Executives
Here, we introduce the Directors and Corporate Officers of ANEST IWATA. We aim to expand our business by forming a strong corporate organization through a Board composed of Directors who complement our business strategy.
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Representative Director
Directors

Kenichi Osawa
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Coating Division

Eisuke Miyoshi
Director and Managing Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer of Sales Division

Yoshitsugu Asai
Independent Director

Makoto Shimamoto
Independent Director

Katsumi Takeda
Director
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)

Kazumichi Matsuki
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Reiko Ohashi
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Yuko Shirai
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Shinichi Fukase
Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
1988 |
Joined the Company |
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2008 |
President of ANEST IWATA CAMPBELL K.K. |
2010 |
Executive Officer General Manager, Vacuum Equipment Department of the Company |
2016 |
Executive Officer |
2019 |
Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer, Air Energy Division Factory Manager, Fukushima Factory |
2019 |
Director |
2020 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Air Energy Division |
2022 |
President, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer(current position) |

Kenichi Osawa
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Coating Division
1990 |
Joined the Company |
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2010 |
President of ANEST IWATA (SHANGHAI) Corporation |
2012 |
President of ANEST IWATA Shanghai Trading Corporation |
2014 |
General Manager, Fluid Engineering Department of the Company |
2015 |
Executive Officer |
2018 |
General Manager, Coating Development |
2019 |
Executive Vice President East Asian Regional General Manager |
2020 |
Assistant Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division |
2020 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division (current position) |
2020 |
Director (current position) |

Eisuke Miyoshi
Director and Managing Executive OfficerChief Operating Officer of Sales Division
1993 |
Joined the Company |
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2012 |
President of ANEST IWATA Coating Service Corporation |
2014 |
President of ANEST IWATA Coating Solutions Corporation |
2016 |
Executive Officer |
2018 |
General Manager, Coating Marketing Department |
2019 |
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Business Administration DivisionGeneral Manager, HR & General Adntinistration Department |
2020 |
Chief Operating Officer, Business Administration Division |
2020 |
Chief Operating Officer, Business Administration DivisionGeneral Manager, HR & General Adntinistration DepartmentGeneral Manager, Financial & Accounting Department |
2021 |
Managing Executive OfficerChief Operating Officer, Business Administration DivisionGeneral Manager, Financial & Accounting Department |
2023 |
Managing Executive OfficerChief Operating Officer of Business Administration Division |
2023 |
Director (current position) |
2024 |
Managing Executive OfficerChief Operating Officer of Sales Division (current position) |

Yoshitsugu Asai
Independent Director
1977 |
Joined BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
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1989 |
Representative Director & President of BROTHER INDUSTRIES |
2000 |
General Manager, General Planning Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2004 |
Executive Officer, EVP* of I&D Company, and General Manager, Corporate Planning Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2006 |
Executive Officer and General Manager of Human Resource Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2011 |
Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Legal & General Affairs Department responsible for Corporate Communications (Public Relations) Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2016 |
Managing Executive Officer responsible for Finance & Accounting Department, Law, Environment & General Affairs Department and CSR & Corporate Communication of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2017 |
Outside Director of FUJIMI INCORPORATED (current position) |
2020 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |

Makoto Shimamoto
Independent Director
1983 |
Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
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2007 |
General Manager of Engine Designing Division, Product Development Section, MC*1 Business Operatiorts of Yamaha Motor Co.,Ltd. |
2010 |
Senior General Manager of Cost Innovation Section, Procurement Center of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2012 |
Director and President of Yamaha Motor Asian Center Co., Ltd. |
2014 |
Senior General Manager of PF*2 Model Development Section PF Model Unit of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2014 |
Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2015 |
Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit and Senior General Manager of PF Model Development Section, PF Model Uuit of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2015 |
Senior Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2017 |
Chief General Manager of Technology Center and Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2017 |
Senior Executive Officer and Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2018 |
Chief General Manager of Mobility Technology Center of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2020 |
Chief General Manager of Mobility Technology Center and Chief General Manager of Advanced Technology Center of Yantaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2021 |
Technical Advisor of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
2022 |
Advisor of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (current position) |
2023 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |

Katsumi Takeda
Director
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
1989 |
Joined the Company |
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2008 |
Executive Officer |
2011 |
General Manager, Fluid Engineering Department of the Company |
2014 |
General Manager, Coating System Marketing and R&D Department |
2016 |
Executive Officer |
2020 |
Managing Executive Officer |
2021 |
Managing Executive Officer |
2022 |
Managing Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer of Sales Division |
2022 |
Director (current position) |
2024 |
Managing Executive Officer (current position) |

Kazumichi Matsuki
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee
1976 |
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
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2007 |
Chairman of the Association of Corporate Legal Departments |
2010 |
Visiting Professor of the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Laws and Politics |
2011 |
Executive officer of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (currently Hokuetsu Corporation) |
2013 |
Managing Director of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. |
2016 |
Director of Dream Incubator Inc. |
2018 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |
2019 |
Outside Director of the Board of Nissha Co., Ltd. (current position) |
2020 |
Independent Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee |
2023 |
Outside Director of the Board of TOYO CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD.(current position) |

Reiko Ohashi
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee
1991 |
Joined Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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1995 |
Registered as a certified accountant |
2009 |
Director of Ohashi Certified Accountant Office (current position) |
2014 |
Representative employee of Yakumo Audit Corporation (current position) |
2015 |
Auditor of Japan Sport Council (current position) |
2020 |
Auditor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (current position) |
2021 |
Independent Director of the Company |
2022 |
Independent Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee |

Yuko Shirai
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee
1986 |
Registered as an attorney-at-law (member of Tokyo Bar Association) |
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1991 |
Established Wing Law Office, Partner |
2004 |
Director, Kanto Federation of Bar Associations |
2005 |
Expert Committee Member and Conciliation Committee Member, Tokyo District Court |
2009 |
Chair, Shinjuku Ward Board of Education |
2010 |
Auditor, Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
2011 |
Auditor, Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center |
2012 |
Vice-President, Tokyo Bar Association |
2013 |
Chair, Shinjuku Ward Board of Education |
2015 |
Outside Director, Seika Corporation (current position) |
2016 |
Audit Commissioner, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo (current position) |
2021 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |
Managing Executive Officers
Hitoshi Iwata
Chief Operating Officer of Business Administration Division
Corporate Officers
Gary Glass
CEO of ANEST IWATA Americas, Inc.
President of ANEST IWATA-Medea, Inc.
Coating Division
Masanori Daimaru
Chief Operating Officer of Air Energy Division,
General Manager of Development Engineering Department,
ANEST IWATA FEELER Corporation / Chairman & President,
and Shanghai Screw Compressor Co., Ltd. / Chairman
Takuya Matsumoto
ANEST IWATA STRATEGIC CENTER S.r.l./ Managing Director
Hiroyuki Yanai
Factory Manager, Fukushima Factory, Air Energy Division
Satoru Iwata
President & COO of ANEST IWATA Americas, Inc.
ANEST IWATA SPARMAX Co., Ltd. / Chairman