# Mitsuya Kishida: CEO, Nidec Corporation

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Japanese business executive serving as Representative Director, President, and CEO of [Nidec Corporation](/companies/nidec) since April 2024. He joined Nidec in January 2022 as Senior Vice President after a long career at Sony Corporation, where he began in 1983 and rose to Senior Vice President of Sony Group Corporation and President of Sony Mobile Communications. He holds a degree from Kyoto University. As CEO he has navigated a deepening accounting scandal at Nidec’s Italian and Chinese subsidiaries, apologizing publicly in March 2026 and forfeiting his salary through October after an independent committee blamed founder Shigenobu Nagamori for excessive pressure to meet performance targets.

- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Nidec Corporation](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/nidec-corporation.md) President & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/japans-nidec-flags-potential-16-billion-writedown-accounting-scandal-widens-2026-03-03/
2. https://www.nidec.com/en/corporate/about/board/kishida/
3. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/japans-nidec-picks-chief-automotive-motor-unit-new-ceo-2024-02-14/


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