List of Officers

Directors

Naoki Okada

Naoki Okada

Director, President and CEO

Kazuto Kazuhito

Kazuhito Iijima

Director, Chief Financial Officer

Tatsuya Sakano

Tatsuya Banno

Director, Executive Officer

Keiji Yoshikawa

Keiji Yoshikawa

Outside Director

Toshikazu Koike

Toshikazu Koike

Outside Director

Hideki Yanase

Hideki Yanase

Outside Director

Koji Naruke

Koji Naruke

Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee (Full-Time)

Yasuhiro Yamada

Yasuhiro Yamada

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Rumiko Tanabe

Rumiko Tanabe

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Asuka Nakamura

Asuka Nakamura

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Executive Officers

  • Noriyuki Kawanishi
    Executive Officer, CTO / Head of Research and Development Unit
  • Toru Hamasuna
    Head of  Corporate Strategy Unit
  • Yuuki Mori
    Head of Corporate Staff Unit
  • Ken Osato
    Head of Telecommunication Systems Business Unit
  • Masazumi Takagi
    Head of Electronic & Automotive Business Unit
  • Tetsuya Mangyoku
    Head of Production Engineering Unit
Naoki Okada

Director, President and CEO

Naoki Okada

Date of birth: January 28, 1964

Biography

April 1986
Joined Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation.
June 2012
General Manager of Optical Cable Development Department, General Manager of Optical Cable manufacturing Department
April 2013
General Manager of the Cable and Equipment R&D Center
March 2014
General Manager of the New Optical Fiber Cable Business Development Department
April 2018
General Manager, Head of the Optical Cable Systems Division
April 2020
Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager of the Corporate Strategy Planning Division
April 2021
Executive Officer COO
June 2021
Representative Director and COO
April 2022
Director, President and CEO (current)
Kazuto Kazuhito

Director, Chief Financial Officer

Kazuhito Iijima

Date of birth: February 22, 1966

Biography

April 1989
Joined Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation.
February 2008
Vice President & CFO of Fujikura Automotive Europe S.A.U.
June 2012
Vice President & CFO of Nistica, Inc.
April 2016
General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Division
April 2021
Corporate Officer, Head of the Finance & Accounting Department
June 2023
Director and CFO
April 2026
Director, Chief Financial Officer (current position)
Tatsuya Sakano

Director, Executive Officer

Tatsuya Banno

Date of birth: August 22, 1964

Biography

April 1987
Joined Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation.
April 2015
General Manager of Optical Cable business units business
April 2020
Executive Officer General Manager of Optical Fiber business
April 2021
Executive Officer Head of Information and Communications business units
April 2022
Executive Officer, CTO
June 2022
Director and CTO
June 2023
Representative Director CTO
April 2026
Director, Executive Officer (current)
Keiji Yoshikawa

Outside Director

Keiji Yoshikawa

Date of birth: July 6, 1950

Biography

April 1973
Joined Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
June 2008
Director, Executive Officer and Head of Specialty Glass SBU of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
February 2012
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Project Management Officer of the company
April 2012
Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
June 2015
Adviser of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
June 2018
Outside Director, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
May 2021
Outside Director of AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. (Incumbent)
June 2021
Fujikura Ltd. Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
June 2025
Fujikura Ltd. Outside Director (Current Position)
Koji Naruke

Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee (Full-Time)

Koji Naruke

Date of birth: January 30, 1964

Biography

April 1986
Joined Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation.
July 2008
Senior Member of the Corporate Strategy Planning Division
April 2010
Fujikura Electronics (Thailand) Ltd. General Manager
April 2013
General Manager of the Business Strategy Planning Division, Power & Telecommunication Systems Company
April 2017
CFO of ProCable Energia e Telecomunicacoes Ltd.
April 2020
President, Fujikura Fiber Optics Vietnam Ltd.
June 2023
Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (currently serving)
Toshikazu Koike

Outside Director

Toshikazu Koike

Date of birth: October 14, 1955

Biography

April 1979
Joined Brother Industries, Ltd.
August 1982
Seconded to Brother International Corporation (USA)
October 1992
Director
January 2000
President and CEO
June 2004
Brother Industries, Ltd.
January 2005
Board of Directors' Meeting Brother International Corporation (USA)
April 2005
Brother Industries, Ltd. Director and Senior Executive Officer
April 2006
Brother Industries, Ltd. Director and Senior Executive Officer
June 2006
Brother Industries, Ltd. Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
June 2007
President and Representative Director of Brother Industries, Ltd.
June 2018
Chairman and Representative Director, Brother Industries, Ltd.
June 2020
Outside Director, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.
May 2021
Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Yaskawa Electric Corporation
June 2022
Chairman of the Board, Brother Industries, Ltd. (Incumbent)
June 2024
Outside Director of IBIDEN Co., Ltd. (Incumbent)
June 2025
Fujikura Ltd. Outside Director (Current Position)
Hideki Yanase

Outside Director

Hideki Yanase

Date of birth: October 2, 1956

Biography

April 1979
Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation
June 2013
Managing Director
April 2017
Director and Executive Corporate Officer
June 2019
Executive Vice President
June 2020
Representative Director and Vice President
June 2023
Outside Director of New Japan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Incumbent)
June 2025
Fujikura Ltd. Outside Director (Current Position)
Yasuhiro Yamada

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Yasuhiro Yamada

Date of birth: April 8, 1958

Biography

April 1983
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
June 2007
Director of Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. (now Hokuetsu Corporation Ltd.)
April 2013
General Manager, Paper & Packaging Department, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 2015
Director of the company, General Manager of Lifestyle Products Division
April 2018
Full-time Advisor, Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (currently Toyo Tire Corporation)
March 2019
Board of Directors' Meeting (Incumbent)
June 2025
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Fujikura Ltd. (Current position)
Rumiko Tanabe

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Rumiko Tanabe

Date of birth: December 5, 1969

Biography

April 1995
Certified Public Accountant Registration
December 2004
American Home Assurance Company (AIG Group; now American Home Medical & Property Insurance Co., Ltd.) - Head of Accounting and Finance and Controller
October 2014
HOYA Corporation, Finance Department, Accounting General Manager
July 2018
Senior Manager, Vision Care Company Global Headquarters
June 2020
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Fast Fitness Japan Co., Ltd.
July 2020
Established Tanabe Certified Public Accountant Office (Incumbent)
September 2020
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. Outside Auditor
September 2022
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (Incumbent)
May 2023
Outside Auditor of AEON Mall Co., Ltd.
External Auditor, TSI Holdings Inc.
May 2025
Outside Director of TSI Holdings Inc. (Incumbent)
June 2025
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Fujikura Ltd. (Current position)
Asuka Nakamura

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Asuka Nakamura

Date of birth: December 15, 1973

Biography

April 2000
Certified Public Accountant Registration
January 2001
Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Advisory Services Co., Ltd. (now PwC Advisory LLC)
November 2007
Joined Houlihan Lokey Co., Ltd.
January 2012
Joined Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office
October 2013
Joined Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC (now EY Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
January 2015
Joined KPMG AZSA LLC
June 2016
Partner of the corporation
December 2022
President and CEO, Asu Mirai Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Outside Auditor, Mynavi Corporation (current position)
June 2023
Polaris Holdings Inc. Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
December 2024
Outside Auditor of Kato Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Incumbent)
June 2025
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Fujikura Ltd. (Current position)