Executive Management

(As of July 1, 2022)

Representative Director and Chairman
Kosei Shindo
(Sep. 14, 1949)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1973
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2019
• Education: Mar. 1973 Hitotsubashi U. (Economics), June 1982 Harvard Business School MBA

Representative Director and President
Eiji Hashimoto
(Dec. 7, 1955)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1979
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2019
• Education: Mar. 1979 Hitotsubashi U. (Commerce), June 1988 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Master of Public Policy

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Akio Migita
(Oct. 19, 1961)

• Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Digital Innovation; Information & Communication Technology; Human Resources; Environment; Business Transformation & Standardization
• Head of Green Transformation Development

• Joined the company: Apr. 1984
• Assumed the position: June 2019
• Education: Mar. 1984 Tokyo U. (Law)

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Naoki Sato
(Mar. 23, 1961)

• Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling; Research and Development
• Project Leader, Next-Generation Hot Strip Mill Project; Project Leader, Ironmaking Operations Project; Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Cooperating with EVP A. Migita on Environment and Green Transformation Development

• Joined the company: Apr. 1983
• Assumed the position: June 2021
• Education: Mar. 1983 Kyushu Institute of Technology (Engineering)

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Takahiro Mori
(Oct. 3, 1957)

• Head of Global Business Development; Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Accounting & Finance; Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies); Global Tubular Business

• Joined the company: Apr. 1983
• Assumed the position: June 2021
• Education: Mar. 1983 Tokyo U. (Law), May 1992 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MBA

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Takashi Hirose
(Apr. 19, 1962)

• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Raw Materials; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches
• Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Deputy Project Leader, Next-Generation Hot Strip Mill Project
• Cooperating with EVP T. Mori on Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: June.2022
• Education: Mar. 1986 Tokyo U. (Letters), Apr. 1995 University of Michigan MBA

Managing Director, Member of the Board
Tadashi Imai
(May 22, 1963)

• Corporate Planning
• Project Leader, Thai Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector; Vice Head of Green Transformation Development; Deputy Project Leader, Next-Generation Hot Strip Mill Project
• Rendering assistance to EVP A. Migita on Digital Innovation
• Rendering assistance to EVP N. Sato on Ironmaking Operations Project
• Rendering assistance to EVP K. Fukuda on Corporate Planning in R & D

• Joined the company: Apr. 1988
• Assumed the position: June 2020
• Education: Mar. 1988 Tokyo U. (Graduate School of Metallurgical Engineering), Feb. 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sc. D. (Engineering)

Director, Member of the Board
Tetsuro Tomita
(Oct. 10, 1951)

• (Outside Director)

• Assumed the position: June 2020
• Education: Mar. 1974 Tokyo U. (Law)

Director, Member of the Board
Kuniko Urano
(Oct. 19, 1956)

• (Outside Director)

• Assumed the position: June 2022
• Education: Mar. 1979 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Foreign Studies)

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory committee Member (Senior Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Shozo Furumoto
(Jan. 19, 1961)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1985
• Assumed the position: June 2020
• Education: Mar. 1985 Kyoto U. (Law), May 1993 Georgetown U. Master of Law

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory committee Member (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Masayoshi Murase
(Nov. 20, 1960)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1984
• Assumed the position: June 2022
• Education: Mar. 1984 Tokyo U. (Law)

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory committee Member (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Seiichiro Azuma
(July 23, 1951)

• (Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

• Assumed the position: June 2020
• (Audit & Supervisory Board Member from 2016)
• Education: Mar. 1975 Kobe U. (Business Administration)

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory committee Member (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa
(June 30, 1951)

• (Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

• Assumed the position: June 2020
• (Audit & Supervisory Board Member from 2019)
• Education: Mar. 1974 Tokyo U. (Economics), Dec. 1978 Yale University Ph.D. (Economics)

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory committee Member (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Masato Kitera
(Oct. 10, 1952)

• (Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

• Assumed the position: June 2022
• Education: Mar. 1976 Tokyo U. (Law)

Executive Vice President
Kazuhisa Fukuda
(Dec. 8, 1960)

• Head of Research and Development
• Cooperating with EVP A. Migita on Green Transformation Development

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1986 Keio U. (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Shuji Sohma
(Sep. 14, 1961)

• Head of Works, Nagoya Works
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2019
• Education: Mar. 1986 Nagoya Institute of Technology (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering for Production)

Managing Executive Officer
Junichi Tani
(Nov. 26, 1962)

• Head of Works, East Nippon Works
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1987
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1987 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Metallurgy)

Managing Executive Officer
Kazuma Yamanaka
(Aug. 10, 1963)

• Raw Materials; Machinery & Materials Procurement

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1986 Hitotsubashi U. (Law)

Managing Executive Officer
Ichiro Sato
(Feb. 19, 1964)

• Vice Head of Global Business Development; Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, Thai Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)
• Global Business Development in India

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1986 Keio U. (Economics)

Managing Executive Officer
Kazumasa Shinkai
(Oct. 4, 1962)

• Head of Division, General Administration Division
• Internal Control & Audit Division; Digital Innovation; Business Transformation & Standardization

• Joined the company: Apr. 1987
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1987 Tokyo U. (Law)

Managing Executive Officer
Hirofumi Funakoshi
(June 17, 1963)

• Corporate Planning; Environment
• Vice Head of Green Transformation Development
• Rendering assistance to EVP N. Sato on Energy and Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: July. 1987
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: June 1987 Tokyo U. (Law)

Managing Executive Officer
Nobuhiro Fujita
(Sep. 20, 1964)

• Head of Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1989 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Graduate School of Metallurgical Engineering), July 2000 University of Cambridge Ph. D. (Metallurgical Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Hiroyuki Minato
(Feb. 23, 1965)

• Intellectual Property(excluding Legal); Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Steelmaking Technology
• Rendering assistance to EVP T. Hirose on Transportation & Logistics Technology
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1989 Kumamoto U. (Graduate School of Metallurgical Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Shinji Minobe
(Apr. 29, 1959)

• Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit
• Rendering assistance to EVP T. Mori on Global Tubular Business

• Joined the company: Apr. 1983
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1983 Tokyo U. (Law), June 1992 University of California at Berkeley MBA

Managing Executive Officer
Hiroshi Tsuga
(Nov. 5, 1962)

• Head of Office, Osaka Office
• Rendering assistance to EVP A. Migita on General Administration, Human Resources

• Joined the company: Apr. 1986
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1986 Kyoto U. (Economics)

Managing Executive Officer
Yuji Nomiyama
(Mar. 9, 1963)

• Head of Works, Kyushu Works
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1988
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1988 Kyusyu U. (Graduate School of Metallurgy)

Managing Executive Officer
Hidenori Kinugasa
(Feb. 8, 1962)

• Head of Works, Kansai Works
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1987
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1987 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Industrial Mechanical Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Kyoichi Araki
(Sep. 23, 1964)

• Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division; Deputy Project Leader, Ironmaking Operations Project
• Energy Technology; Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
• Cooperating with Managing Director T. Imai on Green Transformation Development
• Ironmaking Operations Project in North Nippon Works and East Nippon Works

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1989 Kyushu Institute of Technology (Graduate School of Metallurgical Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Takahiko Iwai
(July 6, 1964)

• Head of Division, Accounting & Finance Division
• Rendering assistance to EVP T. Mori on Global Business Development
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Shinkai on Digital Innovation and Business Transformation & Standardization
• Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Public Relations

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1989 Waseda U. (Political Science and Economics)

Managing Executive Officer
Seita Ouchi
(Dec. 3, 1963)

• Legal; Legal in Intellectual Property

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1989 Tokyo U. (Law)

Managing Executive Officer
Eiji Sogoh
(June 16, 1966)

• Head of Division, Human Resources Division
• Group Companies Planning
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer H. Minato on Safety
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1989 Kyoto U. (Law)

Managing Executive Officer
Takeshi Imai
(Sep. 19, 1965)

• Head of Works, Setouchi Works

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1989 Nagoya Institute of Technology (Engineering)

Managing Executive Officer
Hidenori Ogawa
(May 15, 1964)

• Vice Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit
• Rendering assistance to EVP T. Mori on Global Tubular Business

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1991 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Nuclear Engineering)

Executive Officer
Akihiko Kojima
(Apr. 17, 1966)

• Head of Division, R & D Planning Division, R & D Laboratories

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2019
• Education: Mar. 1991 Tohoku U. (Graduate School of Material Science Engineering), Mar. 2015 Okayama U. Doctor (Engineering)

Executive Officer
Masashi Kishimoto
(May 23, 1966)

• Head of Works, North Nippon Works
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1991 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Electrical Engineering)

Executive Officer
Noriyuki Hiramitsu
(Oct. 15, 1966)

• Head of Center, Plant Engineering and Facility Management Center
• Rendering assistance to EVP N. Sato on India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1991 Nagoya U. (Graduate School of Electronic-Mechanical Engineering)

Executive Officer
Eiji Orihashi
(Dec. 31, 1966)

• Head of Division, General Planning Div., Green Transformation Development Sector
• Rendering assistance to Managing Director T. Imai on Production & Facilities Planning concerning Corporate Planning
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1989 Tokyo U. (Engineering), Sep. 1998 University of Sussex Master of Cognitive Science

Executive Officer
Satoru Endo
(Apr. 18, 1967)

• Head of Unit, Plate & Construction Products Unit

• Joined the company: Apr. 1990
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1990 Tokyo U. (Economics)

Executive Officer
Masahiro Nakata
(Aug. 28, 1967)

• Head of Division, Information & Communication Technology Division
• Digital Innovation
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Shinkai on Business Transformation & Standardization

• Joined the company: Apr. 1992
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1992 Waseda U. (Graduate School of Materials Engineering), May 2003 Carnegie Mellon University Master of Science in Materials Science

Executive Officer
Tsuyoshi Harada
(Dec. 25, 1967)

• Head of Division, Legal Division

• Joined the company: Apr. 1990
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2020
• Education: Mar. 1990 Tokyo U. (Department of Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Sciences)

Executive Officer
Kenichi Hoshi
(Mar. 22, 1965)

• Rendering assistance to EVP T. Mori on Global Business Development in Southeast Asia
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer I. Sato on Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies) in Southeast Asia

• Joined the company: Apr. 1988
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1988 Osaka City U. (Law)

Executive Officer
Kenichi Onoda
(Aug. 1, 1966)

• Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit

• Joined the company: Apr. 1989
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1989 Keio U. (Law)

Executive Officer
Takahisa Ohno
(Mar. 29, 1967)

• Vice Head of Works, Kyushu Works (Representative of Oita Area)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1992
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1992 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Chemical Engineering)

Executive Officer
Hiroto Sonoda
(Apr. 5, 1967)

• Head of Unit, Bar & Wire Rod Unit

• Joined the company: Apr. 1990
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1990 Kobe U. (Law)

Executive Officer
Masashi Imoto
(May 31, 1967)

• Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1991 Kwansei Gakuin U. (Economics)

Executive Officer
Ryuichi Nagai
(June 8, 1967)

• Head of Division, Marketing Administration & Planning Division; Head of Unit, Titanium Unit
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Shinkai on Digital Innovation and Business Transformation & Standardization

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1991 Tokyo U. (Economics), May 2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MBA)

Executive Officer
Hiroto Naitoh
(July 5, 1967)

• Head of Division, Corporate Planning Division
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Shinkai on Digital Innovation and Business Transformation & Standardization
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project
• Cooperating with Head of Division, General Planning Div., Green Transformation Development Sector on Green Transformation Development

• Joined the company: Apr. 1991
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2021
• Education: Mar. 1991 Sophia U. (Economics)

Executive Officer
Nobuo Okochi
(Jan. 16, 1965)

• Head of Division, Global Business Development Div.-Ⅰ, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, CSVC Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, Wuhan Tin Mill Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering Assistance to Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on CSVC Project and Wuhan Tin Mill Project concerning Flat Products

• Joined the company: Apr. 1987
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1987 Sophia U. (Law), June 1993 International University of Japan (Graduate School of Business Administration)

Executive Officer
Ken Ito
(Sep. 3, 1968)

• Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division
• Rendering assistance to EVP N. Sato on India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Shinkai on Digital Innovation and Business Transformation & Standardization
• Rendering assistance to Managing Executive Officer K. Araki on Ironmaking Operations Project

• Joined the company: Apr. 1993
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1993 Osaka U. (Graduate School of Chemical Engineering)

Executive Officer
Kohji Mizoguchi
(Feb. 8, 1969)

• Head of Division, Flat Products Technology Division, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing and Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Cooperating with Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division on Hot Rolling Technology

• Joined the company: Apr. 1994
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1994 Nagoya U. (Graduate School of Crystalline Materials Science)

Executive Officer
Kentaro Wakamatsu
(May 4, 1969)

• Vice Head of Works, East Nippon Works (Representative of Kashima Area)

• Joined the company: Apr. 1994
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1994 Tokyo U. (Graduate School of Mechano-Informatics)

Executive Officer
Masato Kobayashi
(May 30, 1969)

• Head of Division, Bar & Wire Rod Technology Division, Bar & Wire Rod Unit

• Joined the company: Apr. 1994
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1994 Kyoto U. (Graduate School of Metal Science and Technology)

Executive Officer
Tadamitsu Miyoshi
(Nov. 9, 1969)

• Head of Division, Tin Mill Products & Electrical Steel Sheet Division, Flat Products Unit

• Joined the company: Apr. 1992
• Assumed the position: Apr. 2022
• Education: Mar. 1992 Keio U. (Economics)

Made a transition to a Company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee (June, 2020)

Executive Management System

In order to facilitate decision-making by management with greater speed and mobility in responding to changes in business environments, Nippon Steel has adopted the Executive Management System. Executive officers are “important employees” (under the Company Law of Japan) who execute their respectively assigned important business responsibilities.