Senior Management

Directors

President and Representative Director, CEO Kenji Furuse

Apr. 1986
Joined the Company
Oct. 2001
Sasebo Sales Office General Manager at the Company
Jul. 2015
General Manager of Kyushu Group. and Kyushu Sales Dept.
General Manager at the Company
Dec. 2015
General Manager of Kyushu Group and Corporate Officer at the Company
Sept. 2018
Internal Audit Office General Manager and Corporate Officer
Dec. 2019
General Manager of Domestic Production Area Sales Group,
General Manager of Eastern Japan Business Dept.,
General Manager of Hokkaido Business Dept. and Director at the Company
Oct. 2021
Chief of Corporate Management Sector, General Manager of AEO Management Dept., Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Vice Chair, and Director at the Company
May 2023
Director; Chief of Corporate Management Sector, General Manager of Public Relations and IR Dept., Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Vice Chair, responsible for climate affairs, the Company
Dec. 2023
President and Representative Director, the Company (current)

Managing Director Naotaka Yoshikawa

Jul. 1998
Joined the Company
Apr. 2011
Yokohama Logistics Center General Manager at the Company
Dec. 2017
General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Dept. and Corporate Officer at the Company
Dec. 2019
General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Dept., General Manager of Investment and Loan Dept., Head of Domestic Investment and Loan Management Office, and Director at the Company
May 2020
Investment and Loan Dept. General Manager, Overseas Business Dept. General Manager, and Director at the Company
Oct. 2021
Deputy Chief of Food Sales Business Sector, General Manager of Business Planning Dept., General Manager of Consumption Area Sales Business Dept., and Director at the Company
Apr. 2022
Director; Deputy Chief of Food Sales Business Sector, Chief of Sales Business Strategy Sector, General Manager of Consumption Area Sales Group, General Manager of Consumption Area Sales Business Dept., the Company
Dec. 2023
Managing Director; Chief of Business Planning Sector, Chief of Food Sales Business Sector, Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Chair, the Company (current)

Director Hiroshi Okada

Apr. 1996
Joined the Company
Apr. 2011
Nagoya Logistics Center General Manager at the Company
Dec. 2017
General Manager of Keihin Block, Tokyo Haneda Logistics Center Launch Preparation Committee Chair, and Corporate Officer at the Company
Dec. 2019
Director in charge of Norway business at the Company
May 2020
Overseas Strategy Division General Manager (stationed in Norway) and Director at the Company
Dec. 2023
General Manager of Sales Promotion Department, General Manager of Sales Strategy Management Dept., and Director at the Company
Dec. 2025
General Manager of Sales Strategy Management Dept., General Manager of Public Relations and IR Dept., and Director at the Company (current)

Director Satoshi Yoshida

Apr. 2019
Chief Manager; General Manager of Kanagawa Sales Bureau of The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Apr. 2022
Joined the Company
Dec. 2022
Corporate Officer; General Manager of General Affairs & Human Resources Dept., the Company
Dec. 2023
Director; Chief of Corporate Management Sector, General Manager of General Affairs & Human Resources Dept., Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Vice Chair, responsible for climate affairs, the Company
Jan. 2025
Director; Chief of Corporate Management Sector, General Manager of Human Resources Dept., Director of the Human Resources Development Center, and Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Vice Chair, responsible for climate affairs, the Company
Dec. 2025
Director; Chief of Corporate Management Sector, Medium-Term Management Plan Promotion Committee Vice Chair, responsible for climate affairs, the Company (current)

Director Norio Kawahara

Apr. 1983
Joined the Company
Apr. 2011
General Manager of Hakozaki Logistics Center, the Company
Dec. 2023
Corporate Officer; Chief of Cold Logistics Business Sector, the Company; President and Representative Director, PAX FREEZER Co., Ltd. (current)
Dec. 2025
Director; Chief of Cold Logistics Business Sector, the Company(current)

Director Hiroyasu Abe

Apr. 1997
Joined the Company
Dec. 2019
General Manager of IT Dept., the Company
Dec. 2023
Corporate Officer; General Manager of Business Planning Dept. and General Manager of System Management Dept., the Company
Feb. 2024
Corporate Officer; General Manager of Business Planning Dept., the Company
Dec. 2025
Director; General Manager of Business Planning Dept., the Company; Director, Thai Yokorei Co., Ltd.; Director, Best Cold Chain Co., Ltd. (current)

Director (Outside) Yosuke Horiai

Oct. 1980
Joined Shinko Kansa Hojin
Jul. 1988
Moved to Ota-showa Kansa Hojin
Mar. 1989
Opened Horiai Accounting Office (current)
Dec. 2020
Director at the Company (current)

Director (Outside) Mitsuhiro Honda

Apr. 1984
Joined National Tax Agency
Jul. 2010
Assistant Regional Commissioner (Management and Coordination) , Takamatsu Regional Taxation Bureau
Jul. 2012
Professor, Graduate School of Business Sciences, Tsukuba University (current)
May 2013
International Tax Advisor, TOMA Consultants Group Co., Ltd.(current)
Mar. 2016
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Roland DG Corp.
Apr. 2017
Research Grant Selection Committee Member, Institute of Tax Research and Literature (current)
Jun. 2018
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member, Yuasa Trading Co., Ltd. (current)
Jun. 2021
Tax Advisor, Grant Thornton Yamada & Partners (current)
Dec. 2021
Director at the Company (current)

Director (Outside) Yoriko Sakamoto

Apr. 1995
Assigned to No. 1 Nippori Elementary School, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo
Sept. 2011
Passed bar exam
Dec. 2012
Joined Rokuta Law Office (currently Rokuta-Sakamoto Law Office) (current)
Jun. 2016
Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Watahan & Co., Ltd
Apr. 2018
Mediation Committee Member, Tokyo Family Court (current)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director, Watahan & Co., Ltd. (current)
Dec. 2021
Director at the Company (current)

Director (Outside) Masako Natori

Apr. 1983
Joined the Ministry of Justice
Jul. 2017
Director-General of the Human Rights Bureau, the Ministry of Justice
Sept. 2018
Director-General of the Correction Bureau, the Ministry of Justice
Jan. 2020
Adviser, NEC Corporation (current)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Denyo Co., Ltd. (current)
Apr. 2022
Director, Japan Legal Support Center
Oct. 2025
Special Advisor, Japan Legal Support Center (current)
Oct. 2025
Member of the Personnel Commission, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (current)
Dec. 2025
Outside Director, the Company (current)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Standing Statutory Auditor (Outside) Keizou Inoue

Jan. 2008
Head Office Accounting Dept. Manager at National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations
Jan. 2010
Head Office Operation Audit Dept. Manager at National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations
Jun. 2012
Statutory Auditor at Zen-noh Butsuryu K.K.
Jun. 2018
President and Representative Director at Z-BS INC.
Dec. 2020
Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company (current)

Standing Statutory Auditor (Outside) Koichiro Okuda

Jun. 2016
Deputy General Manager of Coordination Div., The Norinchukin Bank
Jul. 2017
Deputy General Manager of JA Bank System Planning & Promotion Div., The Norinchukin Bank
Apr. 2018
General Manager of Takamatsu Branch, The Norinchukin Bank
Jul. 2021
General Manager of Food & Agri Banking Div., The Norinchukin Bank
Feb. 2025
Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company (current)

Auditor (Outside) Hisao Munakata

Mar. 2003
GSDF Staff Office, Defense Dept. Manager at Defense Agency
Aug. 2006
Deputy Chief of Staff of the GSDF at Defense Agency
Jul. 2007
Tohoku Region Inspector General at Ministry of Defense
Oct. 2009
Director at PSC Jieitai-Kazoku-Kai, and Consultant at The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (current)
Apr. 2018
New Business Development Advisor at safety NET K.K. Part-time lecturer, Tokyo Campus of Shiseikan University
Dec. 2020
Consultant at Pasona Group Inc. (current)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company(current)

Auditor (Outside) Yusuke Ichikawa

Apr. 2011
General Manager of 5th Tokyo Sales Dept., MST Insurance Service Co., Ltd
Apr. 2013
Branch Office Manager of Chubu Higashi Branch, MST Insurance Service Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2014
General Manager of General Affairs Dept., MST Insurance Service Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020
Outside Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), I-NET Corp. (current)
Feb. 2025
Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company (current)

Corporate Officers

  • Corporate Officer Yoshiaki Hoshino
  • Corporate Officer Narito Nakao
  • Corporate Officer Mitsutaka Hoshi
  • Corporate Officer Akiko Komatsu
  • Corporate Officer Hajime Izu
  • Corporate Officer Shinya Seki
  • Corporate Officer Kazuhito Ishida
  • Corporate Officer Nobuo Kitaike
  • Corporate Officer Tomohiro Kuriyama
  • Corporate Officer Naonori Maeda
  • Corporate Officer Kazuya Sawamura
  • Corporate Officer Teruaki Shiozawa
  • Corporate Officer Mitsuhiro Sakurai

(As of December 23, 2025)