Who is moving to which position
Resolved 10 April 2026Incoming appointee
5 itemsDeparting officer
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Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴) will resign as director but is scheduled to become an executive officer. Narita Megumi (成田恵) will resign as executive officer and remain with the company as General Manager of the Corporate Administration Department.
The changes are intended to clarify the division of roles between management oversight and business execution, thereby accelerating decision-making and business execution by aligning responsibility with authority.
The Sales Planning Office will be abolished and the Strategy Headquarters newly established. The Product Headquarters will be abolished, with the Product Department placed under the Strategy Headquarters and the SCM Department placed under the Administration Headquarters. The Strategy Headquarters will consist of the Sales Planning Department and the reorganized Product Department.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Resolution date | 10 April 2026 |
| Scheduled Appointment Date | Effective 1 May 2026 (Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴)'s resignation as director will be effective 30 April 2026) |
| Date of departure | Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴): effective 30 April 2026; Narita Megumi (成田恵): effective 30 April 2026 |
| Name of appointee | Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴), Yato Shuta (矢頭秀太), Fujinuki Naoyuki (藤貫直之), Moribe Masanobu (守部政伸), Tsukanaka Daichi (務仲大地) |
| Appointee's new position | Executive Officer, Head of the President's Office, Executive Officer, Head of Administration Headquarters, Executive Officer, Head of the Strategy Headquarters, Executive Officer, Head of the Store Business Headquarters, Executive Officer, Head of the EC Business Headquarters |
| Appointee's previous position | Director, Head of the Product Headquarters, Head of the Administration Headquarters, Head of the Sales Planning Office, Representative Director and President, 株式会社ヴィレッジヴァンガード, Director and Head of the EC Business Department, 株式会社ヴィレッジヴァンガード |
| Name of departing officer | Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴), Narita Megumi (成田恵) |
| Former position of departing officer | Director, Head of the Product Headquarters, Executive Officer, General Manager of the Corporate Administration Department |
| New position of departing officer | Executive Officer, Head of the President's Office, General Manager of the Corporate Administration Department |
| Whether the incumbent will remain in office | Kato Yuki (加藤祐貴) will resign as director but is scheduled to become an executive officer. Narita Megumi (成田恵) will resign as executive officer and remain with the company as General Manager of the Corporate Administration Department. |
| Reason for change | The changes are intended to clarify the division of roles between management oversight and business execution, thereby accelerating decision-making and business execution by aligning responsibility with authority. |
| Details of organizational changes | The Sales Planning Office will be abolished and the Strategy Headquarters newly established. The Product Headquarters will be abolished, with the Product Department placed under the Strategy Headquarters and the SCM Department placed under the Administration Headquarters. The Strategy Headquarters will consist of the Sales Planning Department and the reorganized Product Department. |
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The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The changes are intended to clarify the division of roles between management oversight and business execution, thereby accelerating decision-making and business execution by aligning responsibility with authority.