Kentaro Ohyama
Chairman
IRIS Group
Date of birth: July 3, 1945
He took over his family business when he was nineteen years old and became a representative of Ohyama Blow Industry (current name: Iris Ohyama).
He built eight plants in Japan, and then established local subsidiaries in the United States (1992), China (1996), the Netherlands (1998) and in other countries to expand their business by promoting local production and sale.
He has changed a local company into a global enterprise.
- Member, Reconstruction Promotion Committee
- Chairman, Sendai Association of Corporate Executives
- Chairman, Tohoku New Business Conference
- Vice Chairman, Tohoku Economic Federation
- Honorary Citizen of Dalian, China（January 2004）
- Medal with Blue Ribbon（May 2009）
- Sendai City Contributor Medal（July 2009）
- Manufacturers’ and Vendors’ Marketing Strategies
(Diamond, Inc.) - Home Solution Management (Diamond, Inc.)
- In the Middle of Difficulty, Lies Opportunity (Diamond, Inc.)
- Dependency on Long Sellers is Bad for Your Company
(Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.)
