Shoichi Tachibana
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined OBIC in April 1985 and came up through sales, serving as head of Business Solution Sales Department 1 at the Osaka head office, head of Business Solution Sales at the Tokyo head office and head of the Yokohama branch. He became a Director in June 2004, Senior Managing Director in April 2007 and Director and Executive Vice President in April 2008. He held 192,000 shares, about one-seventy-fifth of founder Yoshihiro Noda's 14,405,000. The presidency passed from the founding family to a professional manager without a capital base.
Selection
In April 2013 he took over the presidency from founder Yoshihiro Noda. Noda had served as President from the founding in April 1968 until April 2003 and had returned to the post in February 2006 as Representative Director, Chairman and President; the handover came seven years after that return. Tachibana had served as Director and Executive Vice President for five years from April 2008. On the same officer list, Managing Director Takao Fujimoto took 23 years from joining in 1994 to become a Director, and Director Yu Okada took 18 years from joining in 2005, so Tachibana's 19 years was in line with company practice.
Initiatives
The company built up external assurance for OBIC Cloud Services, receiving a SOC1 Type2 report in March 2019 and a SOC2 Type2 report in March 2023. The new Osaka head office building was completed in February 2020, and the Osaka head office moved to Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka. In June 2023 it listed its affiliate OB System on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Consolidated revenue grew from ¥56.3 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2015 to ¥121.2 billion in FY ended March 2025, and operating income from ¥24.3 billion to ¥78.4 billion.
Career
Career
Obic
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1985 | Joined |
| Apr 2000 | General Manager, Osaka Head Office Business Solutions Sales 1 Department |
| Feb 2003 | General Manager, Tokyo Head Office Business Solutions Sales Department |
| Aug 2003 | General Manager, Yokohama Branch |
| Jun 2004 | Director |
| Apr 2005 | Managing Director, Head of Tokyo Head Office Solutions, Deputy General Manager of Headquarters |
| Apr 2006 | Head of Tokyo Head Office Solutions Sales and General Manager, Promotion Division |
| Apr 2007 | Senior Managing Director |
| Apr 2008 | Executive Vice President |
| Apr 2013 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- オービック 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2025年3月期）