Toshiyuki Sakurai
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He is a career employee who joined Yamato Transport in April 1998. He served as Representative Director and President of Yamato Web Solutions from April 2015 and as a senior manager in Yamato Holdings' management strategy planning function from September 2016. He became Executive Officer of the Sales Headquarters at Yamato Logistics in March 2020, and from April 2021 handled the corporate division and the regional co-creation department at Yamato Transport. His career rotated through an IT subsidiary, corporate planning and corporate sales.
Selection
He became an Executive Officer in February 2024 and Managing Executive Officer in April 2025, and moved up to President and Executive Officer in April 2026. In June 2026 he became Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, succeeding Yutaka Nagao, just two years after becoming an Executive Officer. In the fiscal year ended March 2026, the year before he took office, consolidated revenue was a record ¥1,865.7 billion, but operating income was only ¥28.3 billion and net income ¥13.7 billion. He appears to have been chosen for the role of halting the decline in profit.
Initiatives
Having taken office in June 2026, he has not yet completed a full fiscal year. Consolidated operating income for the fiscal year ended March 2026 that he inherited was ¥28.3 billion, a recovery from ¥14.2 billion the year before but far from the ¥92.1 billion of the fiscal year ended March 2021. With consolidated revenue at a record ¥1,865.7 billion, the remaining challenge is profitability rather than volume. The major shareholders are The Master Trust Bank of Japan with 15.18% and the Yamato Group Employee Stock Ownership Association with 9.73%.
Career
Career
Yamato Transport
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1998 | Joined |
| Apr 2021 | Corporate Division Corporate Solutions Kontororu Center, General Manager |
| Apr 2022 | General Manager, Regional Co-creation Department, Corporate Regional Co-creation Department |
| Feb 2024 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2025 | Managing Executive Officer |
Yamato Web Solutions
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2015 | Representative Director, President |
Yamato Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2016 | 経営戦略立案推進機能シニアマネージャー (translation pending) |
| Apr 2026 | President, Executive Officer |
| Jun 2026 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
Yamato Logistics
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2020 | Sales Headquarters, Executive Officer |