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Directors

(As of June 22, 2026)

Kentaro Fujiwara

Director
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
President and CEO

Biography

  1. Apr. 1991Joined the Company
  2. Jul. 2004Director, Europe Distribution Center, Shiseido Europe S.A.
  3. Nov. 2011Director, President, Shiseido Korea Co., Ltd.
  4. May 2013Director, President, Shiseido Professional Korea Co., Ltd.
  5. Apr. 2015Vice President, Corporate Strategy Department of the Company, Group Leader, Digital Strategy Group of the Company
  6. Nov. 2015Chairman of the Board, President of Shiseido (China) Co., Ltd.
  7. Jan. 2016Corporate Officer of the Company, China Region
  8. Jan. 2018Corporate Officer of the Company, China Region Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  9. Jan. 2020Senior Executive Officer of the Company, China Region CEO
  10. Jan. 2021Executive Officer of the Company
  11. Jan. 2023President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company
  12. Mar. 2023Representative Director of the Company
  13. Sep. 2023Representative Director, Chairman of Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
  14. Jan. 2024Japan Region CEO of the Company
    Representative Director, President and CEO of Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
  15. Mar. 2024Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Representative Corporate Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
  16. Jan. 2025President and CEO of the Company [incumbent]
  17. Jan. 2026Chief Officer of the Company [incumbent]
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Ayako Hirofuji

Director
Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Biography

  1. Apr. 2003Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (currently BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
  2. Aug. 2005Joined the Company
  3. Jul. 2014President of Director, PT SHISEIDO Cosmetics Indonesia
  4. Jul. 2015President of Director, PT Shiseido Professional Indonesia
  5. Jan. 2019Vice President, Strategic Finance Department of the Company
  6. Jan. 2022Vice President, IR Department of the Company
  7. Jan. 2024Executive Officer of the Company
    Chief Investor Engagement Officer of the Company
    Chief DE&I Officer of the Company
  8. May. 2024Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Company
  9. Jul. 2024Corporate Executive Officer of the Company
    Chief Financial Officer of the Company [incumbent]
  10. Jan. 2025Representative Corporate Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
  11. Mar. 2025Director of the Company [incumbent]
  12. Jan. 2026Chief Officer of the Company [incumbent]
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Hiromi Anno

Director
Member (Full-time), Audit Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1995Joined the Company
  2. Jan. 2018Department Director, Global Communications Department of the Company
  3. Jan. 2020Corporate Officer of the Company
    Chief Public Relations Officer of the Company
  4. Jan. 2021Executive Officer of the Company
  5. Mar. 2023Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) of the Company
  6. Mar. 2024Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member (Full-time), Audit Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Hitoshi Okamoto

Director
Member (Full-time), Audit Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1991Joined the Company
  2. Apr. 2013President & CEO of Shiseido (Canada) Inc.
  3. Jan. 2016Vice President, Corporate Strategy Department of the Company
  4. Jan. 2018Vice President, Brand Development Department, SHISEIDO Brand Unit, Global Prestige Brands Division of the Company
  5. Jan. 2019Vice President, Risk Management Department of the Company
  6. Jan. 2026Special Vice President, Internal Audit Department of the Company
  7. Mar. 2026Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member (Full-time), Audit Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Mariko Tokuno

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Compensation Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1978Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.（currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.）
  2. Jan. 1994Joined Louis Vuitton Japan K.K
  3. Apr. 2002Senior Director, Sales Administration, Louis Vuitton Japan K.K
  4. Mar. 2004Vice President, Tiffany & Co., Japan Inc.
  5. Aug. 2010Representative Director, President, Christian Dior K.K
  6. Jun. 2013Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
  7. Sep. 2013Representative Director, President and CEO, Ferragamo Japan K.K
  8. Jun. 2016Outside Director, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
  9. Jun. 2017Outside Director, YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
  10. Mar. 2022External Director of the Company [incumbent]
  11. Mar. 2024Member, Nominating Committee of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Compensation Committee of the Company [incumbent]
  12. Jun. 2024Outside Director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
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Yoshihiko Hatanaka

External Director (Independent)*
Chair, Board of Directors
Chair, Nominating Committee
Member, Compensation Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1980Joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (currently Astellas Pharma Inc.)
  2. Jun. 2005Corporate Executive, Vice President, Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy Division, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  3. Apr. 2006Corporate Executive, Astellas Pharma Inc. and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
  4. Jun. 2008Senior Corporate Executive, Astellas Pharma Inc. and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
  5. Apr. 2009Senior Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CSTO & CFO), Astellas Pharma Inc.
  6. Jun. 2011Representative Director, President and CEO, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  7. Apr. 2018Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  8. Jun. 2019Outside Director, Sony Corporation (currently SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
  9. Mar. 2023External Director of the Company [incumbent]
  10. Jun. 2023Outside Director, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD [incumbent]
  11. Mar. 2024Member, Nominating Committee of the Company
    Chair, Compensation Committee of the Company
  12. Jan. 2025Chair, Board of Directors of the Company [incumbent]
  13. Mar. 2026Chair, Nominating Committee of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Compensation Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Yasuko Gotoh

External Director (Independent)*
Chair, Audit Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1980Joined Ministry of Transport (currently Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT))
  2. Jun. 2004Director, Tourism Promotion Bureau at New York, Tourist Bureau of Japan
  3. Oct. 2005Deputy Governor, Yamagata Prefecture
  4. Jul. 2008Director, Regional Transport Bureau of Hokuriku and Shinetsu Regions, MLIT
  5. Jul. 2013Director General, Policy Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism, MLIT
  6. Oct. 2014Joined, Kyushu Railway Company
  7. Jun. 2015Managing Director, Kyushu Railway Company, Deputy Director General, Railway Operations Headquarters and Director General, Travel Services Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company
  8. Jun. 2017Managing Director, CFO in charge of the Treasury Department, Kyushu Railway Company
  9. Jun. 2018Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Kyushu Railway Company
  10. Mar. 2019External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
  11. Jun. 2019Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DENSO CORPORATION [incumbent]
  12. Apr. 2023Guest Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University [incumbent]
  13. Jun. 2023Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. [incumbent]
  14. Oct. 2023Audit and Inspection Commissioners, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government [incumbent]
  15. Mar. 2024External Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Audit Committee of the Company
  16. Mar. 2025Chair, Audit Committee of the Company [incumbent]
  17. Jun. 2026Outside Director, Sumitomo Corporation [incumbent]
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Ritsuko Nonomiya

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Compensation Committee

Biography

  1. Sep. 1987Joined Pete Murwick Maine Accounting Firm (currently KPMG LLP)
  2. Apr. 1997Partner, KPMG Corporate Finance Co., Ltd.
  3. Nov. 2000Joined UBS Warburg Securities Co., Ltd. (currently UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
  4. Jan. 2005M&A Advisor, Managing Director, UBS Warburg Securities Co., Ltd. (currently UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
  5. Jul. 2008Senior Vice President, Business Development Leader, GE Capital Asia Pacific
  6. Apr. 2013Senior Executive Officer and Business Development Leader, GE Capital Japan, Japan GE Inc. (currently GE Japan Inc.)
  7. Dec. 2013Managing Director, GCA Savvian Corporation (currently GCA Corporation)
  8. Mar. 2017Director, GCA Savvian Corporation (currently GCA Corporation)
  9. Mar. 2020External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
    Director, GCA Advisers k.k. (currently Houlihan Lokey Corporation)
  10. Jun. 2020Outside Director, Nagase & Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
  11. Feb. 2022CEO, Representative Director, Houlihan Lokey Corporation [incumbent]
  12. Mar. 2024External Director of the Company [incumbent],
    Member, Audit Committee of the Company
    Executive Officer, GCA, LLC [incumbent]
  13. Jun. 2025Outside Director, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha [incumbent]
  14. Mar. 2026Member, Nominating Committee of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Compensation Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Yasuhiro Nakajima

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Audit Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1984Joined Hitachi Ltd.
  2. Mar. 1995Certified Public Accountant
  3. Jul. 2007Representative Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
  4. Jul. 2012Executive Officer (Leader of Quality Management), PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
  5. Jul. 2014General Manager, Nagoya Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
  6. Jul. 2017Oversight Board Member, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
  7. Apr. 2022Project Professor, Graduate School of Business, Osaka Metropolitan University [incumbent]
  8. Jul. 2022Representative, Nakajima CPA Office [incumbent]
  9. Mar. 2023Member of the Board as Outside Director, Bridgestone Corporation [incumbent]
  10. Mar. 2025External Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Audit Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Andrew House

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Compensation Committee

Biography

  1. Oct. 1990Joined Sony Corporation (currently SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
  2. Oct. 2005Group Executive and Chief Marketing Officer, Sony Corporation
  3. Sep. 2011Group Executive, President and Global CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment
  4. Apr. 2016President and Global CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment
  5. Oct. 2017Chairman, Sony Interactive Entertainment
  6. Apr. 2018Strategic Advisor, Intelity [incumbent]
  7. Oct. 2018Executive Mentor, Merryck & Co., Ltd. (currently The Exco Group LLC) [incumbent]
  8. Jun. 2019Outside Director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
  9. May 2021External Director, Nordic Entertainment Group AB (currently Viaplay Group AB)
  10. Mar. 2022Outside Director, Dentsu Group Inc. [incumbent]
  11. Mar. 2026External Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Nominating Committee of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Compensation Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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Keiko Kaneko

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Audit Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1991Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
  2. Apr. 1999Registered as a lawyer,
    Joined Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune
  3. Jan. 2007Partner, Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune [incumbent]
  4. Apr. 2007Guest Associate Professor at Tokyo University Graduate School of Law
  5. Nov. 2012External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. [incumbent]
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member, UNIQLO CO., LTD. [incumbent]
  6. Jun. 2013External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, The Asahi Shimbun Company
  7. Jun. 2019Outside Director, Daifuku Co., Ltd.
  8. Apr. 2023Management Committee Chair, Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune [incumbent]
  9. Mar. 2026External Director of the Company [incumbent],
    Member, Audit Committee of the Company [incumbent]
  10. Jun. 2026Independent Director, Mitsubishi Corporation [incumbent]
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Takuya Nakata

External Director (Independent)*
Member, Nominating Committee
Chair, Compensation Committee

Biography

  1. Apr. 1981Joined Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation)
  2. Jun. 2006Executive Officer, Yamaha Corporation
  3. Jun. 2009Director and Executive Officer, Yamaha Corporation
  4. Apr. 2010President, Yamaha Corporation of America
  5. Jun. 2010Senior Executive Officer, Yamaha Corporation
  6. Jun. 2013President and Representative Director, Yamaha Corporation
  7. Aug. 2013Chairman, Japan Musical Instruments Association [incumbent]
  8. Mar. 2014Outside Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
  9. Jun. 2015Chairman, Yamaha Music Foundation [incumbent]
  10. Jun. 2016Chairman, Foundation for Promotion of Music Education & Culture [incumbent]
  11. Jun. 2017Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, Yamaha Corporation
  12. Apr. 2024Chairman of the Board of Directors, Yamaha Corporation [incumbent]
  13. Jun. 2025External Director, Nikon Corporation [incumbent]
  14. Mar. 2026External Director of the Company [incumbent]
    Member, Nominating Committee of the Company [incumbent]
    Chair, Compensation Committee of the Company [incumbent]
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  • *Independent Director provided in Rule 436-2 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Securities Listing Regulations

Corporate Executive Officers

(As of March 25, 2026)

Representative Corporate Executive Officers Kentaro Fujiwara　Ayako Hirofuji
Corporate Executive Officers Mizuki Hashimoto　Yosuke Tojo
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