Japan · Financial institution
Aozora Bank, LTD
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社あおぞら銀行
Aozora Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. holds 23.88% of the shares and accounts for the bank as an equity-method affiliate. The bank offers corporate lending, acquisition, structured and real estate finance, M&A advisory, markets products and retail deposit and investment services. It was founded in 1957 as The Nippon Fudosan Bank and took its current name in January 2001.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- NCBTJPJTXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under NCBTJPJT directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- Other BIC with this LEI
- NCBTSGS1
- BIC first registered
- 1981-03-09
- Last updated
- 2023-07-11
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 8304
Institution type
Commercial bank
- Ownership
- Daiwa Securities Group Inc. holds 23.88% of the shares and has the right to nominate one outside director, and the bank reports no parent company.
- Major shareholders
- Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 23.88% · 31 Mar 2026
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 10.89% · 31 Mar 2026 - Stock listing
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8304
- Head office
- 1-1, Kojimachi 6-chome, Chiyoda-ku, 102-8660 Tokyo, Japan
- Company register
- Registered Financial Institution, Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Tokin) No. 8
- Former names
- The Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. · The Nippon Fudosan Bank, Limited
Business lines
According to its FY2025 results, the bank reports four segments: Strategic Investments Unit, Market & International Business Unit, Customer Relations Unit and its subsidiary GMO Aozora Net Bank.
Online
- Websites & references
- aozorabank.co.jp ↗
aozorabank.co.jp/english ↗ English corporate and investor relations site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- aozorabank.co.jp/english/corp/governance/structure/pdf/governance.pdf
- fs2.magicalir.net/tdnet/2026/8304/20260513528194.pdf
- aozorabank.co.jp/index.html
- aozorabank.co.jp/info_article/bank/post-471.html
- aozorabank.co.jp/english/ir/stock/meeting/pdf/2026stockmtg.pdf
- marketscreener.com/news/aozora-bank-personnel-changes-in-directors-audit-supervisory-board-members-and-execu
- marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AOZORA-BANK-LTD-6499231/news/Aozora-Bank-Ltd-Announces-Management-Changes-458
- ib2.aozorabank.co.jp/ib/index.do?PT=BS&CCT0080=0398
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aozora_Bank
- ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9E%E3%82%89%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair & chief executive
- Hideto Oomi Representative Director, President and CEO (the President chairs the Board of Directors)
- Chief financial officer
- Takashi Kato Director, Deputy President and Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Executive
- Masayoshi Ohara Representative Director and Deputy President
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisor
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Koji Yamakoshi retired as Director and Chairman when his term expired at the general meeting on 23 June 2026.
marketscreener.com ↗ -
Leadership
Takashi Kato became Director, Deputy President and Executive Officer while remaining Chief Financial Officer.
aozorabank.co.jp ↗ -
Other
The bank signed a capital and business alliance agreement with Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and issued new shares to it.
aozorabank.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Hideto Oomi became Representative Director, President and CEO, succeeding Kei Tanikawa.
marketscreener.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- NCBTJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- NCBTBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- X0XUGKC9FD2CYUQNC010
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Japan · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 6-1-1 KOJIMACHI, CHIYODA- KU TOKYO 102-8660 JAPAN
- Operational address
- 6-1-1 KOJIMACHI CHIYODA- KU TOKYO TOKYO 102-8660 JAPAN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NCBTJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>X0XUGKC9FD2CYUQNC010</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NCBTJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>X0XUGKC9FD2CYUQNC010</LEI>
<Nm>AOZORA BANK, LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>TOKYO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>6-1-1 KOJIMACHI, CHIYODA- KU TOKYO 102-8660</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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