Board of Directors
Chairman and Director
Manabu Yamamoto
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Date of Birth
- March 31, 1956
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April1981
- Joined the Company
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June2004
- General Manager of Functional Ceramics Div. of Electronics Materials Business Group of the Company
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April2009
- Executive Officer, General Manager of Electronics Materials Div. of Electronics Materials Business Group of the Company
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April2011
- Senior Executive Officer of the Company
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April2013
- Managing Executive Officer, Head of Electronics & Innovative Products of the Company
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June2013
- Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April2015
- General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company
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April2016
- Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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June2016
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co., Ltd. (until June 2019)
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April2017
- Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
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April2021
- Chairman and Representative Director of the Company
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April2023
- Chairman and Director of the Company (present)
Representative Director, President
Toshio Imai
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Date of Birth
- January 25 1959
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April1982
- Joined the Company
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October2006
- General Manager, Styrene Div. of the Company
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June2011
- General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company
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April2013
- Executive Officer, Assistant to General Manager, Elastomers & Performance Plastics of the Company
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April2015
- General Manager, Elastomers & Performance Plastics of the Company
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April2017
- Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April2019
- General Manager, Denka Value-Up Promotion Dept. of the Company
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June2019
- Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April2020
- Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April2021
- Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (present)
Representative Director
Kazuo Takahashi
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Date of Birth
- March 30, 1960
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April1983
- Joined the Company
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October2013
- Deputy General Manager, Chiba Plant of the Company
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April2015
- General Manager, Ofuna Plant of the Company
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April2017
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Omuta Plant of the Company
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April2019
- President of Denka Performance Elastomer LLC
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April2021
- Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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June2021
- Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April2023
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company (present)
Directors
Ikuo Ishida
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Date of Bitrh
- March 7, 1962
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April1985
- Joined the Company
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April2009
- General Manager, Functional Films Dept., Electronics Materials Div. of Electronics Materials Business Group of the Company
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October2011
- General Manager, Advanced Fillers Dept., Electronics Materials Business Group of the Company
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October2013
- General Manager, Advanced Specialty Materials Dept., Electronics & Innovative Products of the Company
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April2017
- Assistant General Manager, Electronics & Innovative Products of the Company
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April2019
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Electronics & Innovative Products of the Company
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April2023
- Managing Executive Officer of the Company (present)
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
(Outside)
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Date of Birth
- September 8, 1956
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April1979
- Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
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April2004
- General Manager, Business Division No.7 of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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March2006
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Banking Division No.15 of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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April2007
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Securities Division of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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April2008
- Managing Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Banking of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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April2010
- Managing Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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April2011
- Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Banking Unit of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
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April2012
- Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Banking Unit (Large Corporations) and Corporate Banking Unit of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited (until March 2013)
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April2013
- Deputy President and Deputy President-Executive Officer, Head of Investment Banking Division, Head of Public & Financial Institutions Group of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (until March 2014)
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April2014
- Chairman of Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (until November 2015)
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November2015
- President & CEO of Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan’s ICT and Postal Services Inc. (until June 2021)
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June2021
- Outside Director of the Company (present)
Uchida Mizuhiro
Audit Committee Member
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Date of Birth
- September 24, 1961
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April1984
- Joined the Company
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April2008
- General Manager, Business Planning Dept., Resin Process Div., Resin Process Business Group of the Company
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April2010
- General Manager, Purchasing Dept. of the Company
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April2014
- Deputy General Manager, Chiba Plant of the Company
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July2017
- General Manager, Internal Auditing Dept. of the Company
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April2021
- General Manager, Internal Control Dept. of the Company
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April2023
- Assigned to the Audit Committee of the Company (present)
Toshio Kinoshita
Audit Committee Member (Outside)
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Date of Birth
- April 12, 1949
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July1983
- Registered as Certified Public Accountant
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July1989
- Partner, U.S. Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P (current PricewaterhouseCoopers) (until June 1998)
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June1994
- Representative employee of Chuo Audit Corporation (until July 2005)
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July1998
- Senior Managing Partner for North America, New York Head Office, U.S. PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. (until June 2005)
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July2005
- Management Board Member for International Business of Tokyo Office of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers (until June 2007)
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July2007
- Chief Executive of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA) (until July 2013)
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July2013
- Council Member of JICPA (until July 2016)
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June2014
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Panasonic Corporation (current Panasonic Holdings Corporation) (until June 2022)
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July2014
- Representative Director of Global Professional Partners (present)
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August2014
- Outside Corporate Auditor of Weathernews Inc. (until August 2018)
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March2015
- Outside Director of Asatsu-DK Inc. (until December 2018)
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June2015
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
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June2015
- Outside Director of TACHI-S CO., LTD. (present)
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July2015
- Outside Director of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (until September 2019)
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January2018
- Outside Director of ThreePro Group Inc. (current GiG Works Inc.) (until January 2022)
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June2019
- Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of the Company (present)
Akio Yamamoto
Audit Committee Member (Outside)
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Date of Birth
- December 2, 1951
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April1974
- Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
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April1999
- President of Mitsui & Co., Benelux S.A./N.V.
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April2004
- Vice President of Synthetic Resin & Inorganic Chemical Products Business Unit of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
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April2007
- Executive Officer of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (until March 2010), President of Mitsui & Co. (Thailand) Ltd.
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April2009
- Representative Director and President of Mitsui Bussan Plastic Trade Co., Ltd. (present Mitsui & Co. Plastics Ltd.) (until June 2014)
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June2014
- Counselor of Mitsui & Co. Plastics Ltd. (until June 2015)
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June2015
- Outside Director of the Company
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June2021
- Outside Director (Audit Committee member) of the Company (present)
Miyuki Matoba
Audit Committee Member (Outside)
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Date of Brith
- August 15, 1973
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April2000
- Registered as a lawyer (Tokyo Bar Association)
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April2013
- Executive Governor of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (until March 2014)
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October2015
- Senior Leader, Management Support Division of MOS FOOD SERVICES, INC.
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April2018
- Risk Management & Compliance Group Leader of MOS FOOD SERVICES, INC. (until March 2019)
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April2019
- General Manager, Risk Management & Compliance Office of MOS FOOD SERVICES, INC. (until September 2020)
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September2020
- Intellectual Property and Legal Div., General Affairs H.Q. of NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
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April2021
- General Manager, Intellectual Property and Legal Div., General Affairs H.Q., and compliance supervisor of NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD. (present)
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June2021
- Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of the Company (to date)
Executive Officers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Toshio Imai
Senior Managing Executive Officers
- Kazuo Takahashi
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Chief Technical Officer (CTO = Chief Technical Officer)
Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
Purchasing Dept., Logistics Dept.,
Production & Process Technology Dept.,
Engineering Dept., Digital Strategy & Innovation Dept.
Managing Executive Officers
- Nobuyuki Yoshino
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Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
New Business Development - Kazuya Tokumoto
- President of Denka Performance Elastomer LLC
- Hideki Takahashi
- Life Innovation
- Rimiru Hayashida
- Accounting Dept., Finance Dept.
- Ikuo Ishida
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Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO)
Corporate Planning Dept., HR Dept.,
Corporate Communications Dept., DCU, DCG,Chinese Business
Executive Officers
- Yasuo Nakatomi
- Gosen Site
- Yukio Sasagawa
- Omuta Plant
- Hideki Toya
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Assistant to New Business Development
Innovation Center - Masanobu Kosaka
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Supervisor of Environmental Measures Promotion
Environment and Safety Dept., Sustainability Promotion Dept., Quality Assurance Dept. - Michio Kawamura
- Managing Director, DCHA, DSPL, DAPL
- Masahiro Kawai
- Chiba Plant
- Takeshi Hagiwara
- Omi Plant
- Masahiro Omata
- Elastomers & Infrastructure Solutions
- Kei Hara
- Polymer Solutions
- Ken Watanabe
- Administrative Dept., Legal Dept., Internal Control Dept., Secretary Dept.
- Hiroto Horiuchi
- Electronics & Innovative Products
- Tetsuo Noguchi
- Shibukawa Plant
DCHA: Denka Chemicals Holdings Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd.
DSPL: Denka Singapore Pte. Ltd.
DAPL: Denka Advantech Pte. Ltd.
DCU: Denka Corporation
DCG: Denka Chemicals G.m.b.H
