Born on November 2, 1940 in Gunma Prefecture.

 

Education:

March 1963

B.A., Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo

 

July 1972

MBA, Harvard Business School

 

 

Professional Experience:

April 1963

Joined Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
(Nippon Steel Corporation was organized by the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. in March 1970)

 

November 1982

Group Manager, Sales Control Dept., Sales Control Division

 

June 1985

Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Division

 

June 1987

Assistant General Manager, Sales Administration Division

 

June 1989

General Manager, Automobile Plate & Sheet Sales Division

 

November 1991

General Manager, Sales Administration Division

 

June 1993

Director, Member of the Board
General Manager, Sales Administration Division

 

June 1995

Director, Member of the Board
Sales of Plate and Bar & Wire Rod; Structurals Group

 

April 1997

Managing Director, Member of the Board
Sales Administration & Planning; Sales of Plate, Bar & Wire
Rod and Pipe & Tube; Structurals Group

 

April 1998

Managing Director, Member of the Board
Sales Flat Products Group Administration & Planning;
Sales of Electrical Sheet; Export & Overseas Project

 

April 2000

Representative Director and Executive Vice President

 

April 2003

Representative Director and President

 

April 2008

Representative Director and Chairman