Board Members

Organization

President

Executive Vice Presidents

Koji Inoue
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Strategy

Yasuyuki Ohkawa
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Research Strategy

Aya Okada
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
International Affairs, Promotion of Gender Equality, Collaborative Research and Education Platform in Humanities and Social Sciences

Nobuo Kimizuka
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Educational Planning, Personnel (General Affairs)

Masaharu Shiratani
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Planning,Health and Safety, Alumni Associations (Domestic and Overseas), University Libraries

Kaoru Tamada
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
University Evaluation, Personnel (Academic Affairs), Student Support, Harassment Prevention

Shunsuke Managi
Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Campus Development and Management, University-Community Relations, Kyushu Univesity Fund

Naoki Himiya
Executive Vice President
Secretary-General

Responsibilities:
General Affairs, Finance, Legal Affairs, Labor Management, Crisis Management, Harassment Prevention

Kenji Kimura
(Part-time) Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
CFO, Asset Management

Yukiko Omura
(Part-time) Executive Vice President

Responsibilities:
Public Relations

Auditors

Name	Miya Yamaguchi
Position	Auditor
Tenure	September 1, 2024–June 30, 2028
Roles and responsibilities	Operational Audit

Name	Yoshiro Hori
Position	Auditor (Part-time)
Tenure	September 1, 2024–June 30, 2028
Roles and responsibilities	Operational Audit

Senior Vice Presidents

Name	Position	Tenure	Responsibilities
Chihaya Adachi	Professor, Faculty of Engineering	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Research Strategic Planning (Materials Science)
Koji Okamura	Professor, Research Institute for Information Technology	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Information Security, Information Policy, Information Networks
Akira Omoto	Professor, Faculty of Design	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Research Strategic Planning (Design), Promotion of Responsible Research Activities, Ohashi Campus Coordination
Takanobu Kusakabe	Dean, Faculty of Agriculture	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Research Strategic Planning (Environment and Food)
Satoru Koyanagi	Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2028	Research Strategic Planning (Medicine and Health), Maedashi Campus Coordination
Fumikazu Sato	Professor, Institute of Mathematics for Industry	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Government Relations; Academic, Science, and Technology Policy
Keiji Tanaka	Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Research Strategic Planning, Development of Next-Generation Researchers, International Affairs
Minoru Tokumoto	Professor, Faculty of Law	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Research Strategic Planning (Humanities and Social Sciences), Information Disclosure; Personal Information Protection
Koji Todaka	Director, Center for Innovative Life Sciences	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Healthcare Startups; Technology Security Management
Mako Nakamura	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	International Affairs, Public Relations
Takeru Nose	Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	KIKAN Education; Admissions

Vice Presidents

Name	Position	Tenure	Responsibilities
Kunio Araya	Dean, School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Co-Creative Education
ELJAMAL OSAMA	Professor, Faculty of Engineering Sciences	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	SIAG
Shinji Onishi	Professor, Academic Research and Industrial Collaboration Management Office	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Intellectual Property, OIP
Takuya Kimura	Professor, Faculty of Human- Environment Studies	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Admissions, International Affairs (Education), Institutional Research (IR)
Ryu Kojima	Professor, Faculty of Law	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Legal Affairs, University-Community Relations
Tatsuro Takahashi	Dean, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2028	Education Planning, Evaluation, IR
Fusanori Nishimura	Research Professor, Kyushu University Hospital	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Health Sciences Education
Hidemichi Fujii	Professor, Faculty of Economics	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Campus Development and Management, Alumni Associations and Kyushu University Fund, Outside Employment Review, University-Community Relations
Tsuyohikio Fujigaya	Professor, Faculty of Engineering	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Research Data Infrastructure and Core Facilities, University Libraries (Data Management)
Hisao Matsunaga	Professor, Faculty of Engineering	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Support for Hydrogen Research Hub
Kyoko Miura	Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Maedashi Campus Public Relations, Startups
Yoko Yamanishi	Professor, Faculty of Engineering	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Support for Persons with Disabilities, Student Support, Promotion of Gender Equality
Shiyoshi Yokoyama	Director, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027	Research Strategic Planning, Chikushi Campus Coordination
Kazuki Yoshizoe	Director, Research Institute for Information Technology	October 1, 2026 – March 31, 2028	Information Infrastructure
LIU HUIXIN	Professor, Faculty of Science	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	International Affairs (Research)
Masayo Naganoma	Director, Office of the President	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028	Suppor to the President, Coordination

*“SIAG”: Strategic International Academic Group
* “QURIES”: Q (Kyushu) University Research Internship in Engineering and Science

Executive Assistants to the President

Name	Position	Tenure	Responsibilities
Fumi Irie	Associate Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	Health and medical policy
Kenji Kajiwara	Professor, Institute of Mathematics for Industry	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	Math-for-Innovation
Yoshihiro Kangawa	Director, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics	October 1, 2026–March 31, 2027	Fusion
Natalie Konomi	Professor, Global Strategies Office	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	International affairs and public relations
Atsushi Shimada	Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	Learning Analytics, Development, Management, Operation, and Utilization of Educational DX Infrastructure
Takahiro Nakamura	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	Institutional Research (IR)
Aya Hagishima	Professor, Faculty of Engineering Sciences	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	QURIES Program*
Yoshihiro Baba	Professor, Institute for Biomedical Defense	October 1, 2026–March 31, 2027	Medical research
Yoshitaka Furukawa	Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation	October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028	Ocean and naval architecture research

* “QURIES”: Q (Kyushu) University Research Internship in Engineering and Science