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Company Profile
(As of September 30, 2025)
| Company name | FRANCE BED HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
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| Address | Shinjuku Square Tower 5F, 6-22-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of incorporation | March 30, 2004 |
| Capital | 3.0 billion yen |
| Representative | Shigeru Ikeda, Chairman & President & Representative Director |
| Number of full-time employees | 61(Consolidated:1,853) |
| Business activities | Provides management strategy for the FRANCE BED Group and audits the business activities of all Group companies |
| Securities code | 7840 |
| Listed stock exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange,Prime Market |
| Number of shares per unit | 38,397,500 |
| Share unit | 100 shares |
| Fiscal year | From April 1 to March 31 |
| Ordinary general meeting of shareholders | June |
Corporate Officers
(As of June 24,2025)
Skills Matrix of Directors
| Position in the Company Name | Corporate Management |
Technology and R and D | Sales and marketing | Finance and accounting | Legal affairs and compliance | Academics and experts (Fields of expertise) |
Personnel, labor, and human resources development |
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| Representative Director, Chairman and President Shigeru Ikeda |
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| Representative Director and Vice President Kazumi Ikeda |
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| Director Tatsuhiro Kuwata |
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| Director Akihiko Osada |
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| Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Akihito Kimura |
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| External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Shuichi Nakamura |
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| External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Satoshi Watanabe |
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| External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Shigeo Yamashita |
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| External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Noriko Otsuka |
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*The above list indicates fields of more specialized knowledge, based on the experience of the noted individuals.
It is not intended to indicate all applicable areas of knowledge.
Representative Director, Chairman and President
Shigeru Ikeda
Significant Outside Positions
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Representative Director & President
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FRANCE BED CO.,LTD. Board Chairman
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Representative Director and Chairman, FRANCE BED HOME CARE FOUNDATION
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JIANSU FRANCE BED CO., LTD.
Representative Director and Vice President
Kazumi Ikeda
Significant Outside Positions
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Representative Director and Vice President, Executive Officer, FRANCEBED CO., LTD.
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Director, TOKYO BED CO., LTD.
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Director, JIANGSU FRANCE BED CO., LTD.
Director
Tatsuhiro Kuwata
Significant Outside Positions
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Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, FRANCE BED CO., LTD.
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Director, TOKYO BED CO., LTD.
Director
Akihiko Osada
Significant Outside Positions
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Director and Managing Executive Officer, FRANCE BED CO., LTD.
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KASHIDASU Co., Ltd.
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JIANGSU FRANCE BED CO., LTD.
Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee (Full-time)
Akihito Kimura
Significant Outside Positions
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, FRANCE BED CO.,LTD.
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, FRANCE BED MEDICAL SERVICE Co .,Ltd.
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TSUBASA CO.,LTD.
External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Shuichi Nakamura
Significant Outside Positions
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Chairman
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Medical Care And Welfare Policy Research Forum Professor
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International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School Director, MEDICAL SYSTEM NETWORK CO.,LTD.
External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Satoshi Watanabe
Significant Outside Positions
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Watanabe Patent Attorney’s Office (Head) Executive Board Member, Tama Art University
External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Shigeo Yamashita
Significant Outside Positions
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, FRANCE BED CO.,LTD.
External Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Noriko Otsuka
Significant Outside Positions
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Director, Noriko Otsuka Certified Public Accountant Office
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Partner, Frontier Partner Crowd Audit Corporation
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sports Human Capital PIIF
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Representative Director and President, Noll Research Laboratory. LIC
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Association for University Athletics and Sport
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Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League
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Council Member, Nippon Badminton Association
Organizational Chart
(As of June 24,2025)
History
- March 2004:
Established through a share transfer the former FRANCE BED CO.,LTD. and the former FRANCE BED Medical Service CO.,Ltd. through a transfer of stocks.
- November 2004:
FRANCE BED TRADING CO., LTD. (consolidated subsidiary) merges with FRANCE BED SALES CO., LTD. (consolidated subsidiary) through an absorption-type merger. The surviving company changed its trade name to FRANCE BED SALES CO., LTD. on the same day.
- May 2005:
France bed International (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is established.
- January 2006:
France bed Korea Co.,Ltd. is established.
- March 2009:
The Company’s stock is delisted from the Osaka Securities Exchange.
- April 2009:
FRANCE BED CO., LTD. (consolidated subsidiary) merges with FRANCE BED MEDICAL SERVICE Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) through an absorption-type merger.
- December 2009:
FRANCE BED CO., LTD. acquired shares of TSUBASA CO., LTD. (consolidated subsidiary).

- January 2010:
Shares of France bed Korea Co.,Ltd. were sold.
- May 2011:
AD Center Co.,Ltd. is dissolved.
- June 2012:
JIANGSU FRANCE BED CO., LTD. (now a non-consolidated subsidiary) is established.
- April 2013:
FRANCE BED CO., LTD. establishes FRANCE BED MEDICAL SERVICE Co., Ltd. (currently non-consolidated subsidiary).
- July 2018:
France bed International (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is dissolved.
- October 2020:
FRANCE BED CO., LTD. acquired shares of KASHIDASU CO., LTD. (consolidated subsidiary).

- December 2021:
FRANCE BED CO., LTD. acquired shares of HOMECARE SERVICE YAMAGUCHI Co.,Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary).
- April 2022 :
The Company moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to a revision of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.