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FORM 6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2013

Commission File Number: 1-07952

KYOCERA CORPORATION

6 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku,

Kyoto 612-8501, Japan

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  x        Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Registration S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Registration S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 21, 2013

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Information furnished on this form:

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit     Number
Changes in Directors

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February 21, 2013

To All Persons Concerned,

 

Name of Company Listed:		Kyocera Corporation
Name of Representative:		Tetsuo Kuba, President and Director
		(Code number: 6971, The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, The First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange)
Person for inquiry:		Shoichi Aoki Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Financial and Business Systems Administration Group (Tel: +81-75-604-3500)

Changes in Directors

This is to advise you that Kyocera Corporation (President: Tetsuo Kuba; herein the “Company”) has unofficially decided to change its directors as set forth below in order to strengthen its management organization:

 

1.	Changes in Directors

The following changes will be made effective as of April 1, 2013, pursuant to the approval of the board of directors at a meeting to be held on February 27, 2013.

 

Name		New Title(s)		Current Titles
Tetsuo Kuba		Chairman and Representative Director		President and Representative Director President and Executive Officer
Tatsumi Maeda		Vice Chairman and Representative Director		Vice President and Representative Director Vice President and Executive Officer
Goro Yamaguchi		President and Representative Director President and Executive Officer		Director Managing Executive Officer

 

2.	Director to Resign

The following director is scheduled to resign from the board of directors at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2013.

 

Name		New Title		Current Title
Makoto Kawamura		Advisor		Chairman and Representative Director

 

*	Makoto Kawamura will become Advisor and Director as of April 1, 2013, and is scheduled to resign from the board at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2013.

 

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3.	Brief Personal History of New President and Representative Director

 

Name:		Goro Yamaguchi
Date of Birth:		January 21, 1956
Education:		Graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in Engineering in March 1978
Birthplace:		Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Career:
Mar. 1978		Joined Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. (currently Kyocera Corporation)
Apr. 2002		General Manager of Semiconductor Components Domestic Sales Division
Aug. 2002		Deputy General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Sales Division
Jun. 2003		Executive Officer
Jul. 2004		General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Sales Division
Jun. 2005		Senior Executive Officer
		Deputy General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Group
		and General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Sales Division
Apr. 2009		Managing Executive Officer [present]
		General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Group [present]
Jun. 2009		Director [present]
Apr. 2013		President and Representative Director [scheduled]
		President and Executive Officer [scheduled]

 

Number of the Company’s shares held:		8,007 (as of September 30, 2012)

 

*	The number of shares of the Company held includes his ownership in the Stock Purchase Plan for Kyocera Group Executives.

 

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