Takehiro Sugiyama

Profile
Tenure
Jun 2017 – Mar 2023
Years in office
5.8 years
Name in Japanese
杉山健博
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President, Hankyu Hanshin
Performance in office
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings
Performance in office
FY2017FY2022Change
Revenue¥736.8billion¥746.2billion+1%
Net margin9.7%2.9%−6.8pt
SumiSugiyamaShimada
Revenue¥746.8 billionRevenue¥1.2 trillionNet margin9.4%Net margin6.5%2012/32016/32021/32026/3
Revenue¥746.8 billionRevenue¥1.2 trillionNet margin9.4%Net margin6.5%2012/32016/32021/32026/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Hankyu Corporation in April 1982, became a Director in June 2005 and Managing Director in April 2007. He became Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings in June 2016 and Representative Director and President of Hankyu Corporation in April 2017, and also became President of the holding company that June. He is a career employee who took 35 years from joining to become President.

Education: University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (1982)

Selection

In June 2017 he became Representative Director and President of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, succeeding Kazuo Sumi, one year after becoming Executive Vice President. Sumi moved to Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, so the CEO title stayed with his predecessor. In the fiscal year ended March 2017, the year before he took office, consolidated revenue was ¥736.8 billion and operating income ¥104.1 billion.

Initiatives

Consolidated revenue rose to ¥791.4 billion and operating income to ¥114.9 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2019. In the fiscal year ended March 2021 revenue fell to ¥568.9 billion and operating income to ¥2.1 billion, with an ordinary loss of ¥7.6 billion and a net loss of ¥36.7 billion. Revenue recovered to ¥746.2 billion and operating income to ¥39.2 billion the following year, ended March 2022, and in the fiscal year ended March 2023, when he stepped down as President, revenue was ¥968.3 billion and operating income ¥89.4 billion.

Career

Career

Hankyu Corporation

Date Position
Apr 1982 Joined
Jun 2005 Director
Apr 2007 Managing Director
Jun 2016 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Hankyu Hanshin
Jun 2016 Representative Director, Executive Vice President
Apr 2017 Representative Director, President
Jun 2017 Representative Director, President, Hankyu Hanshin
Mar 2023 Stepped down as President

Hankyu Holdings

Date Position
Jun 2006 Director
Oct 2006 Director, Hankyu Hanshin
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 阪急阪神ホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】