Directors and Corporate Officers

Directors

Directors table
Representative Director / President	Munetoshi Goto
Director / Managing Corporate Officer	Tetsuhisa Kaneko	General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Takashi Tsuchiya	General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Masaki Yoshida	General Manager of Production Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Takashi Omote	General Manager of International Sales Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Yukihiro Otsu	General Manager of Administration Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Yoshihisa Inuzuka	General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer	Hideyuki Kawase	General Manager of Quality Headquarters
Outside Director	Takahiro Iwase
Outside Director	Takashi Ando
Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Koji Tsuzuki
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Koji Nishikawa
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Ayumi Ujihara
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Minae Fukumoto

Corporate Officers

Corporate Officers table
Corporate Officer	Larry Peck
Corporate Officer	Rich Chapman
Corporate Officer	Kazuhisa Makino
Corporate Officer	Koki Hyodo
Corporate Officer	Hiroshi Murata
Corporate Officer	Minoru Nakamura
Corporate Officer	Hiroshi Ichikawa
Corporate Officer	Kotaro Ichinose
Corporate Officer	Naoki Takei

Representative Director / Chairman

Masahiko Goto

Biography Table
March 1971	Joined the Corporation
May 1984	Director, Manager of Corporate Planning Department
July 1987	Managing Director, General Manager of Administration Headquarters
May 1989	President and Representative Director
June 2013	Chairman and Representative Director (present)
March 2022	Outside Director of HOSHIZAKI CORPORATION (present)

Representative Director / President

Munetoshi Goto

Biography Table
April 1999	Joined the Corporation
April 2012	General Manager of International Sales Administration Department
June 2013	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of International Sales Headquarters
June 2017	President and Representative Director (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Shinichiro Tomita

Biography Table
March 1974	Joined the Corporation
October 2000	General Manager of Plant Engineering-maintenance Department
October 2001	General Manager of Production Engineering Department
September 2003	President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd.
June 2007	Director, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant)
June 2009	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters (in charge of Product Development)
May 2010	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Tetsuhisa Kaneko

Biography Table
March 1981	Joined the Corporation
April 2004	General Manager of Technical Research Department
August 2005	General Manager of Production Department 2
October 2006	General Manager of Production Department 1
June 2007	Director, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
June 2009	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
May 2010	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters (in charge of China Plant)
June 2015	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters
June 2017	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
June 2024	Director, Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters（present）

Director / Corporate Officer

Tomoyuki Ota

Biography Table
March 1978	Joined the Corporation
October 2003	General Manager of Production Department 1
August 2005	General Manager of Products & Engineering Administration Department
July 2012	General Manager of Products & Engineering Administration Department and General Manager of Product Design & Development Department 1
June 2013	Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
June 2021	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Quality Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Takashi Tsuchiya

Biography Table
March 1982	Joined the Corporation
April 2001	Manager of Shizuoka Branch Office
October 2003	Manager of Tokyo Branch Office
April 2010	General Manager of Sales Administration Department
June 2013	Corporate Officer, Domestic Sales Headquarters (in charge of Tokyo Sales Department)
June 2015	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters
June 2024	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters: concurrently in charge of Osaka Area
June 2025	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Masaki Yoshida

Biography Table
March 1985	Joined the Corporation
October 2007	General Manager of Production Control Department
April 2010	General Manager of Production Department 2
April 2011	General Manager of Production Development Department
February 2012	Vice President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd
June 2015	Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant)
April 2018	Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters
June 2021	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Takashi Omote

Biography Table
March 1982	Joined the Corporation
January 1995	President of Makita Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
March 2001	President of Makita do Brasil Ferramentas Elétricas Ltda.
June 2013	Corporate Officer of the Corporation (in charge of Central and South America Sales)
June 2017	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of International Sales Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Yukihiro Otsu

Biography Table
March 1983	Joined the Corporation
July 1996	Chief Financial Officer of Makita U.S.A. Inc.
April 2009	Assistant Manager of Finance Department
December 2009	Vice President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd
October 2013	General Manager of Accounting Department of the Corporation
June 2017	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Administration Headquarters (present)

Outside Director

Takashi Ando

Biography Table
April 1978	Joined Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (“Nagoya Railroad”)
June 2008	Director of Nagoya Railroad
June 2011	Managing Director of Nagoya Railroad
June 2013	Senior Managing Director, Representative Director of Nagoya Railroad
June 2015	President, Representative Director of Nagoya Railroad
June 2019	President, Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer of Nagoya Railroad
June 2021	Chairman, Representative Director of Nagoya Railroad (present)
June 2024	Outside Director of CHUBU-NIPPON BROADCASTING CO., LTD. (present)
June 2025	Outside Director of the Corporation (present)

Outside Director

Takahiro Iwase

Biography Table
April 1977	Joined Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (present; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, “TOYOTA”)
June 2005	Managing Officer of TOYOTA
June 2009	Senior Managing Director of TOYOTA
June 2009	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
April 2011	Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
June 2011	Senior Managing Officer of TOYOTA
June 2014	President of TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO., LTD.
April 2016	Standing Counselor of Aichi Steel Corporation (“AICHI STEEL”)
June 2016	Chairman and Representative Director of AICHI STEEL
June 2017	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
July 2020	Chairman of Aichi Prefectural Public Safety Commission
March 2021	External Auditor of DMG MORI CO., LTD. (present)
June 2021	Outside Director of the Corporation (present)

Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Koji Tsuzuki

Biography Table
March 1985	Joined the Corporation
September 2007	Chief Financial Officer of Makita U.S.A. Inc.
April 2015	General Manager of General Affairs Department
June 2025	Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Minae Fukumoto

Biography Table
April 2000	Attorney-at-law, admitted and belonging to the Nagoya Bar Association (present; Aichi Bar Association)
April 2000	Joined Sumida Masao Law Firm (present; Sumida Law Firm)
April 2007	Joined Fukumoto Law Firm (present)
October 2008	Appointed as a Civil Mediator at Nagoya Summary Court
April 2022	Appointed as a Domestic Relations Conciliation Commissioners at Nagoya Family Court (present)
June 2025	Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Koji Nishikawa

Biography Table
October 1988	Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation
August 1992	Registered as a certified public accountant
April 2000	Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation (formed by a merger with Chuo Audit Corporation)
April 2000	Appointed as Partner of ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation
September 2006	Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (present; PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
September 2006	Appointed as Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata
July 2018	Representative of Nishikawa Koji Accounting Firm (present)
April 2020	Joined Seimei Audit Corporation
June 2020	Representative Partner of Seimei Audit Corporation (present)
June 2021	Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Ayumi Ujihara

Biography Table
April 1984	Joined BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
March 1994	Joined Itoh Accounting Firm
April 2000	Joined Tokai Local Finance Bureau (financial securities inspector)
July 2003	Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation
August 2006	Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
July 2015	Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata
July 2022	Representative of Ayumi Ujihara CPA office (present)
March 2023	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (present)
May 2023	Partner of Kagayaki Audit Corporation (present)
June 2023	Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Yoshihisa Inuzuka

Biography Table
March 1984	Joined the Corporation
April 2009	General Manager of Production Department 2
April 2010	General Manager of Production Development Department
March 2011	Plant Manager of Makita do Brasil Ferramentas Elétricas Ltda.
April 2016	General Manager of Research & Development Planning Department of the Corporation
June 2021	Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
June 2024	Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Hideyuki Kawase

Biography Table
March 1986	Joined the Corporation
April 2012	President of SC Makita EU S.R.L. (Romania)
March 2017	General Manager of Production Control Department
April 2018	President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd.
June 2021	Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant)
March 2024	Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters
June 2024	Corporate Officer, General Manager of Quality Headquarters (present)