Kanro announces organizational and executive restructuring for 2026

Kanro Co., Ltd. announced a series of organizational changes and executive officer reassignments, decided at a board of directors meeting on November 14, 2025. These changes, primarily effective January 1, 2026, include the abolition of the DX promotion committee, with its functions transferred to the newly renamed digital solutions division (formerly system solutions division). The management efficiency promotion office will be dissolved, with its responsibilities split between the IT promotion department and the corporate planning department. The new business division will also be abolished, integrating the future design business office into the marketing division as the future design business department, and making the Hitotsubu business department a direct reporting entity to the president.

Further executive changes include promotions, with Kazuhiro Ishikawa advancing to representative director, senior managing executive officer, core business division head, and Naoki Sekiguchi promoted to senior managing executive officer, research & technology division head, also overseeing the new gummy line introduction project. Toshihiro Takazawa, who currently serves as executive officer, new business division head, and head of management efficiency promotion, will retire on January 31, 2026.

The restructuring also involves a redesign of the marketing division's leadership, eliminating the brand leader position and reorganizing into a structure comprising four departments and five teams. These adjustments are designed to streamline operations, enhance productivity through data and digital utilization, and foster value creation.