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Kobe Steel CEOs: 16 Presidents Since 1946
Revenue and CEOs
16 CEOs
Kobe Steel
CEOs and long-term results
FY2026
Consolidated
Revenue
¥2.4 trillion
Net margin
3.8%
Asada
Toshima
Inoue
Suzuki
Sugisawa
Takahashi
Maki
Kametaka
Kumamoto
Mizukoshi
Inubushi
Sato
Kawasaki
Yamaguchi
Katsukawa
Revenue
¥24.6 billion
Revenue
¥167.1 billion
Revenue
¥736.2 billion
Revenue
¥1.5 trillion
Revenue
¥1.7 trillion
Revenue
¥1.8 trillion
Revenue
¥2.4 trillion
Net margin
2.1%
Net margin
0.4%
Net margin
6.1%
Net margin
5.1%
Net margin
-1.2%
Net margin
3.8%
1956/3
1961/3
1966/3
1971/3
1976/3
1981/3
1986/3
1991/3
1996/3
2001/3
2006/3
2011/3
2016/3
2021/3
2026/3
Revenue
¥167.1 billion
Revenue
¥1.7 trillion
Revenue
¥2.4 trillion
Net margin
2.1%
Net margin
5.1%
Net margin
3.8%
1956/3
1966/3
1976/3
1986/3
1996/3
2006/3
2016/3
2026/3
API:
/api/5406/financials_history.csv
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/api/5406/financials/pl.json
Tenure timeline
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
Saburo Machinaga
Chohei Asada
Kenkichi Toshima
Yoshimi Inoue
Hiroaki Suzuki
Hideo Sugisawa
Kokichi Takahashi
Fuyuhiko Maki
Sokichi Kametaka
Masahiro Kumamoto
Koshi Mizukoshi
Yasuo Inubushi
Hiroshi Sato
Hiroya Kawasaki
Mitsugi Yamaguchi
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
Presidents
16
Presidents
Name
From
To
Years
Background
Education
Saburo Machinaga
Dec 1946
Company veteran
Chohei Asada
Nov 1952
Nov 1958
6.0
Company veteran
Kenkichi Toshima
Nov 1958
May 1972
13.5
Company veteran
Yoshimi Inoue
May 1972
Nov 1974
2.5
Outsider
Hiroaki Suzuki
Nov 1974
Company veteran
Hideo Sugisawa
Sep 1976
Oct 1977
1.1
Company veteran
Kokichi Takahashi
Oct 1977
Company veteran
Fuyuhiko Maki
Jun 1983
Company veteran
Sokichi Kametaka
Jun 1987
Jun 1996
9.0
Company veteran
Masahiro Kumamoto
Jun 1996
Apr 1999
2.8
Company veteran
Koshi Mizukoshi
Apr 1999
Company veteran
Yasuo Inubushi
Apr 2004
Apr 2009
5.0
Company veteran
Hiroshi Sato
Apr 2009
Apr 2013
4.0
Company veteran
Hiroya Kawasaki
Apr 2013
Apr 2018
5.0
Company veteran
Mitsugi Yamaguchi
Apr 2018
Apr 2024
6.0
Company veteran
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
Apr 2024
Present
2.6
Company veteran