History
| June 2023 | Mazda Motor Corporation, Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
| February 2022 | Certified Fraud Examiner |
| June 2021 | Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| October 2020 | Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba, Of Counsel |
| October 2020 | Admitted to Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
| June 2020 | Retired |
| January 2020 | Superintending Prosecutor, Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office |
| February 2018 | Superintending Prosecutor, Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office |
| June 2017 | Chief Prosecutor, Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office |
| March 2017 | Director-General, Inspection and Guidance Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office |
| July 2014 | Director-General, Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice |
| November 2012 | Chief Prosecutor, Nara District Public Prosecutors Office |
| April 1985 - November 2012 | Appointed to public prosecutor Thereafter, served at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (Criminal Department, Trial Department, Special Investigation Department), Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office (Head of Iwakuni Branch), Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice (Attorney, Counselor, Director of Public Safety Division), Minster’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice (Director of Juridical System Division, Director of Financial Affairs Division, Deputy Director General), etc. |
| April 1983 - April 1985 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
| March 1983 | Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
Activities and others
Special Investigations Committee (Toyota Industries Corporation), Chairman (2023-24)
Third-Party Investigation Committee (BIPROGY Inc.), Chairman (2022)
Japan Criminal Policy Society, Adviser (April 2021 - Present)
Special Investigations Committee (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT Corp.)), Member (2021)
Inspection Committee for Poultry and Egg Administration (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), Member (Chairperson) (2021)
Council for the Renewal of Justice and Prosecution Administration (Ministry of Justice), Member (2020)
News
Hiroshi Inoue has joined Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba as Of-Counsel on October 1, 2020.