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The new representative director is Kota Shirai (currently President & Representative Director of Houei Printing Co., Ltd. and currently a board member). The effective date and formal decision are planned for August 28, 2026. External director candidate Masahiko Maekawa and outgoing director Tatsumi Iwae.","jir_summary":"### Section Heading\nThis news is a notice regarding the change of the President and Director appointments. The candidate for new representative director, Kota Shirai, is currently an executive managing director at Houei Printing and is designated as part of the new management structure aiming to achieve long-term growth and enhanced corporate value. The change is expected to be formally approved by the board after the shareholders meeting scheduled for August 28, 2026.\n\n### Section 2 Heading\nAs part of director appointments, external director candidate Masahiko Maekawa is expected to be appointed. Maekawa previously served as President and Representative Director COO at SBI Securities and Head of the Merchant Banking division at Nomura Holdings. Outgoing is Tatsumi Iwae. This personnel change aims to strengthen the management framework and refresh governance.","jir_financial_highlights":"Unknown: Unknown (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#TAKARAandCOMPANY, #executive_change, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"New Representative Director: Kota Shirai (current: President & Representative Director of Houei Printing Co., Ltd.\/Experience as Executive Director)\nNew Director Candidate: Masahiko Maekawa (former Representative Director Vice President COO of SBI Securities \/ Nomura Holdings Division Head)\nOutgoing Director: Tatsumi Iwae","jir_meta_title":"\u3010TAKARA & COMPANY\u3011Representative Director Change and Director Appointment Notified | Planned August 28, 2026","jir_meta_description":"TAKARA & COMPANY announces the change of the representative director and new external director candidates. The new representative director is Kota Shirai, with the date planned for August 28, 2026. Highlights of personnel including outgoing and candidate information.","jir_og_title":"\u3010TAKARA & COMPANY\u3011New Structure Ahead \u2014 Change of Representative Director and External Director Candidate","jir_og_description":"TAKARA & COMPANY notifies the change of the representative director. The new candidate is Kota Shirai, with external director candidate Masahiko Maekawa; date planned for August 28, 2026.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":17172,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"executive_change","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-77209","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n