Original FORTEC visual featuring Wataru Narita performing surgery
FOUNDERWataru NaritaRepresentative Director

KYOTO / EST. 2021

FORTECFORTEC INC. / KYOTO, JAPAN

Capital for tomorrow.

Value created through business becomes
opportunity, community, culture, and legacy.

Discover our purpose
PHILOSOPHYService beyond self
FOUNDED2021

Established in Kyoto

KAMEOKA CONTRIBUTION¥23m

Personal + corporate total

RECOGNITION2024 / 25

Konju Medal / Kameoka City award

STUDIO FORTE2locations

Piano studios in Kyoto

01 / PURPOSE

Value should
keep moving.

Capital we grow
becomes possibility.

FORTEC builds businesses with a long horizon, then moves the value they create back into community and culture. Accumulation is not the destination. The purpose is to turn capital into someone else's opportunity and an environment worth passing forward.

  1. 01Build育てる
  2. 02Connectつなぐ
  3. 03Return還す
  4. 04Sustain続ける
Portrait of Wataru Narita

WATARU NARITAFounder & Representative Director

FOUNDER'S INTENT

Service beyond self,
built into business.

Look beyond immediate gain.
Choose value that endures for others.

Wataru Narita leads FORTEC, established in Kyoto in 2021. Alongside the company's leasing and investment activities, he has sustained charitable giving both personally and through the company. Public-interest support, local contributions, and piano studio operation express the same principle: service beyond self.

2021
FORTEC is foundedA Kyoto company connecting capital with social return.
2024
Business and public-interest supportDelta Air Lines leasing begins. Narita donates ¥5 million to the Japanese Red Cross and is awarded the Konju Medal.
2025
Continued local contribution¥10 million donated to Kameoka City personally and corporately. Konju Medal presentation and Kameoka City recognition.
TODAY
Community and cultureTotal Kameoka contributions reach ¥23 million. Studio Forte opens historic instruments to musicians.
Wataru Narita official website

02 / BUSINESS

Different horizons.
One resilient base.

Long-term stability and the agility to act on new growth. Distinct businesses combine to create a foundation built for change.

Aircraft, a world map, and architectural models representing leasing and asset management

01 / LONG-TERM ASSETS

Long-term assets for
global movement.

Aircraft and equipment leasing sit alongside diversified long-term investment in global equities and bonds, creating a durable base through market cycles.

Aircraft
Airbus A320 / A321
Principal lessees
Iberia, Delta Air Lines and others
Discipline
Long-term / diversified / deliberate
A bridge between enterprises representing private debt investment

02 / PRIVATE DEBT

Flexible capital for
the next stage of growth.

For needs that conventional financing may not fully serve, FORTEC assesses potential and risk case by case and considers structures suited to each project's stage.

Focus
Companies and projects in Japan and abroad
Structure
Designed around each opportunity
Principle
Return aligned with social value

FINANCIAL FOUNDATIONBuilt to keep moving forward.

Cumulative financing
¥1bn+
Established
2021
Investment horizon
Long-term
Principal banks
4
Conceptual image connecting aircraft, community, and piano through one brass line

THE FORTEC CYCLE

Value created in business,
returned to culture and community.

Capital, society, and the arts connected by one intent.

Concept visual generated for FORTEC

03 / ART & CULTURE

Protect the sound.
Carry time forward.

Studio Forte

Two quiet Kyoto studios devoted to historic instruments and the people who play them.

These instruments are not simply owned. They are preserved, maintained, and opened to musicians. Studio Forte turns cultural patronage into part of FORTEC's everyday operating model.

Studio Forte official website

04 / SOCIAL RETURN

Contribution is not an afterthought.
It is central to the business.

KAMEOKA CITY / TOTAL CONTRIBUTION

¥23millionWataru Narita personally + FORTEC
Wataru Narita receiving a Kameoka City distinguished service award
Kameoka City Distinguished Service Award / 2025
CONTRIBUTORSWataru Narita + FORTEC

Personal and corporate responsibility, sustained together.

2025 DISCLOSED¥10 million

Combined personal and corporate contribution disclosed for 2025.

COMMITMENTMulti-year support

Backing local vitality and opportunity for the next generation.

Wataru Narita at the Konju Medal presentation

2024 AWARD / 2025 PRESENTATION

Public-interest giving,
recognized nationally.

Narita was awarded the Konju Medal for his contribution through the Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Chapter. The formal presentation took place in July 2025.Japanese Red Cross announcement
Wataru Narita at the Kameoka City award ceremony

2025 KAMEOKA CITY

The responsibility to
keep walking together.

Sustained giving and service to Kameoka City were recognized with a distinguished service award in 2025.

05 / COMPANY

FORTEC Inc.

Growing capital. Returning value to culture and community.

Company
FORTEC Inc.
Representative
Wataru Narita, Representative Director
Established
2021
Capital
¥1,000,000
Address
Kyoto Sanjo Momijizakura Bldg.
8-4 Magobashicho, Nijo-dori Kawabata Higashi-iru
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8351, Japan
Principal banks
San-in Godo Bank / Bank of Kyoto / Kyoto Shinkin Bank / Nomura Trust and Banking
Business fields
Leasing / Asset management / Private debt / Piano studio operation