Century Tokyo Leasing announced the opening of its new aircraft finance unit in Centennial, Colorado, effective April 1, 2015.

From this office, CTUSA will develop its commercial aircraft finance platform for the U.S. marketplace, following in the footsteps of its parent company Century Tokyo Leasing (Japan) which has a reputation as a key player in Asian and other foreign aviation-finance markets.

Managing the Colorado office will be Keijiro Yokoyama and Keita Sekiguchi, deputy general manager and manager, respectively, of the Century Tokyo Aviation Finance Division. The two have many years’ experience in developing, underwriting and structuring aviation-finance transactions around the globe.

“I could not be more pleased with this opportunity to enter the U.S. aviation market”, said Tiger Ogawa, president of CTUSA. “Our parent company has developed a solid reputation as a provider of financial solutions to the most sophisticated of global aviation businesses. CTUSA’s move into this arena with an experienced team of executives has created a great deal of excitement in our organization, in New York, Ireland and in Tokyo”.

Established in 1985, CTUSA finances and leases various types of equipment for commercial, industrial and corporate customers including I.T./systems, construction and industrial machinery, machine tools, healthcare equipment, office products, and commercial vehicles.