Yoichi Erikawa
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He founded Koei in July 1978 and served as its Representative Director and President. In March 1989 he also became Representative Director and President of Kou Yu. He became Representative Director and Chairman of Koei in April 1999, Director and Chief Senior Advisor in June 2001 and Founder, Director and Chief Senior Advisor in June 2005. As founder he had capital behind him: among major shareholders at the end of March 2010, Kou Yu held 33.94% and he himself 2.07%.
Selection
In November 2010 he succeeded Kenji Matsubara as Representative Director and President of the holding company. The holding company had been launched in April 2009 through the business integration of Koei and Tecmo. In the FY ended March 2010, the year before he took office, sales were ¥34.5 billion and operating income ¥600 million, an operating margin below 2%. A year and a half after the integration, the founder took personal command of the company again.
Initiatives
Consolidated results grew from sales of ¥35.5 billion and operating income of ¥5.8 billion in the FY ended March 2012 to sales of ¥83.2 billion and operating income of ¥32.1 billion in the FY ended March 2025, his final year. Ordinary income that year was ¥50.0 billion, ¥17.9 billion above operating income. In April 2015 he also became Representative Director and Chairman (CEO) of the operating company Koei Tecmo Games. In June 2025 he handed the presidency to Hisashi Koinuma and moved to Representative Director, Chairman and Chair of the Board.
Career
Career
Koei
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jul 1978 | Representative Director, President, Koetekumo Games (at founding) |
| Apr 1999 | Representative Director, Chairman, Koetekumo Games |
| Jun 2001 | Director, Supreme Advisor |
| Jun 2005 | Director, Supreme Advisor, Faunda |
| Apr 2009 | Director, Koetekumo |
| Jun 2009 | Director, Supreme Advisor, Koetekumo |
Koyu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1989 | Representative Director, President, Koyu |
Representative Director, President, Koetekumo
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Nov 2010 | Representative Director, President, Koetekumo Games, TECMO KOEI AMERICA Corporation Board Director President and COO |
| Dec 2010 | TECMO KOEI EUROPE LIMITED Board Director President and COO |
| Apr 2015 | Representative Director, Chairman, Koetekumo Games |
| Nov 2015 | Representative Director, President, Koyu Holdings |
| Apr 2020 | Representative Director, Chairman, KOEI TECMO AMERICA Corporation Board Director Chairman and CEO KOEI TECMO EUROPE LIMITED Board Director Chairman and CEO Koetekumo Games |
| Apr 2021 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| Jun 2022 | Director, Gemuatomyujiamu |
| Jun 2025 | Stepped down as President |
Representative Director, Chairman, Koyu Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Representative Director, Chairman, Koyu |
| Jun 2025 | Representative Director, Chairman and Chairman of the Board, Koetekumo |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- コーエーテクモホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】