Naoki Shirakawa
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Ariake Japan in April 1981 and became a director in June 1999, his 18th year. He became Managing Director in June 2015 and Managing Director and head of manufacturing that October, reaching the presidency in April 2021 from a position overseeing the plants. He served 22 years as a director, a career employee who spent all 40 years since joining at this one company.
Selection
In April 2021 he succeeded Tomoki Tagawa as Representative Director and President. In the fiscal year ended March 2021, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥49.7 billion and operating income ¥10.0 billion, down in both for the second straight year from ¥56.6 billion and ¥11.9 billion in the FY ended March 2019. Shares are held by corporations: in the FY ended March 2026 the top shareholders were Japan Food Business at 33.66%, The Master Trust Bank of Japan at 9.77% and the Kineo Okada Memorial Scholarship Foundation at 6.9%, with Shirakawa personally not among the top ten.
Initiatives
In the FY ended March 2022, his first year, consolidated net sales were ¥52.7 billion and operating income ¥10.7 billion, returning to growth. In the FY ended March 2023 net sales grew to ¥55.7 billion while operating income fell to ¥8.5 billion. Sales kept rising thereafter, through ¥60.0 billion with operating income of ¥8.7 billion in the FY ended March 2024 and ¥65.4 billion and ¥11.1 billion in the FY ended March 2025, reaching ¥67.0 billion in the FY ended March 2026 with operating income of ¥11.8 billion, above the ¥10.0 billion of the year before he took office.
Career
Career
Ariake Japan
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1981 | Joined |
| Jun 1999 | Director |
| Jun 2015 | Managing Director |
| Oct 2015 | Managing Director, General Manager, Manufacturing Headquarters |
| Apr 2021 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- アリアケジャパン 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】