About HU

President, Executive Vice Presidents, Executive Directors, Auditors and Vice Presidents

As of April 1, 2026

President

Executive Vice Presidents

Executive Vice President
(Education and Peacebuilding)
SHIMADA Masayuki

KANEKO Shinji

Executive Vice President
(Global Initiatives)
KANEKO Shinji

Executive Vice President
(Research)
MIYAZAKI Seiichi

YAMAMOTO Toru

Executive Vice President
(Community Collaboration, Funding and Alumni Associations)
YAMAMOTO Toru

Executive Vice President
(Kasumi Campus, Faculty Personnel and Public Relations)
TANAKA Junko

Executive Directors

YANAGISAWA Koji

Executive Director
(Financial and General Affairs)
YANAGISAWA Koji

NOBUSUE Kazuyuki

Executive Director (Part-time)
NOBUSUE Kazuyuki

NIINOBE Satoko

Executive Director (Part-time)
NIINOBE Satoko

Auditors

Auditor
KARIYADA Fumitsugu

Auditor (Part-time)
MORISAKO Kiyotaka

Vice Presidents

Senior Vice President (Hiroshima University Hospital)
ADACHI Nobuo

Vice President (University-Wide Education)
KUMAMOTO Takuya

Vice President (Student Support/Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
SAKATA Kiriko

Vice President (International Exchange/Japanese Language Education)
SHIBATA Miki

Vice President (Library)
KAWASHIMA Yuko

Vice President (Start-up Ecosystems)
TAHARA Hidetoshi 

Vice President (Research and Development)
OHDAN Hideki

Vice President (External Funding*)
HASUNUMA Naoko

Vice President (Information)
NISHIMURA Kouji

Vice President (Academy of Hiroshima University)
INUMARU Kei

Vice President (Fields of Humanities and Social Sciences)
MATSUMI Norio

Vice President (Fields of Advanced Science and Engineering)
YORINO Naoto

Vice President (Fields of Integrated Sciences for Life)
FUNATSU Takashi

Vice President (Fields of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
OKAMURA Hitoshi

 

*Please not that titles marked with an asterisk (*) are unofficial English translations provided for reference only. They may be updated in the future.


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