GENDA Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board: Nao Kataoka, Representative Director and President: Mai Shin) announced the new management team of its company following the election and appointment of the Board of Directors at the Annual Shareholders Meeting and the Board Meeting held on April 28, 2023.

In addition, GENDA announced the new management structure of its group company GENDA GiGO Entertainment Inc. effective as of April 24, 2023.

Group Organizational Structure

1. GENDA Inc.

With the appointment of the new Board of Directors and Management team, GENDA aims to further enhance its corporate value by strengthening the governance of the entire group and accelerating and expanding its business development. 

	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board	Nao Kataoka
	Representative Director and President	Mai Shin
	Director	Yuzo Sato
Newly appointed	Director, CFO	Taiju Watanabe
	Independent Outside Director	Yoichi Wada
	Independent Outside Director Attorney	Aya Nomura
	Outside Auditor	Keiichi Ibata
	Outside Auditor Certified Public Accountant	Koji Itagaki
	Outside Auditor Attorney	Yuka Matsubara
	Executive Officer Manager of Corporate Planning Division Certified Public Accountant	Kohei Habara
	Executive Officer Head of IPO Preparatory Office Head of Internal Audit Office	Tomoki Nagae

Profile of the newly appointed Director 

Director, CFO: Taiju Watanabe 
Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce and Management
2011, joined Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) and served as the Wholesale Relationship Manager at the Corporate Banking Division
2015, joined Goldman Sachs & Co. and served as the Vice President in the Advisory Group of the Investment Banking Division, involved in M&A advisory and equity / bond financing transactions, with over 20 deal announcements
June 2021, joined GENDA and August 2021 appointed as Executive Officer, CFO
Current position since April 2023

2. GENDA GiGO Entertainment Inc.

GENDA is pleased to announce that Mr. Satoshi Ueno (former President) will be Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kazuhiro Ninomiya( former Director, General Manager of Product Planning Division) will be Representative Director and President)  effective April 24. Accordingly, Mr. Sohei Sugihara (former Executive Officer, General Manager of Urban / SC Marketing Division ) will be Executive Officer, General Manager of Product Planning Division, Mr. Ryu Mitsuoka (former Executive Officer, General Manager of Regional Marketing Division) will be Executive Officer, General Manager of Urban / SC Western Japan Marketing Division, and Mr, Naohisa Miura (former Executive Officer, Hokkaido Marketing Division) will be Executive Officer, General Manager of Hokkaido and Eastern Japan Marketing Division.

Newly appointed	Director and Chairman of the Board	Satoshi Ueno
Newly appointed	Representative Director and President	Kazuhiro Ninomiya
	Executive DirectorGeneral Manager of Administration Division	Tadashi Kawaguchi
	Director General Manager of Development Division	Nobuo Tamaki
	Auditor	Keiichi Ibata
	Executive Officer CTO General Manager of IT Strategy Planning Division	Daisuke Kajiwara
Newly appointed	Executive Officer General Manager of Product Planning Division	Sohei Sugihara
Newly appointed	Executive Officer General Manager of Urban / SC Western Japan Marketing Division	Ryu Mitsuoka
Newly appointed	Executive Officer, General Manager of Hokkaido / Eastern Japan Marketing Division	Naohisa Miura
	CBO, Chief of Brand Strategy Office	Minoru Kitagawa

*Mr. Nao Kataoka will retire as Director and Chairman of the Board.

Profile of the newly appointed President 

Representative Director and President : Kazuhiro Ninomiya
Graduated from Faculty of Management Information, Tama University
1996,Joined NAMCO CORPORATION, responsible for the operation, promotion and purchasing of amusement facilities in Japan.
2018, Executive Officer, Facility Sales Division Manager, Bandai Namco Amusement with overall responsibility for domestic amusement facility business.
2019, was in charge of overseas business as Executive Officer and Overseas Business Division Manager of the company, and from 2020, served as Managing Director of Namco UK Ltd. and Director of Namco USA Inc.
In April 2021, joined GENDA and became CSO
In August 2021, appointed Current position
Current position from April 2023

Company Profile 

In order to achieve GENDA’s Aspiration of “Make Everyone’s Life More Enjoyable”, it aims to build a global entertainment network and increase the “total volume of fun” prevailing in the world. Currently, GENDA operates approximately 220 stores including amusement arcades under GiGO and SEGA brands. In addition, it engages in amusement machine leasing, online crane games, sales promotion, character licensing, and operations in China, Taiwan, and the US.

GENDA Inc.

Representatives: Representative Director and Chairman of the Board: Nao Kataoka, Representative Director and President: Mai Shin
Address: 17^th floor, Tokyo Shiodome Building 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Date of Establishment: May 2018
URL:  https://genda.jp