L.A. COUNTY

Peat Marwick Main & Co. announced that Susumu Mitarai has been appointed partner in charge of Japanese practice in Southern California, succeeding Yukuo Takenaka. Mitarai will move from the accounting firm’s New York office. Takenaka has resigned as a Peat Marwick partner and has formed his own investment banking firm, Takenaka & Co., but will continue as a Peat Marwick senior adviser.