October 2, 2026
EPNextS, Inc.

EPNextS, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Tatsuma Nagaoka; hereinafter “EPNextS”) hereby announces the determination of the officer appointments and management structure at EPNextS and its group companies as follows.
The Board Members of EPS Corporation and EP-DataWeave Co., Ltd. were elected at each company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in September 2026 and assumed office on October 1, 2026. The Audit & Supervisory Board Members of EPS Corporation and EP-DataWeave Co., Ltd., as well as the Board Members and Audit & Supervisory Board Members of the other group companies, are, in principle, scheduled to be formally determined upon their election at each company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in December 2026. The executive officer structures listed below are those effective October 1, 2026. For companies that have not introduced an executive officer system, the Board Members and Audit & Supervisory Board Members are listed.

The EPNextS Group has entered the final year of its medium-term management plan, “Forging a New Future,” and is working to deliver results from the various initiatives undertaken to date while further strengthening its management foundation for the next stage of growth. In conjunction with the business restructuring effective October 1, 2026, the Group has reviewed the officer appointments and management structure of each group company in order to clarify management responsibility at each operating company and to further strengthen collaboration across business and functional areas. By enabling each group company, including the newly launched EP-DataWeave Co., Ltd., to leverage its management resources and specialized functions more effectively, the Group aims to steadily execute its growth strategy, enhance business momentum and management efficiency across the Group as a whole, and achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.

1. EPNextS, Inc.

Name	Position
Tatsuma NAGAOKA	President and Representative Executive Officer
Akira SASA	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Kenichi YAMAMOTO	Managing Executive Officer
Mitsuyoshi NAGATSUMA	Senior Executive Officer
Kenji SAKUMA	Senior Executive Officer
Hisayuki YOKOSE	Senior Executive Officer

Takehisa YAMADA resigned as Senior Managing Executive Officer.
Kanami IKEDA and Takuya KUSABA resigned as Senior Executive Officers.

2. EPS Corporation

Name	Position
Noriyuki TAKAI	Representative Director
Tatsuya KOISHI	Board Member
Takuya MORI (New Appointment)	Board Member
Shinji KAMIYA (New Appointment)	Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Takuya KUSABA and Hideki FUJIHARA resigned as Board Members.
Masami ITO will resign as Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

Name	Position
Noriyuki TAKAI	President and Representative Executive Officer
Tatsuya KOISHI (Position Change)	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Masanobu YOSHIDA (Position Change)	Senior Executive Officer
Rokuya NOCHI	Executive Officer
Risa KAWAJI	Executive Officer
Rumi KAWASAKI	Executive Officer
Sachie NATSUME (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Mayumi YAMAMOTO	Executive Officer
Kiyohito FUJISAWA	Executive Officer
Takuya MORI	Executive Officer

Takuya KUSABA resigned as Executive Vice President and Executive Officer.
Toshiyuki MITANI and Hideki FUJIHARA resigned as Senior Executive Officers.
Hideaki GOTO, Sawako KOBAYASHI, Shuji ITAGAKI, and Yoshihisa INOUE resigned as Executive Officers.

3. EP-DataWeave Co., Ltd. (formerly EP Mediate Co., Ltd.)

Name	Position
Takuya KUSABA (New Appointment)	Representative Director
Yoshihisa INOUE (New Appointment)	Board Member
Hideki FUJIHARA (New Appointment)	Board Member
Shinji KAMIYA (New Appointment)	Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Kenichi YAMAMOTO resigned as Chairman of the Board.
Masanori TANJI resigned as President and Representative Director.
Hideaki GOTO resigned as Senior Vice President and Director.
Koki KAWAKUBO and Eizo GOTO resigned as Board Members (Non-full-time).
Masami ITO will resign as Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
Note:These resignations are associated with the company’s absorption-type merger.

Name	Position
Takuya KUSABA (New Appointment)	President and Representative Executive Officer
Yoshihisa INOUE (New Appointment)	Senior Executive Officer
Hideki FUJIHARA (New Appointment)	Senior Executive Officer
Toshiyuki MITANI (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Hideaki GOTO (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Sawako KOBAYASHI (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Shuji ITAGAKI (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Takashi NAKAGAWA (New Appointment)	Executive Officer

4. EP-Link Co., Ltd.

Name	Position
Hironao NAKAJIMA	Representative Director
Riki OKUBO	Board Member
Yasunori YAMAMOTO	Board Member
Shinji KAMIYA	Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Ayumu MIYAZAKI will resign as Board Member (Non-full-time).

Name	Position
Hironao NAKAJIMA	President and Representative Executive Officer
Riki OKUBO	Senior Executive Officer
Aya KASHIWABA	Senior Executive Officer
Takaomi TAKEUCHI	Executive Officer
Masumi KONNO	Executive Officer
Yasunori YAMAMOTO	Executive Officer

5. EP-PharmaLine Co., Ltd.

Name	Position
Yutaka ISE	Representative Director
Seiji OKUMOTO	Board Member
Takuya KUSABA	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Yuichi YAMAMOTO	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Seita ANDO	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Akiyoshi OGASAWARA	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Satoshi HASHIMOTO	Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Non-full-time)

Name	Position
Yutaka ISE	President and Representative Executive Officer
Seiji OKUMOTO	Senior Executive Officer
Naruyo DOSAKA	Executive Officer
Ritsuko TASHIMA	Executive Officer
Taisuke NAGAYA (New Appointment)	Executive Officer
Yasushi SHIBAYAMA	Executive Officer
Seita ANDO	Executive Officer

Sachiko ISOBEDATE resigned as Executive Officer.

6. EP Yamanashi Co., Ltd.

Name	Position
Shinya KATSUMATA	President and Representative Director
Azusa ONOYAMA (New Appointment)	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Naofumi TAKAYAMA	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Masami ITO	Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Non-full-time)

Hiroaki NAKASHIMA will resign as Board Member (Non-full-time).

7. Total Trial Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

Name	Position
Riki OKUBO (New Appointment)	President and Representative Director
Yoshiyuki UJI (New Appointment)	Board Member
Shinji KAMIYA (New Appointment)	Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hirotada OMI will resign as President and Representative Director.
Hiroki FUKUOKA will resign as Board Member.
Masahisa OYAMA will resign as Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

8. EP PRO Career Co., Ltd.

Name	Position
Shinobu WASHIO	Representative Director
Tomoyasu SHIMOHARA	Board Member
Mitsuyoshi NAGATSUMA	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Hiroshi KUDO	Board Member (Non-full-time)
Shinji KAMIYA	Audit & Supervisory Board Member

[For inquiries regarding this news release]
EPNextS, Inc., Public Relations Department
Email:epn-cco@eps.co.jp