Japan · Financial institution
The Bank of Okinawa Limited
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社沖縄銀行
The Bank of Okinawa, Ltd. (株式会社沖縄銀行) is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. It was established on 21 June 1956. Since October 2021 it has been a subsidiary of Okinawa Financial Group, Inc., a holding company created through a share transfer and listed in Tokyo and Fukuoka. The bank provides deposit, lending, foreign exchange and trust services, mainly to individuals, businesses and public bodies in Okinawa.
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
- BOKIJPJZXXX 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 BOKIJPJZ 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
- BIC first registered
- 1981-03-09
- Last updated
- 2026-02-09
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Okinawa Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社おきなわフィナンシャルグループ)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as The Bank of Okinawa,Ltd. (おきぎん / Okigin)
- Standing
- Since October 2021 the bank has been a subsidiary of Okinawa Financial Group, Inc., its bank holding company. The bank's own shares are no longer listed.
- Ownership
- Okinawa Financial Group, Inc. holds 100% of the bank, following the sole-share transfer that set up the holding company in October 2021.
- Direct parent
- Okinawa Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社おきなわフィナンシャルグループ), Japan 100%
- Major shareholder
- Okinawa Financial Group, Inc. 100%
- Head office
- 3-10-1 Kumoji (久茂地3-10-1), 900-8651 Naha, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number 4360001000406 (National Tax Agency; qualified invoice issuer number T4360001000406)
Business lines
The bank is a regional lender with 65 offices, of which 60 are in Okinawa Prefecture, and it also carries on trust business and sells investment funds and insurance products.
Online
- Websites & references
- okinawa-bank.co.jp ↗
okinawa-bank.co.jp/english ↗ English-language pages of the bank's site
okinawafg.co.jp ↗ Parent holding company (Okinawa Financial Group) site, including group investor relations
Wikidata Q4587619 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- okinawa-bank.co.jp/
- okinawa-bank.co.jp/corporate/
- okinawa-bank.co.jp/kawase/shohin_service/gaika_kawase/soukin_uketori.html
- okinawa-bank.co.jp/english/
- okinawa-bank.co.jp/shareholder/finance/
- okinawafg.co.jp/_files/00055888/tanshin2027_1.pdf
- okinawafg.co.jp/shareholder_investor/financial_results/
- okinawafg.co.jp/history/
- fse.or.jp/files/lis_tkj/26030673501.pdf
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Masayasu Yamashiro (山城 正保) President (Representative Director) (取締役頭取（代表取締役）)
- Executive
- Takeshi Ganaha (我那覇 健) Senior Managing Director (Representative Director) (専務取締役（代表取締役）)
- Executive
- Yuichiro Sunagawa (砂川 雄一郎) Managing Director (常務取締役)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Japan
- Okinawa General Bureau, Cabinet Office Prudential supervisorSecurities
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
The bank acquired shares in Daiichi Sogyo Co., Ltd., which became an equity-method affiliate of the group with 50% of voting rights.
okinawafg.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Senior Managing Director Kazuya Iha and Managing Director Yasumi Sakiyama resigned from the board on 31 March 2026.
fse.or.jp ↗
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
- BOKIJPJZXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BOKIBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JZLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300SOC0BTU7MGMI13
- 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
- Founded
- 1956
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
- 10-1 3 CHOME KUMOJI NAHA- SHI 900-8651 JAPAN
- Operational address
- 3-10-1 KUMOJI NAHA NAHA 900-0015 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>BOKIJPJZXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300SOC0BTU7MGMI13</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>BOKIJPJZXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300SOC0BTU7MGMI13</LEI>
<Nm>THE BANK OF OKINAWA LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>NAHA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>10-1 3 CHOME KUMOJI NAHA- SHI 900-8651</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.
Network
Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 8 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
8 accounts at other banks, in 8 currencies, for intermediary bank for incoming payments, as the bank publishes them: okinawa-bank.co.jp ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,NEW YORK United States | CHASUS33 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG BANK,LTD.,TOKYO Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.LONDON United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,LONDON United Kingdom | SCBLGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,TORONTO Canada | ROYCCAT2 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. TOKYO BRANCH,JAPAN Japan | CHASJPJT | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| AUD | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.SYDNEY BRANCH,AUSTRALIA Australia | CHASAU2X | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK(HONG KONG)LIMITED Hong Kong SAR China | SCBLHKHH | — | Matches the Swift directory |
Page of instructions for incoming international payments (被仕向送金). It names an intermediary bank and its BIC for each of 8 currencies, and all 8 rows were extracted. No account numbers are published. The page carries no date and was retrieved on 29 September 2026. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
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