- CEO
- Hideto Oomi
- Full Time Employees
- 2,515
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Address
- 6-1-1, Kojimachi Tokyo TY Japan 102-8660
- IPO Date
- Nov 14, 2006
- Business
- Aozora Bank, Ltd. (8304.T) operates as a full-service commercial bank in Japan, providing retail banking, corporate finance, financial institutions services, specialty finance, international operations, and financial markets activities. The bank offers deposits, savings accounts, personal and corporate loans, credit cards, debit cards including Aozora Cash Card Plus, foreign exchange transactions, securities investments, investment trusts, structured notes, trust services, wealth management consulting, asset management, liabilities guarantee, securities lending, public bonds underwriting, custody, financial instruments intermediary, securitization, M&A advisory, business succession consulting, venture debt, equity and debt funding, structured finance, LBO loans, environmental financing, real estate non-recourse loans and equity investments, DIP finance, recovery financing, derivatives including interest rate and currency products, and digital banking via the BANK app with features such as attractive interest deposits, BANK The Story spending support, and BANK The Partner life planning services; it also provides over-the-counter sales of securities investment trusts and insurance products. Founded in April 1957 as Nippon Fudosan Bank Ltd. and headquartered at 6-1-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, the bank maintains 15 domestic branches across major Japanese cities, representative offices in New York, Shanghai, and Singapore, and subsidiaries including Aozora North America Inc. in New York, Aozora Europe Limited in London, Aozora Asia Pacific Limited in Hong Kong, Aozora Loan Services Co. Ltd., and an equity stake in Vietnam's Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank. Aozora focuses on middle-market companies, SMEs, high-net-worth individuals, regional financial institutions, and international corporate clients, with specialized groups for corporate business, M&A advisory, acquisition and structured finance, environment business, special situations, real estate finance, international business, allied banking, retail banking, and financial markets. Recent developments include entry into a capital and business alliance with Daiwa Securities Group Inc. in May 2024, which has attracted new corporate lending customers, establishment of Aozora Asia Pacific Limited in Hong Kong in November 2023, plans announced in December 2025 to strengthen ties with regional banks for syndicated loans, M&A, and leveraged buyouts including trainee programs, and leadership under President Hideto Oomi with total assets of ¥7,762.4 billion and capital stock of ¥125.9 billion as of the latest reporting.