Leadership | Hoshizaki

Director

Seishi Sakamoto

Chairman
Nomination and Compensation
Committee Member

Seishi Sakamoto

Chairman
Nomination and Compensation
Committee Member

Mar. 1959	Joined the Company
Feb. 1960	Director
Jun. 1965	Executive Director
Jul. 1988	Director
Jul. 2000	Retired from the position of Director
Feb. 2002	Director
Feb. 2003	Director and Advisor
Jan. 2005	Representative Director and Advisor
Feb. 2005	Representative Director, President & COO
Mar. 2011	Representative Director, Chairman & CEO
Jun. 2014	Representative Director, Chairman & CEO and President & COO
Mar. 2017	Representative Director, Chairman & CEO
Jun. 2019	Chairman & CEO
Mar. 2024	Chairman (current position)

Yasuhiro Kobayashi

Representative Director, President & CEO, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Yasuhiro Kobayashi

Representative Director, President & CEO, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Sep. 2008	Joined the Company
Oct. 2008	Head of Corporate Planning Office
Jan. 2010	General Manager of Accounting Department
Mar. 2012	Director
Mar. 2012	In charge of Accounting Department and General Affairs Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Jan. 2015	In charge of Accounting Department, Human Resources Department, and General Affairs Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Mar. 2015	In charge of Accounting Department and Group Management Department, and General Manager of Accounting Department
Jan. 2016	In charge of Group Management Department and IR & Corporate Planning
Mar. 2017	Representative Director, President & COO
Jan. 2023	Representative Director, HOSHIZAKI SALES CO., LTD. (current position)
Mar. 2024	Representative Director, President & CEO (current position)

Masanao Tomozoe

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Chair

Masanao Tomozoe

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Chair

Jun. 2005	Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation
Apr. 2011	Senior Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation, Senior Vice President of Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Jun. 2012	President and Representative Director of Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing Corporation
Jun. 2015	President and CEO of Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019	Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019	Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Toyota Industries Corporation (current position)
Jun. 2019	Outside Director of NORITAKE CO., LIMITED
Mar. 2020	Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Sep. 2020	Outside Director of Sasatoku Printing Co., Ltd. (current position)

Masahiko Goto

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Masahiko Goto

Independent Outside Director
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

May 1984	Director, Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Makita Corporation
Jul. 1987	Managing Director, General Manager of Administration Headquarters
May 1989	President and Representative Director
Jun. 2013	Chairman and Representative Director
Mar. 2022	Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Jun. 2024	Honorary Chairman of Makita Corporation (current position)

Yasushi Ieta

Director

Yasushi Ieta

Director

Apr. 2018	Joined the Company
Sep. 2018	General Manager of Cost Planning Department
Jan. 2019	Head Office Plant Manager
Mar. 2019	Director (current position)
Mar. 2019	In charge of Value Enhancement Research Institute, Head Office Plant, Cost Planning Department, and Purchase Department
Mar. 2020	Senior Executive Officer
Mar. 2020	In charge of research and development, manufacturing
Jan. 2023	In charge of domestic business
Mar. 2023	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2025	In charge of domestic sales
Dec. 2025	President of NAOMI Co., Ltd (current position)

Shiro Nishiguchi

Director

Shiro Nishiguchi

Director

Apr. 2008	Executive Officer of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
Apr. 2014	Senior Vice President of Appliances Company, in charge of Planning and Overseas Business
Apr. 2015	Corporate Advisor
Jun. 2015	Representative Director, Deputy President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2022	Corporate Advisor
Jan. 2023	Advisor of the Company
Mar. 2023	Retired from the position of Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2023	Director (current position)
Mar. 2023	Senior Managing Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2023	In charge of global business (current position)
Oct. 2023	Chairman of Hoshizaki (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)
Dec. 2024	Managing Director of Hoshizaki Europe Holdings B.V. (current position)
Jan. 2025	Chairman of HOSHIZAKI CHINA CORPORATION

Ryuichiro Seki

Director

Ryuichiro Seki

Director

Nov. 2021	Retired from MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Dec. 2021	Joined the Company
Mar. 2022	Executive Officer
Mar. 2022	In charge of Accounting Department (current position)
Mar. 2025	Director (current position)
Mar. 2025	Senior Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2025	In charge of Global Administration Department (current position)

Toshikazu Tanjima

Director

Toshikazu Tanjima

Director

May 2014	General Manager of Second Manufacturing Department, Head Office Plant
Apr. 2017	General Manager of Production Control Department, Shimane Plant
Jan. 2019	General Manager of Cost Planning Department, Head Office Plant
Jan. 2021	General Manager of Engineering Promotion Department, R&D Center
Jan. 2023	General Manager of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department
Mar. 2024	Executive Officer
Mar. 2024	In charge of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department
Mar. 2025	Director (current position)
Mar. 2025	Senior Executive Officer (current position)
Mar. 2025	Head of R&D, in charge of manufacturing (current position)

Tadashi Mizutani

Director
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Audit and Supervisory Committee Chair

Tadashi Mizutani

Director
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Audit and Supervisory Committee Chair

Jan. 2017	Joined the Company
Jan. 2017	General Manager of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2019	Director in charge of General Affairs Department and Group Management Department, and General Manager of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2020	Retired from the position of Director. Executive Officer in charge of General Affairs Department and General Manager of General Affairs Department
Feb. 2021	Executive Officer in charge of General Affairs Department
Mar. 2022	Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

Satoe Tsuge

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Satoe Tsuge

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Apr. 1995	Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec. 1998	Retired from Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jan. 1999	Representative of Tsuge Certified Public Accountant Office (current position)
Sep. 2001	Registered as Certified Public Tax Accountant
Jun. 2007	Representative Director of La Vida Planning Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2015	Outside Director of Aisan Industry Co., Ltd. (current position)
Mar. 2017	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
Oct. 2021	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Board Member) of Juroku Financial Group, Inc. (current position)
Jun. 2025	Outside Director of Nippon Air Conditioning Services Co., Ltd. (current position)

Yoshimi Horinishi

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Yoshimi Horinishi

Independent Outside Director
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Nomination and Compensation Committee Member

Apr. 2000	Registered as an attorney-at-law
Apr. 2000	Joined Nagoya Bar Association
Dec. 2004	Joined Asahikawa Bar Association
Apr. 2007	Re-admitted to Aichi Bar Association (formerly Nagoya Bar Association)
Nov. 2009	Representative of Horinishi Law Office (current position)
Apr. 2014	Member of Nagoya City Architectural Dispute Mediation Committee
Oct. 2014	Civil Mediator of Nagoya Summary Court
Jun. 2016	Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of Menicon Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2020	Outside Director (Chairperson of the Compensation Committee) (current position)
Mar. 2024	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
Jun. 2025	Independent Member of the Board of Okuma Corporation (current position)

Executive Officer

Takashi Akita

Senior Executive Officer, in charge of domestic sales

Teruyuki Kai

Executive Officer, in charge of China

Akira Kamiya

Executive Officer, in charge of Global Manufacturing Department

Makoto Sasaki

Executive Officer, in charge of research and development

Fumio Maruyama

Executive Officer, in charge of Global Engineering Department

Kazuhiro Nagashima

Executive Officer, in charge of Legal Department and General Affairs Department

Hidehiko Furuhashi

Executive Officer, in charge of Head Office Plant

Jun Kimura

Executive Officer, in charge of Shimane Plant

Masayoshi Ogawa

Executive Officer, in charge of Information Systems Department and BPR

Kazuya Kogami

Executive Officer, in charge of corporate sales (domestic)

Minoru Furuta

Executive Officer, in charge of Americas administration

Tomohiro Matsuda

Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning & Strategy Department

Keisuke Yamanaka

Executive Officer, in charge of Europe