Tokyo Vision, in its 48th Year Since Foundation, Transitions to a New Structure Where Management Talent Becomes Shareholders Following Business Succession
Tokyo Vision adopted the 'Icon Model' and 'SAP' program provided by Icon Capital to transition to a team-based management structure. They are openly recruiting external candidates to become management shareholders.
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Tokyo Vision Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President: Takumi Shimizu, hereinafter "the Company") will officially introduce the capital/governance model "Icon Model" and the successor development program "SAP (Searcher Ascension Program)" provided by Icon Capital Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Icon Capital") and National Search Fund Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "NSF").
*The Icon Model is a system where management talent participates in management with ownership while acquiring shares. SAP is a program that develops management candidates into management talent over a two-year period.
Reference: Icon and NSF Officially Start Providing Capital Governance "Icon Model" and Successor Development Program "SAP", Icon Model Officially Introduced to Yashima Foods and Tokyo Vision
The Company underwent business succession in October 2024, and Takumi Shimizu is currently handling management as the third-generation President. With this initiative, together with Shimizu, Icon Capital, and NSF, the Company will begin building a next-generation management shareholder team to lead a "second founding," and will broadly recruit management candidates from both inside and outside the company.
## Background of Introduction: Passing Down Tradition and Multi-layering the Management Structure
In small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the shortage of successors and the personalization of management are major challenges.
For 48 years since its founding in 1978, the Company has established a unique position in the import and distribution business of foreign video works, as well as in the planning, production, and overseas expansion of video content. After Shimizu assumed the role of President, he promoted the reconstruction of sales capabilities, operational efficiency, and governance development, laying the foundation to provide high-value-added services. To ensure sustainable growth and a path to becoming a 100-year company, we are now transitioning from a management highly dependent on a single individual to a team-based management.
## Purpose of Introduction: Realizing "Team Management" Not Dependent on a Single President
The purpose of this introduction is to strengthen the management structure by increasing the number of colleagues who will bear the company's future as their "own matter" and make decisions alongside Shimizu, Icon Capital, and NSF.
- We will publicly recruit and train management shareholders from inside and outside the company who understand management and walk together with ownership.
- We will institutionalize a growth route where shares can be acquired in stages according to roles and results, creating an environment where individuals can participate as management stakeholders.
- We are broadly recruiting external talents who possess expertise in the video field or other industries and want to challenge themselves in SME management.
## Recruitment: For Those Who Wish to Challenge the "Second Founding" of an SME with a Sense of Ownership
We are looking for "stakeholders" who will leverage the asset of our 48-year history and lead Tokyo Vision's growth beyond the boundaries of video.
[Image of Recruitment Targets]
*The Icon Model is a system where management talent participates in management with ownership while acquiring shares. SAP is a program that develops management candidates into management talent over a two-year period.
Reference: Icon and NSF Officially Start Providing Capital Governance "Icon Model" and Successor Development Program "SAP", Icon Model Officially Introduced to Yashima Foods and Tokyo Vision
The Company underwent business succession in October 2024, and Takumi Shimizu is currently handling management as the third-generation President. With this initiative, together with Shimizu, Icon Capital, and NSF, the Company will begin building a next-generation management shareholder team to lead a "second founding," and will broadly recruit management candidates from both inside and outside the company.
## Background of Introduction: Passing Down Tradition and Multi-layering the Management Structure
In small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the shortage of successors and the personalization of management are major challenges.
For 48 years since its founding in 1978, the Company has established a unique position in the import and distribution business of foreign video works, as well as in the planning, production, and overseas expansion of video content. After Shimizu assumed the role of President, he promoted the reconstruction of sales capabilities, operational efficiency, and governance development, laying the foundation to provide high-value-added services. To ensure sustainable growth and a path to becoming a 100-year company, we are now transitioning from a management highly dependent on a single individual to a team-based management.
## Purpose of Introduction: Realizing "Team Management" Not Dependent on a Single President
The purpose of this introduction is to strengthen the management structure by increasing the number of colleagues who will bear the company's future as their "own matter" and make decisions alongside Shimizu, Icon Capital, and NSF.
- We will publicly recruit and train management shareholders from inside and outside the company who understand management and walk together with ownership.
- We will institutionalize a growth route where shares can be acquired in stages according to roles and results, creating an environment where individuals can participate as management stakeholders.
- We are broadly recruiting external talents who possess expertise in the video field or other industries and want to challenge themselves in SME management.
## Recruitment: For Those Who Wish to Challenge the "Second Founding" of an SME with a Sense of Ownership
We are looking for "stakeholders" who will leverage the asset of our 48-year history and lead Tokyo Vision's growth beyond the boundaries of video.
[Image of Recruitment Targets]