Officers

Members of the Board

Chairman of the Board and CEO: Hachiro Honjo

Chairman of the Board and CEOHachiro Honjo

May 1969
Managing Director
Jun. 1970
Executive Managing Director
May 1978
Executive Vice President
Apr. 1987
Executive Vice President and Representative Director
May 1988
President
May 2009
Chairman of the Board and CEO (current post)
May 2011
Chairman of the Board of Chichiyasu Company (current post)
Jun. 2012
Chairman of the Board of ITO EN Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd. (current post)
Nov. 2015
Chairman of the Board of ITO EN (Hawaii) LLC. (current post)

President and Executive Officer: Daisuke Honjo

President and Executive OfficerDaisuke Honjo

Apr. 1987
Joined the Company
Jul. 1990
Director
May 1997
Managing Director
May 2000
Executive Managing Director
Jul. 2002
Executive Vice President and Representative Director
May 2009
President
Feb. 2015
Chairman of the Board of Distant Lands Trading Co. (current post)
May 2019
President and Executive Officer
(current post)

Executive Vice President, Representative Director and Executive Officer: Shusuke Honjo

Executive Vice President, Representative Director and Executive OfficerShusuke Honjo

Apr. 1994
Joined the Company
Jul. 2003
Director
May 2005
Managing Director
May 2008
Executive Managing Director
May 2010
Executive Vice President
Aug. 2014
Executive Vice President and Representative Director
May 2018
General Manager of Sales Control Headquarters
(current post)
May 2019
Executive Vice President, Representative Director and Executive Officer
(current post)
May 2021
Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
(current post)
May 2022
In charge of Marketing Division
(current post)

Vice Chairman, Director and Executive Officer: Minoru Watanabe

Vice Chairman, Director and Executive OfficerMinoru Watanabe

Jul. 1976
Joined the Company
Jul. 1996
Director
May 2001
Managing Director
May 2003
Executive Managing Director
May 2008
Executive Vice President
May 2012
In charge of Administration Division
(current post)
May 2014
In charge of International Division
(current post)
May 2019
Executive Vice President, Director and Executive Officer
May 2022
Vice Chairman, Director and Exective Officer
(current post)
May 2022
In charge of New Business
May 2023
In charge of Group Management Promotion Division
(current post)

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer: Yoshihisa Nakano

Shigeru Kamiya

Atsushi Hirata

Director and Senior Managing Executive OfficerYoshihisa Nakano

Mar. 1989
Joined the Company
May 2010
General Manager of Personnel and General Affairs Division
Jul. 2010
Director
May 2014
Managing Director
May 2015
General Manager of National Distribution Sales Division
May 2019
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
(current post)
May 2022
In charge of Logistics Division
(current post)
May 2023
IChief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
(current post)

Director and Senior Managing Executive OfficerShigeru Kamiya

Mar. 1982
Joined the Company
May 2012
Executive Officer
General Manager of National Retailer Sales Division
Jul. 2014
Director
May 2016
Managing Director
May 2019
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
(current post)
May 2021
General Manager of Tokyo and Chiba Area Sales Division
May 2022
In charge of National Retailer Sales Division
(current post)
May 2023
In charge of General Planning Division
(current post)

Director and Senior Managing Executive OfficerAtsushi Hirata

May 1988
Joined the Company
May 2010
Executive Officer
May 2012
General Manager of Administration Division
May 2014
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Personnel and General Affairs Division
May 2016
General Director of Administration Division
(current post)
May 2019
Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Internal Control
(current post)
Jul. 2020
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
(current post)
May 2022
In charge of compliance
(current post)
May 2023
Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO)
(current post)

Director and Executive Officer: Yosuke Jay Oceanbright Honjo

Director and Executive Officer Yosuke Jay Oceanbright Honjo

Mar. 1992
Joined the Company
May 2001
President & CEO of ITO EN (North America) INC.
(current post)
Jul. 2002
Director
(current post)
Feb. 2015
CEO of Distant Lands Trading Co.
(current post)
Nov. 2015
CEO of ITO EN (Hawaii) LLC.
(current post)
Jun. 2023
Executive Officer
In charge of U.S. businesses
(current post)

Outside Director: Hideo Takano

Keiko Abe

Outside DirectorMorikazu Taguchi

Apr. 1975
Full-Time Lecturer of Faculty of Law, Aichi Gakuin University
Jan. 1984
Professor of Faculty of Law, Aichi Gakuin University
Apr. 1995
Professor of School of Law, Waseda University
Apr. 2004
Professor of Waseda Law School, Waseda University
Jul. 2013
Outside Director of the Company
(current post)
Apr. 2014
Professor Emeritus of Waseda University
(current post)

Outside DirectorHideo Takano

Apr. 1977
Joined The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Apr. 2006
General Manager of General Affairs Management Department, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Apr. 2009
Councilor and General Manager of the Secretarial Office, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Apr. 2012
Executive Councilor, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Oct. 2015
President of Japan Retailers Association
Nov. 2015
Chairman of the Japanese Folk Arts and Techniques Preservation Association
Jun. 2016
Full-time Advisor of The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
May 2019
Councilor of Japan Retailers Association
(current post)
Jul. 2020
Outside Director of the Company
(current post)

Outside DirectorKeiko Abe

Jun. 1994
Associate Professor of Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 1996
Professor of Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2008
Research Advisor of Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
(currently Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology)
(current post)
Jun. 2010
Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo
(current post)
Jun. 2019
Outside Director of Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
(current post)
Jul. 2022
Outside Director of the Company
(current post)

Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member: Kiyoshi Kondo

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee memberKiyoshi Kondo

Aug. 1989
Joined the Company
May 1999
General Manager of South Tokyo Sales Department
May 2002
General Manager of Sales Promotion Department III
May 2009
General Manager of Vending Machine Division
May 2012
Manager of Internal Auditing Office
May 2014
General Manager of Regional Sales Management Division
May 2019
General Manager of Sales and Management Division
May 2020
Executive Officer
May 2022
Advisor
Jul. 2023
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member
(current post)

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member: Yuichi Usui

Hitoshi Yokokura

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member Yuichi Usui

Oct. 1976
Joined Metropolitan Police Department
Feb. 1994
Deputy Chief of the 7th Anti-riot Squad, Metropolitan Police Department
Oct. 2005
General Manager of the 2nd Personnel Section, Metropolitan Police Department
Feb. 2010
General Manager of Regional Department, Metropolitan Police Department
Apr. 2011
Joined YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD. as General Manager of Human Resources and Administration
Apr. 2012
Executive Officer and General Manager of CSR Promotion Department, YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
Apr. 2014
Managing Executive Officer of YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
Apr. 2015
Director and Managing Executive Officer of YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
Apr. 2018
Member of the Board, YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
Jun. 2018
Representative of Usui Firm
(current post)
Jul. 2018
Outside Director of the Company
Sep. 2022
Outside director of TAPP inc.
(current post)
Jul. 2023
Ourside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member
(current post)

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee memberYutaka Tanaka

Apr. 1966
Entered the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau
Jul. 2003
District Director, Tokyo Ueno Tax Office
Jul. 2006
Director-General, Takamatsu National Tax Tribunal
Jul. 2007
Attached to the Commissioner’s Secretariat of National Tax Agency
Aug. 2007
Head of Tanaka Tax Certified Accountant Office
(current post)
Jul. 2013
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
Jul. 2019
Outside Director of the Company
Jul. 2023
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member
(current post)

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee memberHitoshi Yokokura

Apr. 1992
Joined Asahi Shinwa & Co.
(currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
Mar. 1995
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec. 2001
Resigned from Asahi Shinwa & Co.
(currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
Jan. 2002
Established Yokokura CPA Office
Dec. 2007
Registered as Attorney (Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa
(currently Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Apr. 2014
Partner attorney of Waseda Legal Commons, LPC
(current post)
Jul. 2017
Auditor of Minori Audit Corporation
Jun. 2020
Outside Director of Credit Saison Co., Ltd.
(current post)
Jul. 2021
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
May 2023
Outside Corporate Auditor, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.
(current post)
Jul. 2023
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member
(current post)

As of December 2023