Masaru Kawaguchi
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Bandai in April 1983, becoming an Executive Officer in April 2002, a Director in April 2006 and Managing Director in April 2010. He became Representative Director and President of Bandai in August 2015, and in February 2018 also Representative Director and President of BANDAI SPIRITS. At the holding company he became an Executive Officer in August 2015, a Director in June 2016 and Director and Executive Vice President in April 2020. He is a career employee who came up through the toy and hobby operating companies.
Selection
In April 2021 he succeeded Mitsuaki Taguchi as Representative Director and President of the holding company. In the fiscal year ended March 2021, the year before he took office, net sales were ¥740.9 billion and operating income ¥84.7 billion, up from ¥723.9 billion and ¥78.8 billion the previous year. Net income, however, was ¥48.8 billion, down from ¥57.6 billion. Promoted after one year as Director and Executive Vice President, he was a former president of two operating companies placed at the top of the holding company.
Initiatives
In April 2022 he became Representative Director, President and Group CEO. In the fiscal year ended March 2022 net sales grew to ¥889.2 billion and operating income to ¥125.5 billion, and in the FY ended March 2024 net sales topped ¥1 trillion at ¥1,050.2 billion, while operating income fell to ¥90.7 billion from ¥116.5 billion the previous year. In the FY ended March 2025, his last year, net sales were ¥1,241.5 billion, operating income ¥180.2 billion and net income ¥129.3 billion, with net sales 1.7 times the ¥740.9 billion of the year before he took office.
Career
Career
Bandai
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1983 | Joined |
| Apr 2002 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2006 | Director |
| Apr 2010 | Managing Director |
| Apr 2015 | Senior Managing Director |
| Aug 2015 | Representative Director, President |
Bandai Namco Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Aug 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Jun 2016 | Director |
| Apr 2020 | Executive Vice President |
| Apr 2021 | Representative Director, President |
| Apr 2022 | Representative Director, President, Group CEO |
| Apr 2025 | Chairman |
| Apr 2025 | Stepped down as President |
BANDAI SPIRITS
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2018 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- バンダイナムコHD 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】