujitsuka
Outside Director
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April 1977 Entered Komatsu Ltd. June 2001 General Manager, Corporate Controlling Department April 2005 Executive Officer April 2008 President of Global Retail Finance Business Division February 2009 General Manager, Corporate Planning Division and President of Global Retail Finance Business Division April 2010 Senior Executive Officer April 2011 CFO June 2011 Director and Senior Executive Officer April 2013 Director and Senior Executive Officer (Senmu) April 2016 Executive Vice President and Representative Director April 2019 Director June 2019 Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present) June 2019 Outside Corporate Auditor of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. June 2023 Outside Director of NSK Ltd. (to the present)
![[ Photo ] Paul Candland](images/photo18.jpg)
Paul Candland
Outside Director
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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)
![[ Photo ] Hiromichi Shinohara](images/photo03.jpg)
Hiromichi Shinohara
Outside Director
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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)
![[ Photo ] Naoko Yoshizawa](images/photo05.jpg)
Naoko Yoshizawa
Outside Director
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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)
![[ Photo ] Naho Ebata](images/photo08.jpg)
Naho Ebata
Outside Director
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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)
Executive Officers
![[ Photo ] Takuya Nakata](images/photo01.jpg)
Takuya Nakata
President and Representative Executive Officer
![[ Photo ] Satoshi Yamahata](images/photo02.jpg)
Satoshi Yamahata
Managing Executive Officer
![[ Photo ] Seiichi Yamaguchi](images/photo13.jpg)
Seiichi Yamaguchi
Managing Executive Officer
![[ Photo ] Atsushi Yamaura](images/photo07.jpg)
Atsushi Yamaura
Executive Officer
![[ Photo ] Masato Oshiki](images/photo10.jpg)
Masato Oshiki
Executive Officer
Operating Officers
Shinichi Takenaga
Executive General Manager of Audio Products Business Unit
Thomas Sumner
President of Yamaha Corporation of America
Taro Tokuhiro
Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit
Hiroko Ohmura
Executive General Manager of Brand Development Unit
Yutaka Matsuki
Senior General Manager of Piano Division, Musical Instruments Business Unit
Hirofumi Yamashita
Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit
Nobukazu Toba
Executive General Manager of IMC Business Unit
Toshiaki Goto
Executive General Manager of Musical Instruments & Audio Products Production Unit
Chihiro Osuga
Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit
Jun Nishimura
President of Yamaha Music Japan Co., Ltd.
Audit Officers
Hirofumi Mukaino
Senior General Manager of Internal Auditing Division
Yasushi Nishiyama
Senior General Manager of Audit Committee’s Office