Director and Executive Officer

Director

Director
Chairperson of the Board,
Member, Compensation Committee

Masaya Suzuki
 

Profile
April 1998 Joined Sumitomo Corporation
November 2000 Seconded to the Company; System Team Manager, the Company
March 2006 Advanced Materials and Specialty Iron & Steel Trade Dept., Sumitomo Corporation
May 2006 EC Business Dept., No. 2, Rakuten, Inc.
November 2006 Marketing Team Manager, Bookmedia Dept., Rakuten, Inc.
April 2007 General Manager, Marketing Dept., the Company
March 2008 Executive Officer and General Manager, Marketing Dept., the Company
August 2011 Director, K-engine Corporation
March 2012 Director, President & COO, the Company
January 2013 Director, NAVIMRO Co., Ltd. (to present)
August 2016 Director, PT Sumisho E-Commerce Indonesia (present PT MONOTARO INDONESIA) (to present)
February 2018 Chairperson, ZORO Shanghai Co., Ltd
July 2018 Outside director, Smaregi, Inc.
February 2020 Managing Director, Endless Assortment Business, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (to present)
November 2020 Director, IB MONOTARO PRIVATE LIMITED (to present)
August 2022 Director, Aldagram Inc. (to present)
January 2024 Director, Chairperson, and CEO, the Company
March 2025 Director, Chairperson, and CEO, the Company
March 2026 Director and Chairperson, the Company (to present)
 

Director
President, and CEO 
 
 
Sakuya Tamura 
 

Profile
April 2007 Joined Boston Consulting Group
April 2010 Joined GE Healthcare Japan Corporation
March 2020 Joined the Company
April 2021 General Manager, Supply Chain Management Dept., the Company
March 2022 Executive Officer and General Manager, Supply Chain Management Dept., the Company
March 2023 Senior Executive Officer and General Manager, Supply Chain Management Dept., the Company
June 2023 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Supply Chain Management Dept., and General Manager, BPM Promotion Dept., the Company
January 2024 President and COO, the Company
March 2024 Director, President and COO, the Company
May 2025 Director, MONO1X TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED (current MONOTARO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED) (to present)
October 2025 Director, MONOTARO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. (to present)
November 2025 Director, Aldagram Inc. (to present)
November 2025 Director, Shin-Sanko Mask Co., Ltd. (to present)
March 2026 Director, President and CEO, the Company(to present)
 

Director
Chairperson, Compensation Committee
Member, Nomination Committee
   
Masahiro Kishida

Profile
April 1983 Joined PARCO CO., LTD.
May 1992 Joined The Japan Research Institute, Limited
July 1996 Joined Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. (present Booz & Company Inc.)
October 2002 Partner, Roland Berger Ltd.
September 2006 Partner, Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. (present Booz & Company Inc.)
March 2012 Director, the Company (to present)
April 2013 Partner, A.T. Kearney, K.K.
January 2014 CEO and Representative Director, A.T. Kearney, K.K.
January 2018 Member of the Board, A.T. Kearney Ltd.
January 2021 Representative in Japan, Russell Reynolds Associates Japan, Inc.
July 2023 Representative Partner, INTEGRITY LLC. (to present)
 

Director
Chairperson, Audit Committee
Member, Nomination Committee
 
Tomoko Ise

Profile
October 2004 Admitted to the bar
Joined TMI Associates
August 2014 Joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
June 2015 Returned to TMI Associates
January 2019 Counsel, TMI Associates
March 2020 Director, the Company (to present)
November 2021 Counsel, TMI Associates Osaka Office
January 2022 Partner, TMI Associates Osaka Office
September 2022 Outside Auditor, Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd. (to present)
January 2026 Partner, TMI Associates (to present)
 

Director
Member, Audit Committee
 
 
Hiroshi Miura

Profile
April 1985 Joined Eiwa Audit Corporation (present KPMG AZSA LLC)
August 1989 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
February 1992 Seconded to New York Office of Arthur Andersen LLP
June 2006 Representative Partner of KPMG AZSA & Co.(present KPMG AZSA LLC)
July 2009 Seconded to KPMG London Office (Head of EMA Global Japanese Practice (GJP))
October 2013 Executive Board Member of KPMG AZSA LLC
July 2019 Executive Officer of KPMG AZSA LLC
June 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, MARUWA UNYU KIKAN CO., LTD. (present AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings Inc.)
July 2021 Representative CPA of Global Management Advisory Office (to present)
November 2021 Executive Director of ORIX JREIT Inc.
March 2022 Director, the Company (to present)
June 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOYOTA BOSHOKU Corporation (to present)
June 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, OMRON Corporation (to present)
 

Director
Chairperson, Nomination Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
 
Kiyoshi Nakashima

Profile
April 1981 Joined Macnica, Inc.
May 1991 Director, General Manager, Component First Business Department, Macnica, Inc.
April 1999 Director, General Manager, Network Business Department, Macnica, Inc.
June 2003 Managing Director, Macnica, Inc.
March 2004 Representative Director and President, Macnica Networks Corp.(present Macnica, Inc. Networks Company)
April 2005 Director and Executive Vice President, Macnica, Inc.
Representative Director and President, Altima, Inc. (present Macnica Altima Company)
June 2008 Representative Director, President and CEO, Macnica, Inc.
April 2015 Representative Director, President and CEO, Macnica Fuji Electronics, Inc. (present MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC.)
June 2019 Representative Director and Chairperson, Macnica, Inc.
Representative Director, Chairperson and CEO, Macnica Fuji Electronics, Inc. (present MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC.)
June 2021 Director and Chairperson, Macnica, Inc.  Director and Chairperson, Macnica Fuji Electronics, Inc. (present MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC.)
March 2024 Director, the Company (to present)
June 2025 Special Advisor, MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC. (to present)
Special Advisor, Macnica, Inc. (to present)
 

Director
Member, Compensation Committee
 
 
Peter Kenevan

Profile
June 1995 Admitted to the California bar
September 1995 Joined McKinsey & Company, Inc.
June 2000 Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Tokyo Office
June 2012 Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Tokyo Office
April 2021 VP, Head of Japan, PayPal Pte.Ltd. Tokyo Branch
June 2022 Outside Director, ROHM Co., Ltd.
March 2025 Director, the Company (to present)
August 2025 Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Sustainability, ROHM Co., Ltd. (to present)
 

Director
Member, Nomination Committee
Member, Audit Committee
 
 
Kayako Omura

Profile
April 1986 Joined Kobe Steel, Ltd
October 2001 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2009 Manager in charge of Planning, Cloud Computing Business, IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2013 General Manager of Planning Department, Financial Business Division, IBM Japan, Ltd.
April 2014 Representative Director and Vice President, OB Kogyo, Ltd.
April 2017 Representative Director and President, OB Kogyo, Ltd.
April 2025 Advisor, Mabuchi OB Gear System Co., Ltd.
 

Director
Member, Compensation Committee
Member, Audit Committee
 
 
Yasunori Ogawa

Profile
April 1988 Joined Seiko Epson Corporation
April 2017 Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
June 2017 Executive Officer, Seiko Epson Corporation
June 2018 Director, Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
October 2018 Director, Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division, and Chief Technology Officer, General Administrative Manager, Technology Development Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
April 2019 Director, Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, General Administrative Manager, Technology Development Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
June 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Wearable Products & Industrial Solutions Operations Segment, and Chief Technology Officer, General Administrative Manager, Technology Development Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
April 2020 President and Representative Director, Seiko Epson Corporation
April 2025 Chairperson and Director, Seiko Epson Corporation (to present)
 

Director
Member, Nomination Committee
 
 
Abe Thomas

Profile
July 2004 Joined Merrill Lynch
January 2008 Assistant Vice President, Merrill Lynch
July 2010 Joined A.T. Kearney
January 2015 Principal, A.T. Kearney
July 2015 Joined W.W. Grainger, Inc.
September 2019 Vice President, in charge of Merchandising, W.W. Grainger,Inc
August 2022 Vice President, in charge of Marketing, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
September 2023 Group Vice President, Customer Strategy, Sales Operations & Enablement, Marketing & Pricing, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (to present)

Executive officer

Director
Chairperson of the Board,
Member, Compensation Committee

Masaya Suzuki
 
Profile is described in the above "Director" section.

 

Director
President, and CEO
 
 
Sakuya Tamura
 
Profile is described in the above "Director" section.

 

Deputy President
 
 
Hidetoshi Taura

Profile
April 2009 Joined Boston Consulting Group
March 2018 Joined the Company
June 2018 General Manager, Global Business Dept., the Company
January 2019 Director, ZORO Shanghai Co., Ltd
March 2019 Executive Officer and General Manager, Global Business Dept., the Company
Director, NAVIMRO Co., Ltd (to present)
April 2019 Director, PT Monotaro Indonesia
February 2021 Director, IB MONOTARO PRIVATE LIMITED
May 2021 Executive Officer, the Company
President Director, PT Monotaro Indonesia (to present)
March 2023 Senior Executive Officer, the Company
December 2023 Director, CEO, and IB MONOTARO PRIVATE LIMITED (to present)
March 2025 Deputy President, the Company (to present)
 

Senior Executive Officer, and CTO
Head of Software Div.
 
 
Taisuke Fukawa

Profile
April 2001 Joined A&I System Co., Ltd. (now LAC Co., Ltd.)
September 2009 Joined Oisix ra daichi Inc.
October 2019 Joined the Company
January 2021 General Manager, EC System Engineering Dept., the Company
March 2022 Executive Officer and General Manager, EC System Engineering Dept., the Company
March 2025 Senior Executive Officer and General Manager, EC System Engineering Dept., the Company
May 2025 Director, MONO1X TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED (current MONOTARO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED) (to present)
July 2025 Senior Executive Officer and General Manager, the Company (to present)
 

Executive Officer, and CFO
Head of Corporate Div.
 
Yohei Yuki

Profile
April 2010 Joined DAIHEN Corporation
June 2019 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant in State of Washington
March 2021 Joined the Company
November 2023 General Manager, Corporate Audit Dept., the Company
January 2025 General Manager, Business Administration Dept., the Company
March 2025 Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Administration Dept., the Company (to present)
March 2025 Director, NAVIMRO Co., Ltd. (to present)
May 2025 Director, MONO1X TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED (current MONOTARO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED) (to present)
June 2025 Commissioner, PT MONOTARO INDONESIA (to present)
October 2025 Director, MONOTARO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.(to present)
November 2025 Auditor, Shin-Sanko Mask Co.,Ltd. (to present)
 

Executive Officer
Head of Data Algorithm Div.
 
Xinpeng Zhang

Profile
January 2012 Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
February 2013 Researcher, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
April 2016 Joined the Company
October 2024 General Manager, Data Science Dept., the Company
March 2025 Executive Officer and General Manager, Data Science Dept., the Company (to present)
 

Executive Officer
Head of Merchandising Div.
 
Hiromasa Takahashi

Profile
April 1993 Joined Sugimoto Shoji
February 2005 Joined the Company
May 2021 General Manager, Product Development Department, the Company
October 2025 Director, MONOTARO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.(to present)
November 2025 Representative Director, President, Shin-Sanko Mask Co.,Ltd.(to present)
March 2026 Director, General Manager Product Development Department (to present)

 

Executive Officer
Head of Mcom Marketing Div.
 
Kotaro Orito

Profile
April 2006 Joined OKWeb Inc.
August 2010 Joined Kakaku.com, Inc.
September 2022 Joined the Company
November 2024 General Manager, Marketing Department, the Company
March 2026 Executive Officer, General Manager, Marketing Department (to present)
 

Executive Officer
Head of Fulfillment Div.
 
Michihito Hanahara

Profile
April 2000 Joined Ryoshoku Limited
April 2007 Joined Accenture Japan Ltd.
May 2010 Joined Amazon Japan G.K.
February 2024 Joined the Company
March 2025 General Manager, Supply Chain Management Department, the Company
March 2026 Executive Officer, General Manager, Supply Chain Management Department, Logistics Planning Department (to present)
 
( As of Mar. 26 2026 )

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