Hironori Aoki
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Otsuka Pharmaceutical in April 1996 and moved to Kusuri no Aoki in February 2003. He held a series of head office posts, as General Manager of Administration, General Manager of Human Resources and Training, and head of the Dispensing Business Headquarters, and in May 2010 became Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales and head of the Sales Promotion Office, then Representative Director and Senior Managing Director in August that year, gaining representative authority seven years after joining. He became Representative Director and President of Kusuri no Aoki in May 2014 and of the holding company Kusuri no Aoki Holdings in March 2016.
Selection
At Kusuri no Aoki, founded by Keisei Aoki in January 1985, Hosoki Aoki, President since August 2003, stepped back to Director and Chief Senior Advisor in May 2014, and Hironori Aoki took over as Representative Director and President the same month. Through a share exchange in November 2016, Kusuri no Aoki Holdings made Kusuri no Aoki a wholly owned subsidiary and listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a holding company. Among major shareholders in the FY ended May 2026, Aoki Nikaido LLC and Rinsen Shooku LLC each held 6.82%. The appointment appears to have been a generational handover within the same-named family while it retained its shares.
Initiatives
The company kept opening stores, reaching 300 in February 2016, 500 in November 2018, 600 in March 2020, 700 in April 2021, 800 in February 2022 and 900 in May 2023, and every year opened first stores in new prefectures such as Kyoto, Osaka, Miyagi and Iwate. Starting with Narux in June 2020 and Fukuya in October that year, it acquired a series of food supermarkets, and in March 2022 absorbed three companies covering Hifumiya, Homas, Kirinya, Food Power Center and Value. Consolidated net sales grew from ¥188.7 billion in the FY ended May 2017 to ¥501.5 billion in the FY ended May 2025.
Career
Career
Otsuka Pharmaceutical
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1996 | Joined |
Kusuri Aoki
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2003 | Joined |
| Apr 2006 | General Manager, Administration Department |
| Jul 2006 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Administration Department |
| May 2007 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources Education Department |
| Nov 2008 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Dispensing Pharmacy Business Headquarters |
| May 2010 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Headquarters and General Manager, Sales Promotion Office |
| Aug 2010 | Representative Director, Senior Managing Officer, General Manager, Sales Headquarters and General Manager, Sales Promotion Office |
| May 2012 | Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Headquarters |
| May 2014 | Representative Director, President and President, Executive Officer |
Aoki Nikaido
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2010 | Representative Director, President |
Kusuri no Aoki Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2016 | Representative Director, President |
| Nov 2016 | Representative Director, President and President, Executive Officer |
| Jun 2018 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- クスリのアオキホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】