Directors and Officers

(As of April 1, 2024)

Directors

Takuya Nakata

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Professional Highlight

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
April 2024	Chairman of the Board of Directors (to the present)

Satoshi Yamahata

Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Yoshihiro Hidaka

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Mikio Fujitsuka

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Paul Candland

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Hiromichi Shinohara

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Naoko Yoshizawa

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)

Naho Ebata

Outside Director

Professional Highlight

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)
June 2023	Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (to the present)

Executive Officers

Atsushi Yamaura

President and Representative Executive Officer

Satoshi Yamahata

Managing Executive Officer

Seiichi Yamaguchi

Managing Executive Officer

Masato Oshiki

Executive Officer

Toshiaki Goto

Executive Officer

Operating Officers

Thomas Sumner

President of Yamaha Corporation of America

Taro Tokuhiro

Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit

Yutaka Matsuki

Senior General Manager of Piano Division, Musical Instruments & Audio Products Business Unit

Nobukazu Toba

Executive General Manager of IMC Business Unit

Chihiro Osuga

Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit

Jun Nishimura

Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Administration Unit

Masahiro Ikeda

Senior General Manager of Research & Development Division

Audit Officers

Yasushi Nishiyama

Senior General Manager of Audit Committee’s Office

Hirofumi Yamashita

Senior General Manager of Internal Auditing Division