If the purpose of an organizational meeting is the election of two or more directors at incorporation (if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director at incorporation who is an audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation or other director at incorporation; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the shareholders at incorporation (limited to the shareholders at incorporation entitled to vote with respect to the election of the directors at incorporation; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) may request the incorporators that the directors at incorporation be elected pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) through paragraph (5), except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation.
創立総会の目的である事項が二人以上の設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時監査等委員である設立時取締役又はそれ以外の設立時取締役。以下この条において同じ。）の選任である場合には、設立時株主（設立時取締役の選任について議決権を行使することができる設立時株主に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、定款に別段の定めがあるときを除き、発起人に対し、第三項から第五項までに規定するところにより設立時取締役を選任すべきことを請求することができる。
The request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made no later than five days prior to the day of the organizational meeting referred to in the same paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 72, paragraph (1), if a request is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a shareholder at incorporation is entitled to relevant number of votes as is equal to the number of the directors at incorporation to be elected in relevant organizational meeting, for each one share issued at incorporation for which the shareholder at incorporation subscribed (or, if the share unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, for each one unit of the shares issued at incorporation) with respect to the resolution of the election of the directors at incorporation. In these cases, the shareholder at incorporation may exercise the votes of the shareholder at incorporation by casting votes for only one candidate or for two or more candidates.
In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the directors at incorporation are to be elected in the order of the votes obtained by respective candidates.
前項の場合には、投票の最多数を得た者から順次設立時取締役に選任されたものとする。
Beyond what is specified in the preceding two paragraphs, necessary matters regarding the election of directors at incorporation if a request has been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) are prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.