Our Leadership | Nippon Life Insurance Company

Our Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2025

Directors

Hiroshi Shimizu

Chairman

Profile

Jan. 30, 1961: Born
Apr. 1983: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2009: Executive Officer
Mar. 2012: Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2013: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2014: Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2016: Senior Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2016: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2018: President
Apr. 2025: Chairman （present）

Satoshi Asahi

President

Profile

Delegation: Senior General Manager of Group Business Headquarters

Jun. 29, 1963: Born
Apr. 1987: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2014: Executive Officer
Jul. 2017: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2018: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Apr. 2025: President （present）

Naoki Akahori

Representative Director and Executive Vice President

Profile

Responsible for: Corporate Planning Dept., Group Business Management Dept., Public Relations Dept., Government Relations Dept., Head Office Public Affairs Dept., Actuarial Dept., IT Planning Dept., IT Promotion Dept.

Aug.13, 1964: Born
Apr. 1988: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2017: Executive Officer
Jul. 2020: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2024: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Director and Executive Vice President
Apr. 2025: Representative Director and Executive Vice President（present）

Yoshinobu Tsutsui

Director

Profile

Jan. 30, 1954: Born
Apr. 1977: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Jul. 2004: Director
Jan. 2007: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2007: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2009: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2011: President
Apr. 2018: Chairman
Apr. 2025: Director（present）

Yuji Mikasa

Director and Executive Vice Chairman

Profile

Responsible for: Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo Promotion Dept.

In charge of: Osaka Head Office

Sep. 7, 1963: Born
Apr. 1986: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2013: Executive Officer
Mar. 2017: Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2017: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2020: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2022: Director and Executive Vice President
Mar. 2023: Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Apr. 2025: Director and Executive Vice Chairman（present）

Nobuto Fujimoto

Director and Executive Vice President

Profile

Supervises: Corporate Marketing area^*

Responsible for: Head Office 1st to 3rd Corporate Marketing Dept., Head Office East Japan Corporate Marketing Dept., Head Office Tokai Corporate Marketing Dept., Head Office Osaka Corporate Marketing Dept., Head Office Kyushu Corporate Marketing Dept., Corporate Marketing Planning Dept., Group Annuities Dept., Corporate Sales Promotion Dept., Group Marketing Information Center

In charge of: Financial Institution Relations Headquarters

* Corporate Marketing Unit, Corporate Marketing Planning Dept., Group Annuities Dept., and Corporate Sales Promotion Dept.

Oct. 27, 1962: Born
Apr. 1987: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2014: Executive Officer
Jul. 2017: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2018: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Apr. 2025: Director and Executive Vice President（present）

Kazuo Sato

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Supervises: Investment Management area^*

Responsible for: Finance & Investment Planning Dept.

* Investment Management Unit, Finance & Investment Planning Dept., and Global Business Headquarters（asset management area）

Feb. 16, 1966: Born
Apr. 1989: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2017: Executive Officer
Jul. 2020: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2024: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer（present）

Akiko Osawa

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Finance Planning & Management Dept., Structured Finance Dept., 1st to 3rd Corporate Finance Dept., Metropolitan Area Corporate Finance Dept., Corporate Finance Dept., Tokai Area Corporate Finance Dept., Osaka Corporate Finance Dept., Kyushu Area Corporate Finance Dept., Real Estate Investment Dept.

Oct. 12, 1965: Born
Apr. 1988: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2018: Executive Officer
Jul. 2021: Director and Executive Officer
Mar. 2022: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer（present）

Shin Ushijima

Director

Profile

Sep. 30, 1949: Born
Apr. 1977: Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
Apr. 1978: Public Prosecutor, Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office
Apr. 1979: Attorney（present）
Jul. 2007: Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）

Satoshi Miura

Director

Profile

Apr. 3, 1944: Born
Jun. 2002: President, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION
Jun. 2005: Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Management Strategy Division, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Jun. 2007: President and Chief Executive Officer, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Jun. 2012: Chairman of the Board, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Jul. 2017: Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）
Jun. 2018: Advisor, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION（present）

Tetsuro Tomita

Director

Profile

Oct. 10, 1951: Born
Jun. 2008: Executive Vice President and Representative Director and Director General of Lifestyle Business Development Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company
Jun. 2009: Executive Vice President and Representative Director and Director General of Corporate Planning Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company
Apr. 2012: President and Representative Director and Director General of Corporate Planning Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company
Jun. 2012: President and Representative Director, East Japan Railway Company
Apr. 2018: Chairman and Director, East Japan Railway Company
Jul. 2020: Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）
Apr. 2024: Advisor, East Japan Railway Company（present）

Junichi Hamada

Director

Profile

Mar. 14, 1950: Born
Apr. 1992: Professor, Institute of Socio-information and Communication Studies, University of Tokyo
Apr. 1995: Head, Institute of Socio-information and Communication Studies, University of Tokyo
Apr. 2000: Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo Concurrently, Dean, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo Concurrently, Dean, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies & Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
Apr. 2005: Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo
Apr. 2009: President, University of Tokyo
Jun. 2015: Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo（present）
Jul. 2021: Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）

*
Shin Ushijima, Satoshi Miura, Tetsuro Tomita and Junichi Hamada are independent outside directors satisfying the Company's Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors.

Directors（Audit and Supervisory Committee Members）

Yosuke Matsunaga

Director（Audit and Supercisory Committee Member）

Profile

May 16, 1961: Born
Apr. 1985: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2012: Executive Officer
Mar. 2016: Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2016: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2019: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Director and Executive Vice President
Mar. 2022: Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Mar. 2023: Director
Jul. 2023: Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）（present）

Keiichi Tadaki

Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

Profile

Jul. 1, 1943: Born
Jan. 2002: Vice-Minister of Justice
Jun. 2004: Superintending Prosecutor, Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Jun. 2006: Prosecutor-General
Jun. 2008: Retired as Prosecutor-General
Jul. 2008: Attorney（present）
Jul. 2009: Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Life Insurance Company
Jul. 2022: Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）

Ryoji Sato

Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

Profile

Dec. 7, 1946: Born
Feb. 1975: Certified public accountant（present）
Jun. 2007: Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Jul. 2009: Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Nov. 2010: Senior Advisor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Jul. 2016: Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Life Insurance Company
Jul. 2022: Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）

Nae Iijima

Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

Profile

Apr. 11, 1964: Born
Apr. 1994: Attorney（present）
Jan. 2002: Attorney, Licensed in New York（present）
Jul. 2024: Director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）, Nippon Life Insurance Company（present）

*1
Yosuke Matsunaga is a full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.
*2
Keiichi Tadaki, Ryoji Sato and Nae Iijima are independent outside directors satisfying the Company's Criteria for Determining Independence of Outside Directors.

Executive Officers

Mitsugi Iwasaki

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Head Office 1st Corporate Marketing Dept.

Jul. 25, 1965: Born
Apr. 1989: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2017: Executive Officer
Mar. 2021: Managing Executive Officer
Mar.2024: Senior Managing Executive Officer（present）

Minoru Kimura

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Supervises: International area^*

Responsible for: Global Business Headquarters, Global Representative Office

Delegation: Head of Global Business

* International Unit

Jun. 20, 1967: Born
Apr. 1990: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2018: Executive Officer
Mar. 2022: Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2022: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2024: Managing Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Senior Managing Executive Officer（present）

Takayuki Maeda

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Head Office Osaka Corporate Marketing Dept.

Feb. 5, 1967: Born
Apr. 1989: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2019: Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Eiichi Hanawa

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Head Office 3rd Corporate Marketing Dept.

Aug. 24, 1967: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2019: Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Tetsuya Ueda

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Sales Representatives Training Dept., Sales Representatives Operations Management Dept.（excluding Growth Market Support Office）, General Insurance Planning & Operations Dept., Service Network Development Dept., Corporate & Worksite Marketing Dept.

Delegation: Senior General Manager of Branch Administration

Sep. 23, 1967: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2019: Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2023: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Yoshitaka Nakamura

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Secretarial Dept., Public Affairs Dept., Affiliated Business Dept., Human Resource Planning Dept., Human Resource Development Dept., Human Resource Dept., Sales Managers Human Resource Dept., General Affairs Dept., Health Management Dept.

Feb. 26, 1969: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2019: Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2023: Director and Managing Executive Officer
Jul. 2024: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Takahiro Miyajima

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Legal Dept., Compliance Dept., Risk Management Dept., Global Business Risk Management Dept.

Apr. 14, 1966: Born
Apr. 1990: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2020: Executive Officer
Mar. 2024: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Shinichiro Ito

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Metropolitan Corporate & Worksite Marketing Headquarters, Sales Representatives Operations Management Dept.（Growth Market Support Office）

Delegation: Deputy Senior General Manager of Branch Administration（responsible for Growth Markets）, General Manager of Metropolitan Area Market Development and General Manager of Metropolitan Corporate & Worksite Marketing Headquarters

Mar. 23, 1969: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2020: Executive Officer
Mar. 2024: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Shinichi Okamoto

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Deputy Head of Global Business（excluding Corebridge Financial, Inc.） and Head of Reinsurance Business Unit

Jun. 4, 1969: Born
Apr. 1992: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2020: Executive Officer
Mar. 2024: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Takashi Masuyama

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: DX Strategy Planning Dept., Livelihood support business Dept., Healthcare Business Dept.

Secondarily responsible for: IT Planning Dept.

Dec. 21, 1969: Born
May 1993: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2021: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Shinichiro Kashima

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Supervises: Individual insurance area^*

Responsible for: Sustainability Management Dept., Product Planning Dept., Marketing Planning Dept., Sales Representatives Human Resource Dept., Financial Institution & Agency Marketing Planning Dept.

* Retail Unit / Service Network Development Unit, Agency Management Unit, Financial Institution Relations Unit, Marketing Planning Dept., and Financial Institution & Agency Marketing Planning Dept.

Mar. 9, 1968: Born
Apr. 1993: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2021: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Kayoko Nakano

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Customer Service Headquarters（Service Planning Dept., Service Operations and Training Dept., Customer Service Dept.）

Delegation: General Manager of Customer Service Headquarters

Sep. 18, 1968: Born
Apr. 1992: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Shingo Matsui

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Internal Audit Dept.

Secondarily responsible for: Secretarial Dept., Risk Management Dept.（operational risk area）

Mar. 29, 1972: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Terumasa Ito

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Tokai Regional Market Development, General Manager of Head Office Tokai Corporate Marketing Dept., Deputy General Manager of Agency Marketing Headquarters（Tokai）, and Deputy General Manager of Financial Institution Relations Headquarters（Tokai）

Jun. 24, 1970: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Masato Hakutani

Managing Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Agency Marketing Headquarters, Financial Institution Relations Headquarters, Agency Operations Dept., Financial Institution Relations Dept.

Delegation: General Manager of Financial Institution Relations Headquarters

Feb. 26, 1971: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer
Mar. 2025: Managing Executive Officer（present）

Seiichi Tachi

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Advisor of Group Business Management Dept. and Advisor of Financial Institution & Agency Marketing Planning Dept.

Dec. 5, 1967: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2019: Executive Officer
Mar. 2023: Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2023: Executive Officer（present）

Hiroshi Iwama

Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Credit Dept., Securities Operations Dept., Customer Service Headquarters（Underwriting Dept., Policy Management Dept., Claims-Related Services Dept., Group Life & Pension Dept., Financial Institution Relations Policy Dept.）

Secondarily responsible for: Service Planning Dept.

Delegation: Deputy General Manager of Customer Service Headquarters

Feb. 8, 1967: Born
Apr. 1989: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Jul. 2022: Audit and Supervisory Officer
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Takeshi Kimura

Executive Officer

Profile

Secondarily responsible for: Government Relations Dept., Finance & Investment Planning Dept.

Delegation: Advisor of Sustainability Management Dept.

Feb. 13, 1965: Born
Sep. 2020: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer（present）

Sota Nakagawa

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Advisor of Livelihood Support Business Dept.

May 8, 1969: Born
Apr. 1992: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2022: Executive Officer（present）

Yoshitsugu Umehara

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Head Office Kyushu Corporate Marketing Dept., Deputy General Manager of Agency Marketing Headquarters（Kyushu）, and Deputy General Manager of Financial Institution Relations Headquarters（Kyushu）

Apr. 29, 1966: Born
Apr. 1989: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2023: Executive Officer（present）

Hirofumi Sugimura

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Agency Marketing Headquarters and Deputy General Manager of Financial Institution Relations Headquarters

Jan. 26, 1971: Born
Apr. 1993: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2023: Executive Officer（present）

Tomohiro Yao

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Head of Americas and Head of Europe

Jun. 1, 1971: Born
Apr. 1995: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2023: Executive Officer（present）

Akira Tsuzuki

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Finance & Investment Planning Dept.

Apr. 25, 1972: Born
Apr. 1995: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2023: Executive Officer（present）

Hitoshi Watanabe

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Appointed Actuary and Head of Group Actuarial Function

May. 25, 1967: Born
Apr. 1990: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2024: Executive Officer（present）

Keisuke Kawasaki

Executive Officer

Profile

Responsible for: Treasury & Capital Markets Dept., Equity Investment Dept., International Investment Dept., Separate Account Investment Dept.

Nov. 12, 1968: Born
Apr. 1991: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2024: Executive Officer（present）

Kenichi Murata

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Corporate Marketing Planning Dept., and General Manager of Corporate Sales Promotion Dept.

Oct. 14, 1970: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2024: Executive Officer（present）

Takafumi Kawamura

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Human Resource Planning Dept., General Manager of Human Resource Dept., and Advisor of Sales Managers Human Resource Dept.

Sep. 12, 1973: Born
Apr. 1996: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2024: Executive Officer（present）

Kyomi Nakakura

Executive Officer

Profile

Secondarily responsible for: Human Resource Development Dept.（Human resource development area）

Delegation: Deputy General Manager of Customer Service Headquarters and General Manager of Service Operations and Training Dept.

Nov. 08, 1965: Born
Apr. 1984: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Kengo Mitamura

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Keihanshin Regional Market Development

Oct. 14, 1968: Born
Apr. 1992: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Norio Kosugi

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Head Office 2nd Corporate Marketing Dept.

Apr. 11, 1969: Born
Apr. 1993: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Tomonao Gotoda

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Global Business Planning Dept.

Aug. 04, 1970: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Daisuke Ishida

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Advisor of Global Business Headquarters and Advisor of Finance & Investment Planning Dept.

Apr. 12, 1971: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Naohiro Kimoto

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Service Planning Dept., and Deputy General Manager of Medical Research and Development Office

May. 18, 1974: Born
Apr. 1997: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Takayuki Imai

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Risk Management Dept.

Nov. 02, 1974: Born
Apr. 1997: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Ryoko Kohyama

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: Advisor of Livelihood Support Business Dept.

Jan. 09, 1975: Born
Apr. 1997: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Koji Kashihara

Executive Officer

Profile

Delegation: General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept.

Sep. 06, 1974: Born
Apr. 1998: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Executive Officer（present）

Audit and Supervisory Officer

Mayuko Miyazaki

Audit and Supervisory Officer

Profile

Jun. 17, 1970: Born
Apr. 1994: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Mar. 2025: Audit and Supervisory Officer（present）