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KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION's Board of Directors approved changes to its representative directors at a meeting on May 8, 2026, subject to formal determination on June 25, 2026. Effective from that date, Kagemasa Kozuki will transition from Representative Director, Chairman to Director, Chairman, and Hideki Hayakawa will become Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer from his current Director role. Mr. Hayakawa holds 1,581 shares in the Company.
| Date | 8 May 2026 |
| Time | 09:54:01 |
| Category | Board changes |
| ID | 6166D |
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May 8, 2026 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION |
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Kimihiko Higashio, Representative Director, President and Group CEO |
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Shares listed: |
Tokyo and London Stock Exchanges |
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Contact: |
Yutaka Abe, Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources Division |
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Tel: |
+81-3-6636-0573 |
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News Release: Notice Concerning Change of Representative Directors
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KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION (the "Company") hereby announces that it has approved, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 8, 2026, to change the Company's representative directors as described below. It will be formally determined by resolution at the 54th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled to be held on June 25, 2026.
1. Change of Representative Directors
(1) Reason for change
Due to changes in the executive structure.
(2) Details of the change
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New Position |
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Former Position |
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Director, Chairman |
Kagemasa Kozuki |
Representative Director, Chairman |
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Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer |
Hideki Hayakawa |
Director |
(3) Scheduled date of the change
Effective June 25, 2026
(4) Career summary of newly appointed representative director
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Name |
Hideki Hayakawa |
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Date of birth |
June 17, 1970 |
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Number of shares held |
1,581 shares |
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Career summary |
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September 1996 |
Joined the Company |
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April 2015 |
Representative Director, President of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (current position) |
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June 2017 |
Corporate Officer of the Company |
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June 2020 |
Director of the Company (current position) |
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June 2025 |
Senior Executive Officer of the Company (current position) |
(Reference) Directors, Effective June 25, 2026
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Director, Chairman |
Kagemasa Kozuki |
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Representative Director, President (Group CEO) |
Kimihiko Higashio |
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Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer |
Hideki Hayakawa |
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Director |
Katsunori Okita |
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Director |
Yoshihiro Matsuura |
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Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside) |
Kaori Yamaguchi |
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Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside) |
Kimito Kubo |
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Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside) |
Yasushi Higuchi |
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Director (Outside) |
Yoko Zetterlund |
(Reference) Corporate Officers
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President, Corporate Officer |
Kimihiko Higashio |
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Senior Executive Officer |
Hideki Hayakawa |
Senior Executive Officer of Digital Entertainment & Information Security |
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Executive Officer |
Junichi Motobayashi |
General Manager, Finance Division |
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Executive Officer |
Shinichiro Yoneyama |
General Manager, General Affairs Division |
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Executive Officer |
Yutaka Abe |
General Manager, Human Resources Division |
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Corporate Officer |
Steve Sutherland |
Corporate Officer of Gaming & Systems |
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Corporate Officer |
Katsunori Okita |
Corporate Officer of Amusement & Manufacture & Logistics |
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Corporate Officer |
Takeshi Murota |
Corporate Officer of Sports |
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Corporate Officer |
Yoshitaka Nishimura |
Corporate Officer of Arcade Game |
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