Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. TSE:7832
BANDAI NAMCO : Notice Regarding Changes in Directors of Bandai Namco Holdings Inc
Source: MarketScreener
February 5, 2026
Name of listed company: Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.
Name of representative: Yuji Asako,
President and Representative Director (Code Number: 7832 TSE Prime Market) Contact: Takashi Tsuji, Director, CFO
Notice Regarding Changes in Directors of Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) hereby announces the changes in Directors of the Company, as described below.
[Retiring Directors] (after the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2026)
Chairman and Director: Masaru Kawaguchi
Director (Part-time, Outside): Koichi Kawana
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside): Toru Shinoda
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside): Satoko Kuwabara
[New Directors] (after the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2026)
Director (Part-time, Outside): Yuki Ikuno
Director (Part-time, Outside): Mikiharu Noma
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside): Kanako Muraoka
[Responsible Area of Directors] (after the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2026)
New | Name | Current |
President and Representative Director CEO | Yuji Asako | President and Representative Director CEO |
Executive Vice President and Director In charge of Group Strategy (CW360) | Nobuhiko Momoi | Executive Vice President and Director In charge of Group Strategy (CW360) |
Director CFO, Division General Manager of Corporate Planning Division | Takashi Tsuji | Director CFO, Division General Manager of Corporate Planning Division |
Director CIO, CISO, and CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) Division General Manager of Group Administrative Headquarters | Noriko Fujita | Director CIO, CISO, and CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) Division General Manager of Group Administrative Headquarters |
Director (Part-time) In charge of Toys and Hobby Unit | Kazuhiro Takenaka | Director (Part-time) In charge of Toys and Hobby Unit |
Director (Part-time) In charge of Digital Unit | Nao Udagawa | Director (Part-time) In charge of Digital Unit |
Director (Part-time) In charge of Visual and Music Unit | Makoto Asanuma | Director (Part-time) In charge of Visual and Music Unit |
Director (Part-time) In charge of Amusement Unit | Hiroshi Kawasaki | Director (Part-time) In charge of Amusement Unit |
Director (Part-time, Outside) | Toshio Shimada | Director (Part-time, Outside) |
Director (Part-time, Outside) | Yuki Ikuno | Newly elected |
Director (Part-time, Outside) | Mikiharu Noma | Newly elected |
Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | Takashi Kaneko | Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside) | Takayuki Komiya | Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside) |
Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time, Outside) | Kanako Muraoka | Newly elected |
Yuki Ikuno
Date of birth: October 6, 1963, From Tokyo
Mar. 1986 Graduated from Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law of Keio University
Apr. 1986 Joined Salomon Brothers Asia Ltd., Tokyo Branch (currently Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc.) Sep. 1994 Joined Bankers Trust Asia Ltd., Tokyo Branch (currently Deutsche Securities Inc.)
Jan. 1996 Managing Director of Bankers Trust Asia Ltd., Tokyo Branch (currently Deutsche Securities Inc.)
Jul. 1999 Managing Director of Fixed Income Division of Deutsche Securities Limited, Tokyo Branch (currently Deutsche Securities Inc.)
May 2007 Managing Director of Investment Banking Division of UBS Securities Japan Ltd., Tokyo Branch (currently UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
May 2020 Visiting Lecturer of School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University Business School
Nov. 2022 Visiting Associate Professor of School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University Business School (current position)
Mar. 2023 Outside Director of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (current position) June 2025 Outside Director of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current position)
Mikiharu Noma
Date of birth: November 6, 1974, From Hyogo
Mar. 2002 Completed Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Commerce of Hitotsubashi University Obtained Ph.D. (Commerce)
Apr. 2002 Lecturer of Faculty of Commerce of Yokohama City University
Oct. 2004 Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University (Associate Professor from April 2007)
June 2016 Outside Director of the Company
Apr. 2019 Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University (current position)
June 2019 Outside Auditor of Nice Holdings, Inc. (currently Nice Corporation) (current position) June 2021 Outside Director of NIHON CHOUZAI Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jan. 2022 Outside Director of Good Com Asset Co., Ltd. (current position)
Sep. 2024 Assistant Vice President for Outreach of Hitotsubashi University (current position)
Kanako Muraoka
Date of birth: April 26, 1965, From Tokyo
Mar. 1988 Graduated from Faculty of Law of The University of Tokyo
Apr. 1988 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation (assigned to the Legal Department)
Apr. 1991 Entered the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (45th Term) Apr. 1993 Registered as an Attorney at Law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Apr. 1993 Joined Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz (currently Anderson Mori & Tomotsune) Sep. 1997 Studied abroad at the Faculty of Law of University of Oxford
June 1998 Obtained a Magister Juris from the University of Oxford Sep. 1998 Worked at Simmons & Simmons (London)
Oct. 1999 Joined Mori Sogo Law Offices (currently Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) Jan. 2001 Partner of Mori Sogo Law Offices (currently Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) Jan. 2010 Professional Support Lawyer of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Apr. 2020 Joined Kowa Law Office
June 2020 Outside Director of NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION Mar. 2021 Outside Director of FUJIYA CO., LTD. (current position)
June 2024 Independent Director (Director Serving as Board-Audit Committee Member) of JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr. 2025 Established Gofukubashi Law Office (current position)
This document contains an excerpt of information about Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. taken from the “Notice Regarding Changes in Directors of Principal Bandai Namco Group Companies” disclosure document in Japanese dated February 5, 2026 translated into English. Please refer to the disclosure document in Japanese for information regarding changes in Directors of principal companies.
This document is a translation of the original Press Release in Japanese. Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. provides this translation for your reference and convenience only and without any warranty as to its accuracy or otherwise. In the event of any discrepancy, the original Press Release in Japanese shall prevail.