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Representative Director
President and Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Masayuki Takemori
Biography
Date of Birth
February 24, 1970
Career
| April 1993 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| January 2014 | Brand Manager of Fabric Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2018 | Executive General Manager of Fabric Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2021 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2022 | Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division |
| March 2023 | Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer |
| March 2024 | Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer(current position) |
Representative Director
Vice President and Executive Officer
Kengo Fukuda
Biography
Date of Birth
April 1, 1965
Career
| April 1987 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| January 2014 | Director of Corporate Planning Department |
| January 2017 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Corporate Strategy Headquarters |
| January 2020 | Executive Officer, President of Lion Hygiene Co., Ltd. |
| January 2022 | Senior Executive Officer, Assistant to the President |
| March 2022 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Consumer Service Center, Reliability Assurance Department and Legal Department |
| March 2023 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Finance Department, Risk Management, Corporate Planning Department, Consumer Service Center, Reliability Assurance Department and Legal Department |
| January 2025 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Consumer Service Center, Reliability Assurance Department, Legal Department, Risk Management |
| March 2025 | Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Human Resources Development Center, General Affairs Department, Management Support Department, Sustainability Promotion Department, Reliability Assurance Department, Legal Department, Risk Management, Corporate Ethics |
| January 2026 | Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer,Responsible for Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Human Resources Department, Corporate Support Department, Reliability Assurance Department, Public Relations Department, Global Oral Healthcare Business Development Center, Risk Management, Corporate Ethics (current position) |
Representative Director
Vice President and Executive Officer
Hitoshi Suzuki
Biography
Date of Birth
March 24, 1963
Career
| April 1985 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| January 2015 | Assistant Executive General Manager of International Division and Director of New Area Development office |
| January 2016 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division, Director of Oleochemical Business Development Office and New Area Development office |
| January 2017 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division and Director of Strategic Planning Department |
| May 2017 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division |
| March 2019 | Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division |
| March 2021 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for International Division |
| January 2023 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Responsible for Overall Overseas Businesses, Northeast Asia Business Division, Southeast and South Asia Business Division and Overseas Strategic Planning Department |
| March 2023 | Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Responsible for Overseas Strategic Planning Department, Northeast Asia Business Division, Southeast and South Asia Business Division, and Overall Overseas Businesses |
| January 2024 | Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Responsible for Northeast Asia Business Division, Southeast and South Asia Business Division, and Overall Overseas Businesses |
| March 2025 | Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Responsible for Northeast Asia Business Division, Southeast and South Asia Business Division, Overall Overseas Businesses |
| January 2026 | Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Responsible for International Business Unit, Overall International Businesses (current position) |
Director
Senior Executive Officer
Fumitomo Noritake
Biography
Date of Birth
August 20, 1963
Career
| April 1988 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| January 2012 | Director of Direct Marketing Business Department, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division |
| January 2016 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Direct Marketing Division, Director of Sales Administration Department |
| January 2017 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Direct Marketing Division |
| January 2018 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters |
| January 2019 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters, Responsible for Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department, and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department |
| March 2019 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters |
| January 2020 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department |
| January 2021 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, DX Promotion Department, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Department |
| January 2022 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, DX Promotion Department, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Department |
| January 2023 | Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Digital Strategy Department, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Department |
| March 2023 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Digital Strategy Department, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Department |
| April 2024 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Digital Strategy Department, Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Department |
| January 2025 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Digital Strategy Department, Intellectual Property Department, Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses |
| March 2025 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Digital Strategy Department, Supply Chain Management Planning Headquarters, Production and Logistics Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses |
| January 2026 | Director, Senior Executive Officer,Responsible for Digital Strategy Department, Production Engineering Center, Overall Chemicals Businesses (current position) |
Director
Senior Executive Officer
Ayako Suzuki
Biography
Date of Birth
August 31, 1972
Career
| April 1997 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| November 2008 | Joined Coca‑Cola (Japan) Company, Limited |
| February 2010 | Rejoined Lion Corporation |
| August 2012 | Brand Manager of Living Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2019 | Head of Living Care Research Laboratories, Research and Development Headquarters |
| January 2022 | Head of Fabric Care Research Laboratories, Research and Development Headquarters |
| January 2023 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters |
| January 2025 | Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Intellectual Property Department, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters |
| March 2025 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Manufacturing Innovation Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Intellectual Property Department |
| January 2026 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Research and Technology Center, Legal and Intellectual Property Department, Marketing Design Center (current position) |
Senior Executive Officer
Yasuhiro Urao
Biography
Date of Birth
August 31, 1972
Career
| April 1992 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| January 2016 | General Manager of Development of Beauty Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| August 2016 | General Manager of Development and Brand Manager of Beauty Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2018 | General Manager of Oral Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2023 | Assistant Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division |
| March 2023 | Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2025 | Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division |
| January 2026 | Senior Executive Officer, COO, Japan Business Unit |
| January 2026 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, COO, Japan Business Unit (current position) |
External Director
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Masatoshi Matsuzaki
Biography
Date of Birth
July 21, 1950
Career
| April 1976 | Joined Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. (now KONICA MINOLTA, INC.) |
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| October 2003 | Director, Konica Minolta Business Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| April 2005 | Executive Officer, Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (now KONICA MINOLTA, INC.) Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Business Technology Center Co., Ltd. |
| April 2006 | Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (now KONICA MINOLTA, INC.) |
| June 2006 | Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer April 2009 Director, President, Representative Executive Officer |
| April 2014 | Director, Chairman of the Board, KONICA MINOLTA, INC. |
| May 2016 | Independent Director, Ichigo Inc. June 2016 Outside Director, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Outside Director, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. |
| June 2019 | Outside Director, Chairperson of the Board, LIXIL Group Corporation (now LIXIL Corporation) |
| June 2022 | Special Adviser, KONICA MINOLTA, INC. |
| March 2023 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Lion Corporation |
| June 2023 | Honorary Adviser, KONICA MINOLTA, INC. (current position) |
| March 2025 | External Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors (current position) |
External Director
Takashi Shiraishi
Biography
Date of Birth
February 22, 1950
Career
| June 1979 | Assistant Professor, International Relations, Department of Humanities and Social Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
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| January 1996 | Professor, Department of Asian Studies and Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University |
| July 1996 | Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| April 2005 | Professor and Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
| May 2007 | President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization |
| January 2009 | Councilor, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office |
| April 2011 | President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
| March 2017 | External Director, Lion Corporation (current position) |
| April 2017 | Special visiting professor, Ritsumeikan University |
| May 2017 | Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (current position) |
| April 2018 | Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto |
| March 2024 | Honorable Emeritus Professor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto (current position) |
External Director
Takako Sugaya
Biography
Date of Birth
September 20, 1972
Career
| October 2002 | Registered as an attorney at law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Yamada Hideo Law Office (now the Yamada Ozaki Law Office) |
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| April 2010 | Associate Professor, Toin University of Yokohama Graduate School of Laws |
| June 2018 | External Director, Haruyama Holdings, Inc. |
| March 2019 | External Director, Lion Corporation (current position) |
| January 2024 | Established SUGAYA PARTNERS LAW OFFICE, Representative Attorney (current position) |
External Director
Reiko Yasue
Biography
Date of Birth
January 26, 1968
Career
| April 1991 | Joined Nagoya Research Institute, Panasonic Information Systems Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co., Ltd.) |
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| December 1999 | Joined Motorola, Inc. |
| June 2004 | Joined SEVEN Networks, Inc. |
| September 2005 | Joined Qualcomm, Inc. |
| July 2009 | Joined FUJISOFT Inc. |
| April 2015 | Managing Executive Officer, FUJISOFT Inc. |
| January 2018 | Joined Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd., Executive Vice President |
| March 2018 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. |
| March 2019 | Representative Director, President & CEO, Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. |
| January 2020 | Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. |
| March 2021 | External Director, Lion Corporation (current position) |
| March 2024 | Senior Advisor, JSR Corporation |
| June 2024 | Senior Officer, JSR Corporation(current position) |
External Director
Yasuyuki Higuchi
Biography
Date of Birth
November 28, 1957
Career
| April 1980 | Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd. (now Panasonic Corporation) |
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| April 1992 | Joined Boston Consulting Group |
| July 1994 | Joined Apple Computer, Inc. |
| July 1997 | Joined Compaq Computer Corporation (now HP Inc.) |
| October 2000 | Director, Compaq Computer Corporation |
| May 2003 | Representative Director and President, HP Japan Inc. |
| May 2005 | Representative Director and President, The Daiei,Inc. |
| March 2007 | Representative Executive Officer and COO, Microsoft Co.,Ltd. (now Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.) |
| April 2008 | Representative Executive Officer and President, Microsoft Co.,Ltd. (now Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.) |
| July 2015 | Representative Executive Officer and Chairman,Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd. |
| August 2015 | External Director, ASKUL Corporation |
| June 2016 | External Director, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. |
| April 2017 | Rejoined Panasonic Corporation Senior Managing Officer, President of Connected Solutions Company |
| June 2017 | Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation, President of Connected Solutions Company |
| April 2022 | President and CEO, Panasonic Connect Co.,Ltd. |
| March 2026 | External Director, Lion Corporation (current position) |
Note: Notification of the appointment of Mr.Masatoshi Matsuzaki, Mr.Takashi Shiraishi, Ms.Takako Sugaya and Ms.Reiko Yasue and Yasuyuki Higuchi as independent directors has been sent to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Naoki Miidera
Biography
Date of Birth
November 19, 1963
Career
| April 1986 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| April 2013 | General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department for Special Mission |
| January 2017 | General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department for Special Mission of Corporate Strategy Headquarters |
| January 2019 | General Manager of Legal Department and General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department for Special Mission of Corporate Strategy Headquarters |
| August 2019 | General Manager of Legal Department |
| January 2023 | Assistant to the President |
| March 2023 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member(current position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yoshitada Ishii
Biography
Date of Birth
June 3, 1963
Career
| April 1986 | Joined Lion Corporation |
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| August 2020 | Acting General Manager of Finance Department |
| August 2022 | Finance Department |
| January 2023 | Assistant to the President |
| March 2023 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position) |
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akemi Sunaga
Biography
Date of Birth
August 14, 1961
Career
| October 1989 | Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC) |
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| February 1991 | Joined Chuo Audit Corporation |
| August 1993 | Acquired Japanese CPA certification |
| October 1994 | Acquired Japanese tax accountant certification |
| November 1994 | Established Sunaga CPA Firm (current position) |
| November 1996 | Established and became representative director of Marunouchi Business Consulting Ltd. (current position) |
| January 2012 | Established and became representative of Marunouchi Business Consulting Tax Co.(current position) |
| June 2016 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2017 | Senior Partner/CEO of Marunouchi Audit Corporation |
| March 2019 | Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Lion Corporation |
| January 2022 | Senior Partner of Marunouchi Audit Corporation (current position) |
| March 2023 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Lion Corporation (current position) |
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akihiro Ito
Biography
Date of Birth
December 19, 1960
Career
| April 1983 | Joined Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.(now Kirin Holdings Company, Limited) |
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| January 2013 | Executive Officer and Director of Group Finance, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited |
| March 2014 | Director of the Board, CFO |
| March 2015 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer |
| March 2018 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| March 2025 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position) |
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yumiko Hirai
Biography
Date of Birth
March 30, 1960
Career
| April 1982 | Joined Suntory Limited |
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| April 2015 | Representative Director and President, SUNTORY PUBLICITY SERVICE LIMITED |
| April 2018 | Representative Director and President, Sunlive Co., Ltd. (now SUNTORY FIELD EXPERT Co., Ltd.) |
| January 2020 | Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer, Haagen-Dazs Japan, Inc. |
| March 2025 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position) |
Note: Notification of the appointment of Ms. Akemi Sunaga, Mr.Akihiro Ito and Ms. Yumiko Hirai as independent audit & supervisory board members has been sent to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
With its purpose, “Make a difference in everyday lives by redesigning habits,” Lion Group has designated “Becoming an advanced daily healthcare company” as its management vision for 2030. To achieve this vision, we have formulated Vision2030 2nd STAGE, a new medium-term management plan starting from 2025 and identified the combination of skills that are necessary for the board of directors to achieve 2nd STAGE.
Senior Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Sales Division, Japan Business Unit
Masaharu Mikuni
Executive Officer
COO, International Business Unit
Go Ichitani
Executive Officer
Special Assignment for Thailand Business, International Business Unit
Annette Ling
Executive Officer
Responsible for Finance Department, Corporate Support Department
General Manager of Finance Department
Akihiko Takeo
Executive Officer
General Manager of Chinese Mainland and HKSAR Business Division, International Business Unit
Yoshihiro Aihara
Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Digital Strategy, Digital Strategy Department
Norihiko Nakabayashi
Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Planning Department, Public Relations Department,
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department,
General Manager - Group Strategic Collaboration of International Business Unit
Masahide Arai
Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Environmental Strategy, Human Resources Department, Reliability Assurance Department, Global Oral Healthcare Business Development Center
Eiji Nishinaga
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Research and Technology Center,Responsible for Production Engineering Center
Atsushi Naito
Executive Officer
General Manager of Supply Chain Management Strategy Department, Japan Business Unit
General Manager - Production Management
Takashi Saegusa
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Healthcare Products Division, Japan Business Unit
Shigeo Oshio
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Household Products Division, Japan Business Unit
Hiroaki Yanagida