Dependence on the Founder and Head of Technology Development
First written in FY2016. 3 of 6 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2022.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 10 of 77 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Masashi Sugawara (菅原 雅史), the Company's founder, Representative Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, plays an extremely important role in the Company's business, including determining management policies and strategies and leading top-level sales efforts with major business partners.」
The company continues to disclose its dependence on its founder, the Representative Director and President, and the need to establish a structure that does not rely on him. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Masashi Sugawara (菅原 雅史), the Company's founder, Representative Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, plays an extremely important role in the Company's business, including determining management policies and strategies and leading top-level sales efforts with major business partners. He currently has no plans to depart, and the Company is developing an organizational structure that does not depend on him.」
The company continues to disclose its dependence on its founder, the Representative Director and President, and the need to establish a structure that does not rely on him. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Masashi Sugawara (菅原 雅史), the Company's founder, Representative Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, plays an extremely important role in the Company's business, including determining management policies and strategies and leading top-level sales efforts with major business partners.」
The Company continues to disclose its dependence on the founder, who is the Representative Director and President, and the need to establish an organizational structure that does not depend on him. - FY2018ReframedAnnual report
「Masashi Sugawara (菅原 雅史), the Company's founder, Representative Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, plays an extremely important role in the Company's business, including determining management policies and strategies and leading top-level sales efforts with major business partners. He currently has no plans to depart, and the Company is developing an organizational structure that does not depend on him.」
The disclosure of management dependence risk has been reframed from dependence on the founder and the director responsible for technology development to dependence on the founder, who is the Representative Director and President. - FY2018-Q3Departure of the director responsible for technology developmentAnnual report
「Departing officer; position: Director; name: Tomohiro Murakami (村上 知広); effective date: 31 December 2017」
Tomohiro Murakami (村上 知広), previously identified as the director responsible for technology development, departed as a director effective 31 December 2017. No explanation of the business impact of his departure is provided. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Masashi Sugawara (菅原 雅史), the Company's founder and Representative Director, plays an extremely important role in the Company's business, including determining management policies and strategies and leading top-level sales efforts with major business partners. Tomohiro Murakami (村上 知広), the director responsible for technology development, also plays an extremely important role in the research and development of the Company's products.」
Although the Company is developing an organizational structure that does not depend on either individual, it states that their departure before the structure is established could have a material impact on business operations.