Hakuten Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Hakuten's CEO is Tokuhisa Taguchi, appointed in Oct 2012, has a tenure of 11.58 years. directly owns 40.24% of the company’s shares, worth ¥3.76B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.8 years and 6.9 years respectively.

Key information

Tokuhisa Taguchi

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	11.6yrs
CEO ownership	40.2%
Management average tenure	1.8yrs
Board average tenure	6.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Is Hakuten (TSE:2173) Using Too Much Debt?

Mar 25

Hakuten Corporation (TSE:2173) Shares Fly 34% But Investors Aren't Buying For Growth

Feb 27

Here's Why Hakuten (TYO:2173) Can Afford Some Debt

Feb 20

CEO

Tokuhisa Taguchi (67 yo)

11.6yrs

Tenure

Mr. Tokuhisa Taguchi served as President of at Hakuten Corporation (formerly known as Hakuten Co., Ltd.) since October 2012 until 2023 and also serves as its CEO since April 2022 and also serves as its Cha...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Tokuhisa Taguchi	CEO & Chairman	11.6yrs	no data	40.24% ¥ 3.8b
Atsushi Harada	President	1.1yrs	no data	0.71% ¥ 66.1m
Yoshiyasu Fujii	CFO, Executive Officer & Director	less than a year	no data	0.059% ¥ 5.6m
Takeyuki Fukuda	Executive Officer	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Shinsuke Suzuki	Chief Sustainability Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Shoichiro Minami	Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Yu Ikushima	Executive Officer & Chief Product Officer	1.8yrs	no data	0.88% ¥ 81.9m

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

55.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 2173's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Tokuhisa Taguchi	CEO & Chairman	39.1yrs	no data	40.24% ¥ 3.8b
Atsushi Harada	President	6.9yrs	no data	0.71% ¥ 66.1m
Yoshiyasu Fujii	CFO, Executive Officer & Director	1.9yrs	no data	0.059% ¥ 5.6m
Hiroyuki Kanamori	Independent External Director	8.9yrs	no data	0.18% ¥ 17.3m
Masaki Tanaka	Director	6.9yrs	no data	0.45% ¥ 42.4m
Takeshi Yamada	Outside Director	1.9yrs	no data	0.62% ¥ 58.0m

6.9yrs

Average Tenure

57.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 2173's board of directors are considered experienced (6.9 years average tenure).

Hakuten Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Hakuten Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Mar 28, 2024

Less than half of directors are independent

Hakuten Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 29, 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Is Hakuten (TSE:2173) Using Too Much Debt?

Hakuten Corporation (TSE:2173) Shares Fly 34% But Investors Aren't Buying For Growth

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 14, 2024

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥86.23 (vs JP¥27.99 in 3Q 2023)

Hakuten Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Mar 28, 2024

New major risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Upcoming dividend of JP¥20.00 per share at 2.7% yield

Hakuten Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 14, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥7.02 (vs JP¥14.07 in 2Q 2023)

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Nov 14, 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings released: JP¥5.36 loss per share (vs JP¥5.63 profit in 1Q 2023)

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Aug 09, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥72.04 (vs JP¥97.14 in FY 2022)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥10.00 per share at 2.8% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥27.99 (vs JP¥14.71 in 3Q 2022)

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 14, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Nov 14, 2022

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥5.63 (vs JP¥27.10 in 1Q 2022)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Aug 15, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: JP¥97.14 (vs JP¥24.18 loss in FY 2021)

Hakuten Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 29, 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Hakuten Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on May 13, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥10.11 (vs JP¥12.66 loss in 2Q 2021)

Hakuten Corporation (JASDAQ:2173) signed a contract to acquire 87.3% stake in Nichinan Co., Ltd from Yukitaka Sugimoto for ¥70 million.

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥27.10 (vs JP¥40.38 loss in 1Q 2021)

Full year 2021 earnings released: JP¥19.58 loss per share (vs JP¥51.81 profit in FY 2020)

infoNet inc. (TSE:4444) completed the acquisition of IACTCorporation from Hakuten Corporation (JASDAQ:2173).

Hakuten Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on May 12, 2021

New 90-day high: JP¥430

Here's Why Hakuten (TYO:2173) Can Afford Some Debt

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: JP¥1.79 loss per share (vs JP¥27.28 profit in 3Q 2020)

New 90-day high: JP¥405

New 90-day low: JP¥352

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 15, 2021

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: JP¥12.66 loss per share

Hakuten Corporation to Report Q2, 2021 Results on Nov 09, 2020

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