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Company Name ロート製薬株式会社
ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Foundation February 22, 1899
Incorporation September 15, 1949
Capital 6,504 million yen (as of March 31, 2024)
Net Sales 128,937 million yen <non-consolidated basis>
270,840 million yen <consolidated basis> (as of March 31, 2024)
Number of Employees 1,687 <non-consolidated basis>
7,259 <consolidated basis>(as of March 31, 2024)
Stock Listing Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (Prime Market)
Main Business Manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and functional foods

Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Directors

Kunio Yamada

Chairman & CEO

Biography

April 1980 Joined the Company
June 1991 Director
June 1992 Senior Managing Director
June 1996 Executive Vice President
July 1998 Chairman of The Mentholatum Company (current position)
June 1999 President of the Company
June 2009 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company
August 2018 Chairman (CEO) and President of the Company
June 2019 Chairman of the Company (current position)
March 2021 Outside Director of Bacchus Bio innovation Co., Ltd. (current position)

Masashi Sugimoto

President and Chief Operating Officer

Biography

April 1984 Joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
October 2009 President of Healthcare Company
April 2017 President and Representative Director of Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company Limited (currently Alinamin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
January 2019 Joined the Company
June 2019 President of the Company (current position)
August 2021 Representative Director and Chairman of Amato Pharmaceutical Products, Ltd. (current position)

Masaya Saito

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Biography

April 1986 Joined the Company
May 1998 General Director of Rohto-Mentholatum (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.
June 2011 Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of the Company
June 2018 Executive Vice President of the Company (current position),
President and Director of The Mentholatum Company (current position),
Chief Executive Officer of Rohto-Mentholatum (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2022 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company (current position)

Shinichi Kunisaki

Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

Biography

April 1981 Joined Suntory Limited (currently, Suntory Holdings Limited)
January 2007 Joined the Company
June 2010 Director and General Manager of Research & Development Department of the Company
June 2018 President and Representative Director of Qualitech Pharma Co., Ltd.
June 2020 Managing Director of the Company
March 2022 Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of the Company (current position)
June 2023 Executive Vice President of the Company (current position)

Hidetoshi Segi

Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

Biography

April 1985 Joined Nippon Vicks KK (currently, P&G Japan G.K.)
June 1997 Joined the Company
June 2018 Director of the Company
March 2022 Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the Company (current position)
June 2022 Director of the Company
June 2023 Managing Director of the Company (current position)

Yasunori Kawasaki

Director and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Biography

April 1982 Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
April 1986 Joined the Company
October 2011 Director, Michinoku Future Fund (current position)
July 2021 Executive Officer of the Company
March 2023 Responsible for HR Development & Training, the Company
June 2023 Director of the Company (current position),
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the Company (current position)
June 2024 Outside Director, Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. (current position)

Masae Yamanaka

Director and Chief Transformation Officer (CXO)

Biography

April 1987 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
February 2009 Joined Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
July 2017 Joined Panasonic Corporation,Managing Officer,
Connected Solutions Company (currently Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.)
October 2017 Director, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. (currently Gemba Solutions Company)
June 2021 Outside Director, Sanrio Company, Ltd. (current position)
June 2022 Outside Director, JTB Corp. (current position)
May 2024 Joined the Company,
AI/CX Promotion Managing Coordinator and Executive Designer, Strategic Design Headquarters of the Company (current position)
June 2024 Director of the Company (current position),
Chief Transformation Officer (CXO) of the Company (current position)

Yoichi Honma

Director and Chief Scientific Officer (CScO)

Biography

April 1992 Joined the Company
May 2012 Deputy General Manager of Research & Development Department
June 2018 Director of Business Strategy Promotion Department
May 2019 Specially Appointed Division Manager for Promotion of R&D
July 2021 Executive Officer
June 2024 Director of the Company (current position),
Chief Scientific Officer (CScO) of the Company (current position)

Akie Iriyama

Outside Director

Biography

April 1998 Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
August 2008 Assistant Professor of School of Management, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
August 2013 Associate Professor, Waseda University Business School
April 2019 Professor, Waseda University Business School (current position)
June 2019 External Director of the Company (current position)
June 2020 Outside Director of Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd. (current position)
December 2020 Outside Director of SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (current position)
June 2021 Outside Director of SORACOM Inc. (current position)

Haruka Mera

Outside Director

Biography

March 2011 Launched READYFOR crowdfunding service
July 2014 Founded READYFOR Co., Ltd.
Representative Director & CEO of READYFOR, Inc. (current position)
June 2020 External Director of the Company (current position)

Tatsuo Uemura

Outside Director

Biography

April 1986 Professor, Faculty of Law, Senshu University
August 1990 Professor, Faculty of Law, Rikkyo University
April 1997 Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
October 2003 Director of Research Institute for 21st Century COE (Corporate Law and Legal Creation)
June 2004 Outside Director of JASDAQ Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.
September 2004 Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
June 2006 Shiseido Co., Ltd. Outside Director
September 2006 Dean, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
July 2008 Director of Global COE (Corporate Law and Legal Creation) Research Institute at the same university
April 2012 Executive Committee Member of Japan Broadcasting Corporation
April 2019 Professor Emeritus, Waseda University (current position)
July 2020 Outside Director of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (current position)
May 2022 Outside Director of Shochiku Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2022 External Director of the Company (current position)

Eriko Hayashi

Outside Director

Biography

October 2001 Registered as an attorney, joined Oh-Ebashi Law Office
June 2007 She admitted to the New York State Bar
January 2010 She became a partner of Oh-Ebashi Law Office
June 2010 Chief Representative of Oh-Ebashi LPC Shanghai Office
March 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kaizen Platform Co., Ltd. (current position)
November 2019 Established Yori Law Office and assumed office as representative (current position)
August 2021 Representative Employee, ERIO G.K. (current position)
March 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Mujin, Inc. (current position)
June 2022 External Director of the Company (current position)

Maiko Katadae

Outside Director

Biography

May 2005 Joined The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Co., Ltd. (currently The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.)
May 2023 Visiting Researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo (current position)
July 2023 Advisor, UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd. (current position)
April 2024 President, Infinite CORE Inc. (current position) 
June 2024 External Director of the Company (current position)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Masanori Kimura

Full-time Auditor

Biography

April 1982 Joined the Company
May 2003 Corporate Officer and Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Division
June 2005 Director and General Manager of Manufacturing Business Department
May 2008 Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning & Administration Department
April 2009 Director and General Manager of Healthcare Business Department
May 2012 Director in charge of Business Partnerships and Personnel Development
May 2013 Director and Division Manager of Agri-Farm Division
June 2016 Auditor (current position)

Hideto Uemura

Full-time Auditor

Biography

April 1982 Joined the Company
May 2003 Deputy General Manager of Business Development Department
April 2009 Deputy General Manager of Research & Development Department
May 2010 Corporate Officer and Deputy General Manager of Research & Development Department
May 2015 Senior Corporate Officer and General Manager of Marketing Department
June 2016 General Manager of Marketing Department
June 2017 Director of Business Strategy Promotion Department
June 2018 Director and Director of Headquarters for Promotion of Corporate Strategy
May 2019 Director of the Company
June 2020 Auditor (current position)

Yasuhiro Tani

Auditor

Biography

October 1981 Joined Asahi & Co. (currently, KPMG AZSA LLC)
April 1985 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
April 1986 Opened CPA Tani Accounting Office (current position)
May 2003 Registered as a Tax Accountant
April 2006 Professor of The Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University (current position)
June 2020 Auditor (current position)
March 2021 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
Noritz Corporation (current position)
June 2024 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC. (current position)

Eri Sugiyama

Auditor

Biography

October 2001 Registered as an Attorney, Joined Habataki Law Office
November 2008 Joined the Financial Services Agency (fixed-term staff),
Financial Securities Inspector, Inspection Coordination Division, Inspection Bureau, Financial Services Agency
July 2013 Partner, Habataki Law Office (current position)
June 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (current position)
April 2022 Professor, Legal Practice, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University (current position)
June 2023 Outside Executive Director, Linical Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2024 Auditor (current position)

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