Yoji Komiya
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Japanese National Railways in 1985 and moved to Kyushu Railway Company in 1987. He served in succession as general manager of the planning, transport and sales departments of the Railway Business Headquarters, and became a Director and general manager of the General Affairs Department in June 2012. From September that year he also headed the Cruise Train Headquarters, became head of the Railway Business Headquarters and the Northern Kyushu Regional Head Office in 2016, and head of the Corporate Planning Headquarters in 2020. He is a career employee who has overseen railway planning, transport and sales end to end.
Selection
In April 2022 he succeeded Toshihiko Aoyagi as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, and CEO, with Aoyagi moving to Representative Director, Chairman and Executive Officer that month. In the previous fiscal year, ended March 2022, consolidated revenue was ¥329.5 billion and operating profit ¥3.9 billion, partway through a recovery from the operating loss of ¥22.9 billion in the FY ended March 2021. For the two years before his appointment he had headed the Corporate Planning Headquarters.
Initiatives
The Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen opened in September 2022, and part of the Nagasaki Main Line's railway facilities was transferred to the Saga-Nagasaki Railway Management Center, a general incorporated association, shifting to a model separating track ownership from operations. In October 2024 the hotel business was consolidated into JR Kyushu Hotels and Resorts by merging three companies, and in June 2023 the company made Fuji Bambi a subsidiary. Consolidated revenue grew from ¥383.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2023 to ¥500.4 billion in the FY ended March 2026, and operating profit from ¥34.3 billion to ¥74.0 billion.
Career
Career
Japanese National Railways
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1985 | Joined |
Kyushu Railway (JR Kyushu)
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1987 | Joined |
| May 2005 | General Manager, Planning Department, Railway Business Headquarters |
| May 2006 | General Manager, Transport Department, Railway Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2010 | General Manager, Sales Department, Railway Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2011 | General Manager, Service Department, Railway Business Headquarters and General Manager, Sales Department, Railway Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2012 | General Manager, General Affairs Department |
| Jun 2012 | Director, General Manager, General Affairs Department |
| Sep 2012 | Director, General Manager, Kuruzutorein Headquarters, Railway Business Headquarters and General Manager, General Affairs Department |
| Jun 2013 | Director, General Manager, General Affairs Department |
| Jun 2016 | Managing Director, General Manager, Railway Business Headquarters and President, Northern Kyushu Regional Headquarters |
| Jun 2018 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Railway Business Headquarters and President, Northern Kyushu Regional Headquarters |
| Jun 2019 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Railway Business Headquarters and President, Northern Kyushu Regional Headquarters |
| Jun 2020 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters |
| Apr 2022 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer |
Aikyubudo Systems
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2022 | Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 九州旅客鉄道 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2023年3月期）