Tetsuya Horie

Deputy General Manager of octopus, squid and cuttlefish in Maruha Nichiro

Tetsuya Horie, graduated in Foreign Studies from Kyoto University with a major in English, is the Deputy General Manager of the cephalopod division at Maruha Nichiro Corp.

He joined the company in 1995 and has been involved in the buying and selling of shrimp for 26 years. Since 2022, he has been responsible for leading the company’s cephalopod division (mainly octopus, squid and cuttlefish), a pioneer in fishing, processing and importing, as well as project development in multiple countries.