Directors

Yugo Horii / Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer

Position and assignment: Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer, Chief AUTOBACS Chain Officer
Year of birth: 1972
Years in office: 10th year

 

Professional background including major posts held concurrently

March 1995: Joined AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.

April 2010: General Manager of Legal Department

April 2012: Officer, Internal Control

April 2013: Officer, Internal Control and Legal

April 2015: Officer, Legal, General Affairs and Internal Control

April 2016: Senior Executive Officer, Overseas Business

June 2016: Director and Senior Executive Officer, Overseas Business

April 2017: Director and Senior Executive Officer, Office of the President and Overseas Business Planning

April 2018: Director and Senior Executive Officer, Office of the President and Business Planning, and AUTOBACS Business Planning

June 2019: Representative Director and President, ABT Marketing Co., Ltd.

April 2020: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of AUTOBACS Business Planning & Operations and CEO Office / Business Planning

April 2022: Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, CEO Office / Business Planning

June 2022: Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Chief AUTOBACS Chain Officer

April 2023: Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer, Chief AUTOBACS Chain Officer (current position)

Shinichi Fujiwara / Senior Managing Director

Position and assignment: Senior Managing Director & Executive General Manager, Marketing, Department Manager of Marketing Department Manager of Marketing Department
Year of birth: 1965
Years in office: 5th year


Professional background including major posts held concurrently
March 1984: Joined AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.
September 2007: Officer, Area Dominant Strategy
June 2008: Officer, Area Strategy
April 2009: Officer, Chain Strategy
September 2009: Officer, Advanced Store Prototype Development Project
April 2010: Officer, Advanced Store Prototype Development
April 2011: Officer, Marketing & Sales Strategy Planning
April 2013: Officer, Marketing
April 2014: Officer, Chain Store Planning and Marketing
April 2015: Officer, Marketing
April 2016: Officer, Chain Store Planning
April 2017: Senior Executive Officer, Head of Eastern Japan Region Headquarters
April 2018: Senior Executive Officer, Eastern Japan Regional Headquarters
April 2020: Senior Managing Executive Officer, Northern Japan Regional Headquarters and Kanto Regional Headquarters
October 2020: Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kanto Regional Headquarters
June 2021: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kanto Regional Headquarters
April 2022: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Operations and Kanto Regional Headquarters
April 2023: Senior Managing Director & Executive General Manager, Sales Operations & Eastern Japan Sales Operations
April 2024: Senior Managing Director & Executive General Manager, AUTOBACS Business Strategies
August 2024: Senior Managing Director & Executive General Manager, AUTOBACS Business Strategies, Department Manager of Marketing Department
April 2025: Senior Managing Director & Executive General Manager,  Marketing, Department Manager of Marketing Department (current position)

 

Masahiro Nishikawa / Managing Director

Position and assignment: Managing Director & Executive General Manager, Domestic Sales Operations
Year of birth: 1965
Years in office: 2nd year


Professional background including major posts held concurrently

March 1984: Joined AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.
April 1995: Director, OPS Co., Ltd. (currently AUTOBACS Minami-Nihon Sales Ltd.)
March 1999: Director, General Store Manager & GM of SA Higashi-Fukuoka Store, OPS Co., Ltd.
April 2004: Director, General Manager, Sales Operations, OPS Co., Ltd.
June 2011: Representative Director and President, AUTOBACS THREE ARROW Co., Ltd. (currently AUTOBACS Minami-Nihon Sales Ltd.)
June 2012: Representative Director and President, Hiroshima AUTOBACS Ltd. (currently AUTOBACS Minami-Nihon Sales Ltd.)
April 2017: Representative Director and President, AUTOBACS Yamaguchi Ltd. (currently AUTOBACS Minami-Nihon Sales Ltd.)
April 2020: Officer, Division Manager of Southern Japan Regional Headquarters
April 2021: Senior Executive Officer, Division Manager of Southern Japan Regional Headquarters
April 2023: Executive General Manager, Western Japan Sales Operations
April 2024: Executive General Manager, Sales Operations 

June 2024: Director & Executive General Manager, Sales Operations 
April 2025: Director & Executive General Manager, Domestic Sales Operations 
June 2025: Managing Director & Executive General Manager, Domestic Sales Operations (current position)

Yosuke Matsuda / Director (Outside / Independent)

Position and assignment: Director (Outside / Independent)
Year of birth: 1963
Years in office: 2nd year

 

Professional background including major posts held concurrently
April 1987: Joined Mitsui Life Insurance Company Limited
May 1995: Joined Actus Audit Corporation December 1998: Joined SQUARE CO., LTD. (*1)
February 2000: Joined Showa Ota Ernst & Young Co., Ltd.
October 2001: Senior Vice President, SQUARE CO., LTD. (*1)
April 2003: Senior Vice President and General Manager, Accounting and Finance Division, SQUARE CO., LTD. (*1)
June 2004: Director, Accounting and Finance, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (*1)
February 2006: Director, Taito Corporation (*2)
November 2006: Director, SQUARE ENIX OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.
April 2010: Director, Taito Corporation March 2013: Senior Executive Managing Director and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
May 2013: President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
June 2013: President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
June 2013: President and Director, SQUARE ENIX OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.
July 2013: Deputy Chairman of the Board, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD.
January 2016: Director, Taito Corporation April 2016: Director, SQUARE ENIX LTD.
June 2018: Chairman of the Board, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD.
September 2023: Outside Director, Sound Fun Corporation (current position)
June 2024: Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. (current position)

*1 Currently SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
*2 Currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

Tatsuya Kamoi / Director (Outside / Independent)

Position and assignment: Director (Outside / Independent)
Year of birth: 1961
Years in office: 1st year

 

Professional background including major posts held concurrentlyApril 1983: Joined Epson Corp. (*1)
January 2000: Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (*2)
January 2006: Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd. 
January 2012: Managing Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd. 
August 2014: President and Representative Director and Far East Market Representative, Mercer Japan 
Ltd. 
October 2019: Senior Corporate Executive, NEC Corporation 
April 2020: President and Chief Executive Officer, ABeam Consulting Ltd. 
April 2023: Vice Chairman and Director, ABeam Consulting Ltd. 
September 2023: Outside Director, Paiza, Inc. (current position) 
September 2023: Outside Director, AVANT GROUP CORPORATION (current position) 
April 2024: Director, ABeam Consulting Ltd. 
June 2025: Director, Executive Chairman, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, FUJI SOFT INCORPORATED (current position)
June 2025: Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. (current position)


*1 Currently Seiko Epson Corporation 
*2 Currently IBM Japan, Ltd.

Tomoaki Ikeda / Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Position and assignment: Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Year of birth: 1962
Years in office: 4th year


Professional background including major posts held concurrently
April 1986: Joined The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd.

August 1998: Joined FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
March 2007: General Manager of IR Office, PR & IR Department, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
March 2011: Executive Officer and General Manager of PR & IR Department, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
March 2015: Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance and IR Department, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
September 2016: Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance Department, Finance Division, FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co., Ltd.
Senior Officer and General Manager of Finance Department, Finance Division, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
April 2019: Joined AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.
April 2020: Officer, Finance & Accounting / PR & IR
June 2022: Director and Executive Officer, Finance & Accounting / PR & IR
April 2023: Director & General Manager, Administration
June 2023:
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

 

Masami Koizumi / Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (Outside / Independent)

Position and assignment: Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (Outside / Independent)
Year of birth: 1961
Years in office: 5th year

 

Professional background including major posts held concurrently

July 1995: Joined UNITED ARROWS LTD.
April 2000: Department Manager, Finance and Accounting Department, UNITED ARROWS LTD.
March 2001: Executive Vice President, Prostaff Ltd.
December 2004: Auditor, Netprice, Ltd. (current BEENOS Inc.)
June 2006: Director, UNITED ARROWS LTD.
July 2008: Director and Executive Managing Officer, UNITED ARROWS LTD.
April 2012: Director and Executive Vice President, UNITED ARROWS LTD.
June 2021: Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

Ayako Kanamaru / Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (Outside / Independent)

Position and assignment: Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (Outside / Independent)
Year of birth: 1980
Years in office: 3rd year

 

Professional background including major posts held concurrently

October 2006: Registered as a lawyer
October 2006: Joined OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS
January 2016: Partner, OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS (current position)
June 2020: Outside Auditor, CDG Co., Ltd.
May 2021: Outside Director, MEDIA DO Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2023: Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)
June 2025: External Director, Mitsui Matsushima Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)

1) "Independent" refers to an Independent Director registered with Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.

As of June 24, 2025