Our Executives

(As of May 28, 2025)
Directors Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Board Members Skills Matrix Executive Officers

Directors (5 people)

Yasuaki Yamanishi
Chairman and Representative Director
Yasuaki Yamanishi
Biography
Main career history
  • Dec. 1977 Joined the Company
  • May 1981 Director of the Company
  • May 1982 Managing Director of the Company
  • Apr. 1984 Senior Managing Director of the Company
  • May 1988 Representative Senior Managing Director of the Company
  • May 1991 Deputy President and Representative Director of the Company
  • Mar. 1993 President and Representative Director of the Company
  • Apr. 2025 Chairman and Representative Director of the Company (current position)
Shigeki Machida
President and Representative Director
Shigeki Machida
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1991 Joined the Company
  • Jun. 2013 Executive Officer and Department Manager of Kyushu zone of the Company
  • Feb. 2014 Executive Officer and Clothing Business Department Manager of the Company
  • May 2021 Director and Corporate Planning Department Manager of the Company
  • Mar. 2022 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer and Corporate Planning Department Manager of the Company
  • Mar. 2023 Deputy President and Director of the Company
  • Apr. 2025 President and Representative Director of the Company (current position)
Daisuke Yamanishi
Deputy President and Director
Daisuke Yamanishi
Biography
Main career history
  • Aug. 2005 Joined the Company
  • Sep. 2017 General Affairs Department Manager of the Company
  • Mar. 2020 Executive Officer and Chuo Business Department Manager of the Company
  • Mar. 2021 Executive Officer and Operating Process Reform Division Manager of the Company
  • Mar. 2022 Senior Executive Officer and Administration Division Manager of the Company
  • May 2023 Director and Corporate Planning Division Manager of the Company
  • Apr. 2025 Deputy President and Director of the Company (current position)
Hideki Tahara
Director
Hideki Tahara
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1991 Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
  • Apr. 2020 Executive Officer and General Manager of Public Relations Department of SMBC, and Executive Officer and General Manager of Public Relations Department of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
  • Apr. 2022 Executive Officer and Deputy Head of Corporate Advisory Division of SMBC
  • May 2024 Senior Managing Executive Officer and Administration Division Manager of the Company
  • May 2025 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Administration Division Manager of the Company (currently position)
Takayuki Aoki
Director
Takayuki Aoki
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1990 Joined Sumitomo Corporation
  • Oct. 2019 General Manager of the Real Estate Investment & Development Department of Sumitomo Corporation
  • Apr. 2024 Managing Executive Officer, Development Division Vice Manager and Tenant Division Manager of the Company
  • Apr. 2025 Managing Executive Officer and Development Division Manager of the Company
  • May 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer and Development Division Manager of the Company (currently position)

Outside Director (3 people)

Masahiro Nishikawa
Director (Outside Director / Independent Director)
Masahiro Nishikawa
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1972 Joined NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
  • Jun. 1979 Director of NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
  • Mar. 1985 Senior Managing Director of NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
  • Oct. 1986 Representative Director President & Chief Executive Officer of NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
  • Jun. 2006 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Utsumiya Co., Ltd. (current position)
  • Jun. 2017 Representative Director Chairman of NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD. (current position)
  • May 2023 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Izumi Yano
Director (Outside Director / Independent Director)
Izumi Yano
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1996 Lecturer of Faculty of Commercial Sciences of Hiroshima Shudo University
  • Apr. 2015 Professor of the Faculty of Commercial Sciences of Hiroshima Shudo University (current position)
  • Apr. 2020 Vice President of Hiroshima Shudo University Head of Center for the Co-Creation of Hiroshima's Future of Hiroshima Shudo University Director (current position) and Councilor of SHUDO GAKUEN
  • Apr. 2022 President of Hiroshima Shudo University (current position)
  • Jun. 2023 Director of The Hiroshima Shinkin Bank (current position)
  • May 2024 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Naomi Aoyama
Director (Outside Director / Independent Director)
Naomi Aoyama
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1989 Joined Toshiba Corporation
  • Apr. 2000 Joined eLife Inc., General Manager of New Business Development Department
  • Jun. 2004 Established Stylebis Inc., Representative Director (current position)
  • May 2021 Outside Director of the Company (current position)
  • Aug. 2022 Outside Director of ASKUL Corporation (current position)
  • May 2023 Visiting Professor at iU Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation (current position)

Audit & Supervisory Board members (3 people)

Hideaki Hisanaga
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Hideaki Hisanaga
Biography
Main career history
  • Apr. 1984 Joined the Company
  • Nov. 2010 General Manager of the Company's Takamatsu store
  • Oct. 2012 Department Manager of Chuo and Sanin zones of the Company
  • Sep. 2017 Kaizen Promotion Department Manager of the Company
  • Jun. 2021 General Manager of Yumesaito of the Company
  • Mar. 2023 Associate Director of Audit & Supervisory Board Member's Office of the Company
  • May 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Tomoko Horikawa
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Tomoko Horikawa
Biography
Main career history
  • Oct. 1991 Certified public accountant, joined Century Audit Corporation
  • Mar. 1999 Retired from Century Audit Corporation Joined Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd., Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
  • Apr. 2012 Managing Director, Division Manager of the Corporate Planning Division, and General Manager of President's Office
  • Feb. 2015 President (current position)
  • May 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company(current position)
  • Oct. 2022 Chairman and Representative Director of the Board of Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd. (current position)
Hirotaka Okada
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside Auditor / Independent Auditor)
Hirotaka Okada
Biography
Main career history
  • Jul. 2009 District Director of Takehara Tax Office
  • Jul. 2014 Chief Internal Inspector, Hiroshima Regional Taxation Bureau, Commissioner's Secretariat of the National Tax Agency
  • Jul. 2016 Assistant Regional Commissioner, Large Enterprise and Criminal Investigation Department, Hiroshima Regional Taxation Bureau
  • Jul. 2017 Retired from Large Enterprise and Criminal Investigation Department, Hiroshima Regional Taxation Bureau
  • Aug. 2017 Established a tax accountant office (current position)
  • May 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company(current position)

Skills Matrix

Areas in which our directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members have (●) or are developing (○) expertise or experience

Skills Matrix

*The table above is not an exhaustive list of the expertise and experience of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members of the Company.

Skills Expected of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members

Area Details
Business management/ Management strategy The main duty of the Directors is management decisions, and we consider experience of corporate management is the most important factor.
Ability to respond to change We believe Directors need the capacity to act that will allow them to actualize the qualities of "innovation, taking on challenges, and speed" that make up Izumi's DNA, against a backdrop of changes in the industry and our customers' needs.
Retail experience We believe Directors need on-the-ground retail experience (including in product lineup, sales floor set-up, sales power, and a proper understanding of our customers' needs) that will allow them to improve our stores' performance.
Product development/ Merchandising We believe Directors need experience of leading a product division, providing a proper understanding of our product range across the Company (including of our customers' needs and timeframes , prices, and volumes) and the ability to improve performance.
Store opening strategy We believe Directors need experience allowing them to realize our Medium-Term Management Plan goal of achieving a network of 300 stores and decide on effective and efficient investments.
Financial accounting/Finance We believe Directors need expertise that can be utilized in raising capital for our continued operation as a business and prevention of accounting fraud, a cornerstone of compliance.
Governance/ Risk management/Legal affairs We believe risk management grounded in laws, regulations, and compliance is essential for sustainable corporate growth, and Directors need expertise that will be applied to these issues.
Personnel & labor/ Capacity building We believe hiring human resources and maintaining ongoing employee development and pleasant working environments is required, and Directors need expertise that will be applied these issues.
ESG/Sustainability We believe that management from an ESG perspective geared toward medium- to long-term sustainable growth and development is required, and Directors need expertise that will be applied to these issues.
IT/Promoting digital transformation We believe building IT systems improves the efficiency of operations and promotion of digital transformation leads to expansion into new fields, so Directors need expertise that will be applied to these issues.

Executive Officers (21)

Name Position
Hideki Tahara Senior Managing Executive Officer and Administration Division Manager of the Company
Takayuki Aoki Managing Executive Officer and Tenant Division Manager and Development Division Vice Manager of the Company
Susumu Mizoguchi Senior Executive Officer and Group Management Division Manager of the Company
Tomohiro Kawasaki Senior Executive Officer and Food Supermarket Division Manager of the Company
Masamichi Yamano Senior Executive Officer, Food Division Manager and PB Project Leader
Atsushi Kobayashi Atsushi Kobayashi
Mutsuo Abe Senior Executive Officer of the Company and President and Representative Director of Youme Mart Kitakyushu Co., Ltd.
Keishi Okamoto Executive Officer and Information System Division Manager
Tadatoshi Yanai Executive Officer and Delica Division Manager of the Company
Manabu Tanabe Executive Officer and GMS Division Manager
Kenji Miura Executive Officer and Tenant Division Manager of the Company
Kiminari Taira Executive Officer and Corporate Planning Department Manager of the Company
Name Position
Kozo Okubo Executive Officer and Investment Promotion Business Department Manager of the Company
Taikou Miyatsugu Executive Officer and Personnel Department Manager of the Company
Shin Katayama Executive Officer and Sales Planning Division Manager
Hideki Umeda Executive Officer and Lifestyle Division Manager
Akiko Jiromaru Executive Officer and Manager of General Affairs Department of Administration Division
Naoko Tomachi Executive Officer and Manager of Capacity Building Department of Administration Division
Shinsaku Hirose Executive Officer of the Company and President and Representative Director of Izumi Food Service Co., Ltd.
Tomohiro Teramoto Executive Officer of the Company and President and Representative Director of Youme Mart Kumamoto Co., Ltd.
Hideo Kouchiyama Izumi Executive Officer status Director and SUNNY Business Division Manager of Youme Mart Kumamoto Co., Ltd., and Manager in charge of the SUNNY Business of Izumi Co., Ltd.

Company Information

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