Mizuho Financial Group Inc 6-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Mizuho Financial Group Inc (MFG)
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc filed this 6-K on February 27, 2026.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2026
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176
Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS FORMING A PART OF MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.’S REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-282497) AND TO BE A PART OF SUCH PROSPECTUS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 27, 2026 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Takefumi Yonezawa | |
| Name: | Takefumi Yonezawa | |
| Title: | Senior Managing Corporate Executive / Group CFO | |
February 27, 2026
| Company Name | : Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||
| Representative | : Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO | |||
| Address | : 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo | |||
Announcement of Change in Representative Corporate Executive
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following change in Representative Corporate Executive*.
* Corporate Executive : Executive Officer as defined in the Companies Act of Japan
| 1. | Change in Representative Corporate Executive |
(Effective as of April 1, 2026)
| Name |
New Position |
Current Position | ||
| Masayuki Sugawara | Deputy President & Corporate Executive (Representative Corporate Executive) | Senior Managing Corporate Executive | ||
| Hidekatsu Take | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairperson (Kaicho) | Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Corporate Executive (Representative Corporate Executive) | ||
| (Note) | As a result of the change, the Representative Corporate Executives will be two persons; |
Mr. Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO and Mr. Masayuki Sugawara.
| 2. | Reason for Change |
| Change in Representative Corporate Executive due to change in Executive Officers. |
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| 3. | Brief Personal Record of New Representative Corporate Executive |
| Name | Masayuki Sugawara | |||
| Business Experience | Apr. 2025 | Senior Managing Corporate Executive Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Company Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current) | ||
| Apr. 2024 | Deputy President (Representative Director) Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Division Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (current) | |||
| Apr. 2023 | Senior Executive Officer
Managing Executive Officer | |||
| Jul. 2021 | Group Executive Officer CEO for East Asia Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||
| Aug.2019 | Chairman Mizuho Bank (China) Ltd. (until Jun.2023) | |||
| Apr. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (until Apr.2023)
Managing Executive Officer Head of East Asia Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (until Jul.2021) | |||
| Apr. 2017 | Executive Officer General Manager Bangkok Branch Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | |||
| Apr. 1988 | Jointed our group | |||
| Education | Mar. 1988 | Graduated from the School of Law, Hokkaido University | ||
| Date of Birth | August 21, 1964 | |||
Number of shares of our common stock owned (as of December 31, 2025): 29,997
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