Wacoal Holdings Corp.

An overview of Wacoal Holdings Corp.

Overview

Head Office Address 29 Nakajima-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8530 JapanMap 81-75-694-3111
Common Stock 113,260 million yen
Foundation June 15, 1946
Wako Shoji, a wholesaler of women's dresses and accessories, is founded by Koichi Tsukamoto upon his demobilization
Establishment November 1, 1949
Wako Shoji Corp. is established with 1 million yen capital and 10 employees
Category of Business Manufacture of textile goods
Line of Business Composed of 49 subsidiaries and 8 affiliated companies, Wacoal's mainstay business is the manufacture, wholesale and direct sales to consumers (for some products) of intimate apparel (mainly women's foundation garments, lingerie, nightwear and children's underwear), outerwear, sportswear, and other textile products and accessories. In addition Wacoal runs other business related to Food, culture, services.
Number of Employees 17,408 persons (consolidated), as of end March 2024
Representative Director, President and CEO (Group CEO) MASAAKI YAJIMA
Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer and CFO AKIRA MIYAGI

Officers

Director / Audit & Supervisory Board Member (as of June 25,2024)

  • Masaaki Yajima

    Representative Director, President and CEO (Group CEO)

    Masaaki Yajima
    Career
    Date of Birth Sep. 30,1960
    Mar. 1984 Joined the Company
    Jun. 2004 Director and President,Wacoal International Hong Kong Co.,Ltd
    Apr. 2007 Leader of Sales Group,International Headquarters,Wacoal Coap.
    Sep. 2008 Director and Deputy General Manager,Wacoal China Co.,Ltd.
    Apr. 2009 Director and General Manager,Wacoal China Co.,Ltd
    Apr. 2011 Corporate Officer,Wcoal Corp
    Apr. 2015 Corpote Officer and General manager of Technology & Production Division, Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2016 Director, Corporate Officer and General Manager of Technology & Production Division, Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2018 Director, Managing Corporate Officer and General Manager of Wholesale Division, Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2021 Director, Managing Corporate Officer and General Manager of Global Division, Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2022 Director and Executive Corporate Officer, Wacoal Corp
    General manager of Global Division of the Company
    Jun. 2022 Director, Executive Corporate Officer and Head of Global Operations Div. of the Company
    Apr. 2023 Director, Executive Corporate Officer
    May 2023 Director, Executive Corporate Officer and Head of Global Operations Div.
    Jun. 2023 Representative Director, President and CEO (Group CEO), and Head of Global Operations Div.
    Apr. 2024 Representative Director, President and CEO (Group CEO) (present position)
  • Akira Miyagi

    Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer and CFO

    Akira Miyagi
    Career
    Date of Birth Oct. 18,1960
    Mar. 1984 Joined the Company
    Oct. 2007 Manager of Business Management and Administration of Wacoal Brand Operation Division of Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2011 Director and Deputy General Manager of Wacoal China Co., Ltd
    Apr. 2014 General Manager of Corporate Planning of the Company
    Apr. 2017 Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp.
    Jun. 2018 Director of the Company
    Jun. 2019 Managing director of the Company
    Apr. 2020 Director and Managing Corporate Officer in charge of Group Finance of the Company
    Jun. 2021 Director and Managing Corporate Officer in charge of Group Business Management of the Company
    Jun. 2022 Director, Vice President, Executive Officer and CFO of the Company
    Dec. 2022 Representative Director, Vice President, Executive Officer and CFO (present position)
  • Keisuke Kawanishi

    Director, Corporate Officer

    Keisuke Kawanishi
    Career
    Date of Birth Oct. 7, 1971
    Apr. 1994 Joined the Company
    May 2015 Director and Vice Chairman of WACOAL AMERICA, INC.
    Director and President of WACOAL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Apr. 2020 Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp.
    May 2020 Director and Chairman of WACOAL AMERICA, INC.
    Director and President of WACOAL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Apr. 2022 Director, Corporate Officer, Head of Marketing Div. of Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2023 Representative Director, President and CEO of Wacoal Corp. (present position)
    Jun. 2024 Director, Corporate Officer (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Representative Director, President and CEO of Wacoal Corp.
  • Tsunehiko Iwai

    External Director (Independent)

    Tsunehiko Iwai
    Career
    Date of Birth May 28, 1953
    Apr. 1979 Joined Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2002 General Manager of Product Commercialization, Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2008 Corporate Officer, General Manager of Technical Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd
    Jun. 2014 Director, Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Research & Development, Production and Technical Affairs, Shiseido Co., Ltd
    Jan. 2016 Representative Director, Executive Vice President Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Mar. 2018 Senior Advisor, Shiseido Co., Ltd
    Jun. 2018 Director of the Company (current position)
    Apr. 2022 External Director, Cross Plus Inc. (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・External Director of Cross Plus Inc.
  • Chizuru Yamauchi

    External Director (Independent)

    Chizuru Yamauchi
    Career
    Date of Birth Feb. 25, 1957
    Apr. 1975 Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Mar. 2009 Head of Kagayaki Promotion Office, Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Mar. 2014 General Manager, Service Planning Dept., Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Mar. 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, CSR Promotion Dept., Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Mar. 2019 Managing Executive Officer, General manager of Health & Productivity Management Promotion Division, Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Jul. 2019 Director and Managing Executive Officer, General manager of Health & Productivity Management Promotion Division, Olympic & Paralympic Games Promotion Dept., Public Affairs Dept., CSR Promotion Dept., Health Management Dept., Nippon Life Insurance Company
    May. 2021 Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Sub Committee, Labor Policy Committee,Kansai Economic Federation
    Mar. 2022 Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company
    Jul. 2022 Advisor, Nippon Life Insurance Company (current position)
    Jun. 2023 External Director (Independent) (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Advisor of Nippon Life Insurance Company
  • Hisae Sato

    External Director (Independent)

    Hisae Sato
    Career
    Date of Birth Oct. 16, 1961
    Apr. 1985 Joined the Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited
    Sep. 1997 Joined Watson Wyatt K.K. (current Towers Watson Investment Services K.K.)
    Feb. 2004 Joined AIG Global Investment Corp., Japan (current PineBridge Investments Japan Co., Ltd.)
    as Deputy General Manager of Institutional Business Development Division
    Sep. 2005 Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. as Shukan, Chief Investment Officer, Treasury Department
    Apr. 2008 Member of the Investment Committee, the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan
    Jun. 2016 Councilor, International Christian University (current position)
    Jun. 2017 Trustee, International Christian University
    Apr. 2018 Member of Fund Management Committee of Local Public Service Mutual Aid Associations (current position)
    Member of Fund Management Committee of Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials (current position)
    Apr. 2021 Member of Working Group for Investment Policy of The University Endowment Fund, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
    Oct. 2021 Member of the JST* Investment Advisory Committee (current position)

    * JST: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Feb. 2022 Member of Expert Committee of Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
    Apr. 2022 Member of Pension Actuarial Subcommitee of the Social Security Council, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (current position)
    Jun. 2023 Director of the Company (current position)
    Oct. 2023 Member of Subcommittee on Asset Management Nation of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization, Cabinet Secretariat (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Councilor, International Christian University
    ・Member of Fund Management Committee of Local Public Service Mutual Aid Association
    ・Member of Fund Management Committee of Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials
    ・Member of the JST Investment Advisory Committee
    ・Member of Pension Actuarial Subcommittee of the Social Security Council, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
    ・Member of Fund Management Subcommittee of the Social Security Council, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
    ・Member of SubCommittee on Asset Management Nation of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization, Cabinet Secretariat
  • Koji Nitto

    External Director (Independent)

    Koji Nitto
    Career
    Date of Birth Feb. 1, 1961
    Apr. 1983 Joined OMRON Corporation
    Jun. 2011 Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Resource Management HQ, OMRON Corporation
    Apr. 2013 Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global SCM and IT Innovation HQ, OMRON Corporation
    Apr. 2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Global Strategy HQ, OMRON Corporation
    Jun. 2014 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Global Strategy HQ, OMRON Corporation
    Apr. 2017 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Global Strategy HQ, OMRON Corporation
    Apr. 2023 Director, OMRON Corporation
    Jun. 2023 External Director (Independent) (present position)
    Jun. 2024 External Director of GS Yuasa Corporation (present position)
    External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of T&D Holdings, Inc. (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Director of CiRA Foundation
    ・External Director of GS Yuasa Corporation
    ・External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of T&D Holdings, Inc.
  • Tetsuro Harada

    External Director (Independent)

    Tetsuro Harada
    Career
    Date of Birth Sep. 22, 1965
    Apr. 1981 Joined Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
    Apr. 1990 Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
    May 1996 Completed master’s degree University of California, Berkeley (MBA)
    Oct. 2000 Joined Dream Incubator Inc.
    Jan. 2003 Project Manager, Dream Incubator Inc.
    Jun. 2006 Executive Officer, Dream Incubator Inc. (in charge of Corporate Division)
    Jun. 2018 Director, Dream Incubator Inc. (in charge of Corporate Division and ipet Insurance Co., Ltd.)
    Jun. 2020 Representative Director, President and CEO, Dream Incubator Inc.
    Jun. 2023 Director, Chairman of the Board, Dream Incubator Inc. (present position)
    Jun. 2024 External Director (Independent) (present position)
    Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dream Incubator Inc. (present position)
    External Director of Mandom Corp. (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dream Incubator Inc.
    ・External Director of Mandom Corporation
  • Shinichi Kitagawa

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    Shinichi Kitagawa
    Career
    Date of Birth Dec. 29,1962
    Mar. 1985 Joined the Company
    Apr. 2008 Director and General Manager of Accounting and Administration Div. of Studio Five Corp.
    Apr. 2009 Director and General Manager of Business Control Division of Studio Five Corp.
    Apr. 2013 IR/Public Relations Officer of the Company.
    Apr. 2018 General Manager of Accounting Department of the Company
    Jun. 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    Jun. 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Wacoal Corp. (present position)
    External Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of House of Rose Co., Ltd. (present position)
    Status of significant concurrent positions
    ・Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Wacoal Corp.
    ・External Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of House of Rose Co., Ltd.
  • Shinichi Kitagawa

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    Katsuhiro Okamoto
    Career
    Date of Birth Oct. 20, 1963
    Mar. 1986 Joined the Company
    Apr. 2010 Materials Control Manager of Technology/Production Division of Wacoal Corp.
    May 2012 Representative Director and President of Hokuriku Wacoal Sewing Corp.
    Apr. 2014 Representative Director and President of Kyusyu Wacoal Manufacturing Corp.
    Apr. 2016 General Manager of Innerwear Merchandising Supervisory Division, Wacoal-Brand Operations of Wacoal Corp.
    Apr. 2018 Corporate Officer, General Manager of Wacoal-Brand Innerwear Products Supervisory Division, Wholesale Division of Wacoal Corp.
    Jun. 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Wacoal Corp. (current position)
    Jun. 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
  • Mitsuhiro Hamamoto

    External Audit and Supervisory Board Member (Independent)

    Mitsuhiro Hamamoto
    Career
    Date of Birth Apr. 18, 1970
    Oct. 2000 Admitted to the Bar
    Oct. 2000 Joined the Law Office of Tadashi Yamada
    Oct. 2004 Joined the Kikkawa Law Office
    Apr. 2008 Partner at the Kikkawa Law Office
    Jun. 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    Feb. 2019 Managing Partner of Hamamoto Law Office (current position)
    Significant concurrent positions
    ・Representative attorney-at-law at Hamamoto Law Office
    ・External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of TVE Co., Ltd.
    ・External supervisor of Osaka Hyogo Concrete Industrial Association
    ・External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Rengo Co., Ltd.
  • Hitoshi Suzuki

    External Audit and Supervisory Board Member (Independent)

    Hitoshi Suzuki
    Career
    Date of Birth Jan. 8, 1954
    Apr. 1977 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (current “MUFG Bank, Ltd.”)
    May. 2002 General Manager, Treasury Planning Office, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (BTM) (current “MUFG Bank, Ltd.”)
    Jun. 2005 Executive Officer and General Manager, Treasury Planning Office and Treasury IT Planning Office, BTM
    Jun. 2008 Managing Director, Chief Executive, Global Markets Unit, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) (current “MUFG Bank, Ltd.”)
    May. 2011 Senior Managing Director, Chief Executive, Global Markets Unit, BTMU
    Jun. 2012 Deputy President, BTMU
    Jun. 2014 Corporate Auditor, BTMU
    Jun. 2016 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, BTMU
    Jun. 2017 Advisor, BTMU
    Jul. 2017 Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
    Sep. 2022 Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd. (current position)
    Jun. 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    Significant concurrent positions
    ・Advisor of Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Motoko Tanaka

    External Audit and Supervisory Board Member (Independent)

    Motoko Tanaka
    Career
    Date of Birth Dec. 13, 1959
    Oct. 1989 Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Sanwa (current “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC”)
    Mar. 1993 Registered as Certified Public Accountant
    Oct. 1995 Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York
    Jul. 2003 Partner of Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu LLC
    Jul. 2020 Managing Partner of Tanaka CPA Office (current position)
    Jun. 2022 External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of TOWA Corporation (current position)
    Jun. 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
    Significant concurrent positions
    ・Managing Partner of Tanaka CPA Office
    ・External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of TOWA Corporation

Corporate Officer

Mitsuru Sekiguchi Corporate Officer Head of Global Operations Div.
Director Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp.
Katsuya Hirooka Corporate Officer Head of Corporate Planning Dept.
Director Corporate Officer In charge of Administrative Control of Wacoal Corp.
Atsuko Shinoduka Corporate Officer In charge of the Group DX Marketing Strategy
Director Corporate Officer Head of Marketing Div. of Wacoal Corp.
Manabu Tochio Corporate Officer Deputy Head of Global Operations Div.
Director and General Manager of Wacoal China Co., Ltd.
Shinsuke Fukazawa Corporate Officer In charge of the Group HR
Corporate Officer Head of HR and General Affairs Div. of Wacoal Corp.
Takuya Yoshidomi Corporate Officer In charge of the Group IT Advancement
Corporate Officer Head of IT Div. of Wacoal Corp.
Teruo Fukumoto Corporate Officer In charge of the Group Technology and Manufacturing
Corporate Officer Head of Technology and Manufacturing Div. of Wacoal Corp.
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