At its 53rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held today on December 24, and at extraordinary meetings of the Board of Directors and Board of Corporate Auditors held after the General Meeting of Shareholders, Mynavi Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku Tokyo) appointed Yoshiaki Tsuchiya as Representative Director, Chairman and Executive Officer, and appointed Shunsuke Awai as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer. At the same time, the decision was taken to implement a new management structure, as described below.

 

The changes to its management structure will allow Mynavi Corporation to respond rapidly to constantly changing market environments, rejuvenate its management team, and increase the speed of decision-making, thereby further enhancing the corporate value of the entire group.

 

While deeply appreciating your kind thoughts and intentions, Mynavi Corporation respectfully declines all congratulatory telegrams and flowers in relation to the above appointments.

 

■ New Management Structure

Name

New position

Former position

Yoshiaki Tsuchiya

Representative Director, Chairman and Executive Officer

Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

Shunsuke Awai

Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Kiichiro Shibusawa

Director, Vice President and Executive Officer

Senior Executive Managing Officer

Tomomi Yamamoto

Director and Managing Executive Officer

Director and Managing Executive Officer

Masayuki Kosaku

Senior Executive Officer

* New appointment: Executive Officer

Hiroshi Sakamoto

Senior Executive Officer

* New appointment: Executive Officer

Hideki Hiraki

Outside Director

Outside Director

Miho Etou

Outside Director

Outside Director

Masaki Yoshida

Outside Director

Outside Director

Yoshihisa Yamada

Outside Director

Outside Director

Kazushi Mochizuki

Standing Corporate Auditor

Standing Corporate Auditor

Asuka Nakamura

Corporate Auditor

Corporate Auditor

Yuko Furumoto

Corporate Auditor

Corporate Auditor

Taku Fukui

Corporate Auditor

Corporate Auditor

 

■ Career Background of New Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Shunsuke Awai

 

Born in 1981 (age 44)

2003: Joined Mainichi Communications Inc. (currently named Mynavi Corporation)

Shunsuke Awai worked in the new graduate domain for the Job Listings Division at the Osaka Office. In 2011, he was transferred to the Job Listings Division at the Tokyo headquarters, and worked in planning and strategy for the Business Promotion Division. In 2017, he became manager at a sales department, with responsibility for large companies.

2020: Representative Director, President of VEGALTA SPORTS CLUB, K.K.

(currently named Mynavi Football Club Corporation)

2022: Executive Officer, General Manager of the President’s Office

2024: Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of the Human Resources Division

2025: Director and Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Resources Planning Division

December 24, 2025: Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

 

 

■ Comments from New Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Shunsuke Awai

Mynavi Corporation has set out a vision for 2030 of becoming a “social innovator that co-creates the future through people and technology and continues to support people as they build their careers.” Under our new management structure, we will make every effort to achieve further growth by combining the power of youth with wide-ranging knowledge to build a business capable of withstanding change.