(Translation)
May 11, 2020
To whom it may concern:
Company Name: Kyushu Railway Company
Name of Representative: Toshihiko Aoyagi, President and CEOSecurities Code: 9142
Tokyo Stock Exchange (First Section) and Fukuoka Stock Exchange
Inquiries: Public Relations Department
TEL +81-92-474-2541
Notice Regarding Changes in Corporate Officers
Kyushu Railway Company announces that, at a Board of Directors’ meeting held on May 11,2020, it has resolved to propose the following candidates for positions as directors at the 33nd
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2020.
The details of this proposal are as follows.
1. Directors(1) Candidates for reelection as Directors① Director Candidates (excluding directors who are Audit and Supervisory CommitteeMembers)
Koji Karaike
Toshihiko Aoyagi
Ryuji Tanaka
Yoji Furumiya
Toshihiro Mori
Masayoshi Nuki
Izumi Kuwano
Toshihide Ichikawa
Shinji Asatsuma② Candidates for Positions as Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Eiichi Kuga
Masaya Hirokawa
Kazuhide Ide
Yasunori Eto(2) Candidates for new election as Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and SupervisoryCommittee Members)
Hiroyuki Fukunaga (currently Senior Executive Officer)
Kuniko Muramatsu (currently Representative Director of Wellness Systems Institute)(3) Directors who are scheduled to resign
Hayato Maeda (currently Vice President and Executive Officer)
Koji Toshima (currently Director)
Note: As a result of the above changes in officers, the Company will have 11 directors that are not Audit andSupervisory Committee members and 4 directors that are Audit and Supervisory Committee members.

In addition, the proposed candidates for representative directors, which will be approved at themeeting of the Board of Directors to follow the above Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, areas follows.
Individual Proposed as Representative Director and Chairman
Koji Karaike (currently Representative Director and Chairman)
Individual Proposed as Representative Director and President
Toshihiko Aoyagi (currently Representative Director and President)
2. Executive Officers (planned for June 23, 2020)(1) Reelection as Executive Officer
Koji Karaike
Toshihiko Aoyagi
Yoji Furumiya
Toshihiro Mori
Tomiyuki Maekawa
Takuma Matsushita
Yasushi Imahayashi
Koji Higashi
Kimiaki HyodoHisashi Yamane
Keisuke NishikawaMasatoshi Iwasaki
Shinji Sawakame
Wataru Tanaka

Ryuji Tanaka
Hiroyuki Fukunaga
Junya Matsumoto
Hiroyuki Fukuzawa
Yumi Akagi
Michiya Sadakari
Tomonori Uwabu(2) New election as Executive Officer
Hidenori Matsuo (currently General Manager of Shinkansen Operational Management
Department, Railway Operations Headquarters)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (currently General Manager of Operation Control Department, RailwayOperations Headquarters)
Motomichi Miura (currently General Manager of Human Resources Department)(3) Retiring Executive Officers
Hayato Maeda (currently Vice President and Executive Officer)
Kazuhiro Oishi (currently Executive Officer)(4) Changes in Positions
Hiroyuki Fukunaga
Managing Executive Officer (currently Senior Executive Officer)
Note: The appointment of executive officers and assignment of special titles are scheduled to be formally approvedat the meeting of the Board of Directors to follow the 33nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Changes in Corporate Officers at Kyushu Railway Company〇 As of May 28, 2020
Yasushi Imahayashi
Senior Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Business Development Headquarters
General Manager of Development Construction Department(Senior Executive Officer
JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD.
Representative Director and President)〇 As of June 23, 2020
Yoji Furumiya
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters
In charge of Public Relations Department(Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Railway Operations Headquarters
Director General of Northern Kyushu Regional Head Office
In charge of Shanghai Branch Office)Hiroyuki Fukunaga
Director, Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Railway Operations Headquarters
Director General of Northern Kyushu Regional Head Office
In charge of Shanghai Branch Office(Senior Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Railway Operations Headquarters
General Manager of Cruise Train Division
General Manager of Transportation Department)
Kuniko Muramatsu
Director(Wellness Systems InstituteRepresentative Director)
Hidenori Matsuo
Executive Officer
General Manager of Cruise Train Division of Railway Operations Headquarters
General Manager of Transportation Department(General Manager of Shinkansen Operational Management Department of Railway OperationsHeadquarters)
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Executive Officer
General Manager of Kagoshima Regional OfficeActing Manager of Kagoshima Railway Operations Department(General Manager of Operation Control Department of Railway Operations Headquarters)
Motomichi Miura
Executive Officer
General Manager of Human Resources Department(General Manager of Human Resources Department)Hayato MaedaResigning(Vice President and Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters
In charge of Public Relations Department)* Scheduled to become President and Representative Director of JR HAKATA CITY Co., Ltd., as ofJune 24
Koji Toshima
Resigning(Director)
Kazuhiro Oishi
Resigning(Executive Officer
General Manager of Kagoshima Regional OfficeActing Manager of Kagoshima Railway Operations Department)* Scheduled to become President and Representative Director of JR Kyushu Service Support Co.,
Ltd., as of June 24
Note: The above changes in corporate officers with an effective date of June 23, 2020, assume that these changes
will be approved at the 33nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (June 23, 2020), and finalized at thefollowing Board of Directors’ meeting.

〇 Career summaries, etc., for new candidates for director
Candidates for Positions as Directors that Are Not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Hiroyuki Fukunaga (Date of birth: May 10, 1963)
April 1990

Joined Kyushu Railway Company

June 2013

General Manager of Shinkansen Operational Management Department ofRailway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company
General Manager of Cruise Train Division of Railway Operations
Headquarters and General Manager of Transportation Department ofRailway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company
Director, Deputy Director General of Railway Operations Headquarters;
General Manager of Cruise Train Division of Railway OperationsHeadquarters; and General Manager of Transportation Department ofRailway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company
Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Director General of Railway Operations
Headquarters; General Manager of Cruise Train Division of Railway
Operations Headquarters; and General Manager of Transportation
Department of Railway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway
Company (current)

June 2015
June 2016

June 2018(Reason for nomination as candidate)
Mr. Hiroyuki Fukunaga has a wealth of experience and broad expertise. He worked
primarily in transportation departments. He has worked as General Manager ofShinkansen Operational Management Department, General Manager of Cruise Train
Division, and General Manager of Transportation Department. He currently serves asSenior Executive Officer, Deputy Director General of Railway Operations Headquarters
and General Manager of Cruise Train Division. In these positions, he has contributed to theenhancement of the Group's corporate value through the implementation of detailedtransportation measures and the establishment of an efficient transportation systemaligned with demand trends for each train line. The Company has nominated him as acandidate for director in light of his achievements and capabilities, as well as hisoutstanding personality and insight. The Company expects that he will demonstrate hiscapabilities, centered on the enhancement of safety and service and the improvement ofprofitability in railway operations, and will utilize his knowledge in discussions at meetingsof the Board of Directors.

Kuniko Muramatsu (Date of birth: September 1, 1958)
October 1983

Joined Texas Instruments Japan Limited

January 1995

September 2009

General Manager of the Public Relations Department, Texas
Instruments Japan Limited
Head of the corporate ethics office and officer in charge of diversity
promotion, Texas Instruments Japan Limited
Retired, Texas Instruments Japan Limited

October 2009

Chief Researcher, Business Ethics Research Center

January 2010

Representative Director, Wellness Systems Institute (current)

January 2014

Director, Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE)

April 2016

Representative Director, GEWEL (retired March 2019)

June 2016

Outside Director, C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd. (retired June 2019)

June 2016

Outside Director, YOKOWO CO., LTD. (current)

April 2018

Councilor, Japan Professional Football League (current)

April 2018

Senior Researcher, Business Ethics Research Center (current)

June 2019Outside Director, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation(current)

November 2003

(Reason for nomination as candidate)
Ms. Kuniko Muramatsu worked as general manager of the public relations department,
head of the corporate ethics office, and officer in charge of diversity promotion at Texas
Instruments, a foreign-affiliated semiconductor manufacturer. Subsequently, sheestablished a company with the objective of creating foundations for a sustainable society,and she has also worked as an advisor in business ethics enhancement, CSR, and diversity
promotion. In addition, through her activities in such positions as Director, Japan
Professional Football League, she enhanced her knowledge about regional revitalization
and Kyushu. The Company expects her to perform the business management supervisionand checking functions from a perspective that is based on her business experience and her
knowledge and insight related to business ethics, CSR, sustainability, diversity promotion,etc., which she cultivated through her career. In particular, through the strengthening ofrisk management, as well as through the promotion of diversity, leading to the best use ofhuman resources and the activation of organizational units, the Company expects her tocontribute to the promotion of ESG management from a corporate ethics perspective. She isthus nominated as a candidate for outside director of JR Kyushu.