Osamu Kimura
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He served as Representative Director and President of Trinity Arts Inc. from September 2011 and joined the group as a director of Adastria Holdings in September 2013. He advanced to Director and Senior Executive Officer in May 2015, Managing Director in June 2016 and Director and Executive Vice President in March 2018. Throughout, he also headed operating companies, including as Representative Director and President of ADASTRIA eat Creations. His name was not among the top ten shareholders in the FY ended February 2016.
Selection
In May 2021 he succeeded Michio Fukuda as Representative Director and President, taking over from a founding-family member who had served as president for a total of 20 years since first taking office in 1993. In the fiscal year ended February 2021, the year before he took office, net sales fell from ¥222.4 billion the previous year to ¥183.9 billion, operating income from ¥12.9 billion to ¥0.8 billion, and net results were a loss of ¥0.7 billion. The appointment appears to have entrusted the turnaround to an outsider who had led operating companies that joined the group.
Initiatives
During his tenure consolidated net sales grew from ¥183.9 billion in the FY ended February 2021 to ¥293.1 billion in the FY ended February 2025, and operating income recovered from ¥0.8 billion to ¥15.5 billion. The record high came in the FY ended February 2024, with net sales of ¥275.6 billion and operating income of ¥18.0 billion. In May 2022 he also joined the board of Zetton Inc., and in September 2024 also became Representative Director, President and CEO of and ST Co., Ltd. In April 2025 he became Representative Director and Chairman of Adastria Co., Ltd.
Career
Career
Torinitiatsu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2011 | Representative Director, President |
FRIENDS
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2013 | Director |
Adasutoria Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2013 | Director, Adastria Asia Co.,Ltd. |
| May 2015 | Director, Senior Executive Officer |
| Jun 2016 | Managing Director, Andoesuti |
N9&PG
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2014 | Director |
peoples inc.
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Nov 2016 | Executive Vice President, Arishia |
Erementoruru
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2017 | Executive Vice President |
ADASTRIA eat Creations
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 2017 | Representative Director, President |
| Mar 2018 | Executive Vice President, Andoesuti |
| May 2019 | 久恩玖貿易(上海)有限公司董事 (translation pending) |
BUZZWIT
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2020 | Director |
| May 2021 | President, Andoesuti |
| 2025 | Stepped down as President |
Zetton
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| May 2022 | Director, Representative Director, President, Andoesuti |
Andoesuti
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | Representative Director, President, CEO |
Karima International
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Director |
Adasutoria
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Representative Director, Chairman |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- アダストリア 有価証券報告書 第75期(2025年2月期)【役員の状況】