- Corporate
- For Print
- March 26, 2026
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Listed Company Name: |
鶹 Co., Ltd. |
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Representative: |
Haruo Naito Representative Corporate |
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Securities Code: |
4523 |
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Stock Exchange Listings: |
Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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Inquiries: |
Teruyuki Masaka Vice President, Corporate Communications Phone +81-3-3817-5120 |
鶹 Co., Ltd. announced that the Nomination Committee has selected candidates for directors to be proposed at Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 17, 2026.
1. Nominees for Directors
| Name | Current Position | ||
| Haruo Naito | internal | reappointed |
Director Representative Corporate Officer and CEO Chair, The Naito Foundation |
| Fumihiko Ike | external | reappointed |
Chair of the Board of Directors Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc. |
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Hiroyuki Kato |
internal | reappointed | Director |
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Richard Thornley |
external | reappointed |
Director Chief Executive Officer, Thornley International |
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Toru Moriyama |
external | reappointed | Director |
| Yuko Yasuda | external | reappointed |
Director Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan, Inc. Outside Director, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Outside Director, KAJIMA CORPORATION |
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Takuji Kanai |
external | reappointed |
Director Certified Public Accountant, Outside Director, The Gunma Bank, Ltd. |
| Kenta Takahashi | internal | reappointed | Director |
| Yasushi Okada | internal | reappointed | Director |
| Ryoko Ueda | external | reappointed |
Director Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University Professor, SBI Graduate School Commissioner of Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board Outside Director, Hirata Corporation Outside Director, TOKAI Holdings Corporation Outside Director, KOEI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED |
| Koichi Kawana | external | newly appointed |
Executive Chairman & Director, RENOVA, Inc. Outside Director, BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. Outside Director, ispace, inc. Outside Director, Kubota Corporation Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University (Scheduled to take office in April 2026) |
| Yuko Toyoda | external | newly appointed |
Partner, City-Yuwa Partners Outside Director, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. |
NOTE: Fumihiko Ike, Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda, Takuji Kanai, Ryoko Ueda, Koichi Kawana and Yuko Toyoda are nominees who meet the requirements of an Outside Director set forth in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act of Japan.
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2. Nominees for Chair of Board of Directors and Committee Members (The 〇 mark indicates the chair)
| Chair of the Board of Directors | Fumihiko Ike |
| Nomination Committee | 〇Toru Moriyama, Richard Thornley, Yuko Yasuda, Koichi Kawana |
| Audit Committee |
〇Takuji Kanai, Hiroyuki Kato, Kenta Takahashi, Ryoko Ueda, Yuko Toyoda |
| Compensation Committee |
〇Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda, Koichi Kawana |
The hhc Governance Committee will consist of eight outside directors and its chairperson will be the Chair of the Board of Directors.
3. Retiring Directors
| Name | Current Position |
| Ryota Miura |
Outside Director, Partner, Miura & Partners Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Electron Limited |
4. Career Summary of New Nominees for Directors
Koichi Kawana (April 23, 1958)
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Apr. 1982 |
Joined JGC CORPORATION (currently, JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION) |
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Aug. 2007 |
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, New Business Promotion Division, Global Marketing Division, JGC CORPORATION |
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Jun. 2009 |
Managing Director, Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Division, JGC CORPORATION |
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Jun. 2010 |
Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, JGC CORPORATION |
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Jul. 2011 |
Representative Director and President (COO), JGC CORPORATION |
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Jun. 2012 |
Representative Director and President, JGC CORPORATION |
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Jun. 2017 |
Director, Vice Chairman, JGC CORPORATION (resigned in Jun. 2020) |
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Jun. 2019 |
Outside Director, TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED |
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Outside Director, BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (Current) |
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Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), COMSYS Holdings Corporation |
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Jun. 2020 |
Outside Director, RENOVA, Inc. |
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Dec. 2020 |
Outside Director, ispace, inc. (Current) |
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Mar. 2023 |
Outside Director, Kubota Corporation (Current) |
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Jun. 2023 |
Executive Chairman & Director, RENOVA, Inc. (Current) |
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Apr. 2026 |
Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University (Scheduled to take up office) |
Yuko Toyoda (August 21, 1970)
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Oct. 2000 |
Registered as Attorney at Law admitted in Japan Nishimura & Partners (Currently Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)) |
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Jun. 2002 |
Civil Affairs Bureau, The Ministry of Justice |
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Apr. 2006 |
Nishimura Tokiwa Law Office (Currently Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)) |
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Apr. 2011 |
Deputy General Manager, Group Legal Department, Nomura Holdings, Inc. |
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Dec. 2014 |
General Manager, Control Room, Compliance Department, Barclays Securities Japan Limited |
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Sep. 2015 |
Special Counsel, City-Yuwa Partners |
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Jan. 2023 |
Partner, City-Yuwa Partners (Current) |
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Mar. 2023 |
Outside Director, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (Current) |
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