Board of directors

Chairperson

Michiaki Uriu
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Michiaki Uriu is the Chairperson of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. He entered Kyushu Electric Power in 1975, after graduating from Osaka University with a master's degree in industrial mechanical engineering. He built his career through working in the Thermal Power Division, the Corporate Planning Division and the Environmental Division. He was involved in many key projects in the Thermal Power Division, such as the planning of the LNG-fueled Shin Oita Power Station and overseas IPP business. After being appointed President in 2012, he took command during the most difficult period in the company's history. In a period of electricity market reforms and rate revisions, he ensured that safety measures were implemented successfully to restart Kyushu's nuclear power stations. Mr. Uriu took up his current post on the Board of Directors in 2018.

President and CEO

Kazuhiro Ikebe
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Kazuhiro Ikebe is the President and CEO of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1981, he joined Kyushu Electric Power the same year. In 1987, Mr. Ikebe broadened his horizons by studying at the University of Washington in Seattle for three years. While spending much of his career in the Corporate Planning Division, he was also involved in Power Generation, Human Resources, and General Affairs, as well as spending time as secretary to the President. He became General Manager of the Power Generation Division in 2012, where he contributed to restarting Kyushu Electric Power's nuclear power stations. He then served as General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division in 2014 and as Deputy Director of the Board of Directors' Management Strategy Division in 2016, when he helped to formulate management strategies. Following his term as Senior Managing Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Corporate Strategy Division in 2017, Mr. Ikebe was appointed President and CEO of the Board of Directors in 2018.

Vice-Presidential Executive Officer

Naoyuki Toyoshima
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Naoyuki Toyoshima is a Vice-Presidential Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors.
He entered the company in 1982, upon completion of his master's degree in nuclear engineering at Tohoku University. Through his involvement in the Nuclear Power Division, both at Kyushu Electric Power's Headquarters and on-site at their nuclear power stations, he has acquired expertise in their operations and quality control management. As a branch manager, he has also gained experience in managing regional relations. After serving as General Manager of the Nuclear Power Division (2011), he became an Executive Officer when he assumed the post of General Manager of the Miyazaki Branch Office in 2015, becoming Managing Executive Officer when he was named Deputy Director of the Nuclear Power Division in 2017. Mr. Toyoshima assumed his current position on the Board of Directors when he was appointed Director of the same division in 2018, and in 2022 he was appointed Vice-Presidential Executive Officer, and Executive Director of Nuclear Power Division.

Vice-Presidential Executive Officer

Noboru Hashimoto
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Noboru Hashimoto is a Vice-Presidential Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. He graduated from Kyushu University Faculty of Economics in 1984 and joined Kyushu Electric Power in the same year. After joining the company, he built his career in labor affairs, general affairs, honorary advisor’s secretary and administration planning, and most recently he led many projects in urban development as the growing business field. As a branch manager, he has also gained experience in managing regional relations. After serving as General Manager of District Symbiosis Division (General Affairs) in 2015, he became an Executive Officer when he assumed the post of General Manager of the Kumamoto Branch Office in 2017, becoming Managing Executive Officer and Director of Urban Development Division in 2020 (promoted to Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2022). Mr. Hashimoto took up the post of Vice-Presidential Executive Officer of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of the Business Solutions Headquarters in 2023.

Vice-Presidential Executive Officer

Atsushi Soda
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Atsushi Soda is a Vice-Presidential Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. He entered the company in 1985, upon completion of his master's degree in electrical engineering at Nagasaki University. After joining the company, he built his career in transmission system operation and corporate planning, he also acquired experience providing regional support as a General Manager. Furthermore, he served twice in the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC). Thanks to this experience, Mr. Soda has a deep knowledge of the electric power industry, both within and beyond Japan. In 2016, he became General Manager of the Administration Planning Division (Management Planning), in 2017 General Manager of the Corporate Strategy Division (Group Management Planning). When he became General Manager of the Oita Branch Office in 2018, he was named Executive Officer. After serving as Senior Managing Director of the Federation of Electric Power Companies (promoted to Managing Officer in June 2020, and Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2022), and in 2023 he was appointed as Vice-Presidential Executive Officer on the Board of Directors in 2023, and as well as Crisis Management Officer and ESG matters.

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Yoshiharu Senda
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Yoshiharu Senda is a Senior Managing Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. In 1984 after completing his graduate studies (Civil Engineering) at Kyoto University. After joining the company, he built up his career in the Civil Engineering Division and the Environmental Division.
In 2014, he was appointed General Manager of the District Symbiosis Division (Crisis Management); in 2016, General Manager of the District Symbiosis Division (Crisis Management) and General Manager of the President's Office (Corporate Policy); in 2017, Executive Officer and Deputy Director of the District Symbiosis Division; in 2018, Executive Officer and Director of the Civil Engineering and Building Division; in 2019, Senior Executive Officer and Director of the Civil Engineering and Building Division; in 2020, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Technical Solution Headquarters; and in 2022, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Technical Solution Headquarters and become a menber of the Board of Directors.

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Takashi Nakano
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Takashi Nakano is a Senior Managing Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Seinan Gakuin University in 1985, he joined Kyushu Electric Power in the same year. After joining the company, he built his career in human resources, public relations, corporate planning, and business administration, and he is currently in charge of accounting, financial affairs, administration of property, and material procurement. Mr. Nakano also has experience providing regional support as a Branch General Manager. In 2015, he became General Manager of the Administration Planning Division (Organizational Strategy), in 2017 Director of the Corporate Strategy Division (Energy Strategy), in 2018 General Manager of the Kagoshima Branch Office. He was named Managing Executive Officer of the Operating Division, Business Solution Headquarters in 2021 (promoted to Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2022), and assumed his post as a Member of the Board of Directors in 2023.

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Masaru Nishiyama
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Masaru Nishiyama is a Senior Managing Executive Officer of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. After graduating from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics in 1986, he joined Kyushu Electric Power in the same year. After joining the company, he built his career in corporate planning, president’s secretary and business administration. Most recently Mr. Nishiyama led many projects in the overseas business as growing field. In 2016, he became General Manager of the Business Administration Division, General Manager of the Corporate Strategy Division (Group Management Strategy) in 2017, Executive Officer and General Manager of the International Business Office in 2019. He was named Managing Executive Officer of the Corporate Strategy Division in 2021 (promoted to Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2022), he was appointed Vice-Presidential Executive Officer of Energy Service Business Headquarters in 2023.

External Member

Sakie Tachibana Fukushima
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Sakie Tachibana Fukushima is an External Member of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors. With an MBA earned at Stanford University in 1987, Ms. Tachibana Fukushima served as the US Director of Korn Ferry International in 1995, assuming the Presidency of Japan Korn Ferry International, Inc. in 2001, becoming the Chairperson in 2009. From 2010, she has acted as President and Representative Director of S&G Global Advisors, Inc.
Ms. Tachibana Fukushima has been serving as an External Member of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors since 2020.

External Member

Junji Tsuda
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Junji Tsuda is an External Member of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors.
Upon graduating from the University of Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1976, he entered Yaskawa Electric Corporation the same year. After developing his career in various divisions such as the Inverter Division at Yaskawa America, Inc., Mr. Tsuda was appointed a Member of the Board of Directors at Yaskawa Electric Corporation in 2005. He was promoted to a Managing Director of the Board in 2009, President (Representative Director) in 2010, and then to Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, and President in 2013. Since 2016, he has been acting as Representative Director, Chairman of the Board for Yaskawa; he served as a director in 2022 and as a special advisor in the same year. Mr. Tsuda was named External Member of the Board of Directors of Kyushu Electric Power Company in 2021.

Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Yasuaki Endo
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Yasuaki Endo is a Member of Kyushu Electric Power's Board of Directors Audit & Supervisory Committee.
He joined Kyushu Electric Power Company upon graduation from Kyoto University's Faculty of Law in 1980. Although he was mainly involved in the Departments of Human Resources & Labor and General Affairs, Mr. Endo also built up his career as a General Manager providing regional support. He served as General Manager of the General Affairs Department in 2011, and was made an Executive Officer and General Manager of the Saga Branch Office in 2015. He rose to the position of Managing Executive Officer and was appointed Director of the District Symbiosis Division in 2018. Mr. Endo advanced to Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2019 before taking up his post as an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Board of Directors in 2021.

External Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Kazuko Fujita
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Certified Public Accountant and Certified Public Tax Accountant Kazuko Fujita is an outside director and  Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Co. 
Upon graduating from Kyushu University's Faculty of Economics in 1971, she was registered as a CPA in 1975. After working at MISUZU Audit Corporation and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, she established Fujita Certified Public Accountants in 2009, and she was registered as a Certified Public Tax Accountant in 2010.
She has served as a director and  Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Company since 2020.

External Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Yuji Oie
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Yuji Oie is an outside director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Co. He received his M.S. in Mathematical Engineering from Kyoto University in 1980 and his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1987, and was appointed President of Kyushu Institute of Technology and Information Technology in 2009, Director and Vice President in 2010, and President in 2016 (- 2022). He has served as a director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Company since 2022.

External Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Tomoka Sugihara
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Tomoka Sugihara is an attorney and an outside director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Co. She completed her legal apprenticeship in 1999 and registered as an attorney in the same year.
She joined the law firm of Miura, Okuda & Iwamoto and became a partner in 2007, and served as the chair of the Fukuoka Bar Association and Labor Lawyers Committee in 2016(-2021). She has served as a director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Kyushu Electric Power Company since 2022.