Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Elects 30 Executive Board Members

6 New Members chosen including Norio Nobata, Managing Director of Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ)

Tokyo - The 62 Council members of JOC met in Tokyo on June 23, 2015, and elected 30 Executive Board members for the term of 2 years. The Executive Board members will meet on July 7 when Tsunekazu Takeda is expected to be elected as President for 9 consecutive terms. Yoshinobu Suzuki who reached mandatory retirement age of JOC remains as VP of Baseball Federation of Asia and BFJ.

National Federations (○＝Newly Appointed)
Tsuyoshi Aoki（68＝Swiming）、Shin-ichiro Otsuka（58＝Triathlon）、Mitsugi Ogata（55＝track and fields）、Hirobumi Kawano（69＝Sailing）、Yuji Takada *（61＝Wrestling）、○Hiroshi Takeuchi（62＝Volley ball）、Kozo Tashima（57＝Soccer）、Mitsuo Tsukahara *（67＝Gymnastic）、Seiko Hashimoto *（50＝Skate）、Eisuke Hiraoka（67＝Rawing）、Tsuyoshi Fukui（58＝Tennis）、Toshimasa Furukawa（68＝Ski）、Ichiro Hoshino（60＝Table tennis）、Kiichiro Matsumaru（61＝Riflery）、○Keisuke Muratsu（66＝Golf）、Yasuhiro Yamashita（58＝Judo）、Masanori Ozaki（69＝Softball）、○Norio Nobata（65＝Baseball）、○Akira Kokaze （60＝Kendo）、Hidetoshi Tanaka（68＝Sumo）

Persons of learning and experience (○＝Newly Appointed)
Tsunekazu Takeda （67＝IOC member）、Fujio Cho（78＝President Japan Sports Assc.）、Ichiro Kono（68＝President Japan Sports Council）、Yosuke Fujiwara（61＝VP Japan Olympic Academy）、Yasuo Saito（67＝Former Ambassador of France）、Daichi Suzuki （48＝President Japan Olympians Assc.）、○Koji Murofushi（40＝Director Japan Association of Athletics Federations）、Naoko Takahashi（43＝-do-）、Kaoru Yamaguchi（50＝Associate Professor Univ. of Tsukuba Graduate School）、○Tetsuro Hibino（57＝Secretary General JOC）

Auditors (○＝Newly Appointed)
Mitsutaka Kurokawa（69＝Sports Art）、○Shigemitsu Sakuma（57＝Cycling）、○Toshihisa Nagura（69＝Karate）