Directors & Officers

Shunichi Kito

Director and Chairman

Shunichi Kito

April 1980

Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.("Idemitsu Kosan")

April 2005

Deputy General Manager of Personnel Department, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2008

Deputy General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2011

Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2013

Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2014

Managing Director, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2017

Executive Vice President and Director, Idemitsu Kosan

April 2018

Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

April 2019

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2022

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

September 2022

President, Petroleum Association of Japan (current)

April 2025

Representative Director and Chairman, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2026

Director and Chairman, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Noriaki Sakai

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Noriaki Sakai

April 1985

Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.("Idemitsu Kosan")

July 2010

Deputy General Manager of Tokuyama Refinery and Deputy General Manager Of Tokuyama Plant, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2012

Deputy General Manager of Human Resource Department, Health Insurance Union President and Corporate Pension Fund President, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2015

Deputy General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2017

General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2018

Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

April 2019

Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance Department, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2020

Senior Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2021

Director and Managing Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2022

Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2023

Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan 

April 2025

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2026

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Atsuhiko Hirano

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Atsuhiko Hirano

April 1985

Joined Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. ("Showa Shell")

September 2002

General Manager, Shizuoka Area, Showa Shell

September 2004

General Manager, Marketing Planning Division, Showa Shell

March 2005

Executive Officer and General Manager, Marketing Planning Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Retail Sales Division, Showa Shell

March 2006

Director, Showa Shell

March 2009

Corporate Executive Officer, Showa Shell

March 2013

Senior Corporate Executive Officer, Showa Shell

July 2014

Representative Director, President, Solar Frontier K.K.

April 2019

Managing Executive Officer of the Company, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. ("Idemitsu Kosan")

June 2020

Director and Managing Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2022

Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2023

Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan 

June 2026

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Masahiko Sawa

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Masahiko Sawa

April 1990

Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.("Idemitsu Kosan")

April 2013

Deputy General Manager of Gas Business Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2017

General Manager of Technology & Engineering Center, Idemitsu Kosan

April 2019

Executive Officer and General Manager of Hokkaido Refinery, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2021

Senior Executive Officer (in charge of Manufacturing & Technology), Idemitsu Kosan

June 2022

Director and Managing Executive Officer, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2024

Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2025

Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan 

June 2026

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer,Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Takashi Sakata

April 1990

Joined Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. ("Showa Shell")

September 2008

General Manager of Finance Department and Manager of Finance Section, Showa Shell 

April 2009

General Manager of Marketing and Sales Planning Department, Showa Shell

April 2011

General Manager of Chugoku Branch, Showa Shell 

March 2013

Senior Officer and General Manager of Chubu Branch, Showa Shell

March 2015

Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Showa Shell

March 2018

Corporate Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Public Affairs, Accounting, Finance and Financial Risk Management, Showa Shell 

April 2019

Senior Executive Officer, Procurement, and General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan 

June 2021

Managing Director, Idemitsu International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. 

July 2024

Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan 

July 2025

Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Strategy, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2026

Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Idemitsu Kosan (current) 

Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer

Kazuma Ikeda

April 1991 

Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.("Idemitsu Kosan")

April 2019

Deputy General Manager of Retail Marketing Department, Idemitsu Kosan 

July 2021

Representative Director and President, Idemitsu Retail Marketing Co., Ltd. 

April 2023

General Manager of Human Resources Department, Idemitsu Kosan 

July 2024

Executive Officer and General Manager of Human Resources Department, Idemitsu Kosan 

July 2025

Senior Executive Officer, Human Resources, and General Manager of Human Resources Department, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2026

Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Masakazu Idemitsu

Director (Non-Executive)

Masakazu Idemitsu

April 2010

Councilor, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Idemitsu Museum of Arts (current)
Councilor, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Idemitsu Culture and Welfare Foundation

December 2015

Director and Vice President, Nissho Kosan Co., Ltd.("Nissho Kosan")

April 2016

Representative Director and President, Nissho Kosan (current)

April 2019

Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. ("Idemitsu Kosan") (Non-Executive) (current)
Representative Director and President, Showa Kosan Co., Ltd. (current)

May 2020

Representative Director and President, MI Power Co., Ltd. (current)

October 2020

Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Idemitsu Philosophy Laboratory (current)

April 2021

Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Idemitsu Kosan Corporate History and Philosophy Laboratory (current)

August 2024

Representative Director and President, ZEN Co., Ltd. (current)
Representative Director and President, ENN Co., Ltd. (current)

August 2025

Director, Power Consulting Networks Inc. (current) 
President and Representative Director, Kona Aquaculture Inc. (current)

Kazunari Kubohara

Director (Non-Executive)

Kazunari Kubohara

December 2008

Registered as an attorney, established Kyuhodo Law Firm (current)

April 2010

Committee Member, Tokyo Local Third-Party Committee to Check Pension Records, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

April 2011

Delegate, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

September 2015

Auditor, General Incorporated Association for Realizing Prescription of Adequate Amount of Anti-Dementia Drugs

June 2016

Outside Statutory Auditor, Class Technology Co., Ltd.

July 2017

Auditor, Medical Corporation Hakueikai Miyake Dental Clinic (current)

March 2018

Delegate, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

April 2018

Vice Chairperson of the Legal Services Obstruction Countermeasures Committee, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

April 2019

Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Non-Executive) (current)

August 2025

Vice President and Director, Kona Aquaculture Inc. (current) 

Jun Suzuki

Outside Director

Jun Suzuki

April 1983

Joined Teijin Limited

April 2011

Teijin Group Chief Representative of Europe 

April 2012

Teijin Group Corporate Officer 

April 2013

Teijin Group Executive Officer 

June 2013

Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Teijin Limited 

April 2014

President and CEO, Representative Director of the Board, Teijin Limited

April 2022

Chairperson, Member of the Board, Teijin Limited 

June 2022

Outside Director, The Midori Kai Co., Ltd. (current)

June 2023

Senior Advisor, Teijin Limited (current)
External Director, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (current)
Outside Director Idemitsu Kosan, Co., Ltd. (current)

Shiori Nagata

Outside Director

Shiori Nagata

April 2000

Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting, Inc.

June 2004

Joined Tohato Inc.

January 2007

Joined Unison Capital Inc.

September 2009

Joined INCJ, Ltd. (currently Japan Investment Corporation (JIC))

September 2014

Joined Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. 

January 2015

Executive Officer, General Manager of the Recreational Marine Business Unit, Yanmar Co., Ltd. 

June 2020

Director, Chief Strategy Officer, Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. 

April 2024

Director, Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.

June 2024

Member of the Board Member of the Audit Committee, NEC Corporation
Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

April 2026

Executive Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President, CHRO, and Head of People and Culture Division, NEC Corporation (current),Head of People and Culture Division, NEC Corporation (current)  

Mio Kashiwamura

Outside Director

Mio Kashiwamura

April 1998

Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.)

April 2004

Executive Director, SHANGHAI RECRUIT ADVERTISING CO., LTD.

October 2012

Senior Vice President, Recruit Lifestyle Co., Ltd. Executive Manager of the Beauty Information Department

April 2015

Senior Vice President, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

April 2016

Representative Director and President, Recruit Staffing Co., Ltd.

April 2018

SBU Executive Officer, Recruit Global Staffing B.V. (currently RGF Staffing B.V.)

April 2019

Senior Vice President, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and President, Recruit Marketing Partners Co., Ltd.

April 2020

Senior Vice President, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

April 2025

Executive Vice President, Recruit Co., Ltd. (current)

June 2025

Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

Outside Director

Sumiko Takeuchi

April 1994

Joined TEPCO

January 2012

Senior Fellow, Member, Board of Directors, International Environment and Economy Institute (current) 

April 2016

Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba 

April 2018

Visiting Professor, Kansai University

October 2018 

Co-founder and Co-President, U3 Innovations, LLC (current) 

June 2019

Outside Director, JAPAN PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED (current)​ ​

April 2020

Specially Appointed Professor of Tohoku University (current)

April 2021

Advisor, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC

July 2022

Outside Director of GRID Inc. (current)

June 2024

Outside Director, Nippon Steel Corporation (current) 

June 2026

Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

Outside Director

So Hirano

April 2010

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seijo University

April 2013

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seijo University

December 2014

Temporary Committee Member, Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

October 2019

Temporary Committee Member, Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (current) 

April 2020

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seijo University (current) 

August 2020

Chairman, The Study Group for the Advancement of Yokkaichi Complex (current)

June 2026

Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

Nami Kitamura

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Nami Kitamura

April 1990

Joined Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (“Showa Shell”)

April 2009

General Manager of New Business Promotion Department, Showa Shell and Seconded to the Industry-Academia Collaboration Initiative Nonprofit Organization

March 2012

Head of Overseas Intellectual Property Strategy Office , Showa Shell

October 2014

General Manager of Product Development Department, Atsugi Research Center, Technology Division, Solar Frontier K.K.

April 2016

General Manager of Marketing Planning Division, Showa Shell

April 2017

General Manager of Energy Solutions Business Division, Showa Shell

April 2019

General Manager of Public Relations Department, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (“Idemitsu Kosan”)

July 2021

Executive Officer, General Manager of Public Relations Department, Idemitsu Kosan

March 2023

Executive Officer, General Manager of Bitumen Department, Advanced Materials Company, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2025

Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yoshitaka Onuma

April 1988

Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.("Idemitsu Kosan")

July 2010

Manager of SPS and PPS Group, Functional Materials Department, Idemitsu Kosan

December 2015

Deputy General Manager of Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

April 2019

Deputy General Manager of Finance Department, and Corporate Pension Fund, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2020

General Manager of Finance Department, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2022

Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2024

Executive Officer, Business Investment Promotion and General Manager of Business Investment Office, Idemitsu Kosan

July 2025

Executive Officer, Business Investment Promotion and General Manager of Business Investment Office, Idemitsu Kosan

June 2026

Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Idemitsu Kosan (current)

Yumiko Ichige

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yumiko Ichige

April 1989

Registered as an attorney (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.

December 2007

Partner, Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law (current)

April 2009

Vice Chairman, Daini Tokyo Bar Association

June 2012

Outside Director, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation

April 2014

Executive Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

May 2014

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member, AEON MALL Co., Ltd.

December 2014

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, SANYO TRADING CO., LTD.

December 2016

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD. (current)

June 2018

Outside Director, ITOHAM YONEKYU HOLDINGS INC.

March 2020

Outside Director, ASKUL Corporation (current)

June 2022

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

October 2023

Outside Director, Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (currently, Astemo, Ltd.) (current) 

June 2025

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, OMRON Corporation (current)

Masahiko Tezuka

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Masahiko Tezuka

October 1986

Joined Chuo Audit Corporation

March 1990

Registered as a Certified Public Accountant

July 2002

Representative, ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation

October 2005

Executive board member, ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation

May 2006

COO, ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation

October 2007

Partner, Executive board member, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (currently, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)

July 2016

Executive board member, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA)

July 2019

Chairmen, JICPA
CEO, Japan Foundation for Accounting Education and Learning

May 2022

Auditor,General Incorporated Association Japan Association of Corporate Directors (current)

July 2022

Advisor, JICPA (current)
Chair of Councilors, Financial Accounting Standards Foundation

June 2023

Outside Director (and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

September 2023

Outside Auditor, Kagayaki Holdings, Inc. (current)

June 2024

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)

June 2025

Outside Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current)

Director

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

*As of July 1, 2026

Executive Officer

Noriaki Sakai

President and Chief Executive Officer

Atsuhiko Hirano

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Masahiko Sawa

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Head of Safety & Environmental Protection Headquarters, Head of Quality Assurance Headquarters and Head of Carbon Neutral Transformation Strategic Headquarters

Junzo Yamamoto

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Corporate Manufacturing Strategy, Refining & Technology, Basic Chemicals, and Carbon Neutral Transformation, Deputy Head, Carbon Neutral Transformation Strategy Headquarters

Takashi Sakata

Managing Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Kazuma Ikeda

Managing Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer

Corporate Functions

Yoshimasa Kokubo

Managing Executive Officer

Chief Logistics Officer, Lubricants Business and Logistics

Shintaro Ishida

Managing Executive Officer

Petroleum Marketing and Power & Renewable Energy

Tetsuji Mishina

Maanaging  Executive Officer

President, Advanced Materials Company, R&D and Intellectual Property

Hiroshi Watanabe

Senior Executive Officer

Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Procurement Headquarters

Hiroshi Akiya

Senior Executive Officer

Manufacturing & Technology and General Manager of Manufacturing & Technology Department

Yuzo Yoshida

Senior Executive Officer

B2B Business Strategy and General Manager of Coal and Energy Solution Department

Motohiro Suzuki

Senior Executive Officer

Executive Lead for R&D integration Project and Head of Innovation Center

Takashi Inoue

Senior Executive Officer

General Manager of Chiba Complex

Kyoichi Inoue

Senior Executive Officer

Lubricants Business

Kazumi Kikuchi

Senior Executive Officer

General Manager of Corporate Planning Department

Michiyo Terakami

Executive Officer

In charge of DE&I Promotion and Biomass Project Promotion

Nobuhiko Watanabe

Executive Officer

B2B Business Strategy

Jotaro Kobayashi

Executive Officer

Corporate Strategic IP and Legal Affairs Promotion and General Manager of Intellectual Property Department

Makoto Shimada

Executive Officer

Global Energy Strategy & Development

Yoshihiko Ota

Executive Officer

General Manager of Tokuyama Complex

Yoshihiro Fujikata

Executive Officer

Deputy Head of Innovation Center and General Manager of Advanced Technology Research Laboratories

Hidenori Tanaka

Executive Officer

Deputy Head of Innovation Center and General Manager of Advanced Technology Research Laboratories

Hideyuki Hara

Executive Officer

General Manager of Hokkaido Refinery

Masahide Takano

Executive Officer

General Manager of Aichi Complex

Kazuki Maeda

Executive Officer

Chief Digital Officer

Hiroshi Tanaka

Executive Officer

General Manager of Carbon Neutral Transformation Department

Hideki Yamada

Executive Officer

General Manager of Integrated Supply & Trading Department and General Manager of LPG Office 1

Nobuhiro Miyagishi

Executive Officer

General Manager of Basic Chemicals Department and Chemical Business Alliance Promotion

Keitaro Sugihara

Executive Officer

General Manager of Crude Oil & Global Business Department

Hideki Gakumazawa

Executive Officer

General Manager of Advanced Materials & Performance Chemicals Department, Advanced Materials Company and Chemical Business Alliance Promotion

Hiroshi Yoshida

Executive Officer

General Manager of Power & Renewables Business Department

Masanori Abe

Regional Head for Americas

President of Idemitsu Americas Holdings