Note: This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.
February 20, 2026
Listed Company: Toshiba Tec Corporation Representative: Hironobu Nishikori
Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer (Securities code: 6588,
Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market)
Contact: Akira Abe
General Manager of Corporate Communications Division
(Tel: +81-3-6830-9151)
Notification Regarding Changes to Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Toshiba Tec Corporation (“the Company”) hereby announces that the Board of Directors met today and informally decided to make the following changes to the Company’s Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members.
Changes to Directors
New appointments and retirements are listed in the table below.
Name
Category
After change
Before change
Kanako Osawa
New appointment
Outside Director (Independent)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent)
Kenichi Yamana
New appointment
Outside Director (Independent)
――—
Masashi Yuzawa
Retirement
――—
Senior Vice President and Director
Michio Kuwahara
Retirement
――—
Outside Director (Independent)
Miho Aoki
Retirement
――—
Outside Director (Independent)
The six current corporate officers who do not appear in the table (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Hironobu Nishikori; Directors Yasuki Ohnishi, Naofumi Tani, and Takamasa Mihara; and Outside Directors (Independent) Yoshihiro Umeha and Mitsuhiro Nagahama) will be reappointed. Please also note that there will be changes to the Representative Directors. Accordingly, please also refer to the “Notification Regarding Changes to Representative Directors” disclosed today.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary
March 1993
March 1998
Graduated from School of Law, Waseda University Completed legal training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan Registered as an attorney-at-law
Joined Kajitani Law Offices (To date)
Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, United States
Outside Director/Audit & Supervisory Board Member of LINTEC Corporation (To date)
Outside Director of TPR Co., Ltd. (To date)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (To date)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (To date)
Managing Director, Japanese Association of Business
Recovery (To date)
April 1998
October 2005
Kanako Osawa (December 22, 1970)
June 2015
June 2021
March 2022
June 2022
May 2023
Kenichi Yamana (January 4, 1962)
March 1986
April 1986
June 2013
June 2015
April 2018
April 2021
June 2021
June 2021
June 2025
Graduated from Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University
Joined NSK Ltd.
Head of Consolidated Accounting Department (Finance Division HQ) of NSK Ltd.
Executive Officer of NSK Ltd. Senior Vice President of NSK Ltd. Executive Advisor of NSK Ltd.
Director of NSK Ltd. (To date)
Member of the Audit Committee of NSK Ltd.
Chair of the Board of Directors of NSK Ltd. (To date)
Changes to Audit & Supervisory Board Members
New appointment and retirement are listed in the table below.
Name
Category
After change
Before change
Yoriko Izawa
New appointment
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent)
――—
Kanako Osawa
Retirement
Outside Director (Independent)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Independent)
The three current Audit & Supervisory Board Members who do not appear in the table (full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Members Ichiro Sakamoto and Shunsuke Shimano, and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kunio Kawa) are still in their term of office. The one current Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Tsuyoshi Sagaya, a substitute for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member) will be reappointed.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary
Yoriko Izawa (June 6, 1967)
March 1990
April 1990
October 1997
April 2001
June 2007
July 2014
June 2025
July 2025
Graduated from College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University
Joined Japan Management Association Joined Chuo Audit Corporation
Registered as a Certified Public Accountant (To date) Joined ShinNihon Audit Corporation (now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Appointed Partner at Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Retired as Partner at Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Opened Certified Public Accountant Yoriko Izawa’s Office
(To date)
Effective date
The date of conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 101st fiscal year (scheduled in late June 2026)