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Scouting report · 8043.T

Kazuhiko Yokota

  • Representative Director & President (CEO), 8043.T since 2021-04src

Starzen lifer since 1986; Representative Director & President since April 2021

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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
6 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 5

  • A special investigation committee (report 2024-01-15) found fictitious circular transactions and fictitious inventory at a sales office dating from around 2018; impact called limited and prior years were not restated, but the internal control report was amended. The period overlaps his time as Sales HQ head (2019-2021) and his presidencysrc
  • FY ended March 2026 net income ¥8.34bn, down 31.6% from ¥12.20bn, which had included ¥7.86bn of extraordinary income; operating income ¥8.76bn against ¥9.05bnsrc
  • Operating cash flow was -¥2.26bn in the FY ended March 2025 and ¥2.95bn in the FY ended March 2026, against ¥12.78bn two years earlier, as inventories rose from ¥37.3bn to ¥47.8bnsrc
  • Pay is disclosed only in aggregate for the inside directors; no individual figure (none reached ¥100m), and the KPI behind the performance-linked cash was not readsrc
  • Small stake: 170,000 shares, 0.3% of the company, at the 2026 yuhosrc

Career

  1. 2024-02 – now
    Starzensrc
    Representative Director & President; Quality Assurance HQ, Audit Dept. and Compliance Promotion Dept. report directly to him
  2. 2021-04 – 2024-02
    Starzensrc
    Representative Director & President
  3. 2020-04 – 2021-04
    Starzensrc
    Senior Managing Director (専務取締役), General Manager of the Sales HQ
  4. 2019-04 – 2020-04
    Starzensrc
    Managing Director (常務取締役), General Manager of the Sales HQ
  5. 2018-04 – 2019-04
    Starzensrc
    Managing Director (常務取締役)
  6. 2017-04 – 2018-04
    Starzen Hanbai (subsidiary)src
    Representative Director & President; also a director of Starzen
  7. 2016-06 – 2018-04
    Starzensrc
    Director (取締役)
  8. 2013-04 – 2016-06
    Starzensrc
    Executive Officer (2013), Managing Executive Officer (常務執行役員, 2015)
  9. 2010-10 – 2013-04
    Starzen Koiki Hanbai (subsidiary)src
    Representative Director & President
  10. 2006-02 – 2010-10
    Starzensrc
    General Manager, Mass Retail Division (量販事業部長)
  11. 1986-04 – 2006-02
    Zenchiku (now Starzen)src
    Joined April 1986
    The yuho says only 当社入社; the predecessor name Zenchiku is from WS-wiki

Not located: 1986-2006 posts not described in the yuho or in any source searched; the dates on which the Starzen Koiki Hanbai and Starzen Hanbai presidencies ended are not stated

Achievements

  • Forty years at Starzen: joined the predecessor Zenchiku in April 1986 and rose through sales to Representative Director & President in April 2021src
  • Ran two sales subsidiaries as president (Starzen Koiki Hanbai from 2010, Starzen Hanbai from 2017) and headed the group Sales HQ 2019-2021src
  • Revenue rose from ¥410.5bn (FY ended March 2024) to ¥448.2bn (FY ended March 2026) under his presidencysrc
  • Took direct charge of quality assurance, internal audit and a new compliance department in February 2024, after the special investigation into fictitious transactionssrc

Education

  • Chiba University of Commerce, Bachelor's Commerce and Economics (商経学部) (1986)src

Background

  • Other An internal hire with no career outside the Starzen group in any source foundsrc
  • Other On taking office in 2021 he named logistics reform as his first priority, per trade-press summariessrc

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 'Starzen (8043) officer list - 横田和彦', copying the yuho 役員の状況 (略歴 from the 87th-period yuho, FY 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31, and shareholdings from each yuho 2014-03 to 2026-03); page fetched directly · 2026-09-24
  2. Web search result IRBANK 'Starzen (8043) officer list', copying each yuho's 役員の状況 for 2022-03 to 2026-03 (officer names, titles, shares held); page fetched directly · 2026-09-24
  3. Web search result IRBANK 'Starzen (8043) director pay history', copying the yuho's 役員の報酬等: inside directors' aggregate pay by year, no officer individually disclosed; page fetched directly · 2026-09-24
  4. Data connector EDINET DB get_director_compensation(edinet_code=E02574, fiscal_year=2025): FY ended 2025-03-31, inside directors by pay type; officersOver100m count 0 · 2026-09-24
  5. Data connector EDINET DB get_financials(edinet_code=E02574, years=3): FYs ended 2024-03 to 2026-03, JP GAAP consolidated; FY2026 yuho doc S100YIM9 submitted 2026-06-24 · 2026-09-24
  6. Web search result WebSearch: 横田和彦 (実業家) Wikipedia (summary: from Chiba Prefecture; graduated from Chiba University of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, March 1986; joined Zenchiku, now Starzen, April 1986). Page not fetched: ja.wikipedia.org is egress-blocked · 2026-09-24
  7. Web search result WebSearch: スターゼン 横田和彦 社長就任 (summaries of 2021 trade-press coverage: new president's stated priorities were logistics reform and deepening 'Team Starzen'; succeeded as president from senior managing director). Pages not fetched: egress-blocked · 2026-09-24
  8. Web search result WebSearch: Starzen Co Ltd President Kazuhiko Yokota (Bloomberg profile listing and English-language officer summaries: Representative Director, President & CEO). Page not fetched · 2026-09-24
  9. Web search result WebSearch: スターゼン 特別調査委員会 調査結果報告書 2024年1月 (summaries of the 2024-01-15 TDnet notices: the special investigation committee found fictitious circular transactions with specific counterparties at a sales office, running from around 2018, which left fictitious inventory on the books; impact described as limited, prior years not restated, reflected in the Q2 FY2024 accounts; internal control report amended the same day; recurrence-prevention measures announced 2024-01-26). Pages not fetched · 2026-09-24
  10. Web search result WebSearch: スターゼン 2024年 コンプライアンス 社長直轄 (summary: from 2024-02-01 a Compliance Promotion Department was created reporting directly to the president; measures included HR changes, stronger accounting checks, accounting-system and inventory-count controls). Page not fetched · 2026-09-24
  11. Web search result WebSearch: スターゼン 株式分割 (summary of the 2025-02-20 notice: 3-for-1 stock split, record date 2025-03-31, effective 2025-04-01). Page not fetched · 2026-09-24