What did Mr. Kohei Ichikawa and Mr. Satoshi Saito explain to the Tokyo Stock Exchange?
An outside director is not someone who sits in the driver's seat of a company and turns the steering wheel for their own benefit. They are there to maintain distance from business execution, oversee the management team, and protect the interests of the company and its shareholders.
However, Makoto Watanabe, the current Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Last One Mile Co., Ltd., was treated as an outside director until right before the IPO, but since taking office as a director in 2018, he has effectively managed the company's business, budget, personnel, clients, and affiliated companies.
Moreover, he did not just manipulate the company; using the funds and business foundation of Last One Mile Inc., he funneled profits to himself or to companies effectively controlled by him, solicited private funds from employees and business partners, and mobilized employees, company facilities, business relationships, and company expenses even for personal affairs related to his romantic interests.
And now, based on stakeholder information obtained by our union, an even more serious listing review issue has come to light.
During the listing review of Last One Mile Inc., when the Tokyo Stock Exchange expressed serious doubts regarding Mr. Watanabe's suitability as an outside director, Mr. Watanabe allegedly gave coercive instructions to Mr. Kohei Ichikawa, who was in charge of the listing operations at the time, and certified public accountant Satoshi Saito to the following effect:
Pretend that they were a part-time director rather than an outside director from the beginning, and stick to that lie no matter what.
After that, Mr. Ichikawa and Mr. Saito are said to have led the response to the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on this explanation.
This is not merely a linguistic issue regarding old titles. It is a matter concerning the listing eligibility of Last One Mile Inc. itself: whether an individual who was treated as a supervisor independent from business execution actually controlled the company, and whether, when questioned about this contradiction by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, they circumvented the issue—not by explaining the facts, but by retroactively changing the title to "part-time" in order to pass the listing screening.
In the listing application, "outside" was removed from Makoto Watanabe's title, and he joined the management meeting that decides business execution.
Securities Registration Statement for initial public offering submitted by Last One Mile Co., Ltd. to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 20, 2021Looking at it, Makoto Watanabe is listed as a "Director."
In other words, at least in the final listing application, Mr. Watanabe was treated as a regular director rather than an outside director.
Furthermore, the document explains that the management meeting is a body that decides on business execution based on the board of directors' policies, shares on-site information, and implements countermeasures against issues. Its members include Mr. Watanabe, Mr. Kohei Ichikawa, Mr. Kenji Kudo, and Ms. Miwa Kukunomiya.
In other words, even on the final listing application, Mr. Watanabe was positioned not as someone keeping a distance from the company to oversee management, but rather as a member participating in the executive committee that makes decisions on business execution.
Meanwhile, in the chronological record confirmed by our union, Mr. Watanabe was treated as an external director as of February 2021. Between then and the listing application in October of the same year, his designation was changed from "external director" to regular "director."
What the company should make clear is the following fact:
- The date Makoto Watanabe was appointed or began serving as an outside director.
- The date he stopped being treated as an outside director.
- Specific facts and legal grounds determining that the independence of the outside director was lost.
- The board of directors, shareholders' meeting, IPO preparation meeting, and any other meetings that deliberated on the change.
- Explanations given to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, lead managing securities firm, and audit firm.
- Officer rosters before and after the change, registrations, minutes of meetings, internal regulations, responses to listing review questionnaires, and corporate governance materials.
The issue is not the change in title itself, but whether the change was an honest correction to reflect reality or merely a surface-level adjustment made after being pointed out during the IPO review.
Deleting the two characters "outside the company" from the final submitted documents does not erase the business execution that took place prior to that.
The term "part-time director" does not mean "was not an outside director."
The most ridiculous part of this whole affair is the explanation itself: "They weren't outside directors, they were part-time directors."
Outside directors and part-time directors are not antonyms. An "outside director" is a legal classification based on whether the requirements under the Companies Act are met, whereas a "part-time director" refers to a work arrangement—whether someone works full-time or part-time—or an internal title.
Some outside directors are also part-time. There are also part-time directors who are not outside directors. Therefore, simply rephrasing it as "was part-time" does not answer any questions about the outside director status.
Article 2, Item 15, (a) of the Companies Act: not being an executive director (meaning a director set forth in each item of Article 363, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act and any other director who has executed the business of the stock company; the same shall apply hereinafter), executive officer, manager, or other employee (hereinafter referred to as an "Executive Director, etc.") of the stock company or its subsidiary, and not having been an Executive Director, etc. of the stock company or its subsidiary for the ten years prior to assuming office.
What the Companies Act looks at is not whether directors went to the office every day, how many days a week they worked, or whether "part-time" was printed on their business cards.
whether they actually executed the company's business operations.
Corporate Governance Code of the Tokyo Stock ExchangeAlso, regarding the supervision and execution of management, it is stipulated as follows:
Principle 4-6: To ensure the effectiveness of independent and objective management supervision by the board of directors, listed companies should consider utilizing directors who are not engaged in business execution and maintain a certain distance from business execution.
There is also a system that exceptionally delegates business execution to outside directors, but it is not a system where anything can be freely entrusted.
Article 348-2, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act: In cases where a stock company (excluding a company with nominating committee, etc.) has an outside director, when there is a conflict of interests between the relevant stock company and a director, or when there is otherwise a risk that a director may harm the interests of shareholders by executing the business of the relevant stock company, the relevant stock company may, on each occasion, entrust the execution of the business of the relevant stock company to the outside director by a decision of the director (or, in the case of a company with a board of directors, by a resolution of the board of directors).
This regulation was enacted on March 1, 2021, and is a system under which specific operations are outsourced through a board of directors resolution "each time" in specific situations such as conflicts of interest.
You cannot retroactively shove into Article 348-2 of the Companies Act the actions of continuously issuing instructions regarding business policy, budgets, personnel, business partners, and affiliated companies since 2018, and, starting in the latter half of 2020, promoting one's own controlling company using Last One Mile's money.
If it was an entrustment based on the same article, please provide the Board of Directors resolutions made "on each occasion" for each case.
The three characters "part-time" are not correction fluid to erase the history of business execution.
Makoto Watanabe, who was supposed to be a supervisor, had been manipulating the company's money, personnel, and business partners since 2018.
When you arrange the facts known to our association in chronological order, it becomes clear that Mr. Makoto Watanabe was not simply a person who attended board meetings and offered advice.
- Since assuming the position of Director in 2018, he has continuously given specific instructions regarding the business policies, client relations, budget, personnel allocation, and other operations of Last One Mile Inc.
- From March 2019 to November 2021, they were involved in the transfer of approximately 46.2 million yen via Broad Support Co., Ltd.
- From the latter half of 2020 through the first half of 2021, he had Best Mirai-クル Co., Ltd.—which he effectively controlled and was called "Owner Watanabe"—promoted through Last One Mile's advertising expenses and business infrastructure.
- They were soliciting funds from Last Mile employees, business partners, and other related parties for structured bonds in foreign equities promising principal protection and high yields.
- He had employees of Last One Mile Inc. distribute flyers for a beauty business run by his girlfriend during working hours.
- He processed food and drink, travel, and other personal expenses for multiple girlfriends as company expenses.
- He repeatedly used company expenses at entertainment events with employees and business partners, gave money to women, and touched their breasts.
- A serious report of damage has been submitted, alleging that against the backdrop of corporate business relations, individuals involved were lured into a hotel and subjected to non-consensual sexual acts.
- He used the company's meeting rooms, employees, secretarial functions, business partners, funds, and credit for his own private life, investments, affiliated companies, and personal gain.
Private relationships and sexual acts themselves do not immediately constitute business execution under the Companies Act. What is being questioned in this case is that, in order to facilitate them, company funds, personnel, facilities, business relationships, and influence over personnel affairs were mobilized.
It is a stretch to call a person who makes their controlling company use the company budget, orders employees to run personal errands, raises funds using the company's credit, and brings business relationships into their private life a supervisor kept at a distance from business execution.
The person sitting in the manager's seat was actually opening the company's wallet, pulling the strings, and even stepping on the gas.
If they ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange to "keep lying" about their doubts, the IPO screening process itself becomes a criminal case.
According to information obtained by our association, the Tokyo Stock Exchange pointed out during the listing review process a significant doubt that Mr. Makoto Watanabe, while treated as an outside director, was actually executing the business operations of Last One Mile Inc.
In response, Mr. Watanabe, rather than honestly explaining the actual authority, instructions, budget usage, and client relations, gave coercive instructions to "pretend that you were originally a part-time director rather than an outside director, and stick to that lie no matter what."
It is said that Kohei Ichikawa, who served as the General Manager of Finance and Accounting and was also the administrative liaison with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Satoshi Saito, a certified public accountant who was in charge of listing operations, took the lead in ensuring that this explanation was maintained throughout the listing review.
The problem indicated by this information has three stages.
- The issue where Makoto Watanabe, while treated as an outside director, was actually continuously executing business operations.
- The issue where, after being pointed out a contradiction by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company failed to disclose the actual situation and instead replaced the term with another word, "part-time."
- The issue where listing officers, financial and accounting officers, and accounting experts systematically maintained those explanations to pass the listing screening.
This is not a story about a single board member misunderstanding his own title.
If, after being presented with specific questions by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the management executives and accounting experts of the listing applicant company fabricated a false explanation and passed it off as a formal listing review response, it would mean that the company as a whole deceived the listing review.
What the Tokyo Stock Exchange wanted to confirm was not how many days a week Mr. Watanabe came to the office.
Who was actually running the company.
Even in the company-provided IR materials for 2026, Makoto Watanabe repeatedly held the title of "non-executive director."
The explanation of being a "part-time director" does not end as a temporary excuse just for the time of the IPO.
IR seminar for individual investors in May 2026 provided by Last One Mile Inc.And Makoto Watanabe explains his position before assuming the post of Representative Director as follows:
Before that, I was at Last Mile Inc. as a part-time director.
Watanabe continued to explain that after selling Call & System Co., Ltd. to Last One Mile, he remained involved as a non-executive director and shareholder, stating, "I participated in management as a non-executive director."
Instead of resolving the current problem, this explanation only deepens it further.
Because Mr. Watanabe himself admits that he "participated in management." Moreover, what our union has confirmed is not just the extent of looking at surface-level figures and offering opinions, but that he actually drove the company's budget, business operations, personnel, investment recruitment, business partners, and his own affiliated companies.
Regarding this period, three name tags exist to date.
- At the time, inside the company and among related parties, it was referred to as "outside director."
- In the October 2021 initial listing application, the regular "director."
- In the company-provided IR for 2026, it is "External Director".
Even if there are three name tags, Mr. Watanabe himself is only one person.
What we need to examine is not which term sounds the best. It is who approved the budget, who gave instructions to the employees, who determined the business terms, and who profited at each point in time from 2018 to 2021.
Now that Last One Mile Inc. has further disseminated the explanation of "part-time" to society through company-provided IR in 2026, it must demonstrate, along with the original source materials from that time, whether this explanation is consistent with its responses during the listing review.
False listing review answers are not a "thing of the past" but directly impact current listing eligibility.
An application for listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is not a presentation for a company to bring in a narrative that suits its own convenience.
Listing delinquency criteria related to the re-examination for violation of the written oath of the Tokyo Stock ExchangeAccording to, we swear that the documents submitted at the time of the new listing application will contain all necessary information without omission, and that all the contained information is true.
If it is recognized that a violation of the oath items occurred, such as by making false statements in the submitted documents, and that the company did not meet the new listing criteria at the time, the company will be subject to a re-examination in accordance with the new listing criteria, and if it fails to meet the standards of that examination, it will fall under the delisting criteria.
Regarding alternative, Inc. in 2025,The Tokyo Stock Exchange decided to delist the company due to a material violation of the written oath regarding the application for initial listing.Done. The company's problem was the massive overstatement of sales, which differs in nature from the issue at hand, but it demonstrates that false explanations to the Tokyo Stock Exchange will not end as mere internal procedural flaws.
If explanations that differ from the facts are given regarding Mr. Watanabe's outside director position, the subjects of verification will not be limited to just a single title.
- Securities report for initial public offering application.
- Listing review questionnaires, written responses, interview records, and supplementary explanation materials.
- Explanation regarding the external status, independence, and business execution status of officers.
- Corporate governance report and executive composition.
- Declaration of related parties, conflict of interest transactions, and affiliated company transactions.
- Actual operation of internal controls, job authority, ringi (approval process), management meetings, and board of directors meetings.
- Transactions with Best Mirai Cruise Co., Ltd., Broad Support Co., Ltd., and other companies affiliated with Mr. Watanabe.
- The influence Mr. Watanabe exerted over employees, business partners, company assets, and company information.
- Declarations, confirmation letters, and management confirmation letters submitted to the lead managing securities company, accounting auditor, and Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Even if Mr. Watanabe was actually an executive officer, if he used his background as an outside director and then, after being pointed out the problem, changed his explanation to say he was "part-time," this is not a problem that can be resolved by simply fixing a single line in the listing application.
The entire management structure, internal control system, conflict of interest management, and officer qualifications that served as the premise for the listing review are undermined.
Did Kohei Ichikawa and Satoshi Saito protect the listing, or did they protect false explanations?
In the initial listing application dated October 20, 2021, Kohei Ichikawa is listed as a Director and General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Division, as well as the administrative contact person for the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Satoshi Saito was also listed on the same document as an employee of Last One Mile Co., Ltd., and was eligible for the allotment of stock acquisition rights equivalent to 20,000 shares. Saito, a certified public accountant, was in a position deeply involved in IPO execution, finance, accounting, and capital policy.
According to information obtained by our union, when questioned by the Tokyo Stock Exchange regarding Mr. Watanabe's eligibility as an external director, Mr. Ichikawa and Mr. Saito received instructions from Mr. Watanabe to "pretend he was a non-executive director and stick to the lie," and took the lead in coordinating the explanation to the TSE.
It is difficult to imagine that Mr. Ichikawa and Mr. Saito were unaware of the actual state of business execution by Mr. Watanabe.
- Kohei Ichikawa was the General Manager of Finance and Accounting, and was in a position to oversee the company's budget, expenditures, accounting, internal approval requests, financial closings, and IPO screening.
- Mr. Ichikawa, along with Mr. Watanabe, was involved in the fund transfer via Broad Support Co., Ltd.
- Satoshi Saito was involved in accounting, capital policy, IPO practices, and corporate management as a certified public accountant.
- Both individuals were in a position to confirm the situation in which Mr. Watanabe exercised substantial influence over the company's operations, budget, affiliates, and employees.
- During the listing review, I was in a central position to answer questions regarding directors' duties, outside status, related parties, conflicts of interest, and internal controls.
The job of the IPO officer is not to secure IPO approval at all costs. It is to accurately organize the company's actual condition, present the truth to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and investors, and build a framework capable of functioning as a publicly listed company.
Even if ordered coercively by Mr. Watanabe, it is not a reason for the certified public accountant and the financial accounting manager to participate in false explanations.
If they gave explanations that differed from the facts to the Tokyo Stock Exchange in order to uphold Mr. Watanabe's words, what Mr. Ichikawa and Mr. Saito protected was not the listing of Last One Mile Co., Ltd.
This is a narrative to conceal the fact that Mr. Watanabe effectively controlled the company.
Listing Examination Records that Last One Mile Inc. Must Preserve Immediately
This is not an issue that current executives should explain based solely on memory. By cross-referencing the electronic data from the time of IPO preparation, questionnaires, response forms, meeting minutes, and the list of officers, we can confirm when, who, and what was explained.
Last Mile Co., Ltd., the lead managing securities company, the accounting auditor, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange must preserve at least the following records and cross-check them with one another.
- List of officers, organizational charts, division of duties, regulations on job authority, and ringi (approval) regulations from August 2018 to November 2021.
- All minutes of shareholders' meetings and board of directors' meetings in which Makoto Watanabe was treated as an outside director or a non-executive director.
- Questions, pointing out, interview records, and emails received from the Tokyo Stock Exchange regarding Mr. Watanabe's outside director qualification.
- The written response, explanatory materials, revised version, and creation history submitted in response to the inquiry in question.
- The drafter, reviser, approver, submitter, and final decision-maker of the response document.
- Emails, chats, call logs, and meeting minutes among Kohei Ichikawa, Satoshi Saito, Makoto Watanabe, and other listing-related parties.
- Records of Mr. Watanabe's participation in the management meeting, business meeting, sales meeting, budget meeting, and personnel meeting.
- Watanabe's direct business instructions, budget instructions, client communications, and personnel instructions to employees.
- Contracts, expenditures, conflict of interest reviews, and related-party investigations involving Best Miraicle, Broad Support, LG Asset, and other related parties.
- Board of Directors resolution to entrust specific business operations to Mr. Watanabe pursuant to Article 348-2 of the Companies Act.
- Officer interviews, independence checks, related party checks, and management inquiries conducted by the lead managing underwriter and the accounting auditor.
- Preparation history of the new listing application, corporate governance report, officer-related questionnaire, and written oath.
- Reports, consultations, and whistleblowing by officers and employees who recognized facts after the approval of listing that differ from the explanations given at the time.
- Records of data deletion, file replacement, explanation alignment, contact with related parties, and statement coordination after this matter came to light.
Preserving the original listing screening response and its creation history makes it clear who initially wrote the facts, who changed the term to "part-time," and who submitted it to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
If the company was truly providing a proper explanation, the original documents themselves are the strongest proof of innocence.
Open letter to Makoto Watanabe, Kohei Ichikawa, Satoshi Saito, and others
Open Questions to Mr. Makoto Watanabe
- At the time you assumed the position of Director at Last One Mile Co., Ltd. in August 2018, were you appointed or treated as an outside director?
- Please clarify the period during which you served as an outside director and the date on which you ceased to be an outside director.
- During the period you were treated as an outside director, did you give direct instructions to employees regarding business policies, budgets, personnel, business partners, affiliated companies, or individual cases?
- Have you received a point from the Tokyo Stock Exchange that, despite being an outside director, you might be executing business operations?
- When you received that criticism, did you say, "Pretend that you were an outside director rather than a part-time director, and stick to the lie no matter what"?
- Did you instruct Mr. Kohei Ichikawa, Mr. Satoshi Saito, and other IPO-related parties to make the aforementioned statement?
- Can you provide the minutes of the shareholders' meeting, minutes of the board of directors' meeting, or executive contract from that time, which serve as the basis for explaining that they were a "part-time director" in the company-provided IR for 2026?
- What duties, authority, and instructions were included in the "participation in management" described as "participated in management as a part-time director" in the same IR?
- When explaining that it was a business consignment based on Article 348-2 of the Companies Act, please present the board of directors resolution made "each time" for each case.
- Have you explained the advertisement of Best Miraicle Co., Ltd., the fund transfer via Broad Support Co., Ltd., and the fundraising through structured bonds to the Tokyo Stock Exchange?
- Did you state the actual business execution and control of related companies in the officer-related questionnaire, related party questionnaire, and conflict of interest declaration submitted for the listing screening?
- Will you submit the records regarding this matter with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the lead managing underwriter, and the accounting auditor to the independent third-party investigation?
Open letter to Mr. Kohei Ichikawa and Mr. Satoshi Saito
- 東京証券取引所から、渡辺誠氏の社外取締役性に関する質問又は指摘を受けた事実を認めますか。
- 当該質問又は指摘を受けた日、質問内容、回答期限及び担当者を明らかにしてください。
- 東京証券取引所へ提出した回答書を最初に起案した人物は誰ですか。
- 回答書へ「非常勤取締役」という説明を入れるよう指示した人物は誰ですか。
- 渡辺氏から「嘘を突き通せ」という趣旨の指示を受けましたか。
- 指示を受けた際、取締役会、代表取締役、監査役、主幹事証券、会計監査人又は東京証券取引所へ報告しましたか。
- 渡辺氏が2018年以降、事業、予算、人員、取引先及び関係会社へ具体的に指示していた事実を認識していましたか。
- ベストミライクル及びブロードサポートに関する取引を、渡辺氏の利益相反又は関連当事者取引として上場審査で申告しましたか。
- 渡辺氏を社外取締役とする過去の役員名簿、議事録、契約書又は社内資料を修正、差替え又は廃棄しましたか。
- 東京証券取引所へ提出した回答と、当時の社内記録が一致していることを確認できますか。
- 市川氏は現在の取締役執行役員として、本件を取締役会及び監査等委員会へ正式に報告しますか。
- 両氏は、独立した第三者調査に対し、上場審査時の全資料、端末及び通信記録を提出しますか。
株式会社ラストワンマイル・東京証券取引所・主幹事証券・会計監査人への公開質問
- 株式会社ラストワンマイルは、渡辺誠氏を社外取締役として扱っていた期間を把握していますか。
- 同社は、渡辺氏の社外取締役性について東京証券取引所から質問又は指摘を受けましたか。
- 質問を受けた場合、会社はどのような回答を行い、誰がその回答を承認しましたか。
- 東京証券取引所は、渡辺氏が実際に行っていた業務、指示、予算使用、関係会社取引をどこまで確認しましたか。
- 最終的な上場申請書で、渡辺氏を通常の「取締役」、とした変更経緯を確認していますか。
- 主幹事証券と会計監査人は、渡辺氏が業務執行を行っていなかったことを、どの資料と関係者聴取によって確認しましたか。
- 渡辺氏が参加した経営会議、リスク・コンプライアンス委員会及び各事業会議の議事録を確認しましたか。
- 市川康平氏及び齊藤悟志氏が作成した上場審査回答について、虚偽又は重要事項の欠落がなかったか再調査しますか。
- 株式会社ラストワンマイルは、本件を新規上場申請に係る宣誓書違反の可能性がある事案として東京証券取引所へ報告しますか。
- 東京証券取引所は、本件情報を受け、上場審査時の質問と回答を再検証しますか。
- 現在の取締役会及び監査等委員会は、渡辺氏、市川氏その他の当事者を調査から外し、独立した第三者調査を実施しますか。
- 調査結果、訂正内容、責任者、役員処分及び上場維持への影響を、株主、従業員、取引先及び市場へ公表しますか。
Measures Sought by the Last Mile Labor Union
- 株式会社ラストワンマイルは、渡辺誠氏の社外取締役性と上場審査回答を、直ちに取締役会及び監査等委員会の正式議題とすること。
- 渡辺氏、市川康平氏その他の上場審査対応当事者を、調査委託先の選定、証拠管理、関係者聴取及び調査結果の承認から外すこと。
- 会社から独立した弁護士、公認会計士、上場審査及びデジタル調査の専門家による第三者委員会を設置すること。
- 2018年8月から上場日までの渡辺氏の肩書、権限、業務、指示、会議参加及び利益相反を、日付順に整理して公表すること。
- 東京証券取引所から受けた質問、会社の回答、回答の作成履歴、承認者及び根拠資料を保全すること。
- 上場審査時の質問回答、役員名簿、関連当事者調査票、利益相反申告、議事録及び電子データを相互に照合すること。
- ベストミライクル、ブロードサポート、LGアセットその他の関係先を含め、渡辺氏が社外取締役として扱われていた期間の全取引を再調査すること。
- 渡辺氏が従業員、会社予算、施設、顧客情報、取引先及び社会的信用を私的に利用した範囲と会社損害を算定すること。
- 正当な対価なく会社資産又は事業機会が利用されていた場合、渡辺氏その他の受益者へ返還及び損害賠償を求めること。
- 東京証券取引所、証券取引等監視委員会、主幹事証券及び会計監査人へ、本件情報と調査結果を正式に報告すること。
- 新規上場申請書、有価証券報告書、コーポレート・ガバナンス報告書その他の開示に誤りがある場合、直ちに訂正すること。
- 虚偽説明、記録改変、証拠削除、供述統一又は関係者への働きかけを禁止する全社的な証拠保全命令を発すること。
- 本件を知る従業員、元従業員、取引関係者及び調査協力者への探索、口止め、異動、降格、解雇その他の報復を禁止すること。
- 渡辺誠氏の代表取締役会長兼CEOとしての適格性と、市川康平氏を含む現職取締役の責任を正式に審議すること。
- 調査結果、虚偽説明の有無、関与者、会社損害、返還額、開示訂正及び役員処分を、従業員、株主、取引先及び市場へ具体的に公表すること。
「非常勤」の三文字では、2018年から会社を動かした事実は消えない
渡辺誠氏が本当に業務執行から距離を置いた社外取締役だったのであれば、なぜ2018年以降、事業、予算、人員、取引先及び関係会社へ継続的な指示を出せたのでしょうか。
なぜ、自らが実質的に支配するベストミライクルを株式会社ラストワンマイルの金で宣伝し、ブロードサポートを経由する約4,620万円の資金移動へ関与し、従業員や取引先から私的な投資資金を集めることができたのでしょうか。
反対に、渡辺氏が最初から通常の非常勤取締役だったのであれば、なぜ当時の関係者間で社外取締役として扱われ、東京証券取引所から社外取締役性を問題視される事態になったのでしょうか。
そして、東京証券取引所から疑義を示された後に初めて「元々非常勤だった」という物語を作ったのであれば、なぜ2026年の会社提供IRでも、その物語を改めて投資家へ聞かせているのでしょうか。
本件に必要なのは、四つ目の新しい肩書ではありません。
2018年から2021年までの業務指示、予算、議事録、電子メール、上場審査回答を、そのまま時系列で公開することです。
非常勤はタイムマシンではありません。後から名札を掛け替えても、会社の金を動かした履歴、従業員へ出した指示、関係会社へ流した利益、東京証券取引所へ提出した回答までは過去へ戻って書き換えられません。
東京証券取引所と投資家が知るべきなのは、渡辺誠氏の名刺に何と書いてあったかではありません。
株式会社ラストワンマイルの運転席で、実際に誰がハンドルを握っていたのかです。