RNS Number : 6166D
Konami Group Corporation
08 May 2026
May 8, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION
Kimihiko Higashio, Representative Director, President and Group CEO
Shares listed:
Tokyo and London Stock Exchanges
Contact:
Yutaka Abe, Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources Division
Tel:
+81-3-6636-0573
News Release: Notice Concerning Change of Representative Directors
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
New Position
Name
Former Position
Director, Chairman
Kagemasa Kozuki
Representative Director, Chairman
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
Name
Hideki Hayakawa
Date of birth
June 17, 1970
Number of shares held
1,581 shares
Career summary
September 1996
Joined the Company
April 2015
Representative Director, President of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2017
Corporate Officer of the Company
June 2020
Director of the Company (current position)
June 2025
Senior Executive Officer of the Company (current position)
(Reference) Directors, Effective June 25, 2026
Director, Chairman
Kagemasa Kozuki
Representative Director, President (Group CEO)
Kimihiko Higashio
Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer
Hideki Hayakawa
Director
Katsunori Okita
Director
Yoshihiro Matsuura
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Kaori Yamaguchi
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Kimito Kubo
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Yasushi Higuchi
Director (Outside)
Yoko Zetterlund
(Reference) Corporate Officers
President, Corporate Officer
Kimihiko Higashio
Senior Executive Officer
Hideki Hayakawa
Senior Executive Officer of Digital Entertainment & Information Security
Executive Officer
Junichi Motobayashi
General Manager, Finance Division
Executive Officer
Shinichiro Yoneyama
General Manager, General Affairs Division
Executive Officer
Yutaka Abe
General Manager, Human Resources Division
Corporate Officer
Steve Sutherland
Corporate Officer of Gaming & Systems
Corporate Officer
Katsunori Okita
Corporate Officer of Amusement & Manufacture & Logistics
Corporate Officer
Takeshi Murota
Corporate Officer of Sports
Corporate Officer
Yoshitaka Nishimura
Corporate Officer of Arcade Game
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