KOMAの由来は亀井のK及川のO松岡のMA立ち上げのメンバーだ。最初は彫金、強化プラスチック、木工の３素材の使い手で工場をシェアするつもりだったが、そんな簡単じゃない。世の中は厳しいってことを知っちゃった25歳。一年後、亀井との救急車出動の大喧嘩の末解散。俺はそのままKOMAをつづけるが、一年後には俺もどん底。家族がいるのに家に金も入れられない。工場に行くガソリン代もない。もう、おしまいかなあ。。そんな時、訪ねてきたのが信用金庫の支店長さん。多摩信用金庫の金井支店長だ。当時３９歳の歴代最年少での支店長だ。ハンサムだ。イケメンじゃなくてハンサム。なんで支店長さんが？「なんか面白いヤツがいるって聞いてきたんだけど〜話そうか！」と金井さん。工場で塗料の一斗缶に座り２人で話した。今までの経緯や目指していたことを黙って一時間聞いてくれた。「まっちゃん。面白いね〜応援するよ！」その場で電話を取り出して何やら俺のことを話してる。「今、本部に電話しといたから〜マッチング出来そうな会社を紹介するよ〜」と携帯をたたみながら金井さん。「え？マジっすか？」「建築、設計、リフォーム、インテリアショプ、、んな感じでいいよね？」「え？？マジっすか？？」「ウチみたいな所はさ〜人と人を繋げるぐらいしかヤルこと無いのよ〜笑」本当に沢山紹介してくれた。多くの取引先ができた。「昼飯行こう！どうせロクなもん食ってねえんだろ？」時々お昼になると車で迎えにきてくれた。「おいしいもん食べ行こう！」よく酒もおごってもらった。「まっちゃん！車乗れよ！一緒に営業行こう！」「？？」「まっちゃん一人じゃチンピラだけど、支店長が一緒だったら説得力あるだろ？」そう言って一緒に営業してくれたこともあった。おかげさまでドッと仕事が入ってきた。でも、金がなくて材料が買えない。家賃も滞納してる。墜落寸前の２年目の個人事業に３００万円貸してくれた。ここからようやく浮上が始まるのである。金井さんと多摩信用金庫に感謝してもしきれない。だから未だにKOMAは多摩信用金庫としか取引しない。他の銀行が営業に来たら上のエピソードを話して「ここまでしてもらっといて浮気するヤツと取引する？」って聞く。すると苦笑いしながら帰っていく。「まっちゃんはさ！世界のトップ獲れよ！」酔うといつも励ましてくれた。「金井さんは？」って聞くと。「俺はさ、小さな地域密着が向いてるんだよ〜その人に合ったスケール感を全うすれば上も下も無いんだよ。」なんとも清々しい男なのである。ある日「部下の教育は？」って聞いた。「何度も何度も同じ事を言う」と答えた。「何度言っても分からない場合は？」「それでも同じ事を何度も何度も言う」と答えた。俺にはまだまだそんなこと出来ない。清々しく生きるっつうことは特別なことをするワケではない。誰もやらないこと、自分がやったほうが良いこと、自分にしか出来ないこと。コレらを感じて見つけて、ただただやり続けるってことだ。んで、自分が少しでも周りの人の助けになれば良いのだ。こんなことを身を以て教えてくれた人だ。あれから10年。今でもこの地域にファンが多い金井さんは今年、最年少で役員になった。今度お祝いをしたい。こういう人の結果は嬉しい。なんだか自分のことよりずっと嬉しい。 KOMA originated from K of Kamei O of Oikawa MA of Matsuoka They are founders. We aimed to share a factory by craftsman of metal-carving, reinforced plastics, and woods, which is not easy at all. We, 25-years old, have learned about grim world. One year later, we dissolved after huge fight calling an ambulance out. I continued KOMA, while I was at the nadir of my life one year later. I was not able to bring money to my family. I was not afford to pay gasoline to commute to the factory. I thought it was the end of KOMA. One day in that period, a branch manager of a shinkin bank visited KOMA. He is Mr. Kanai in Tama shinkin bank. He was the youngest ever branch manager in 39 years old at that time. He is handsome. He is not hottie but handsome. Why the branch manager visited KOMA ? "I have heard there exists interesting person here, and, shall we talk ?", Kanai-san said to me. We talked sitting on eighteen liter drums of coating materials. He just listened to me about history and my goals over one hour. "You are interesting person, Macchan, I would like to support you." He took his phone and seemed to talk about me. "Now, I have called to our headquarter and would like to introduce companies which are expected to match operations of your company, he told me with folding his cell phone. "What ?? Really??" "Companies supposed to match would be something like Architects, Design, Reform, Interior Shops, am I correct ?" "What ?? Really??" "What Shinkin Banks are supposed to do would be just connecting person to person, haha" He really introduced many companies. I got many clients. "Let's go out for lunch ! You do not have good one I guess, right?" Sometimes he picked me up by a car. "Shall we eat something delicious!" Many times we had drinks on him. "Hi Machan ! Get into this car ! Let's go marketing with me !" "??" "You appears to be a thug, however, marketing with a branch manager of a shinkin bank would be persuasive, would not?" He go with me for marketing saying above. Thanks to him, many orders were brought. However, due to shortage of money, I was not able to buy materials. I have fall behind the rent. He lent JPY3,000,000 to second year private business right before it crashed. Since then, KOMA have surfaced. I cannot adequately appreciate Kanai-san and Tama Shinyou Kinko. That's why KOMA has never transacted with financial institutions other than Tama Shinkin Bank. When other banks make sales pitches, I have told the story above and then I have asked those bankers "Are you really try to deal with clients who are cheating Tama Shinkin Bank after tremendous amounts of supports ?" Then, they have left me with bitter smile. "Macchan ! You should win the top of the world." He has inspired me whenever he has drunken. "How about you, Kamai-san ?" when I ask, "I am suitable to conduct small community-based work. When appropriately perform given tasks suitable to the scale of individuals, one is neither above nor below others." He is really nice guy. One day, I asked him about "How to train juniors ?" He replied "I repeat same things again and again." "How to deal with juniors who do not understand what are repeatedly told ?" He replied "I repeat same thing again, again, and again." I have not been able to do such things myself. Spending life nicely does not require anything special. Things no other people do, one would be better to do, others cannot do. Finding something above and just keep doing them. All required would be just helping others even a little bit. He is the man who educated me these kinds of things by showing his life. It has past 10 years. He has become the youngest ever executive this year who have a lots of fans in this area. I would like to congratulate him. I am very happy to hear good results of this kind of person. I would be more happy than what happened to me. Written by Shigeki Matsuoka
