Yoshikuni Sugiyama
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He became a director of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings in June 2017 and served as Representative Director and President of Yomiuriland. He became a Director of Nippon Television in June 2019 and Representative Director, President and Executive Officer the following year, in June 2020. He continued to serve as a director of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings after becoming President, and from June 2022 also served as an outside director of Japan Petroleum Exploration. He came to the top of the broadcaster not from broadcasting operations but by way of managing the newspaper group and an amusement park business.
Selection
In June 2020 he succeeded Yoshinobu Kosugi as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, one year after joining the Nippon Television board, following the same path as Yoshio Okubo. In the year before his appointment, the fiscal year ended March 2020, consolidated revenue was ¥426.6 billion and operating profit ¥43.1 billion, with operating profit down 13% from ¥49.7 billion the previous year. It was the second successive appointment of a director of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings to the top post.
Initiatives
In his first year, the fiscal year ended March 2021, consolidated revenue was ¥391.3 billion and operating profit ¥34.5 billion, with both declining from ¥426.6 billion and ¥43.1 billion the previous year. In the following FY ended March 2022, revenue was ¥406.4 billion and operating profit ¥58.7 billion, with operating profit exceeding its pre-appointment level. In the FY ended March 2023 revenue was ¥414.0 billion and operating profit ¥46.6 billion, and in the FY ended March 2024 revenue was ¥423.5 billion and operating profit ¥41.9 billion, so operating profit fell for two straight years.
Career
Career
Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2017 | 取締役 ㈱よみうりランド代表取締役社長 (translation pending) |
| Jun 2019 | Director, Nippon Television |
Representative Director, President, Nippon Television → Nippon Television Network
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2020 | Representative Director, Executive Officer |
Nippon Television Network
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2020 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
| Jun 2022 | Stepped down as President |
Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX)
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2022 | Outside Director, Representative Director, Chairman, Executive Officer, Nippon Television, Nippon Television Network |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 日本テレビホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】