Yoshio Murata
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Takashimaya in April 1985. He became an Executive Officer in February 2013, Managing Director in May 2015 and Representative Director and Managing Director in August 2017, and became President in March 2019, 34 years after joining. He reached the officer ranks in his 28th year and moved from Managing Director to President without serving as Senior Managing Director or Executive Vice President.
Selection
In March 2019 he succeeded Shigeru Kimoto as President. In the fiscal year ended February 2019, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥846.8 billion and operating profit ¥26.7 billion, down ¥8.6 billion from ¥35.3 billion the year before. As for shareholders, H2O Retailing held 9.31% as the second largest as of the FY ended February 2015. With core earnings thinning, the change appears to have raised a Managing Director to President with representative authority.
Initiatives
In the fiscal year ended February 2021, his second full year, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the company to a consolidated operating loss of ¥13.5 billion and a net loss of ¥33.9 billion. It returned to profit with operating profit of ¥4.1 billion in the FY ended February 2022, then recovered to ¥32.5 billion in the FY ended February 2023 and ¥45.9 billion in the FY ended February 2024. In the FY ended February 2025 operating profit was ¥57.5 billion and net income ¥39.5 billion, exceeding the FY ended February 2019 before he took office (operating profit ¥26.7 billion, net income ¥16.4 billion).
Career
Career
Takashimaya
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1985 | Joined |
| Feb 2013 | Executive Officer |
| May 2015 | Managing Director |
| Aug 2017 | Representative Director, Managing Director |
| Mar 2019 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 高島屋 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】