News Release
Notice of Candidates for Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members), Audit & Supervisory Committee Members and Substitute Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
- IR
2026/05/12
President and Group CEO, Representative Director
Managing Director of
Corporate Planning Division
(TEL: 03-6864-2400)
Notice of Candidates for Directors
(excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members),
Audit & Supervisory Committee Members and Substitute Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (the “Company”) hereby notifies that it has determined at the Board of Directors meeting today, the candidates for its Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members), Audit & Supervisory Committee Members and Substitute Audit & Supervisory Committee Member to be proposed at the Company’s 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 24, 2026, as described below.
Description
- Candidates for Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
|
Name |
Appointment Type |
Present Position |
|
Hajime Satomi |
Reappointment |
Chairman Founder, Director of the Board |
|
Haruki Satomi |
Reappointment |
President and Group CEO, Representative Director |
|
Koichi Fukazawa |
Reappointment |
Executive Managing Director, Director of the Board |
| Shuji Utsumi | Reappointment | Director of the Board |
| Ayumu Hoshino | Reappointment | Director of the Board |
| Kohei Katsukawa | Reappointment | Director of the Board (External) |
| Fujiyo Ishiguro | Reappointment | Director of the Board (External) |
| Ankur Sahu | Reappointment | Director of the Board (External) |
| Rie Yano |
New Appointment |
– |
*Kohei Katsukawa, Fujiyo Ishiguro, Ankur Sahu, and Rie Yano are candidates for External Director
Please note that while the Company has established policies for the selection of External Director nominees to ensure the transparency of management and objectivity of supervision, the Company has revised its policy regarding terms of office as follows, in light of its corporate governance structure and other factors.
In principle, the term of office remains unchanged at eight years. Regarding the maximum years of service, only if all members of the Independent Advisory Committee except the director concerned agree, was extended from the previous 10 years to 12 years.
- Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
|
Name |
Appointment Type |
Present Position |
|
Hiroshi Ishikura |
Reappointment |
Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member |
| Kazutaka Okubo | Reappointment |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
| Naoko Murasaki | Reappointment |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
| Makiko Ushijima | Reappointment |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
*Kazutaka Okubo, Naoko Murasaki, and Makiko Ushijima are candidates for External Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.
- Candidate for Substitute Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
|
Name |
Appointment Type |
Present Position |
|
Kiyotaka Kunihiro |
Reappointment |
Substitute Audit and Supervisory Committee Member |
*Kiyotaka Kunihiro is a candidate for substitute Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
- Brief Career Profile of the Candidates for Newly Appointed Director
|
Name |
Rie Yano |
|
|
Date of Birth |
November 18, 1981 |
|
|
Brief career profile |
April 2004 |
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
|
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October 2005 |
Assigned to Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), New York |
|
|
April 2007 |
Returned to Mitsubishi Corporation |
|
|
July 2009 |
CEO of Street Canvas, Inc. |
|
|
July 2010 |
Joined the New York headquarters of Coach, Inc. (now Tapestry, Inc.) |
|
|
May 2012 |
CEO of Material Wrld, Inc. |
|
|
December 2021 |
Joined mixi America, Inc. |
|
|
January 2025 |
Managing Member of House Authentic LLC (current position) |
|
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April 2025 |
Venture Partner of Coral Capital, Inc. |
|
|
November 2025 |
Partner of the above (current position) |
5. Director to be retired
|
Name |
Present Position |
|
Melanie Brock |
Director of the Board (External) |
*Melanie Brock is scheduled to retire from the position of Director of the Board at the end of the Company’s 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 24, 2026
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