Kojiro Higuchi
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Tohoku Electric Power in April 1981. He handled thermal and nuclear power operations in succession, as Executive Officer and general manager of the Thermal Power Department in the Thermal and Nuclear Power Headquarters from June 2013 and as Managing Director and deputy head of that headquarters from June 2016. In April 2018, as Director and Managing Executive Officer, he also served as acting head of the Generation and Sales Company and deputy head of the Nuclear Power Headquarters, and rose to Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 2019.
Selection
In April 2020 he succeeded Hiroya Harada as Representative Director and President. That same month the company carried out the legal unbundling that transferred its transmission and distribution business to Tohoku Electric Power Network Co., so the change overlapped with a switch in structure. In the previous fiscal year, ended March 2020, revenue was ¥2,246.4 billion, ordinary profit ¥100.0 billion and net income ¥63.1 billion. He was promoted after ten months as Executive Vice President and acting head of the Nuclear Power Headquarters.
Initiatives
The fiscal year ended March 2022 showed an ordinary loss of ¥49.2 billion and a net loss of ¥108.4 billion, and the FY ended March 2023 an ordinary loss of ¥199.3 billion and a net loss of ¥127.6 billion on revenue of ¥3,007.2 billion, two straight years in the red. The FY ended March 2024 recovered to ordinary profit of ¥291.9 billion and net income of ¥226.1 billion, and in the FY ended March 2025, his final year, the company still secured ordinary profit of ¥256.7 billion and net income of ¥182.8 billion.
Career
Career
Tohoku Electric Power
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1981 | Joined |
| Jun 2013 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Thermal Power Department, Thermal Power Nuclear Power Headquarters |
| Jun 2016 | Managing Director, Deputy General Manager of Headquarters, Thermal Power Nuclear Power Headquarters |
| Apr 2018 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, President, Power Generation and Sales Company, Acting Head, Deputy General Manager of Headquarters, Nuclear Power Headquarters |
| Jun 2019 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, in charge of CSR, in charge of Compliance Promotion, Deputy General Manager, Nuclear Power Headquarters |
| Apr 2020 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
| Apr 2025 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| Apr 2025 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 東北電力 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】