{"id":122681,"date":"2026-09-24T16:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:13:43","slug":"5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nominates Yuji Noguchi as the new candidate for representative director. The change is expected to be formally resolved at the board of directors meeting after the scheduled annual general meeting on November 4, 2026. The current position is Managing Executive Officer. It has already been disclosed that the company intends to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daido Steel after the stock consolidation and delisting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"Ticker":"","DATE":"","longName":"","company_name_ja":"","fullTimeEmployees":0,"address":"","phone":"","website":"","industry":"","sector":"","regularMarketPrice":0,"financialCurrency":"","marketCap":0,"fiftyTwoWeekLow":0,"fiftyTwoWeekHigh":0,"epsTrailingTwelveMonths":0,"epsForward":0,"bookValue":0,"totalRevenue":0,"OperatingIncome":0,"operatingMargins":0,"NetIncome":0,"profitMargins":0,"ebitda":0,"trailingPE":0,"forwardPE":0,"priceToBook":0,"returnOnEquity":0,"recommendationMean":0,"recommendationKey":"","targetMeanPrice":0,"numberOfAnalystOpinions":0,"analyst_earnings_data":"","dividendRate":0,"dividendYield":0,"payoutRatio":0,"totalEsg":0,"environmentScore":0,"socialScore":0,"governanceScore":0,"title":"","providerPublishTime":"","link":"","longBusinessSummary":"","longBusinessSummary_ja":"","quarterly_revenue":0,"quarterly_net_income":0,"quarterly_operating_profit":0,"enterprise_value":0,"price_fetched_at":"","company_officer_1_name":"","company_officer_1_title":"","company_officer_2_name":"","company_officer_2_title":"","company_officer_3_name":"","company_officer_3_title":"","company_officer_4_name":"","company_officer_4_title":"","company_officer_5_name":"","company_officer_5_title":"","company_officers_update_time":"","get_dividend_history_year1":0,"get_dividend_history_year2":0,"get_dividend_history_year3":0,"get_dividend_history_year4":0,"get_dividend_history_year5":0,"get_dividend_history_year6":0,"get_dividend_history_year7":0,"get_dividend_history_year8":0,"get_dividend_history_year9":0,"get_dividend_history_year10":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jir_stock_code":"5484","jir_company_name":"Tohoku Steel Co., Ltd.","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-09-24","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5484-20260924-01.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Nominates Yuji Noguchi as the new candidate for representative director. The change is expected to be formally resolved at the board of directors meeting after the scheduled annual general meeting on November 4, 2026. The current position is Managing Executive Officer. It has already been disclosed that the company intends to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daido Steel after the stock consolidation and delisting.","jir_summary":"### Section Heading\nThis notice communicates that Yuji Noguchi has been tentatively named as the new representative director. The new position is President & CEO and concurrently Director, with the current role of Managing Executive Officer. The change is planned to take effect on November 4, 2026, in alignment with the previously announced plans for stock consolidation and delisting.\n\n### Section 2 Heading\nAs for future impact, changes in organizational structure are expected to be linked to the process of making Tohoku Steel Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary after delisting. The new candidate is not expected to own shares on the day of appointment, and finalization will occur after approvals at the extraordinary general meeting and the board of directors.","jir_financial_highlights":"Unknown: Unknown (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#TohokuSteel, #ExecutiveAppointments","jir_key_figures":"New representative director candidate: Yuji Noguchi (born 1962)\nScheduled change date: November 4, 2026\nDelisting schedule: disclosed October 19, 2026 (no new information in this document)","jir_meta_title":"Tohoku Steel: Tentative Appointment of New Representative Director | Scheduled to assume office on November 4, 2026","jir_meta_description":"Tohoku Steel announces the tentative change of representative director. The new candidate is Yuji Noguchi, with a scheduled appointment date of November 4, 2026. After delisting, the company plans to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daido Steel. Future procedures will be finalized through resolutions at the extraordinary general meeting and the board of directors.","jir_og_title":"Tohoku Steel: Tentative appointment of new representative director | Scheduled to assume office on November 4, 2026","jir_og_description":"Tohoku Steel has tentatively appointed Yuji Noguchi as the new representative director. The appointment is scheduled for November 4, 2026. After delisting, the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daido Steel. Final decisions will be made at the extraordinary general meeting and the board of directors.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":58159,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"executive_change","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-122681","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative) - Japan IR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/\",\"name\":\"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative) - Japan IR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T07:13:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Japan IR\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative) - Japan IR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/","name":"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative) - Japan IR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-09-24T07:13:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-5484\/ir\/5484-20260924-01_wp_executive_change\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Notice regarding the change of representative director (tentative)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/","name":"Japan IR","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"related_company_data":{"id":"58159","title":"TOHOKU STEEL CO","ticker":"5484"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/122681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir_release"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/122681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=122681"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=122681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}