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Board of Trustees / Education and Research Council organization

Organization

Board of Trustees / Education and Research Council organization

Organizational operation of Kyushu University

The Board of Trustees

as of October 1, 2026

Name Position Responsibilities
Koichi Akashi President  
Koji Inoue Executive Vice President Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Strategy
Yasuyuki Okawa Executive Vice President Research Strategy
Aya Okada Executive Vice President International Affairs, Promotion of Gender Equality, Collaborative Research and Education Platform in Humanities and Social Sciences
Nobuo Kimizuka Executive Vice President Educational Planning, Personnel (General Affairs)
Masaharu Shiratani Executive Vice President Planning, Health and Safety, Alumni Associations (Domestic and Overseas), University Libraries
Kaoru Tamada Executive Vice President University Evaluation, Personnel (Academic Affairs), Student Support, Harassment Prevention
Shunsuke Managi Executive Vice President Campus Development and Management, University-Community Relations, Kyushu Univesity Fund
Naoki Himiya Executive Vice President
Secretary-General		 Administrative Oversight, 
General Affairs, Finance, Legal Affairs, Labor Management, Crisis Management, Harassment Prevention
Kenji Kimura (Part-time)
Executive Vice President		 Finance Strategy, Assete Management
Yukiko Omura (Part-time)
Executive Vice President		 Public Relations

Education and Research Council

as of October 1, 2026

Name Position
Koichi Akashi President
Koji Inoue Executive Vice President
Yasuyuki Okawa Executive Vice President
Aya Okada Executive Vice President
Nobuo Kimizuka Executive Vice President
Masaharu Shiratani Executive Vice President
Kaoru Tamada Executive Vice President
Shunsuke Managi Executive Vice President
Naoki Himiya Executive Vice President
Kenji Kimura (Part-time)Executive Vice President
Yukiko Omura (Part-time)Executive Vice President
Chihaya Adachi Senior Vice President
Koji Okamura Senior Vice President
Akira Omoto Senior Vice President
Takahiro Kusakabe Senior Vice President
Koyanagi Satoru Senior Vice President
Fumikazu Sato Senior Vice President 
Keiji Tanaka Senior Vice President 
Minoru Tokumoto Senior Vice President
Koji Todaka Senior Vice President 
Mako Nakamura Senior Vice President 
Takeru Nose Senior Vice President
(Takeru Nose) Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Hirofumi Aoki Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Kunio Araya Dean of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies
Zhao Shichen Dean of the Faculty of Human-Environment Studies
Kenji Takeuchi Dean of the Faculty of Law
Toshio Ohnishi Dean of the Faculty of Economics
Masanori Sato Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures
Hiroshi Suzuki Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
Fumio Hiroshima Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics
Nobuyuki Sudo Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences
Eijiro Jimi Dean of the Faculty of Dental Science
(Koyanagi Satoru) Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Masaki Tanaka Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
(Kenichi Tanoue) Dean of the Faculty of Design
Takanobu Kiss Dean of the Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering
Satoshi Hata Dean of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
(Takahiro Kusakabe) Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture
Takeshi Ueda Dean of Law School
Tatsuro Takahashi Dean of the Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
Tatsumi Ishihara Dean of the Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences
(Kunio Araya) Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation
Satoru Tanoue Dean of the School of Education
(Keiji Tanaka) Dean, Institute for Advanced Study
(Yasuyuki Ohkawa) Director, Medical Institute of Bioregulation
Yoshihiro Kangawa Director, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
Shiyoshi Yokoyama Director, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
Tomoyuki Shirai Director, Institute of Mathematics for Industry
(Tatsumi Ishihara) Director, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER)
(Nobuo Kimizuka) Director, Hydrogen Institute for Sustainability
Yasuharu Nakashima Director, Kyushu University Hospital
(Masaharu Shiratani) Director, Kyushu University Library
Kazuki Yoshizoe Director, Research Institute for Information Technology
Kimihiko Hyakumura Director, Council for Intra-Institutional Coordination
<Observers*>   
Miya Yamaguchi Auditor
Yoshiro Hori Auditor
(Kunio Araya) Vice President
ELJAMAL OSAMA Vice President
Shinji Ohnishi Vice President
Takuya Kimura Vice President
Ryu Kojima Vice President
(Tatsuro Takahashi) Vice President
Fusanori Nishimura Vice President
Hidemichi Fujii Vice President
Tsuyohiko Fujigaya Vice President
Hisao Matsunaga Vice President
Kyoko Miura Vice President
Yoko Yamanishi Vice President
(Shiyoshi Yokoyama) Vice President
(Kazuki Yoshizoe) Vice President
LIU HUIXIN Vice President
Masayo Naganoma Vice President
(Naoki Himiya) Secretary-General

* An observer must meet the requirement stipulated in Clause 2, Article 6 of the Education and Research Council Regulations.