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For Immediate Release
Company name Okabe Co., Ltd.
March 27, 2026
Representative Hirohide Kawase, Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer (Securities Code: 5959, TSE Prime Market)
Contact Hisanori Ekawa, Director, Managing Executive Officer and Head of Administrative Division (TEL. +81-3-3624-5119)
Notice of Organizational Changes and Changes in ExecutivesOkabe Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, resolved to implement organizational changes and changes in its Executives effective March 27, 2026, for the purpose of accelerating decision-making and strengthening cross-departmental collaboration.
Overview of Organizational Changes
The key points of the organizational changes are as follows:
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Transition to a Division System
The Company will transition to a function-based Division system to establish a structure capable of responding swiftly to changes in the business environment and addressing management issues more flexibly. At the same time, by gradually streamlining and optimizing the organizational structure and hierarchy, and by clarifying the scope of authority and accountability, the Company aims to accelerate decision-making and strengthen cross-functional collaboration.
- Establishment of the Human Resources Division
Under our medium-term management plan, "OX-2026," the Company will further accelerate our commitment to human capital management. We are clearly positioning investment in "Human Capital" -the source of our sustainable growth-and the empowerment of our talent as a top-priority management theme.
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Transition to a Division System
Changes in Executive Officers and Operating Officers accompanying Organizational Changes
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Executive Officers serving concurrently as Directors
Name
New titles, and major new responsibilities or concurrent positions
Previous titles, and major previous responsibilities or concurrent positions
Toshinori Kai
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
Head of Sales Division
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
In charge of Sales Division
Hisanori Ekawa
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
Head of Administrative Division
Director and Operating Officer
Executive General Manager Administrative Division
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- Operating Officers not serving concurrently as Directors
Name | New titles, and major new responsibilities or concurrent positions | Previous titles, and major previous responsibilities or concurrent positions | ||
Toshihiko Mikami | Operating Officer | Head of International Division | Director and Managing Executive Officer | In charge of International Division |
Masakazu Yokoyama | Operating Officer | Head of Human Resources Division | Operating Officer | General Manager of Human Resources and General Affairs Department in the Administrative Division |
Takashi Okouchi | Operating Officer | Head of Production Division | Operating Officer Executive General Manager of Production Division | |
Takashi Yokoyama | Operating Officer | Head of R&D Division | Operating Officer Executive General Manager of R&D Division | |
Tomotoshi Mizugaki | Operating Officer | Sales Division, General Manager of Tokyo Branch | Operating Officer Sales Division, General Manager of Tokyo Branch | |
Junji Ida | Operating Officer | Sales Division, General Manager of Basepack Business Department | Operating Officer Sales Division, General Manager of Basepack Business Department | |
(Reference)
Executives as of March 27, 2026
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Directors
Name
Titles, and major responsibilities or concurrent positions
Hirohide Kawase
Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer
Toshinori Kai
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Head of Sales Division
Hisanori Ekawa
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Head of Administrative Division
Naoya Hasegawa
Outside Director*1
Professor in the Department of Sustainable Studies of Hosei University's Faculty of Sustainable Studies
Outside Director, Nissan Tokyo Sales Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Silver Life Co., Ltd.
Unemi Yamaguchi*2
Outside Director*1
Representative of U Academy Outside Director of MCJ Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of Broadleaf Co., Ltd. Outside Director of Broadmedia Corporation
Toshinari Endou
Director
(Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Chairman of Audit & Supervisory Committee
Hiroko Noda
Outside Director*1(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Representative Certified Public Accountant, NODA C.P.A. Accounting Firm Representative Director, Probity Consulting Co., Ltd.
Part-time lecturer, Asia University Graduate School of Asian and International Business Strategy
Outside Director, S.T. CORPORATION
Outside Director of MODEC, Inc. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Outside Director of Chori Co., Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hitoshi Takahashi
Outside Director*1(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Professor, Faculty of Law, Dokkyo University
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Hioki E.E. Corporation
Naoya Hasegawa, Unemi Yamaguchi, Hiroko Noda, and Hitoshi Takahashi satisfy the requirements for outside directors prescribed in Clause 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act.
The name of Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi on the family register is Unemi Sekine.
- Operating Officers not serving concurrently as Directors
Name | Titles, and major responsibilities or concurrent positions | |
Toshihiko Mikami | Operating Officer | Head of International Division |
Masakazu Yokoyama | Operating Officer | Head of Human Resources Division |
Takashi Okouchi | Operating Officer | Head of Production Division |
Takashi Yokoyama | Operating Officer | Head of R&D Division |
Andy Cramer | Operating Officer | Director and President of OCM, Inc. |
Junya Inoue | Operating Officer | Head of Corporate Planning Office |
Tomotoshi Mizugaki | Operating Officer | Sales Division, General Manager of Tokyo Branch |
Junji Ida | Operating Officer | Sales Division, General Manager of Basepack Business Department |
Naoki Tokunaga | Operating Officer | Head of IT Strategy Office |
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