(Updated on April 1, 2022)
President
KYUMA Kazuo

Appointment Date | April 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2026 |
Career Profile | |
Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office |
Senior Vice-President

Appointment Date | April 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2026 |
Career Profile | |
April 1981 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) |
April 2012 | Senior Director, Research and Development, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF |
October 2017 | Lecturer (non-tenured), Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University |
Vice-President (Strategy, Organization, Budgeting, Management)

Appointment Date | October 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1984 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
April 2018 | Director, Institute for Rural Engineering, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (General Affairs, Financial Affairs, Digitalization)
TAKEDA Shuichi

Appointment Date | April 1, 2022 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1988 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
August 2020 | Deputy Director, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau |
March 2022 | Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
Vice-President (Seedling Management, Business Development)
SAKAIDA Teruya

Appointment Date | April 1, 2022 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1989 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
August 2020 | Deputy Director, Kanto Agricultural Administration Bureau |
Vice-President (Evaluation, Public Relations, International Collaboration ・ SDGs)

Appointment Date | April 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1981 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
April 2016 | Director, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (Human Resources, Human Resource Development)

Appointment Date | April 1, 2020 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1985 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
April 2018 | Director, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (Core Technology)
NAKAKAWAJI Tetsuo

Appointment Date | April 1, 2022 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
Director / Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Institute | |
April 2021 | Director, Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (Research Promotion Ⅰ, Intellectual Property・International Standardization)
MATSUDA Atsuro

Appointment Date | April 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
General Manager, Animal Nutrition Division, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. |
Vice-President (Research PromotionⅡ )
YUKAWA Tomoyuki

Appointment Date | April 1, 2022 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1985 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
April 2019 | Director, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
April 2021 | Director, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (Research PromotionⅢ)

Appointment Date | April 1, 2018 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1984 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
October 2011 | Director, Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
April 2014 | Director, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
April 2016 | Director, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Vice-President (Research Promotion Ⅳ)
IDE Makoto

Appointment Date | April 1, 2022 |
Tenure | March 31, 2024 |
Career Profile | |
April 1985 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
April 2019 | Director, Kyushu-Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
April 2021 | Director-General, Administrative Headquarters, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Corporate Auditor
NAKANE Hiroyuki

Appointment Date | June 27, 2018 |
Tenure | Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025 |
Career Profile | |
Executive Officer, SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd. |
Corporate Auditor
AOTA Hiroshi

Appointment Date | June 27, 2018 |
Tenure | Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025 |
Career Profile | |
Chief Auditor, Norinchukin Bank JF Marine Bank Department |
Corporate Auditor
MASUI Kunimitsu

Appointment Date | June 23, 2021 |
Tenure | Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025 |
Career Profile | |
April 1992 | Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
October 2020 | Counselor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
May 2021 | Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |