Kazuhisa Uemura
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
Born in July 1960, he is a career employee who joined the company in April 1983. He became an Executive Officer in April 2014, Director and Managing Executive Officer in June 2018 and Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in April 2022, and was named President and Executive Officer in April 2024. His career summary shows no other employers. The annual securities report for FY ended March 2025 lists him as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, and COO. The career summary does not list his areas of responsibility, so which side of the business he came up through cannot be determined.
Selection
In April 2024 he succeeded Takashi Kayamoto, who had been President for seven years from April 2017. Kayamoto stepped back to Representative Director and Chairman but kept the CEO title, while Kazuhisa Uemura handles execution as COO. In FY ended March 2024, before he took office, net sales were ¥766.9 billion and operating profit ¥34.7 billion. With the chairman retaining the CEO role in a two-headed arrangement, the transfer of authority appears likely to proceed in stages.
Initiatives
Under Kazuhisa Uemura, the "2026 Mid-Term Plan" began in fiscal 2024, with financial targets of ROE of 10% or more and ROIC of 7% or more. Results for FY ended March 2025 were ROE of 11.9% and ROIC of 8.3%. The company pressed ahead with reducing cross-shareholdings toward a target of less than 20% of net assets, reaching 14.8% at the end of March 2025. Against a ¥26.0 billion share buyback ceiling approved in December 2024, it had repurchased ¥23.6 billion by April 2025. In FY ended March 2026 net sales rose to ¥816.9 billion, while operating profit fell from ¥52.2 billion to ¥45.8 billion.
Career
Career
NHK Spring
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1983 | Joined |
| Apr 2014 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2018 | Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun 2018 | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2022 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2024 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 日本発條 有価証券報告書（2025年3月期）【役員の状況】