Kimihiko Higashio

Profile
Tenure
Apr 2020 – Present
Years in office
6.5 years
Name in Japanese
東尾公彦
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
Konami Group
Performance in office
FY2020FY2026Change
Revenue¥262.8billion¥493.7billion+88%
Net margin7.5%20.3%+12.8pt
Takuya KozukiHigashio
Revenue¥249.9 billionRevenue¥493.7 billionNet margin4.2%Net margin20.3%2016/32021/32026/3
Revenue¥249.9 billionRevenue¥493.7 billionNet margin4.2%Net margin20.3%2016/32021/32026/3
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Tenure

Tenure

Background

He is a career employee who joined in September 1997. He became a Director in June 2005, Director and Executive Vice President in January 2018, and Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 2019, becoming President 23 years after joining. In the FY ended March 2020, the year before he took over, the major shareholders included the Kozuki Foundation in second place with 12.84%, KOZUKI HOLDING B.V. third with 11.79%, and Kozuki Capital fifth with 5.29%, so three founding-family entities held 29.92%.

Education: Okayama University, Graduate School of Engineering, Electronic Engineering (1986)

Selection

In April 2020 he succeeded Takuya Kozuki as Representative Director and President, promoted ten months after becoming Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 2019. In the fiscal year ended March 2020, the year before he took over, consolidated net sales were ¥262.8 billion and operating income ¥31.0 billion, down 38.6% from ¥50.5 billion the previous year. The two previous presidents were both from the founding family, Kagemasa Kozuki and Takuya Kozuki, making him the first president from outside the family.

Initiatives

Consolidated net sales grew 1.60 times, from ¥262.8 billion in the FY ended March 2020, the year before he took over, to ¥421.6 billion in the FY ended March 2025, and operating income grew 3.29 times, from ¥31.0 billion to ¥101.9 billion. Operating income was ¥74.4 billion in the FY ended March 2022, fell to ¥46.2 billion in the FY ended March 2023, then climbed to ¥80.3 billion in the FY ended March 2024 and ¥101.9 billion in the FY ended March 2025. Net income of ¥74.6 billion in the FY ended March 2025 was 3.77 times the ¥19.8 billion of the year before he took over.

Career

Career

Konami

Date Position
Sep 1997 Joined
Jun 2005 Director
Jan 2018 Director and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President
Jun 2019 Representative Director, Executive Vice President
Apr 2020 Representative Director, President
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • コナミグループ 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】