# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八十九条 (Article 89)

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- Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号
- English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第八十九条 (Article 89)（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — address `art-89`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第八十九条（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — (Election of Directors at Incorporation by Cumulative Vote)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89</sup>

      **第一項**  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。
      <sup>art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-1</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項の規定による請求は、同項の創立総会の日の五日前までにしなければならない。
      <sup>art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-2</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  第七十二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、第一項の規定による請求があった場合には、設立時取締役の選任の決議については、設立時株主は、その引き受けた設立時発行株式一株（単元株式数を定款で定めている場合にあっては、一単元の設立時発行株式）につき、当該創立総会において選任する設立時取締役の数と同数の議決権を有する。この場合においては、設立時株主は、一人のみに投票し、又は二人以上に投票して、その議決権を行使することができる。
      <sup>art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  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。
      <sup>art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-4</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第五項**  前二項に定めるもののほか、第一項の規定による請求があった場合における設立時取締役の選任に関し必要な事項は、法務省令で定める。
      <sup>art-89/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-5</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-89/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89
- art-89/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 会社法 第八十九条第三項 (Article 89, paragraph (3)), art-89/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3
- art-89/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 会社法 第八十九条第四項 (Article 89, paragraph (4)), art-89/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-4
- art-89/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 会社法 第八十九条第五項 (Article 89, paragraph (5)), art-89/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-5
- art-89/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八十九条第一項 (Article 89, paragraph (1)), art-89/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-1
- art-89/par-3: 第七十二条第一項 → 会社法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-1
- art-89/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第八十九条第一項 (Article 89, paragraph (1)), art-89/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-1
- art-89/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第八十九条第三項 (Article 89, paragraph (3)), art-89/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3
- art-89/par-5: 前二項 → 会社法 第八十九条第三項 (Article 89, paragraph (3)), art-89/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3
- art-89/par-5: 前二項 → 会社法 第八十九条第四項 (Article 89, paragraph (4)), art-89/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-4
- art-89/par-5: 第一項 → 会社法 第八十九条第一項 (Article 89, paragraph (1)), art-89/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第八十九条第一項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-1
- 会社法 第八十九条第二項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-2
- 会社法 第八十九条第三項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3
- 会社法 第八十九条第四項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-4
- 会社法 第八十九条第五項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-89/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-5

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17