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April 24, 2026
Stock Exchange Listing: Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange Head Office: Tokyo
Representative: Hirokazu Ogino, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Contact: Eri Watanabe, Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division
Phone: +81 / 3-5996-8003
Nihon Kohden Announces Change in DirectorsNihon Kohden today announces that its Board of Directors held on April 24, 2026 passed a resolution to change the Directors of the Company, after the deliberation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee which is a voluntary advisory committee under the Board. The formal decision on this change is to be made at the 75th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 25, 2026.
Candidates for new Directors
Outside Director (excluding Director serving as an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Takayoshi Mimura (Former Chairman of the Board (Representative Director) of Terumo Corporation
Current title: Member of the Board (Outside Director) of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Member of the Board (Outside Director) of Niterra Co., Ltd.)
Corporate Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Fumio Izumida (Current title: Operating Officer, In charge of Internal Audit)
*The Company will file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange a notification to establish that Mr. Takayoshi Mimura is an independent director as provided by the Exchange because he satisfies the requirements therefor.
Directors to be retired
Shigeru Kawatsuhara (Outside Director, excluding Director serving as an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Shigeru Hirata (Corporate Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Board of Directors as of June 25, 2026
Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Name | Title |
Hirokazu Ogino | Representative Director |
Eiichi Tanaka | Corporate Director |
Yasuhiro Yoshitake | Corporate Director |
Kazuhiro Kato | Corporate Director |
Sumie Morita | Outside Director |
Danny Risberg | Outside Director |
Mamoru Morita | Outside Director |
Takayoshi Mimura | Outside Director |
Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Name | Title |
Fumio Izumida | Corporate Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Kazuo Shimizu | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Ikumi Sato | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Management Operating Officers
Name | Title |
Hirokazu Ogino | President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |
Eiichi Tanaka | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Manager of Domestic Business Headquarters |
Yasuhiro Yoshitake | Executive Operating Officer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), In charge of International Business Foundation and Global Business Strategy |
Kazuhiro Kato | Senior Operating Officer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations, Chief Compliance Officer |
Yoshiyuki Fujita | Senior Operating Officer, Chief Quality & Regulatory Officer (CQRO), General Manager of Corporate Quality Management Operations |
Kaoru Imajo | Operating Officer, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), General Manager of Neurology Business Division, CEO of Ad-Tech Medical Instrument Corporation |
Hirohiko Ikeya | Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), General Manager of Technology Development Operations |
Operating Officers
Name | Title |
Toshihiko Hiraoka | Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of Domestic Business Headquarters |
Eri Watanabe | Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division |
Yoshinori Obara | Operating Officer, Senior Manager of Solution Business Division, Domestic Business Headquarters |
Hiroko Hagiwara | Operating Officer, General Manager of Clinical Development & Regulatory Affairs Division |
Tsutomu Wakabayashi | Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of Technology Development Operations, Senior Manager of Emergency Resuscitation Technology Development Division, Technology Development Operations |
Seiji Miyazaki | Operating Officer, General Manager of International Business Operations |
Hironori Asa | Operating Officer, Senior Manager of Sales Operations, Domestic Business Headquarters |
Fumito Horiuchi | Operating Officer, Senior Manager of Customer Service Operations, Domestic Business Headquarters |
Naoto Nishii | Operating Officer, General Manager of Business Strategy Operations |
Keichiro Yoshizawa | Operating Officer, General Manager of North America Business Operations, CEO of Nihon Kohden North America, Inc. |
Tomonari Maeda | Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations, Senior Manager of Finance Department |
Kei Tagawa | Operating Officer, General Manager of Human Resources Development Operations, Senior Manager of Human Resources Department |
Kentaro Yageta | Operating Officer, General Manager of Production & Logistics Operations |