Name

Profiles

Company

Positions

Eiji Toyoda

<1>

Toyota

President (1967-1994)

Okuda, Hiroshi

<1> <2> <3>

President (1995-1999), Chairman (1999-)

Cho, Fujio

<1>

President (1999-)

Honda, Soichiro

<1>

Honda Motor Company

Founder, President (1948-1973)

Hanawa, Yoshikazu

<1>

Nissan Motor

President & CEO (1996-)

Ghosn, Carlos

<1>

COO (1999-)

Matsushita, Konosuke

<1>

Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) Co. (Panasonic/National)

Founder, President & CEO (1918-1961), Chairman (1961-73)

Nakamura, Kunio

<1> <2>

President & CEO (2000-)

Morita, Akio

<1> <2>

Sony Corporation

Cofounder, CEO (1971-76), Chairman (1976 - 94)

Ibuka, Masaru

<1>

Cofounder, President (1950-71), Chairman (1971 - 76)

Idei, Nobuyuki

<1>

President (1995-1999); President & CEO (1999-2000), CEO and Chairman (2000-)

Sasaki, Mikio

<1>

Mitsubishi Corporation

President & CEO (1998-)

Taniguchi, Ichiro

<1> <2>

Mitsubishi Electric

President & CEO (1998-)

Shoyama Etsuhiko

<1> <2>

Hitachi

President & CEO (1998-)

Okamura, Tadashi

<1> <2>

Toshiba

President & CEO (2000-)

Nishigaki Koji

<1> <2> <3> <4>

NEC

President & CEO (1999-)

Akikusa, Naoyuki

<1>

Fujitsu

President and CEO (1998-)

Kobayashi, Yotaro

<1>

Fuji Xerox

Chairman and CEO (1992-)

Mitarai, Fujio

<1>

Canon

President and CEO (1995-)

Ohnishi, Minoru

<1>

Fuji Film

Chairman & CEO

Kazuo Inamori

<1> <2>

Kyocera

Founder (1959), President & CEO (1966-85), Chairman & CEO (1985-92), Chairman (1992-97)

Nishiguchi, Yasuo

<1>

President & CEO (1999-)

Yamauchi, Hiroshi

<1>

Nintendo

President and CEO (1950-)

Arakawa, Minoru

<1>

Nintendo America

President (1980-)

Okawa, Isao

<1> <2>

Sega Enterprises

Chairman (1984-2000), Chairman & President (2000-) [CSK Corporation Founder, President (1968-95), Chairman (1996-2000)]

Mogi, Yuzaburo

<1>

Kikkoman

President & CEO (1995-)

Goto, Takuya

<1>

Kao

President & CEO

Gemma, Akira

<1>

Shiseido

President & CEO (1996-)

Takeda, Kunio

<1>

Takeda Chemical Industries

President & CEO (1993-)

Ujiie, Junichi

<1> <2>

Nomura Securities

President & CEO (1998-)

Tsutsumi Family

<1>

Seibu Group

Founder, owners, presidents

Nakauchi, Isao

<1>

Daiei

Founder, CEO

Suzuki, Toshifumi

<1> <2>

Seven-Eleven Japan

Founder, CEO (President and CEO of Ito-Yokado

Matsumoto, Kiyoshi

<1>

Matsumotokiyoshi (drug store)

Founder

Son, Masayoshi

<1> <2> <3>

Soft Bank

Founder, President and CEO (1981-)

Tachikawa, Keiji

<1> <2>

NTT DoCoMo

President and CEO (1998-)

Sawada, Hideo

<1>

H.I.S.

Founder, President and CEO (1980-)

Mikitani, Hiroshi

<1>

Rakuten Inc.

Founder, CEO (1997-)