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The Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd. (千葉興業銀行)

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-26 Review by 2026-11-15 Sources 7 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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A second-tier regional bank based in Chiba Prefecture (TSE PRIME 8337, nickname “Chiba Kogin”). 1952-01-18 Founded as the former Chiba Shoko Credit Cooperative, it went through conversion to a shinkin bank → conversion to an ordinary bank → its current name in 1973 . A standalone bank that has not adopted a holding company, it holds the No.2 position within Chiba Prefecture (No.1 is chiba-bank). Triggered by management deterioration around 1991 , it was rehabilitated as a de facto Mizuho-affiliated second-tier regional bank by accepting strategic shareholders from the former Dai-Ichi Kangyo / Fuji Bank lineage (now mizuho-fg). It specializes in SME lending and community-based sales, and in the wholesale domain it leverages referrals / synergies with mizuho-fg.

1. Company profile

Legal name: The Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd. English name: The Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd. Securities code: TSE PRIME 8337 Established: 1952-01-18 (as the Chiba Shoko Credit Cooperative) Head office: 1-2号 Saiwaicho 2-chome, Mihama Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture Business type: second-tier regional bank (a standalone bank that has not adopted a holding company) Nickname: “Chiba Kogin”

Key figures (public)

ItemScale
Business typeSecond-tier regional bank (member of the Second Association of Regional Banks)
Total assets (consolidated)3兆2,468億円 (end of 2025-03 )
Deposit balance (non-consolidated)2兆8,795億円 (end of 2025-03 )
Loan balance (consolidated)2兆4,158億円 (end of 2025-03 )
Employees (consolidated)1,313 名 (end of 2025-03 )
Position within Chiba PrefectureNo.2 (No.1 is chiba-bank, with a substantially lower deposit share)
Listed marketTSE PRIME (former TSE 1 Section)

A mid-tier class among second-tier regional banks, with a structure that has a large share gap from chiba-bank within Chiba Prefecture. Figures are based on the 2025年3月-term financial summary (kessan tanshin) and mini-disclosure magazine.

Major shareholders (public basis)

ShareholderRatio (as of 2025-03-28 / 03-31 )
chiba-bank (Chiba Bank, largest shareholder)19.00% (11,812,000 shares)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan (trust account)15.27%
Mizuho Bank / mizuho-fg-related15.25%
Custody Bank of Japan (trust account)5.75%

Note: In 2025-03-28, chiba-bank acquired the stake held by an investment fund and became the largest shareholder. The old structure of “a Mizuho-affiliated strategic shareholder as the top holder” differs from the current state; Mizuho had already dissolved equity-method application in 2023 .

Major subsidiaries / affiliates (public)

Chiba Kogyo Bank (standalone bank; listed 8337) ^[extracted]
  ├── Chiba Sogo Lease ── corporate leasing
  ├── Chiba Kogin Computer Soft ── systems subsidiary
  ├── Chiba Kogin Card Service ── cards
  ├── Chiba Kogin Business Service ── back-office outsourcing
  └── Chibakuru Co., Ltd. ── affiliate

Predecessor / consolidation history

  • 1952-01-18 Chiba Shoko Credit Cooperative established
  • 1953 Renamed Chiba Shoko Shinkin Bank (conversion to a shinkin bank)
  • 1969 Conversion to an ordinary bank → Chiba Shoko Bank
  • 1973 Renamed Chiba Kogyo Bank (current name)
  • 2000 Post-bubble management-deterioration phase → Fuji Bank (now mizuho-fg) invested 1,000 億円 in 2000-09 ; a third-party allotment capital increase by Fuji Bank, Yasuda Life, and Yasuda Fire & Marine; public funds of approx. 600 億円 injected. Thereafter moved to a Mizuho-affiliated strategic-shareholder structure

Key timeline (excerpt)

Year/MonthEvent
1952-01-18Chiba Shoko Credit Cooperative established
1953Renamed Chiba Shoko Shinkin Bank
1969Conversion to an ordinary bank → Chiba Shoko Bank
1973Renamed Chiba Kogyo Bank (current name)
2000Management deterioration → rebuilt through investment by Fuji Bank (now mizuho-fg) and a public-funds injection, moving to a Mizuho-affiliated strategic-shareholder structure
2000-09Mizuho HD established (the strategic shareholder’s parent company)
2003-01mizuho-fg established
2022-04TSE market-segment review → TSE PRIME
2025-03-28chiba-bank acquired the investment-fund-held shares and became the largest shareholder (19.00%)
2025-09-29Basic agreement on a business combination with chiba-bank
2026-03-25Final agreement on the business combination (establishing the holding company “Chiba Financial Group” via a joint share transfer, scheduled for 2027-04-01)

2. Business segment map

SegmentMain operatorsCharacteristics
Corporate lendingChiba Kogyo Bank (itself)Main bank for SMEs within Chiba Prefecture; community-based
Personal deposits / mortgagesChiba Kogyo Bank (itself)No.2 within Chiba Prefecture; local branch network
LeasingChiba Kogin LeaseFor corporates
Cards / guaranteeChiba Kogin Card Service, etc. Standard regional-bank line

Strategic position

  • Based in Chiba Prefecture, No.2 within the prefecture: a large share gap from No.1 chiba-bank, but as a second-tier regional bank it stays close to the SME segment

Digital strategy

  • For details, refer to the latest IR / medium-term management plan

Competitive relationships

CompetitorRelationship
chiba-bankNo.1 within Chiba Prefecture (overwhelming share within the prefecture; deposits 16兆2,687億円, total assets 21兆6,312億円 / end of 2025-03 )
Keiyo BankA second-tier regional bank in Chiba Prefecture (in-prefecture competitor; Tokatsu base)
musashino-bankA second-tier regional bank based in Saitama (member of the chiba-bank-led TSUBASA; neighboring-prefecture competitor)
concordia-fgA Tokyo-metropolitan regional-bank FG based in Kanagawa (wide-area competitor)
mebuki-fg (Joyo + Ashikaga)A regional-bank FG based in Ibaraki / Tochigi (eastern Tokyo-metropolitan wide-area competitor)
Megabanks (mizuho-fg, mufg, smfg)Competitors in corporate transactions within Chiba Prefecture, though Mizuho partially cooperates as a strategic shareholder

Non-holding-company strategy

  • Alternative: complementing capital and know-how through a loose alliance with the mizuho-fg strategic shareholder

4. Regulation / policy

  • Supervisor: Financial Services Agency (FSA)
  • Business type: Second-tier regional bank (member of the Second Association of Regional Banks)
  • Recent policy issues:
    • 2024~ BOJ policy-rate normalization → bonus to regional-bank interest margins (second-tier regional banks benefit too)
    • 2024~ regional-bank consolidation pressure (the FSA’s consolidation-promotion policy) — whether Chiba Kogyo can continue its standalone path
    • The management impact of demographics within Chiba Prefecture (aging, movement to urban areas)

Sources

[!info] Verification status confidence: likely (based on v1.0 public information 2026-05-19, 2026-05-29 figures cross-checked). Total assets, deposits, loans, employees, head-office location, subsidiaries, and major-shareholder ratios are confirmed via the 2025年3月-term financial summary / mini-disclosure magazine / official timely disclosure. Important update: the old draft’s positioning as “a standalone bank under a Mizuho-affiliated strategic shareholder” differs from the current state — chiba-bank became the largest shareholder in 2025-03-28 (19.00%; Mizuho is 15.25%), and per the 2025-09-29 basic agreement / 2026-03-25 final agreement it will establish the joint holding company “Chiba Financial Group” with chiba-bank in 2027-04 . The trigger for the management deterioration and entry into the Mizuho group was the 2000 Fuji Bank investment and public-funds injection (the old draft’s “around 1991 ” was inaccurate and is corrected).