Translation - Original text in Japanese
February 27, 2026
Company name: CHORI CO., LTD.
Representative: Tatsuyuki Sakoda, President, CEO & COO
(Code: 8014, Tokyo (Prime Market)) Inquiries: Kazuyoshi Matsuura
Manager, Corporate Management Dept. (+81-3-5781-6201)
Notice Regarding Changes in Executive OfficersCHORI CO., LTD. (the "Company") hereby announces that it resolved changes in executive officers, effective as of April 1, 2026, at the Board of Directors meeting held on February 27, 2026, as outlined below.
Changes in Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2026)
Reappointment of Executive Officers
Tatsuyuki Sakoda (Current: President and Executive Officer) Yoshihiro Teratani (Current: Managing Executive Officer) Naohiko Ashida (Current: Managing Executive Officer) Masao Nakamura (Current: Senior Executive Officer) Kazuhiro Tohge (Current: Executive Officer)
Masahiro Takamaru (Current: Executive Officer) Yasutaka Kawamura (Current: Executive Officer)
Promotion to Senior Executive Officer
Yasutaka Kawamura (Current: Executive Officer)
New appointment of Executive Officers
Noriaki Nagashima (Current: Senior Manager of Life & Fine Chemicals Business Department) Tatsuya Maekawa (Current: Senior Manager of Apparel Business Department)
Naoki Tsuyama (Current: Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Department)
Retiring Executive Officers
Hiroshi Yoshida (Current: Managing Executive Officer) Satoko Nakayama (Current: Senior Executive Officer) Yasuhiro Oiwa (Current: Executive Officer)
Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2026)
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 Department |
Senior Executive Officer | Yasutaka Kawamura | General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, |
Executive Chief Representative for China of the Company, | ||
Executive Officer | Kazuhiro Tohge* | and Manager of Affiliate Business Department Special Appointee of the President (in relation to the |
Executive Officer | Masahiro Takamaru | Textile Division) President of STX Co., Ltd. |
Executive Officer | Noriaki Nagashima | Senior Manager of Life & Fine Chemicals Business |
Executive Officer | Tatsuya Maekawa | Department Chairman, President of CHORI (CHINA) CO., |
LTD., and Chairman, President of CHORI (SHANGHAI) | ||
CO., LTD. | ||
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