Release: Change of Representative Directors

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:	[phone]

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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