Board of Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Corporate Officers | CSR Management（Organizational governance） | CSR

Members of the Board

Akihiro Kuroda

Representative Director of the Board, President and CEO

April 1972	Joined KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
December 1977	Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
August 1989	Representative Director of the Board, President, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
March 2011	Representative Director of the Board, President and CEO, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions

Yasuhiro Kuroda

Representative Director of the Board, Executive Vice President

April 1975	Joined KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
June 1991	Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
March 2010	Representative Director of the Board, Vice President, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
March 2011	Representative Director of the Board, Executive Vice President, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions

Masa Matsushita

Director of the Board, Senior Corporate Officer

April 1989	Registered attorney (Tokyo Bar Association)
March 2003	Vice President and Director of the Board, General Electric Japan, Ltd.
September 2005	Director of the Board, Executive Vice President, FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
July 2010	Director of the Board and Executive Vice President, Siemens Japan K.K.
March 2011	Director of the Board, Senior Corporate Officer, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions

Takeharu Nagata

Independent Director of the Board

April 1967	Joined Sumitomo Bank, Limited
June 2002	Deputy President, Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
June 2005	Outside Statutory Auditor, Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (to present)
June 2010	Chairman, Keihanshin Building Co., Ltd. (to present)
March 2011	Independent Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Reasons for Election
To substantially increase the transparency of the Company's management by drawing on Mr. Nagata's experience, knowledge, and professionalism that he has gained through many years in the management of a leading financial institution. We believe Mr. Nagata can provide high-level management judgments from his neutral and fair perspective.
Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions

Nobuyuki Oneda

Independent Director of the Board

April 1969	Joined Sony Corporation
June 2005	Deputy President, Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
June 2005	Director of the Board, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sony Corporation
March 2011	Independent Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present), Outside Statutory Auditor, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (to present)

Reasons for Election
We look to Mr. Oneda to assist the Company in raising the level of corporate governance and transparency, based on his years of experience and knowledge gained in the management of a leading corporation.
Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended 12 of the 13 sessions

Hisao Sakuta

Independent Director of the Board

April 1968	Joined OMRON Corporation
June 2003	Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of the Board, OMRON Corporation
June 2011	Chairman of the Board of Directors, OMRON Corporation (to present)
March 2012	Independent Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Reasons for Election
We look to Mr. Sakuta to provide appropriate advice for strategic decision making as the Company expands its operations globally, based on his broad experience and knowledge gained in the management of a leading company with overseas operations.
Attended 10 of the 11 Board of Directors' Meetings that were held after his appointment on March 29, 2012

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

From left to right: Hiroshi Mizuno, Nobuyuki Miyagaki, Yoichi Kotani, and Tomomi Yatsu

Yoichi Kotani

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

April 1972	Joined KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
June 2001	Director of the Board, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
March 2009	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions
Audit & Supervisory Board Meetings Attended
Attended all 14 sessions

Nobuyuki Miyagaki

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

April 1978	Joined KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
April 2011	General Manager, Process Reform Division, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
March 2012	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Directors' Meetings Attended
Attended all 13 sessions
Audit & Supervisory Board Meetings Attended
Attended all 14 sessions

Tomomi Yatsu

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

September 1990	Registered certified public accountant
November 2001	Registered attorney (Tokyo Bar Association)
April 2007	Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP (to present)
June 2009	Outside Statutory Auditor, CALBEE, Inc. (to present)
March 2012	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Reasons for Election
Ms. Yatsu was selected to provide the Company with her professional knowledge, which she has gained from many years as a registered certified public accountant and her experience as outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member for leading corporations.
Attended all 11 of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board meetings that were held after her appointment on March 29, 2012.

Hiroshi Mizuno

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

April 1969	Entered Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently, Panasonic Corporation)
April 2003	Became vice president of Panasonic Automotive Systems and, concurrently, representative director and president of Panasonic Car Electronics
June 2011	Became outside auditor of Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (currently holds this position)
March 2013	Became Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (to present)

Reasons for Election
Mr. Mizuno was selected to be outside auditor of KOKUYO Corporation to enable KOKUYO to draw on the extensive knowledge and experience as well as the broad perspective he has gained in senior management and the position of external auditor in other industrial corporations.

Corporate Officers

From left to right: Yasuhiro Kuroda, Masa Matsushita, Motohiro Hojo, Takuya Morikawa, Hidekuni Kuroda, and Akihiro Kuroda

Akihiro Kuroda: President and CEO

Yasuhiro Kuroda: Executive Vice President

Masa Matsushita: Senior Corporate Officer

Takuya Morikawa: Senior Corporate Officer Representative Director and President,
KOKUYO S&T Co., Ltd.

Hidekuni Kuroda: Senior Corporate Officer Representative Director and President,
KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd.

Motohiro Hojo: Corporate Officer
General Manager of Group Strategy, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.