Rejection of Proposal for Appointment of Ski Association of Japan Chairman Kitano to Retire October 18, 23:48
The Board of Trustees of the Ski Association of Japan was held, and the proposal to appoint directors such as Chairman Takahiro Kitano and Kentaro Minagawa, the head of the strengthening division, was rejected.
As a result, Chairman Kitano has retired from his post.
On the 18th, the Ski Association of Japan held a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees online to re-election of directors.
At the board of councilors, seven candidates for directors, including Chairman Kitano and General Manager of the Minagawa Sports Headquarters, were rejected because they could not obtain the majority of approval required for the election.
As a result, Chairman Kitano will retire, and Vice Chairman Noriaki Katsuki will become the provisional chairman until a new chairman is appointed.
Chairman Kitano was appointed chairman in 2015 and serves as a director of the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee.
In addition, Minagawa Sports Headquarters won the 4th place in the Alpine Men's Rotation at the 2006 Turin Olympics, and has been the Sports Headquarters since 2017.
According to the federation, 18 of the 25 candidates for directors proposed at the board of directors on the 18th were approved, which is below the fixed number of 20 or more directors stipulated in the articles of incorporation, and it is necessary to select additional directors. about it.
The federation has a policy of selecting a new director and then appointing a new president.