Kenji Kimura
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- Full Name
- Kenji Kimura (木村 賢治)
- Title
- Part-time Director, Kyushu University; Board Chairman and Chair of the Board, Redhorse Trust Co., Ltd.
- Firm
- Kyushu University; Redhorse Trust Co., Ltd.
- Firm Type
- University governance / corporate board and advisory roles; former investment-banking and securities executive
- Target Company Profile
- Publicly verifiable roles point to finance strategy, asset management, banking, HR, governance, and board oversight rather than a disclosed angel-investing mandate.
- Sector Focus
- Financial services, asset management, banking, corporate governance, regional/business operations
- Geographic Focus
- Japan; formerly EMEA/London through Nomura International
- Location
- Japan
Background
Kenji Kimura is a former senior Nomura executive whose career began at Nomura Securities in 1985. Public profiles from Kyushu University and Redhorse Trust list his progression through Nomura Securities, Nomura International in London, Nomura Holdings, and The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
At Nomura International in London, Redhorse Trust lists him as COO in 2006, and a 2011 Nomura management announcement described him as the then-COO of Nomura International plc. Nomura later placed him in senior corporate roles, including executive officer at Nomura Holdings in 2008, executive officer at Nomura Securities in 2012, and senior managing director / managing officer roles at Nomura Securities from 2015.
In 2018, Kimura became Representative Director and President of The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. Kyushu University also lists him in 2018 as a Nomura Holdings executive officer responsible for banking and as president of Nomura Trust & Banking. Redhorse Trust lists him as a Nomura Securities advisor in 2021.
His recent public roles are governance and finance-oriented. Kyushu University lists him as a part-time director from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, responsible for finance strategy (CFO) and asset management. Redhorse Trust lists him as a Redhorse Group director from 2023, Redhorse Trust director from 2024, and Redhorse Trust board chairman and chair of the board from 2025.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- I could not verify the stub classification of Kimura as an “angel investor” or find a public personal angel-investing thesis.
- His public record supports a finance, banking, asset-management, and governance profile rather than a disclosed seed-stage investor profile.
- Kyushu University states his current responsibilities as finance strategy (CFO) and asset management.
- His Nomura background suggests institutional finance, banking, EMEA operations, HR, and corporate governance experience, but no public source found a check size, personal investment stage mandate, or founder-facing thesis.
Notable Investments
- No publicly verified personal angel or seed investments were found.
- DAIZ, Inc. - Equilar, citing DAIZ, lists Kimura as an outside auditor from March 2022; this appears to be a governance role, not a disclosed investment.
- Redhorse Group / Redhorse Trust - Redhorse Trust and Kyushu University list him in board roles from 2023 onward; this is a governance role, not a disclosed investment.
- River Co., Ltd. - Kyushu University lists him as an outside director from June 2024; this is a governance role, not a disclosed investment.
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