Translation - Original text in Japanese
May 12, 2026
Company name: CHORI CO., LTD.
Representative: Tatsuyuki Sakoda, President, CEO & COO
(Code: 8014, Tokyo (Prime Market)) Inquiries: Kazuyoshi Matsuura
Manager, Corporate Management Department. (+81-3-5781-6201)
Notice Regarding Changes in DirectorsCHORI CO., LTD. (the "Company") hereby announces that it resolved changes in directors following passage of a resolution by the Board of Directors at a meeting held on May 12, 2026, as outlined below.
The changes in directors will be officially decided upon approval at the 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the subsequent resolution of the Board of Directors, both scheduled for June 18, 2026.
Changes in Directors (as of June 18, 2026)
Changes in Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Reappointment of Candidates for Directors
Tatsuyuki Sakoda (Current: President, CEO & COO, President and Executive Officer) Chizu Sekine (Current: Outside Director, Independent Director)
The Company is planning to register Ms. Chizu Sekine as an Independent Director, as she satisfies the requirements for independent directors as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Candidates for New Directors
Yasutaka Kawamura (Current: Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division) Hiroshi Yamada (Current: Executive Advisor of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc.) Kaoru Inoue (Current: Corporate Vice President of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray
Industries, Inc.)
Retiring Directors
Hiroshi Yoshida (Current: Director)
Kazuhiro Tohge (Current: Director, Executive Officer)
Nobuyuki Inohara (Current: Director, Executive Advisor of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc.)
* Mr. Hiroshi Yoshida and Mr. Kazuhiro Tohge will be appointed as Corporate Advisors.
Changes in Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
Reappointment of Candidates for Directors
Masaaki Sawano (Current: Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Outside Director, Independent Director) Hiromasa Suzuki (Current: Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Outside Director, Independent Director) Hiroko Noda (Current: Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Outside Director, Independent Director)
The Company is planning to register Mr. Masaaki Sawano, Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki and Ms. Hiroko Noda as Independent Directors, as they satisfy the requirements for independent directors as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Candidate for New Director
Seiji Noma (Current: Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Management Division, of STX Company Limited)
Retiring Director Shigemasa Yabu
Mr. Shigemasa Yabu will be appointed as Statutory Auditor of Miyako Kagaku Co., Ltd., and Statutory Auditor of STX Company Limited.
Changes in Executive Officers
New appointment of Executive Officer
Hiroshi Yamada (Current: Executive Advisor of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc.)
Retiring Executive Officer
Kazuhiro Tohge (Current: Director, Executive Officer)
Directors (Structure after the General Meeting of Shareholders and Board of Directors Meeting on June 18, 2026) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
President, CEO & COO,
President and Executive Officer Director,
Senior Executive Officer
Tatsuyuki Sakoda CEO & COO
Yasutaka Kawamura General Manager of Corporate Planning Division,
Executive Chief Representative for China of the Company,
Manager of Affiliate Business Department, and General Manager of Pharmacovigilance & Quality Assurance Office
Director, Executive Officer Hiroshi Yamada Special Appointee of the President (in relation to the
Textile Division)
Director Kaoru Inoue Corporate Vice President of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc.
Director | Seiji Noma | Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Director | Masaaki Sawano | Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, |
Outside Director, Independent Director | ||
Director | Hiromasa Suzuki | Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Outside Director, Independent Director |
Director | Hiroko Noda | Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Outside Director, Independent Director |
Executive Officers | ||
President and Executive Officer | Tatsuyuki Sakoda* | CEO & COO |
Managing Executive Officer | Yoshihiro Teratani | General Manager of Chemicals Division |
Managing Executive Officer | Naohiko Ashida | General Manager of Textile Division, |
Senior Manager of Apparel Business Department, and General Manager of Hokuriku Branch | ||
Senior Executive Officer | Masao Nakamura | Senior Manager of Chemical & Materials Business |
Senior Executive Officer | Yasutaka Kawamura* | Department General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, |
Executive Chief Representative for China of the Company, | ||
Manager of Affiliate Business Department, and General Manager of Pharmacovigilance & | ||
Quality Assurance Office | ||
Executive Officer | Hiroshi Yamada* | Special Appointee of the President (in relation to the Textile Division) |
Executive Officer | Masahiro Takamaru | President of STX Co., Ltd. |
Executive Officer | Noriaki Nagashima | Senior Manager of Life & Fine Chemicals Business |
Department | ||
Executive Officer | Tatsuya Maekawa | Chairman, President of CHORI (CHINA) CO., LTD., |
and Chairman, President of CHORI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. |
Director Chizu Sekine Outside Director, Independent Director Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
Executive Officer Naoki Tsuyama Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division (Human Resources & General Affairs Department, Information System Department, Logistics Department (Textile), and Logistics Department (Chemicals)),
and General Manager of CHORI Innovation Activities of the Company
*Executive Officers appointed as Directors
Reference:
Brief Biographies of Candidates for New Directors Yasutaka Kawamura
Date of birth: June 28, 1970
April 1996 Joined Chori Co., Ltd.
June 2013 Manager of Corporate Planning Department April 2018 Vice President of CHORI (CHINA) CO., LTD.,
Vice President of CHORI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.,
and Assistant to Executive Chief Representative for China of the Company April 2020 Manager of Corporate Management Department
June 2024 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (Corporate Management Department and Affiliate Business Department),
and President of Chori Machinery Co., Ltd. (Part-time)
April 2026 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (Current), Executive Chief Representative for China of the Company (Current),
and Manager of Affiliate Business Department (Current)
Hiroshi Yamada
Date of birth: January 30, 1965
April 1990 Joined Toray Industries, Inc.
June 2013 Director of Women's & Men's Wear Fabrics Department.
April 2016 Director of Toray Sakai Weaving & Dyeing (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
December 2017 Vice President and Director of Toray Sakai Weaving & Dyeing (Nantong) Co., Ltd. December 2022 Executive Vice President of Toray Textiles (Thailand) Public Company Limited May 2023 Member of the Board, of Toray Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
President of Toray Textiles (Thailand) Public Company Limited
April 2025 Vice President of Chief Representative for Thailand, of Toray Industries, Inc.
President of Toray Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
President of Toray Textiles (Thailand) Public Company Limited
April 2026 Executive Advisor of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc. (Current)
Kaoru Inoue
Date of birth: July 26, 1971
April 1994 Joined Toray Industries, Inc.
May 2015 Deputy General Manager of Management Planning & Administration Division, of Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
April 2019 General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Division and Investor Relations Department, of Toray Industries, Inc.
April 2025 General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Division and Corporate Communication Division (IR/SR), of Toray Industries, Inc.
April 2026 Corporate Vice President of Affiliated Companies Division, of Toray Industries, Inc. (Current)
Seiji Noma
Date of birth: October 14, 1967
April 1991 Joined Chori Co., Ltd.
June 2013 Manager of Corporate Accounting Department June 2018 President of Business Anchor Corporation
June 2021 Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Division, of Sumitex International Company Limited (Current: STX Company Limited) (Current)