Kobe Steel's CEO is Yoshihiko Katsukawa, appointed in Apr 2024, has a tenure of 2.17 years. total yearly compensation is ¥169.00M, comprised of 43.2% salary and 56.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.011% of the company’s shares, worth $539.90K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.4 years and 4 years respectively.
Key information
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
Chief executive officer
JP¥169.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
43.20%
CEO tenure
2.2yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
7.4yrs
Board average tenure
4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Yoshihiko Katsukawa's remuneration changed compared to Kobe Steel's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
JP¥94b
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
JP¥88b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
JP¥126b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
JP¥123b
Mar 31 2025
JP¥169m
JP¥73m
JP¥120b
Compensation vs Market: Yoshihiko's total compensation ($USD1.06M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.93M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Yoshihiko's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
2.2yrs
Tenure
JP¥169,000,000
Compensation
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
President
2.2yrs
JP¥169.00m
0.011% $ 539.9k
Nagayoshi Ya
Executive Vice President and Director
no data
JP¥109.00m
no data
Yasushi Okano
Head of Rugby Cen & Exe Off of Legal Dep
5.2yrs
no data
no data
Naoto Umehara
Executive Officer & GM of the Iron Unit Center in the Engineering Business
less than a year
no data
no data
Makoto Mizuguchi
Executive VP & Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business
no data
no data
no data
Jiro Kitagawa
Executive Officer & Head of the Electric Power Business
8.2yrs
no data
no data
Kazuaki Kawahara
Senior Managing Executive Officer
no data
no data
no data
Yasushi Okubo
Senior Managing Executive Officer
no data
no data
no data
Shoji Miyazaki
EVP & Head of Steel and Aluminum Business
8.2yrs
no data
no data
Hajime Nagara
Executive VP & Representative Director
no data
no data
0.011% $ 524.1k
Shoji Nakamura
Executive Officer & GM of Kakogawa Works
7.4yrs
no data
no data
Hiroki Iwamoto
Managing Executive Officer & GM of the Compressor Division - Machinery Business
7.4yrs
no data
no data
7.4yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: KBST.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Yoshihiko Katsukawa
President
8yrs
JP¥169.00m
0.011% $ 539.9k
Hajime Nagara
Executive VP & Representative Director
6yrs
no data
0.011% $ 524.1k
Koichi Sakamoto
Executive Officer & Director
3yrs
no data
0.0045% $ 216.8k
Miyaoka Shinji
Executive Officer & Director
3yrs
no data
0.00078% $ 37.3k
Kunio Miura
Independent Director
6yrs
no data
0.0016% $ 78.5k
Masaaki Kono
Independent Director
6yrs
no data
0.0016% $ 78.5k
Yumiko Ito
Independent Director
7yrs
no data
0.0023% $ 110.1k
Gunyu Matsumoto
Director
3yrs
no data
0.00061% $ 29.2k
Yuichiro Goto
Director
2yrs
no data
0.0083% $ 399.2k
Kazuhiko Kimoto
Executive Officer
2yrs
no data
0.0070% $ 336.5k
Shinsuke Kitagawa
Independent Director
4yrs
no data
0.0014% $ 65.6k
Nobuko Sekiguchi
Independent Director
4yrs
no data
0.00063% $ 30.2k
4.0yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: KBST.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/05 03:37
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2026/03/31
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Analyst Sources
Kobe Steel, Ltd. is covered by 18 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.