NSK

Board Members

  • Jin Harita, Hironao Yazaki, Yoshihiro Maki, Yukiko Araki
  • Yuji Nonagase, Kensuke Nakanishi, Eiichi Nakanishi, Masataka Suzuki, Chika Shiomi

Directors

Eiichi Nakanishi
Representative Director
Eiichi Nakanishi
Career summary
Kensuke Nakanishi
Representative Director
Kensuke Nakanishi
Career summary
Masataka Suzuki
Director
Masataka Suzuki
Career summary
Yuji Nonagase
Outside Director
Yuji Nonagase
Career summary
Yukiko Araki
Outside Director
Yukiko Araki
Career summary
Chika Shiomi
Outside Director
Chika Shiomi
Career summary

Corporate Auditors

Jin Harita
Corporate Auditor (Full-time)
Jin Harita
Career summary
Yoshihiro Maki
Outside Corporate Auditor
Yoshihiro Maki
Career summary
Hironao Yazaki
Outside Corporate Auditor
Hironao Yazaki
Career summary

Skills Matrix for the Company’s
Board Members

The expertness and experience required for the company’s board members
Corporatemanagement Globalexperience Production / Manufacturing Research and Development Sales /Marketing Finance / Accounting Legal / Compliance ESG / Sustainability ICT / DX
Directors Eiichi Nakanishi Representative Director,
President & Group CEO 		● ● ● ● ● ●
Kensuke Nakanishi Representative Director,
Executive Vice President & COO 		● ● ● ● ● ●
Masataka Suzuki Director,
Executive Vice President 		● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Yuji Nonagase Outside Director ● ● ● ● ● ●
Yukiko Araki Outside Director ● ● ● ● ●
Chika Shiomi Outside Director ● ● ● ●
Corporate Auditors Jin Harita Corporate Auditor (Full-time) ● ● ● ●
Yoshihiro Maki Outside Corporate Auditor ● ● ● ● ●
Hironao Yazaki Outside Corporate Auditor ● ● ● ●
Corporate Vice Presidents Daisuke Suzuki Administration ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Akio Tanaka Overseas Dental Business Management,
SCM 		● ●
Tsukasa Naganuma R&D ● ● ●
Koji Miyamoto Japan Dental Business ●
Masaaki Kikuchi Quality & Regulatory Affairs ● ●
Takashi Ugajin Production ● ●

Corporate Vice Presidents

President & Group CEO
Eiichi Nakanishi
Career summary
Executive Vice President & COO
Kensuke Nakanishi
Career summary
Executive Vice President
Masataka Suzuki
Career summary
Corporate Vice President & Group CFO(Administration)
Daisuke Suzuki
Corporate Vice President (Overseas Dental Business Management, SCM)
Akio Tanaka
Corporate Vice President (R&D)
Tsukasa Naganuma
Corporate Vice President (Japan Dental Business)
Koji Miyamoto
Corporate Vice President (Quality & Regulatory Affairs)
Masaaki Kikuchi
Corporate Vice President (Production)
Takashi Ugajin

  • Career summary

    Eiichi Nakanishi

    Eiichi Nakanishi

    Representative Director

    Jul. 1990
    Joined the Company
    Oct. 1993
    Director and Vice President, the Company
    May 2000
    Representative Director, President & CEO, the Company
    Nov. 2004
    President, NSK EURO HOLDINGS S.A. (current position)
    Mar. 2010
    Representative Director, President & Group CEO, the Company (current position)

  • Career summary

    Kensuke Nakanishi

    Kensuke Nakanishi

    Representative Director

    Jul. 1989
    Joined Copal Co., Ltd. (currently NIDEC PRECISION CORPORATION)
    Feb. 1994
    Joined the Company
    Apr. 1994
    Senior Managing Director, the Company
    Nov. 2004
    Director, NSK EURO HOLDINGS S.A. (current position)
    Mar. 2010
    Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO, the Company (current position)

  • Career summary

    Masataka Suzuki

    Masataka Suzuki

    Director

    Apr. 1973
    Joined Olympus Corporation
    Jun. 2002
    Corporate Officer, Olympus Corporation
    Apr. 2005
    President, Olympus Europa Holding GmbH
    Jun. 2005
    Director, Olympus Corporation
    Jun. 2008
    Senior Executive Managing Officer, Olympus Corporation
    Apr. 2009
    Chairman, Olympus (China) Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2011
    Chairman and Executive Managing, Olympus Corporation of Asia Pacific Limited
    Jun. 2012
    Manager, Global Management Strategy Office, the Company
    Apr. 2014
    Corporate Vice President, and General Manager of East Asia & China Sales Department, Overseas Dental Sales Division, the Company
    Jan. 2015
    Corporate Vice President, General Manager of Medical Business Division, and General Manager of East Asia Sales Department, Overseas Dental Sales Division, the Company
    Apr. 2018
    Corporate Vice President, and in charge of Medical Business Division and Dental Sales in East Asia & Oceania, the Company
    Mar. 2020
    Director, Executive Vice President, and in charge of Medical Business Division and Dental sales in East Asia & Oceania, the Company
    May 2022
    Director, Executive Vice President, and in charge of Surgical Business Division and Dental sales in East Asia & Oceania, the Company (current position)

  • Career summary

    Yuji Nonagase

    Yuji Nonagase

    Outside Director

    Sep. 2005
    Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University
    Mar. 2009
    Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company
    Mar. 2014
    Outside Director, the Company (current position)
    Jun. 2015
    Outside Director, Kawakin Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)
    Apr. 2016
    Professor, Faculty of Economics, Setsunan University (current position)
    Jun. 2018
    Chairman, Greater Tokyo Initiative (current position)
    Apr. 2022
    Director, Community Outreach Center, Setsunan University (current position)

    Concurrent positions

    • Outside Director, Kawakin Holdings Co., Ltd.
    • Professor, Faculty of Economics, Setsunan University
    • Chairman, Greater Tokyo Initiative
    • Director, Community Outreach Center, Setsunan University

  • Career summary

    Yukiko Araki

    Yukiko Araki

    Outside Director

    Apr. 1983
    Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
    Jun. 1998
    Director, Medical and Assistive Device Industries Office of Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
    Apr. 2001
    Director, International Exhibitions Promotion Office of Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
    May 2003
    Director, New and Renewable Energy Division of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
    Jul. 2006
    Director, Tourism Economy and International Affairs Division of Policy Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
    Jul. 2008
    Deputy Governor, Yamagata Prefecture
    May 2009
    Director, Bio-Industry Division of Manufacturing Industries Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
    Aug. 2011
    Representative, the Government of Japan, EXPO 2012 YEOSU KOREA
    Dec. 2012
    Joined Hitachi, Ltd. General Manager of CSR, Legal and Communication Headquarters Member of Global Environment Strategy Office
    Apr. 2014
    General Manager, CSR and Environment Business Growth Strategy Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Executive General Manager, Healthcare Business Headquarters, Hitachi Healthcare (in-house company)
    Apr. 2015
    Corporate Officer, Executive General Manager, CSR and Environment Business Growth Strategy Division, Legal and Communication Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Executive General Manager, Government & External Relations, Hitachi Healthcare (in-house company)
    Apr. 2018
    Corporate Officer, Executive General Manager, Sustainability Promotion Division, Government & External Relations Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Apr. 2020
    Member (part-time) of Administrative Council, Nagaoka University of Technology (current position)
    Dec. 2020
    Outside Director, Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd. (current position)
    Mar. 2021
    Outside Director, the Company (current position)
    Apr. 2021
    Corporate Officer, Deputy General Manager, Global External Relations Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
    General Manager, Hitachi Europe Belgium Office
    Jun. 2022
    Board of Councilors Member (part-time) of the Japanese Society for Wellbeing Science and Assistive Technology
    Mar. 2023
    Outside Director, Toyo Tire Corporation (current position)
    Jun. 2023
    Trustee, Akita International University (current position)
    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (current position)

    Concurrent positions

    • Member (part-time) of Administrative Council, Nagaoka
      University of Technology
    • Outside Director, Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd.
    • Outside Director, Toyo Tire Corporation
    • Trustee, Akita International University
    • Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
      Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

  • Career summary

    Jin Harita

    Jin Harita

    Corporate Auditor (Full-time)

    Apr. 1990
    Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    Feb. 2004
    Joined NAKANISHI INC.
    Apr. 2008
    General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, the Company
    Mar. 2010
    Corporate Vice President, Corporate Planning Department, the Company
    Apr. 2014
    General Manager, President's Office, the Company
    Jan. 2015
    General Manager, President's Office, Internal Audit Office, the Company
    Jun. 2022
    Joined The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore
    Mar. 2025
    Corporate Auditor, the Company (current position)

  • Career summary

    Yoshihiro Maki

    Yoshihiro Maki

    Outside Corporate Auditor

    Apr. 1973
    Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Jul. 1997
    General Manager, Materials Laboratory, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2004
    Executive Director, Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center
    Apr. 2010
    Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
    Apr. 2017
    President, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Apr. 2019
    Executive Producer, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Mar. 2020
    Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current position)
    Apr. 2020
    Business Producer, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Sep. 2020
    Auditor, YOKOHAMA National University

  • Career summary

    Hironao Yazaki

    Hironao Yazaki

    Outside Corporate Auditor

    Apr. 1985
    Joined Bridgestone Corporation
    Oct. 1993
    Joined Ota Showa Audit Corporation
    (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
    Apr. 1997
    Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
    Jul. 2006
    Partner, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
    Jun. 2024
    Retired from Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
    Auditor, Mochida Memorial Foudation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research (current position)
    Jul. 2024
    Opened Hironao Yazaki CPA Office as Representive (current position)

    Concurrent positions

    • Auditor, Mochida Memorial Foudation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
    • Representive, Hironao Yazaki CPA Office

  • Career summary

    Chika Shiomi

    Chika Shiomi

    Outside Director

    Apr. 1995
    Joined Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Mar. 2001
    Director, Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2003
    Managing Director, Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Oct. 2003
    Director and Vice President, Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Mar. 2006
    President, Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (current position)
    Sep. 2014
    Board Member, The Association of Liquid Filtration and Purification Industry (current position)
    Nov. 2019
    Member, Trade Issues Subcommittee, Business Support Committee, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Making Council
    Jun. 2020
    Member, System Design WG, Fundamental Issues Subcommittee, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Making Council
    Mar. 2023
    Outside Director, the Company (current position)
    Apr. 2023
    Outside Director, Fast Beauty inc. (current position)

    Concurrent positions

    • President, Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    • Board Member, The Association of Liquid Filtration and Purification
      Industry
    • Outside Director, Fast Beauty inc.