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title: "North Pacific Bank, Ltd. SWIFT/BIC code NORPJPJPXXX · Japan | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code NORPJPJPXXX for North Pacific Bank, Ltd., Japan. Head-office BIC, LEI 549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92, addresses and Swift connectivity."
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Japan · Financial institution
# North Pacific Bank, Ltd.
Legal name in the LEI record 株式会社北洋銀行
North Pacific Bank, Ltd. (株式会社北洋銀行, Hokuyo Bank) is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and on the Sapporo Securities Exchange. No single shareholder holds more than 10%. The bank provides deposit, lending, foreign exchange and investment services to individuals, businesses and public bodies, mainly in Hokkaido. It is the surviving company of a merger with its former holding company, Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings.
BIC **NORPJPJPXXX** LEI **[549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/north-pacific-bank-ltd-norpjpjp#claim)
## 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:** NORPJPJPXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI:** Not on the member list
- **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
- **BIC first registered:** 1992-11-05
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-01
## Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/north-pacific-bank-ltd-norpjpjp#overview-sources)
Photo: Sengoku40 · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hokuyouodori_center.jpg) · [original](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hokuyouodori_center.jpg/960px-Hokuyouodori_center.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Total assets
JPY 13.2tn
Group · 30 Jun 2026 · [interim report ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/library/h_image/kessan/202606_1Qtanshin.pdf)
Employees
2,391
headcount · This entity · 31 Mar 2026 · [source ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/profile.html)
Ownership
Publicly listed
Tickers 8524 · 8524
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Hokuyo Bank (北洋銀行)
- **Ownership:** The bank is listed and widely held. At 31 March 2026 its largest registered holders were The Master Trust Bank of Japan (trust account) with 9.31%, Nippon Life Insurance with 8.24% and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance with 8.24%.
- **Major shareholders:** The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 9.31% · 31 Mar 2026 Nippon Life Insurance Company 8.24% · 31 Mar 2026 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company 8.24% · 31 Mar 2026 Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Incorporated 6.19% · 31 Mar 2026
- **Stock listings:** Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8524 Sapporo Securities Exchange 8524
- **Head office:** 3-7 Odori Nishi, Chuo-ku, 060-8661 Sapporo, Japan
- **Company register:** Corporate Number 8430001022711 (National Tax Agency, Japan)
### Business lines
- Retail banking
- SME banking
- Corporate banking
- Mortgage lending
- Consumer finance
- Trade finance
- Private banking & wealth
- Brokerage
- Cards
- Transaction banking & payments
The bank focuses on Hokkaido. At 30 June 2026, JPY 6.28 trillion of its JPY 8.24 trillion non-consolidated loans went to borrowers in Hokkaido. Group subsidiaries provide leasing, credit cards, securities brokerage and staffing services.
### Online
- **Websites & references:** [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/) [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/) English investor relations pages [Wikidata Q11402354 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11402354)
- **Official social accounts:** [X ↗](https://x.com/hokuyo_bank/) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/hokuyobank_tsumikatsu) · [LINE ↗](https://lin.ee/pLDkKRD)
Sources · 14 pages consulted
1. [hokuyobank.co.jp/](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/)
2. [hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/profile.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/profile.html)
3. [hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/officer.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/officer.html)
4. [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors\_and\_officers.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors_and_officers.html)
5. [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/shareholder/stock.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/shareholder/stock.html)
6. [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/library/h\_image/kessan/202606\_1Qtanshin.pdf](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/library/h_image/kessan/202606_1Qtanshin.pdf)
7. [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/)
8. [hokuyobank.co.jp/exchange/incoming-remittance.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/exchange/incoming-remittance.html)
9. [hokuyobank.co.jp/announcement/detail/20260420\_076525.html](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/announcement/detail/20260420_076525.html)
10. [hokuyobank.co.jp/newsrelease/pdf/20251111\_076060.pdf](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/newsrelease/pdf/20251111_076060.pdf)
11. [hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/)
12. [info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=8430001022711](https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=8430001022711)
13. [zaikaisapporo.co.jp/hdb/hdb-article.php?id=20481](https://www.zaikaisapporo.co.jp/hdb/hdb-article.php?id=20481)
14. [bloomberg.com/profile/company/8524:JP](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/8524:JP)
## Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/north-pacific-bank-ltd-norpjpjp#overview-sources)
- **Chief executive:** Hironobu Tsuyama President, CEO and CHRO (Representative Director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors_and_officers.html)
- **Chair:** Mitsuharu Yasuda Chairman Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors_and_officers.html)
- **Chief financial officer:** Kazushi Yoneta Senior Managing Director, CSO and CFO Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors_and_officers.html)
- **Executive:** Hitoshi Masuda Deputy President and CBPO (Representative Director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/english/directors_and_officers.html)
- **Executive:** Akira Yamada Managing Director and CRO Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/officer.html)
## Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/north-pacific-bank-ltd-norpjpjp#overview-sources)
- **Japan:** Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisor AML supervisor Conduct Resolution
- **Japan:** Hokkaido Local Finance Bureau Other
- **Japan:** Bank of Japan Central bank
## Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/north-pacific-bank-ltd-norpjpjp#overview-sources)
1. Jun 2026
Leadership
Shareholders elected Koh Hashimoto and Hiroko Aoyama as external Audit and Supervisory Committee members at the annual meeting on 25 June 2026.
[hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/about/company/officer.html)
2. Apr 2026
Merger / acquisition
The bank acquired 88.26% of the voting rights in Career Bank Co., Ltd. through a tender offer and made it a consolidated subsidiary on 28 April 2026.
[hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/library/h_image/kessan/202606_1Qtanshin.pdf)
3. Apr 2026
Incident
A system fault on 20 April 2026 made some of the bank's ATMs unavailable. The bank reported that service was restored and that fees would be refunded.
[hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/announcement/detail/20260420_076525.html)
4. Feb 2026
Other
The bank announced an equity investment in the semiconductor company Rapidus Corporation.
[hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ir/)
5. Nov 2025
Other
The board resolved to establish Hokkaido Mother Investment Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned investment subsidiary.
[hokuyobank.co.jp ↗](https://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/newsrelease/pdf/20251111_076060.pdf)
6. Apr 2024
Leadership
Hironobu Tsuyama became President of the bank in April 2024.
[zaikaisapporo.co.jp ↗](https://www.zaikaisapporo.co.jp/hdb/hdb-article.php?id=20481)
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:** NORPJPJPXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. NORP Bank 2. JP Country · Japan 3. JP Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** 549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
## Profile
- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **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
- **Founded:** 1917
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:** 7 ODORI NISHI 3- CHOME CHUO- KU SAPPORO 060-8661 JAPAN
- **Operational address:** 3-7 ODORI NISHI CHUO- KU SAPPORO SAPPORO 060-8661 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
```xml
NORPJPJPXXX
549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92
```
### 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
```xml
NORPJPJPXXX
549300A1ZLTL4KX3DZ92
NORTH PACIFIC BANK, LTD.
SAPPORO
JP
7 ODORI NISHI 3- CHOME CHUO- KU SAPPORO 060-8661
```
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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