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Scouting report · 1879.T

Katsushi Takami

  • Representative Director, President & President Executive Officer (代表取締役社長 社長執行役員), 1879.T since 2013-06src

President of Shinnihon since 2013; ex-Sanwa Bank, the founder's son-in-law

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design—no proxy read yet
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
In the role
13 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
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Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 4

  • Family-run board: the president is the founder's son-in-law, the founder chairs the board and the founder's eldest son is a directorsrc
  • No deputy at representative level since Representative Director & Vice President Masayuki Suzuki resigned effective 2025-10-01; the 2026 officer table lists Takami as the only representative directorsrc
  • Directors' pay is fixed: the six inside directors got ¥192m fixed plus ¥17m retirement benefit in the year to March 2025, with no performance-linked or share-based elementsrc
  • Holds 200,000 shares (0.326%), unchanged in every officer table from 2014 to 2026: no buying in thirteen years as presidentsrc

In their favour 1

  • Net income up 18.8% to ¥15.2bn in the year to March 2026, with a record forecast and a ¥10 higher dividend for the year to March 2027src

Career

  1. 2020-06 – now
    Kenken Co. (㈱建研, subsidiary)src
    Representative Director & Chairman
  2. 2016-06 – now
    Shinnihon Community Co. (㈱新日本コミュニティー, subsidiary)src
    Representative Director & President
  3. 2015-06 – now
    Shinnihon Fudosan and Rehouse Build Japan (subsidiaries)src
    Representative Director & President of both
  4. 2013-06 – now
    Shinnihon Corporationsrc
    Representative Director, President & President Executive Officer
  5. 2010-04 – 2013-06
    Shinnihon Corporationsrc
    Representative Director & Vice President; head of Construction Sales
    Representative Director & Vice President from 2009-06
  6. 2007-06 – 2009-06
    Shinnihon Corporationsrc
    Managing Director (常務取締役); deputy head of Construction Sales from 2008-04
  7. 2003-04 – 2007-06
    Shinnihon Corporationsrc
    Joined; head of the Administration Division from 2004-04, director from 2004-06
  8. 1989-04 – 2003-04
    The Sanwa Bank (now MUFG Bank)src
    Banker

Not located: Roles inside Sanwa Bank (1989-2003) not described. The company site (shinnihon-c.co.jp, incl. the officer page and IR PDFs) is blocked by this environment's egress proxy, so its notices were read only through search summaries

Achievements

  • President and representative director since June 2013, over thirteen years, succeeding the foundersrc
  • Ran the Administration Division and then Construction Sales before taking over; a representative director since 2009src
  • In the year to March 2026 the group grew sales 5.1% to ¥138.4bn and net income 18.8% to ¥15.2bn, and forecasts a record ¥17.5bn for the year to March 2027src
  • Also heads four group subsidiaries: Shinnihon Fudosan, Rehouse Build Japan, Shinnihon Community and Kenkensrc

Education

  • Meiji University, BA Business administration (1989)src

Background

  • Family Son-in-law of the founder and Chairman, Kazuo Kanetsuna (married to his second daughter), as the yuho's officer notes statesrc
  • Family The founder's eldest son, Yasuto Kanetsuna, sits beside him on the board as a directorsrc
  • Founder Shinnihon was founded by his father-in-law, who built a three-person builder into a listed contractor and still chairs the board; Takami succeeded him as president in June 2013src
  • Founder The founder held 3.04m shares (4.956%) as representative chairman in the 2014 and 2015 officer tables, 1.84m in 2016 and none from 2017; he stopped being a representative director after the 2018 table, and in the year to March 2019 received ¥2,343m, the only individually disclosed pay in the company's record. The tables do not say whysrc
  • Other Came from Sanwa Bank, as did his finance chief Naeki Takahashisrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

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  1. Web search result IRBANK officer page for 髙見克司 (E00221): copies the yuho officer table (title and shares held, years to March 2014-2026) and his career 略歴 from the 第62期 yuho, FY 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31. Used because EDINET and EDINET DB get_directors are out of reach · 2026-09-24
  2. Web search result IRBANK officer list (E00221): copies the yuho officer tables for the years to March 2014-2026 (names, titles, shares held) and the officers' combined holding · 2026-09-24
  3. Web search result IRBANK pay page (E00221): copies the yuho director-pay totals by category (years to March 2014-2026) and the only individually disclosed pay (≥¥100m), Kazuo Kanetsuna in the year to March 2019 · 2026-09-24
  4. Data connector EDINET DB get_director_compensation(edinet_code=E00221, fiscal_year=2025): year ended 2025-03-31, 6 inside directors: fixed ¥192m, retirement benefit ¥17m, total ¥210m; no performance-linked or share-based line; 0 officers at ¥100m or more
  5. Web search result WebSearch: 新日本建設 取締役 金綱康人 金綱一男 長男 (summary of the yuho officer notes: President Takami is the spouse of Chairman Kazuo Kanetsuna's second daughter; director Yasuto Kanetsuna is the Chairman's eldest son) · 2026-09-24
  6. Web search result WebSearch: 髙見克司 新日本建設 社長 経歴 大学 (summary of the 2013 appointment reports: Meiji University, business administration, 1989; Sanwa Bank; joined 2003; promoted to president 2013-06-27 as founder Kazuo Kanetsuna became representative chairman; from Toyama prefecture) · 2026-09-24
  7. Web search result WebSearch: 新日本建設 代表取締役の異動 2025年9月 (summary of the company's 2025-09-30 notice: Representative Director & Vice President Masayuki Suzuki resigned effective 2025-10-01) · 2026-09-24
  8. Web search result WebSearch: 新日本建設 2026年7月31日 お知らせ (summary of the TDnet shareholder-benefit notice of 2026-07-31, signed by 代表取締役社長 髙見克司) · 2026-09-24
  9. Web search result WebSearch: 新日本建設 2026年3月期 決算 (summary of the FY ended 2026-03 results: sales ¥138,428m +5.1%, operating profit ¥20,405m +11.4%, net income attributable to owners ¥15,224m +18.8%; FY2027-03 net income forecast a record ¥17.5bn; annual dividend forecast ¥77) · 2026-09-24
  10. Web search result WebSearch: 新日本建設 金綱一男 創業者 会長 (summary: Kazuo Kanetsuna, born 1940, founded the business as Kanetsuna Komuten and built it into a listed ¥100bn-sales contractor; now Chairman) · 2026-09-24