Directors

President Toshiaki Takatsu
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1990 Joined the Company
- June 2015 General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
- Apr. 2017 General Manager of Middle Japan Sales Department, Industrial Product Sales Management Department
- Apr. 2018 Operating Officer and General Manager of Medical Specialty Sales Department
- Apr. 2019 Senior Operating Officer, Assistant to President
- June 2019 President, responsible for overall corporate management (current position)
- Apr. 1990
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 19,500 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Executive Director Hironori Sakai
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1985 Joined the Company
- Apr. 2008 Operating Officer and General Manager of Administration Department
- June 2009 Director, Operating Officer, and General Manager of Administration Department
- June 2015 Managing Director, responsible for CSR and corporate management
- Oct. 2016 Managing Director, responsible for CSR and corporate management, and Director and Advisor, responsible for corporate management of Daito Chemical Co., Ltd.
- June 2019 Executive Director, responsible for Promotion Unit and CSR, and General Manager of Public Relations Department of the Company
- Apr. 2020 Executive Director, responsible for administration and CSR (current position)
- Apr. 1985
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 30,000 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Director, Managing Officer Hideaki Hara
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1984 Joined the Company
- Apr. 2011 Operating Officer and General Manager of Management Department, Tape Business Division
- Apr. 2012 Operating Officer and General Manager of Tape Business Division
- June 2012 Director, Operating Officer, and General Manager of Tape Business Division
- Apr. 2020 Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales, and General Manager of Business Management Division
- Apr. 2022 Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales and development, and General Manager of Domestic Business Division
- Apr. 2024 Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales and development, and General Manager of Business Strategy Division (current position)
- Apr. 1984
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 16,100 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Director, Managing Officer Yasuhiko Takahashi
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1986 Joined the Company
- Apr. 2011 Operating Officer and General Manager of Anjo Factory
- June 2013 President of Nichiban Techno Co., Ltd.
- Apr. 2016 Senior Operating Officer and General Manager of Administration Division of the Company
- Apr. 2020 Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division and Public Relations Department
- June 2021 Director, Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (current position)
- Apr. 1986
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 11,200 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Yoji Shimizu
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1970Joined the ASATSU INC.*
- Mar. 2005Director, Operating Officer of ASATSU-DK INC.*
- Mar. 2010Representative Director, President of ASATSU-DK INC.*
- Mar. 2013Director, Advisor of ASATSU-DK INC.*
- June 2014Outside Director of the Company (current position)
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Current ADK Marketing Solutions Inc.
- Apr. 1970
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Tatsuo Ishihara
- Career summary
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- Oct. 1977 Passed the National Bar Examination
- Apr. 1980 Appointed as Public Prosecutor of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
- Apr. 1987 Registered as an attorney-at-law
- Jan. 1989 Established Okinobu & Ishihara Law Office* (current position)
- June 2016 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
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Currently renamed to Spring Partners
- Oct. 1977
- Significant concurrent positions
- Representative of Spring Partners
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Akihiro Sato
- Career summary
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- Oct. 1987 Passed the National Bar Examination
- Apr. 1990 Registered as an attorney-at-law
- Apr. 1990 Joined Marunouchi Kyoritsu Law Firm
- May 1995 Established Akihiro Sato Law Office Representative of Akihiro Sato Law Office
- Dec. 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
- June 2019 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
- June 2023 Partner at Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices (current position)
- Oct. 1987
- Significant concurrent positions
- Partner at Shinwa Sohgoh Law Office
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Hiromi Sanada
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1979 Internal Medicine Ward, St. Luke’s International Hospital
- Apr. 1980 Surgical Ward, Kanazawa University Hospital
- Apr. 1981 Assistant and Associate Professor of Department of Nursing, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
- Apr. 1987 Research Student of Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University (March 1997 - Doctor of Medicine)
- Apr. 1988 Graduate School of Nursing, University of Illinois, U.S.A. (Special Training) (- March 1990)
- Nov. 1998 Professor of the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University
- Apr. 2004 Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
- Apr. 2017 Director of Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
- Apr. 2022 President of Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University (current position)
- June 2022 Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo (current position)
- June 2022 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
- Apr. 1979
- Significant concurrent positions
- President of Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)
Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kazunori Takahashi
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1985 Joined the Company
- July 2012 Operating Officer, responsible for overseas business and General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
- Apr. 2014 Operating Officer and General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
- June 2015 Operating Officer and General Manager of Saitama Factory, Tape Business Division
- June 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
- Apr. 1985
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 16,800 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)
- Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Osamu Sakamoto
- Career summary
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- Apr. 1990 Joined the Company
- Apr. 2020 General Manager of Internal Audit Division
- Apr. 2022 Operating Officer and General Manager of General Affairs Department, Administration Division, responsible for internal control
- Apr. 2024 Operating Officer, Assistant to Audit & Supervisory Board
- June 2024 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
- Apr. 1990
- Significant concurrent positions
- None
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 1,000 shares

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yasushi Kodama
- Career summary
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- Oct. 1988 Passed the National Bar Examination
- Apr. 1991 Intern at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka
- May 1991 Passed the National Medical Practitioners Qualifying Examination
- Apr. 1992 Legal Apprentice at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan, Supreme Court of Japan
- Apr. 1994 Joined T. HASEGAWA & CO., LAW OFFICES
- Sep. 1995 Joined Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago)
- Aug. 1996 Joined Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP (London)
- Nov. 1996 Passed the New York State Bar Examination, U.S.
- June 2004 Specially-appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
- Apr. 2012 Established Shinsei Sogo Law Offices, Representative (current position)
- Apr. 2015 Director of National Cancer Center Japan (- March 2023)
- Dec. 2018 Regent at Tokyo Medical University (current position)
- June 2019 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
- Oct. 1988
- Significant concurrent positions
- Representative of Shinsei Sogo Law Offices, Regent at Tokyo Medical University
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)
- Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
- 15/15 (100%)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Atsushi Fukuda
- Career summary
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- Oct. 1985 Joined Asahi Shinwa & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
- Apr. 1989 Registered as a certified public accountant
- May 2006 Appointed as Representative Partner (currently Partner) of KPMG AZSA LLC
- June 2021 Retired from KPMG AZSA LLC
- May 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SANYO SHOKAI LTD. (current position)
- June 2022 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
- May 2024 Auditor at Saitama Medical University (current position)
- Oct. 1985
- Significant concurrent positions
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SANYO SHOKAI LTD.
- Number of shares of the Company held
- 0 shares
- Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
- 15/15 (100%)
- Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
- 15/15 (100%)
Skills Matrix of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name | Positions and responsibilities at the Company | Nomination and Remuneration Committee | Skill | ||||||
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Corporate management | Finance/Accounting | Legal/Risk management | R&D | Manufacturing/ Technology | Marketing/Sales | Internationality | |||
Toshiaki Takatsu | President | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Hironori Sakai | Executive Director | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Hideaki Hara | Director, Managing Officer | ● | ● | ● | |||||
Yasuhiko Takahashi | Director, Managing Officer | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Yoji Shimizu | Outside Director | ● | ● | ● | |||||
Tatsuo Ishihara | Outside Director | ● | ● | ||||||
Akihiro Sato | Outside Director | ● | ● | ● | |||||
Hiromi Sanada | Outside Director | ● | ● | ||||||
Kazunori Takahashi | Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Osamu Sakamoto | Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ● | ● | ||||||
Yasushi Kodama | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Atsushi Fukuda | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ● |
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The “•” symbol in the skills matrix are listed based on past knowledge and experience, and do not represent all the knowledge and experience possessed by the subject.