Onodera 40



The Onodera 40 or 40 Richest Teikonians is a list published by Onodera magazine of the wealthiest 40 Teikonians ranked by net worth. The list which gained controversy when first published in 1998 became a traditional gauge when assessing the higher echelons of the Teikonian society. Although many critics had questioned the credibility of the list, it still remains as one of the most syndicated rankings in Teiko. Onodera 40 has been for years considered to be the real evidence of sprouting capitalism and corporate imperialism in the country.

The list has then been published each year in March since 2000. Akashi Corporation founder and the current head of the Akashi Clan, Masahito Akashi has topped the list 15 of the past 17 years, including the most recent 2017 edition. In 2014, he was replaced by Kei Takeshiima and the former was replaced by Usui Takumi a year later in 2015. Masahito reclaimed the top spot in 2016. As of March 2017, there are 32 billionaires in Teiko including a record 5 women with more than half of the people in the list below 50. Roughly one-thirds of the list had no significant inherited wealth while the rest are inherited.

Methodology
Each year, Onodera employs a team of more than fifty reporters from a variety of countries to track the activity of Teiko's wealthiest individuals. Preliminary surveys are sent to those who may qualify for make the list. According to Onodera, they received three types of responses – some people try to inflate their wealth, others cooperate but leave out details, and some refuse to answer any questions. Business deals are then scrutinized and estimates of valuable assets – land, homes, vehicles, artwork, etc. – are made. Interviews are conducted to vet the figures and get a better idea of an individual's holdings. Finally, positions in publicly traded stock are priced to market on a date roughly a month before publication. Privately held companies are priced by the prevailing price-to-revenues or price-to-earnings ratios. Known debt is subtracted from assets to get a final estimate of an individual's estimated worth in United States dollars. Since stock prices fluctuate rapidly, an individual's true wealth and ranking at the time of publication may vary from their situation when the list was compiled.

Family fortunes dispersed over a large number of individuals are included only if those individuals' holdings are worth more than a billion dollars. However, when a living individual has dispersed his or her wealth to immediate family members, it is included under a single listing provided that individual is still living. Royalty and dictators whose wealth comes from their positions are excluded from the list.

Current list
Masahito Akashi remained the richest person in Teiko despite a slight decrease in net worth. Kanata Hongo is the youngest billionaire with $1.86 billion and Mine Nakahara is the richest woman with $3.15 billion. Former richest person Kei Takashima saw great decline in fortune as he faced legal cases.

2015 list
Usui Tamaki has seen his net worth increase more than double becoming the richest person in Teiko. Takeshima and Himekawa suffered the greatest loss in 2014 as both of them dropped off from the top ten list. The two were replaced by Gaku Namikiri, CEO of Kronos Heaven Technologies and Yahiro Saiga, the lone heir of Saiga Financial Group. Kanata Hongo, the heir of Hongo Industries replaced Kazuto Kirigaya as the youngest member of Onodera 40 at age of 26.

The following is the current list of the wealthiest Teikonians as of March 2015. The list contains twenty-six billionaires (up from twenty-one in 2014) with average annual net worth estimated at $750 million (up from $550 million in 2014). The compelete top ten are listed as follows:

2014 list
Kei Takeshima surpassed Masahito Akashi's net worth with a remarkable increase propelled by increasing sales and bull stock market prices to become Teiko's richest person for the first time since 2000. Kazuto Kirigaya also cracked the top becoming the youngest person in the list.