Keiichi Yoshii

Profile
Tenure
Nov 2017 – Apr 2025
Years in office
7.4 years
Name in Japanese
芳井敬一
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
Daiwa House Industry
Performance in office
FY2017FY2025Change
Revenue¥3.5trillion¥5.4trillion+55%
Net margin5.7%6%+0.3pt
MurakamiOnoYoshiiOtomo
Revenue¥3.2 trillionRevenue¥5.6 trillionNet margin3.2%Net margin6.3%2012/32016/32021/32026/3
Revenue¥3.2 trillionRevenue¥5.6 trillionNet margin3.2%Net margin6.3%2012/32016/32021/32026/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Daiwa House Industry in June 1990. He became an Executive Officer 20 years later, in April 2010, joined the board the following June as Director and Senior Executive Officer, and became Director and Managing Executive Officer in April 2013 and Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in April 2016. It took seven years from Executive Officer to President, and 27 years from joining.

Education: Chuo University, Faculty of Letters, Philosophy (1981)

Selection

In November 2017 he succeeded Naotake Ono as President, promoted from Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer. In the fiscal year ended March 2017, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥3,512.9 billion, operating profit ¥310.1 billion and net income ¥201.7 billion, all above the previous year's ¥3,192.9 billion, ¥243.1 billion and ¥103.5 billion. His title on taking office was Chief Operating Officer (COO), while Chairman Takeo Higuchi kept the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Yoshii added the CEO title one year and seven months later, in June 2019.

Initiatives

Over his eight fiscal years in office, consolidated net sales grew from ¥3,512.9 billion in FY ended March 2017 to ¥5,434.8 billion in FY ended March 2025, and operating profit from ¥310.1 billion to ¥546.3 billion. In FY ended March 2021 net sales fell by ¥253.5 billion from the previous year to ¥4,126.7 billion, but recovered to ¥4,439.5 billion the following year, FY ended March 2022.

Career

Career

Daiwa House Industry

Date Position
Jun 1990 Joined
Apr 2010 Executive Officer
Jun 2011 Director, Senior Executive Officer
Apr 2013 Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 2016 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Nov 2017 Representative Director, President
Jun 2019 Chief Executive Officer
Apr 2025 Representative Director, Chairman
Apr 2025 Stepped down as President
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 大和ハウス工業 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】