Governing structure

President & Vice Presidents

Updated on April 1, 2026

President

Biography of the president

Vice Presidents

**Kenji Kadomatsu**, Vice President (Oversight and Medical-Related Collaboration)

**Ichiro Terasaki**, Vice President (Education, International Students, Information Systems (Digital University), and Information Strategy (Education/other))

**Shogo Kimura**, Vice President (Financial Affairs, Facilities, Development Office, and Public Relations & Branding)

**Koji Yamanaka**, Vice President (Research and Information Strategy (Research))

YoshiyukiSuto — **Yoshiyuki Suto**, Vice President (International Affairs, Planning & Evaluation, Institutional Research, and Humanities & Social Sciences Reform)

**Makoto Kobashi**, Vice President (Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration and Startups)

**Kumiko Kato**, Vice President (Student Services, Admissions, Libraries, and Affiliated Upper and Lower Secondary Schools)

Masahiro Yano, Vice President (Legal Affairs, Risk Management, Research Misconduct, Internal Control, Auditing and Human Rights) — **Masahiro Yano**, Vice President (Legal Affairs, Risk Management, Research Misconduct, Internal Control, and Auditing)

**Masako Nagata**, Vice President (Gender Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights)

Education and Research Council members

(As of April 1, 2026)

Position	Name
Chancellor	Seiichi Matsuo
President	Naoshi Sugiyama
Provost	Kenji Kadomatsu
Trustee (Vice President)	Shogo Kimura
Vice President	Ichiro Terasaki
Dean, Graduate School of Humanities	Yukiyo Hoshino
Dean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development	Mina Hattori
Dean, Graduate School of Law	Dai Yokomizo
Dean, Graduate School of Economics	Makoto Hanazono
Dean, Graduate School of Informatics	Yoshiharu Ishikawa
Dean, Graduate School of Science	Kentaro Tanaka
Dean, Graduate School of Medicine	Masahisa Katsuno
Dean, Graduate School of Engineering	Tatsuya Suzuki
Dean, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences	Mikio Nakazono
Dean, Graduate School of International Development	Yuzuru Shimada
Dean, Graduate School of Mathematics	Toru Ohira
Dean, Graduate School of Environmental Studies	Hiroki Tanikawa
Dean, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Yoshihiko Yamamoto
Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences	Eisuke Kita
Director, Institute for Advanced Research	Hitoshi Sakakibara
Director, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine	Yoshitaka Hayashi
Director, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability	Tomomi Uchiyama
Director, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research	Kazuo Shiokawa
Director, University Hospital	Shoichi Maruyama
Director, Gender and Diversity Center	Mariko Yamasaki
Director, Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports	Koji Ishida
Federation Group I elected member (Educational Infrastructure Collaboration Headquarters)	Maki Kato
Federation Group II elected member (Information Technology Center Director)	Kensaku Mori
Council-elected member	Motoko Ikeda
Council-elected member	Shoko Kono
Council-elected member	Sayaka Takemoto
Council-elected member	Ikumi Honda
Council-elected member	Asako Miyachi
Council-elected member	Eiko Yamamoto
Council-elected member	Qian Wang