Our Leadership

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.
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