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Executive Officers

As of January 1, 2022

President and Chief Executive Officer YOSHITAKE ITO
(DOB:May 11, 1958)
April 1983
Joined the Company
April 2015
Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Applied Optics Business Division
June 2015
Director, Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Applied Optics Business Division
April 2016
President and Chief Executive Officer (current position)
Director and Senior Executive Officer MASANORI KATO
(DOB:October 19, 1959)
April 2009
General Manager of International Credit Division of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (current Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
June 2011
Joined the Company
April 2013
General Manager of Administration Division
June 2013
Director and General Manager of Administration Division
April 2021
Director, Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Intellectual Property & Legal Division, Customer Support Center, Public Relations Department, General Affairs Division, Investor Relations
October 2021
Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Intellectual Property & Legal Division, in charge of Customer Support Center, Public Relations Department, Human Resources & General Affairs Division, Investor Relations (current position)
Director and Senior Executive Officer MAKOTO INAMORI
(DOB:November 21, 1958)
April 1979
Joined the Company
June 2012
Executive Officer, General Manager of Technology Division
June 2018
Director, Senior Executive Officer
May 2021
Director, Senior Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of EYE Lighting System Corporation (current position)
Director and Senior Executive Officer SUMIO UEHARA
(DOB:May 15, 1960)
April 1983
Joined the Company
April 2019
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Applied Optics and Environment Business Unit
June 2019
Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Applied Optics and Environment Business Unit
May 2021
Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Saitama Plant, General Manager of Applied Optics and Environment Business Unit (current position)
Director and Senior Executive Officer SEIJI AOYAMA
(DOB:July 16, 1968)
April 1991
Joined the Company
April 2020
Senior Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of Lighting Business Unit
June 2020
Director, Senior Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of Lighting Business Unit
July 2020
Director, Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Lighting Business Unit (current position)
Outside Director KENJI OYA
(DOB:November 4, 1949)
June 2009
Executive Vice President of Denso Corporation
June 2010
President and CEO of Asmo Co., Ltd.
June 2018
Director of the Company (current position)
Outside Director TSUNEO TANAI
(DOB:January 24, 1957)
April 2011
Operating Officer and Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
June 2011
President and CEO, Keihin Corporation
June 2019
Director of the Company (current position)
Outside Director JUNKO SUNAGA
(DOB:September 25, 1960)
April 2018
President of QUALCOMM Japan (current position)
President of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, Y.K. (current position)
June 2021
Director of the Company (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member HIROAKI KATO
(DOB:November 19, 1960)
April 1979
Joined the Company
April 2012
General Manager of Corporate Management Department, Administration Division
June 2019
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member HARUHIKO HOSHINO
(DOB:April 18, 1960)
April 1985
Joined the Company
April 2014
Executive Officer and General Manager of Global Business Unit
July 2017
Executive Officer and Chairman of Eye Lighting International of North America Inc. (ELINA)
June 2020
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member NAOTO SUZUKI
(DOB:March 18, 1957)
April 2008
Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
May 2012
Executive Vice President, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.
June 2014
Director and Vice President, Japan Hades Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2019
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member TAKASHI INAGAKI
(DOB:April 24, 1959)
April 2014
Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Wholesale Banking Unit and Deputy Head of Retail Banking Unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
June 2017
President and Representative Director of SMBC Servicer Co., Ltd.
June 2020
President and Representative Director of Yoei Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2021
President and Representative Director of Yoei Holding Co., Ltd. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Senior Executive Officer TOMOHIKO YAMADA Deputy General Manager of Lighting Business Unit
Executive Officer AKIRA URUSHIBARA General Manager of Product Planning & Development Division
Executive Officer HIDEMI ORITO Deputy General Manager of Applied Optics and Environment Business Unit, General Manager of Optical Devices Division, HID Light Source Division
Executive Officer KENJI IKEDA General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, in charge of Administration Division, Information System Division
Executive Officer TADASHI MIZUSAWA Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Business Unit
Executive Officer MASAHIKO ISHIHARA General Manager of Electronic Control System Division, Information Equipment Division
Executive Officer HIROYUKI HAYAKAWA General Manager of Quality Assurance Division

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