<article>Global investment firm <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/KKR/">KKR</a> has appointed Kazuyuki Kido as a Managing Director based in Tokyo, according to an official release.</article>

Global investment firm <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/KKR/">KKR</a> has appointed Kazuyuki Kido as a Managing Director based in Tokyo, according to an official release.
Prior to this position, Kido, who has 30 years of investment and management experience, spent close to two decades at SMBC Nikko Securities and Nikko Principal Investments Inc where he managed approximately $4 billion.
While at Nikko Principal Investments, he served as a board member of Tower Records Japan, Seibu Railway, Prince Hotels, StylingLife Holdings, and BELLSYSTEM24 Holdings.
Most recently, he joined Simplex Holdings, Inc as Head of the firm’s Operations Group, engaging management, leveraged and secondary buyout opportunities.
According to Hiro Hirano, Member &amp; Chief Executive Officer of KKR Japan, the appointment reinforces the global investment firm’s long-term commitment to Japanwhere it has a long history of successful investments.
&#8220;With three decades of experience across corporate investments, buyouts and listings, he enhances the depth and experience of our senior Japan team,” he said.
KKR has been investing in Japan since 2010. Japan is a core part of KKR’s regional and global strategy, and the firm has invested approximately $2 billion of equity in the market to date in companies including Intelligence, Panasonic Healthcare, Pioneer DJ, Hitachi Koki, Calsonic Kansei and Hitachi Kokusai.
In March 2018, KKR strengthened its ties to the market via the issuance of ¥40.3 billion ($362.6 million) of senior notes to be used for general corporate purposes, including to fund potential acquisitions and investments in Japan.
Japan is increasingly becoming a significant player in PE/wealth management space. A lot of people movements have taken place in the country recently.
Global investment firm Pantheon Group in July opened its seventh international office in Japan with Pantheon Japan managing director Akitoshi Yamada leading the Tokyo office.
Global private fund placement agent Monument Group in February appointed former Bain Capital Private Equity executive Keiko (Kay) Sano as a representative director in its Tokyo office.
In June, KKR’s co-Chief Executive Henry Kravis said that the private equity firm wants to buy divisions from Japanese companies seeking to streamline their businesses in the world’s third-largest economy. Kravis told the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference that Japan was ripe for deal-making as the corporate mindset is shifting toward leaner operations.
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Kido, who has 30 years of investment and management experience, spent close to two decades at SMBC Nikko Securities and Nikko Principal Investments Inc where he managed approximately $4 billion.

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