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Scouting report · 1847.T

Miduru Kotani

  • Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Division (経営戦略本部長), 1847.T since 2026-04src

Ichiken career since 1988; ran the administration division 2021-2026

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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—revenue, operating income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
In the role
6 mo
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

  • No CFO title at Ichiken: he is profiled as the finance head because he ran the Administration Division (finance and accounting) for five years and now heads the division that holds capital policy. The new Administration Division head from April 2026 is not a director and was not profiledsrc
  • Operating cash flow swung from +¥8.14bn (FY to March 2025) to -¥3.23bn (FY to March 2026) as trade receivables rose from ¥28.5bn to ¥37.5bn; cash fell from ¥19.9bn to ¥14.7bnsrc
  • All director pay is cash, tied to revenue and operating income against the medium-term plan; no stock or long-term awardsrc

In their favour 1

  • Shares held rose in every yuho from 1,400 (2021-03) to 8,600 (2026-03), 0.119% of the company; counts as filed, not split-adjustedsrc

Career

  1. 2026 – now
    Ichikensrc
    Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Division
    From 2026-04
  2. 2024 – now
    Kataoka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (片岡工業)src
    Director (concurrent)
    From 2024-07
  3. 2023 – 2026
    Ichikensrc
    Director, Managing Executive Officer (常務執行役員); General Manager, Administration Division
    From 2023-06
  4. 2021 – 2023
    Ichikensrc
    Director, Executive Officer; General Manager, Administration Division (管理本部長)
    Joined the board 2021-06
  5. 2017 – 2021
    Ichikensrc
    Deputy General Manager, Administration Division; Executive Officer from 2019-06
    From 2017-04
  6. 2015 – 2017
    Ichikensrc
    Manager, Business Division, and General Manager, Operations Management Department
    From 2015-06
  7. 2013 – 2015
    Ichikensrc
    General Manager, Operations Management Department, Administration Division
    From 2013-10
  8. 2011 – 2013
    Ichikensrc
    General Manager, Administration Department, Tokyo Branch
    From 2011-04
  9. 2007 – 2011
    Ichikensrc
    General Manager, Administration Department, Business Headquarters (Tokyo-based from 2007-04; department head from 2008-04)
  10. 1988 – 2007
    Ichikensrc
    Joined the company
    Joined 1988-04; posts before 2007 not listed

Achievements

  • Ran Ichiken's Administration Division, which holds finance and accounting, as a director from June 2021 to March 2026, after four years as its deputy headsrc
  • Since April 2026 heads the new Management Strategy Division, set up to bring growth strategy, financial management, investment and funding under one headsrc
  • Over his years as administration head net income reached records of ¥4.68bn (FY to March 2025) and ¥6.41bn (FY to March 2026), with the equity ratio at 53.7%src

Background

  • Family The officer table and its notes in the FY2024 yuho record no family relationship between him and any other officersrc
  • Boards Director of Kataoka Kogyo Co., Ltd. since July 2024, concurrently with his Ichiken rolesrc

The promise ledger

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

Sources

8
  1. Web search result IRBANK officer page for 小谷実弦, reproducing the 略歴 and shareholdings from Ichiken's yuho for the 100th period (FY 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31); page fetched directly, the yuho itself was not reachable · 2026-09-24
  2. Web search result IRBANK 'Ichiken (1847) officer list', directors' titles and shareholdings by yuho year 2014-03 to 2026-03 (copies the yuho's 役員の状況); page fetched directly · 2026-09-24
  3. Web search result IRBANK 'Ichiken (1847) director pay history' (copies 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. Filing Ichiken yuho for the 97th period (FY ended 2024-03-31), EDINET doc S100TT1I filed 2024-06-26; read from an archive copy of the EDINET PDF because EDINET is egress-blocked · 2024-06-26
  5. Data connector EDINET DB get_director_compensation(edinet_code=E00117, fiscal_year=2026): director pay by category and type for the FY ended 2026-03-31 (no names) · 2026-09-24
  6. Data connector EDINET DB get_financials(edinet_code=E00117, years=2): FY ended 2025-03-31 (doc S100W68Z) and FY ended 2026-03-31 (doc S100YD9X, filed 2026-06-18), JP GAAP · 2026-09-24
  7. Web search result WebSearch: イチケン 機構改革 経営戦略本部 新設 2026年4月1日 (summary of Ichiken's 2026-02-25 news release on organisation and personnel changes: to build the structure for the post-2026 plan, growth strategy and financial management are unified and investment and funding (capital policy) functions concentrated; from 2026-04-01 Kotani heads the Management Strategy Division and 妹尾成輝 the Administration Division). Page not fetched (egress-blocked) · 2026-09-24
  8. Web search result WebSearch: Ichiken Co Ltd director Kotani Managing Executive Officer (summary: 'Miduru Kotani', Managing Executive Officer, Chief of Management Division, from vendor company profiles) · 2026-09-24