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Scouting report · 3288.T

Kotaro Wakatabi

  • Senior Managing Director, CFO & head of Corporate Planning (専務取締役CFO兼経営企画本部長), 3288.T since 2021-12src

Open House Group CFO since December 2021; joined in 2009 from Starbucks Japan

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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—0.22% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
In the role
5 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 3

  • Education, and anything beyond the yuho career and one company recruiting interview, was not locatedsrc
  • Inside-director pay in FY2025 was mostly performance-linked cash (¥814m of ¥1,395m), with ¥141m in share awards. What the bonus pays on was not reached: the yuho policy text is out of reachsrc
  • Pay rose from ¥139m (FY2021) to ¥242m (FY2024) and eased to ¥223m in FY2025, over a period when group net income went from ¥92.1bn (FY2023) to ¥100.7bn (FY2025)src

In their favour 1

  • Holds 266,100 shares, about 0.23% of shares issued. At the ¥885.6bn market cap of 2026-09-18 that is about ¥2.0bn, some nine times his ¥223m FY2025 pay (computed here from the IRBANK figures)src

Career

  1. 2023-11 – now
    Sanei Architecture Planning (now Meldia Co., Ltd.)src
    Director
    Group subsidiary acquired in 2023; marked current (現任)
  2. 2021-12 – now
    Open House Group Co., Ltd.src
    Senior Managing Director, CFO & head of Corporate Planning
  3. 2021-11 – now
    Open House Preparatory Co. (now Open House Co., Ltd.)src
    Director
    Not marked current in the FY2025 yuho career; no end date given
  4. 2020-06 – now
    Pressance Corporationsrc
    Director
    Marked current (現任)
  5. 2019-10 – now
    Hawk One Co., Ltd.src
    Director (corporate auditor from 2018-10)
    Marked current (現任)
  6. 2018-04 – 2021-12
    Open House Group Co., Ltd. (then Open House Co., Ltd.)src
    Director, Managing Executive Officer, head of Administration and of Corporate Planning
  7. 2016-12 – now
    OH Real Estate Management (now Open House Real Estate) and IB Netsrc
    Director of both (and corporate auditor of Open House Architect from the same month)
    Both directorships marked current (現任)
  8. 2015-12 – 2018-04
    Open House Co., Ltd.src
    Director, Executive Officer, head of Corporate Planning
    The 2016-2018 officer tables also title him head of Administration
  9. 2014-10 – 2015-12
    Open House Co., Ltd.src
    Executive Officer, Planning Department head
  10. 2010-12 – now
    Open House Realty & Investments, Inc.src
    CEO, then Director from 2012-12
    The group's US arm; Director marked current (現任)
  11. 2009-08 – 2014-10
    Open House Co., Ltd.src
    Joined
  12. 2000-06 – 2009-08
    Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd.src
    Joined; worked on its IPO and growth
    Role at Starbucks Japan from the recruiting interview (WS-recruit); the yuho gives only the joining date
  13. 1998-04 – 2000-06
    The Sumitomo Bank (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)src
    Banker

Achievements

  • CFO of Open House Group since December 2021 and a group director since December 2015src
  • With the group since August 2009; ran its US arm, Open House Realty & Investments, as CEO from December 2010src
  • Sits on the boards of the acquired Pressance (from 2020) and Sanei Architecture Planning, now Meldia (from 2023)src
  • Before Open House: Sumitomo Bank from 1998, then Starbucks Coffee Japan from 2000, where he worked on its IPOsrc

Background

  • Boards Director of group companies Pressance, Meldia, Hawk One, Open House Real Estate, IB Net and Open House Realty & Investments, per the yuho careersrc
  • Other Family relationships among officers, which the yuho reports in its officer table, were not reached: IRBANK's copy does not show that column and the yuho itself is out of reachsrc

The promise ledger

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

Sources

7
  1. Web search result IRBANK officer page for 若旅孝太郎 (E27842): copies the yuho officer table (career 略歴, title and shares held by year) from the corrected 第29期 yuho, FY 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30. Used because EDINET and EDINET DB get_directors are out of reach · 2026-09-24
  2. Web search result IRBANK officer list for Open House Group (E27842): copies the yuho officer tables for the Septembers of 2014-2025 (title and shares held per officer); the page header gives a market cap of ¥885.6bn on 2026-09-18 · 2026-09-24
  3. Web search result IRBANK pay page (E27842): copies the yuho's individually disclosed pay (officers paid ¥100m or more) and per-category totals, FY ended September 2014 to September 2025 · 2026-09-24
  4. Data connector EDINET DB get_director_compensation(edinet_code=E27842, fiscal_year=2025): FY ended 2025-09-30, inside directors (7): fixed ¥439m, performance-linked cash ¥814m, share awards ¥141m, total ¥1,395m · 2026-09-24
  5. Data connector EDINET DB get_financials(edinet_code=E27842, years=3): FY ended 2025-09-30 (yuho S100XBTG, filed 2025-12-22), JP GAAP net income attributable ¥100,670m; latest shares snapshot 116,735,700 issued at 2026-08-07 · 2026-09-24
  6. Web search result WebSearch: Open House Group notice of convocation of the 29th AGM (2025-12-05), director candidates (summary: Wakatabi, Senior Managing Director, CFO and Chief Director of Business Planning, renominated; has headed the Corporate Division). The PDF itself is blocked by the egress proxy · 2026-09-24
  7. Web search result WebSearch: Open House Group recruiting interview, 'CFO｜専務取締役 若旅孝太郎' (summary: Sumitomo Bank 1998, Starbucks Coffee Japan 2000 where he worked on its IPO and growth, Open House 2009) · 2026-09-24