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February 09, 2026
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Notice Regarding Executive Personnel Changes
KYOTO, Japan, February 9, 2026 — Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan; President: Toru Nakai) announced that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on February 9, 2026, it resolved executive personnel changes to be submitted for approval at the 163rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in late June 2026.
Executive Personnel Changes (Scheduled for Late June 2026)
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(1) Newly Appointed Director
Mitsuharu Koizumi Head of Sales and Marketing Planning Division (Current)
(2) Reappointed Director
Shigenobu Maekawa Representative Director, Chairman (Current)
Toru Nakai Representative Director, President (Current)
Takanori Edamitsu Director, Business Management & Sustainability (Current)
Hitoshi Ishizawa Director, Functional Food (Current)
Hitomi Kimura Director, Resource Procurement, production and Assurance (Current)
Kazuyuki Iwata Director, Sales and Marketing (Current)
Keiichi Kuwano Director, Research & Development (Current)
Yoshinao Wada Outside Director (Current)
Yukari Kobayashi Outside Director (Current)
Mayumi Nishi Outside Director (Current)
Yohtaro Hongo Outside Director (Current)
(3) Director Scheduled for Promotion
Scheduled to Be Promoted to Managing Director
Takanori Edamitsu Director, Business Management & Sustainability (Current)
(4) Director Scheduled to Retire
Takashi Takaya Director, Personnel, General Affairs, Risk Management,
Compliance & Digital Transformation (Current)
For Reference:
Composition of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members After the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Scheduled for Late June 2026.
Shigenobu Maekawa Representative Director, Chairman
Toru Nakai Representative Director, President
Takanori Edamitsu Managing Director, Business Management & Sustainability
Hitoshi Ishizawa Director, Functional Food
Hitomi Kimura Director, Resource Procurement, production and Assurance
Kazuyuki Iwata Director, Sales and Marketing
Keiichi Kuwano Director, Research & Development
Mitsuharu Koizumi Director, Personnel, General Affairs, Risk Management,
Compliance & Digital Transformation
Yoshinao Wada Outside Director
Yukari Kobayashi Outside Director
Mayumi Nishi Outside Director
Yohtaro Hongo Outside Director
Hirotsugu Ito Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Eriko Doi Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Hiroharu Hara Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mariko Chaki Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
The Representative Director, Directors with designated titles, and Executive Directors will be appointed at a meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled to be held on the day of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Contact
Corporate Communications Dept., Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
e_mail_kouhou@po.nippon-shinyaku.co.jp