[TRANSLATION]
May 16, 2023
To Whom It May Concern:
Name of Company: Central Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative: Shunsuke Niwa,
President and Representative Director(Code: 9022, Prime Market of the TSE and Premier Market of the NSE)
Contact Person: Ataru Kimura
Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone No.: +81-52-564-2549)
Changes to Representative Directors and Officers
Central Japan Railway Company (the “Company”) today resolved the following changes
upon the expiration of the terms of the offices of Directors, Audit and Supervisory Board Membersand Corporate Officers planned to be effective as of June 23, 2023.
The election of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members will be proposed at the36th ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 23, 2023 and Representative
Directors, etc. will be officially determined at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after
such general meeting of shareholders.
Ⅰ.Changes to Representative Directors(1) Expected New Representative Directors
Kentaro Takeda
Hiroshi Suzuki(currently a Senior Corporate Executive Officer:Director General of the Corporate Planning Division)(currently a Senior Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the Conventional Lines Operations
Division and in charge of controlling the Tracks andStructures Section)(2) Resigning Representative Director
Mamoru Tanaka(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative
Director:in charge of the Shinkansen and Conventional Lines
Operations Division and in charge of Transportation Safety
Section)[expected to assume an office at NIPPON SHARYO, LTD.]

Ⅱ. Change in other Officers
1. Change in Directors(1) New Director Candidate
Joseph Schmelzeis(formerly a Senior Advisor to the Ambassador of the U.S. Embassyin Tokyo)
Mr. Joseph Schmelzeis is a candidate for serving as an Outside Director as set forth in Article 2,

Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act.
(2) Resigning Director
Torkel Patterson(currently a Director)

2.Changes to Audit and Supervisory Board Members(1) New Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidate
Makoto Hayashi
Mr. Hayashi is a candidate for serving as an Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member as set
forth in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 8 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act.
(2) Resigning Audit and Supervisory Board Members
Shigeo Kifuji
Kunihiro Nasu

(currently an Audit and Supervisory Board Member)(currently an Audit and Supervisory Board Member)

3. Changes to Corporate Officers(1) New Corporate Officers
Atsushi Kamiya
Takaaki Nagaosa

Atsushi Sakakibara
Takashi Sugiyama(currently a General Manager of the Secretarial Department)(currently a General Manager of the Chuo Shinkansen
Shizuoka Construction Office of the Chuo Shinkansen
Construction Department of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division)(currently a Station Manager of the Nagoya Station of theConventional Lines Operations Division)(currently a General Manager of the Hamamatsu Workshop ofthe Shinkansen Operations Division)(2) Resigning Corporate Officers
Hajime Ikuta

Masaya Sugiura

Kenji Hagihara(currently a Corporate Executive Officer:
Deputy Director General of the Chuo Shinkansen PromotionDivision)[expected to assume the office of the Senior Managing
Director of JR Central Financial Management Co., LTD. on
June 29, 2023](currently a Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the Marketing Division)[expected to assume the office of the President andRepresentative Director of JR Tokai Tours on June 28, 2023](currently a Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of the Business Promotion Division)[expected to assume the office of the Executive Director of JR
TOKAI REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. on June 27, 2023]

* The roles to be shared among Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members from June23, 2023 are as described in Exhibit 1.
* The roles to be assigned to each Corporate Officer from June 23, 2023 are as described inExhibit 2.

Exhibit 1
May 16, 2023
Central Japan Railway Company
Roles Shared among Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members
Effective June 23, 2023 (planned)
Title
Chairman and RepresentativeDirectorNameShin Kaneko

Current Title(Same as to the left)

President and Representative
Director

Shunsuke Niwa

(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director:
Director General of the
Corporate Planning Divisionand in charge of the
Administrative Departments(except for BusinessPromotion Division)

Kentaro Takeda※[Senior Corporate ExecutiveOfficer:
Director General of the
Corporate Planning Division]

Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director:
Director General of theBusiness Promotion Divisionand in charge of speciallyassigned matters

Akihiko Nakamura(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director:
in charge of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division

Mamoru Uno(Same as to the left)

Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director:
in charge of the Shinkansenand Conventional LinesOperations Division and incharge of Transportation
Safety Section

Hiroshi Suzuki※[Senior Corporate ExecutiveOfficer:
Director General of theConventional Lines Operations
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Tracks andStructures Section]

Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director:
in charge of the General
Technology Division, and incharge of Overseas High
Speed Railway ProjectAtsuhito Mori

(Same as to the left)

Counselor and Director

Koei Tsuge(Same as to the left)

Outside Director

Haruo Kasama(Same as to the left)

Outside Director

Taku Oshima(Same as to the left)

Outside Director

Tsuyoshi Nagano(Same as to the left)

Outside Director

Hiroko Kiba

(Same as to the left)

Outside Director

Joseph Schmelzeis※-

Full-time Audit andSupervisory Board Member

Tatsuhiko Yamada(Same as to the left)

Full-time Outside Audit andSupervisory Board Member

Hajime Ishizu(Same as to the left)

Full-time Outside Audit andSupervisory Board Member

Fumio Yamashita(Same as to the left)

Outside Audit and Supervisory Makoto Hayashi※
Board Member-(note) The Directors and the Audit and Supervisory Board Member with asterisks (※) next to theirnames are those who will be newly appointed.

Exhibit 2May 16, 2023
Central Japan Railway Company
Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers
Effective June 23, 2023 (planned)
Title
Senior Corporate Executive

Name
Ataru Kimura ◇Current Title[Corporate Executive Officer:
General Manager of the Public
Relations Department]

Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Construction
SectionTakanori Mizuno(Same as to the left)

Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theMaglev Systems Development
Division of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division

Motoaki Terai(Same as to the left)

Officer:in charge of the Secretarial
Department, the Audit
Department and the Public
Relations Department

Corporate Executive Officer:
Manabu Ishibashi
Deputy Director General of the
Corporate Planning Division
and General Manager of theInvestment Planning
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of theGeneral Technology Divisionand in charge of controlling
the Electrical Engineering
Section(Same as to the left)

Tatsuya Okajima

Corporate Executive Officer:
Hisao Sawada ◇Deputy Director General of theChuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Planning and Promotion
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion[Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of theChuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Planning and Promotion
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion

Division

Division]

Corporate Executive Officer:
Shigeki Miyamoto
Deputy Director General of theMaglev Systems Development
Division of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive Officer:
Kenichi Niimi
Deputy Director General of theChuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Chuo ShinkansenConstruction Department ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive Officer:
Hiroto Takeuchi
Deputy Director General of theChuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Electrical Engineering
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Construction ofDepartment of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive Officer:
General Manager of theAdministration Department
and in charge of the Legal
Affairs Department and theProperty Management
Department

Naoki Hayakawa ◇[Corporate Officer:
in charge of the Secretarial
Department, the Audit
Department and the Property
Management Department]

Corporate Executive Officer:
Masami Nitta
Director General of theConventional Lines Operations
Division[Corporate Executive Officer:
General Manager of theAdministration Department
and in charge of the Legal
Affairs Department]

Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Transportation
SectionAtsushi Tsujimura(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the
Shizuoka Branch Office and incharge of controlling theMasami Owaki[Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the
Shizuoka Branch Office]Tracks and Structures Section
Corporate Executive Officer:
Shunichi Usui ◇Director General of the Kansai
Branch Office and in charge ofcontrolling the Rolling Stock
SectionCorporate Officer:
General Manager of theSecretarial Department

Atsushi Kamiya ※[Corporate Officer:
Director General of the Kansai
Branch Office and in charge ofcontrolling the Rolling Stock
Section][General Manager of theSecretarial Department]

Corporate Officer:
Kenji Fukami
Deputy Director General of the
Corporate Planning Division,
General Manager of theProject Development
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division and General
Manager of the Tokyo Project
Development Department ofthe Corporate PlanningDivision(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Takahide Saito
Deputy Director General of the
Corporate Planning Division
and General Manager of theInformation Systems
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Kei Sakanoue
Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Division
and General Manager of theTechnology Research andDevelopment Department ofthe General TechnologyDivision(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Mitsuhiro Aoki
Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Division
and General Manager of theTechnology Planning
Department of the General
Technology Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Masaru Yosano
Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Divisionand Head of Consulting andCoordination Office –(Same as to the left)

Overseas High Speed Railway
Project of the Technology
Planning Department of theGeneral Technology DivisionCorporate Officer:
Hiroshi Shigeta
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and Deputy Director
General of the Planning andPromotion Department of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Yoichiro Dendou
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Manager
in charge of the Planning andPromotion Department of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Hiroshi Tahata
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Manager
in charge of the Planning andPromotion Department of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Toru Futamura
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Civil Engineering
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Construction
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Dai Koyama
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division, General Manager ofthe Machinery Engineering
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Construction
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Machinery(Same as to the left)SectionCorporate Officer:
Takaaki Nagaosa ※Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division and General Managerof the Chuo Shinkansen
Shizuoka Construction Officeof the Chuo Shinkansen
Construction Department ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division[General Manager of the Chuo
Shinkansen Shizuoka
Construction Office of theChuo Shinkansen Construction
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division]

Corporate Officer:
General Manager of thePersonnel Department

Yuichi Hanahara(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
General Manager of theFinance Department

Kazushi Ide(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Director General of theMarketing Division

Atsushi Sakakibara ※[Station Manager of theNagoya Station of theConventional Lines
Operations Division]

Corporate Officer:
Hirotaka Kawada
Deputy Director General of theBusiness Promotion Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Takeya Tanitsu
Deputy Director General of theBusiness Promotion Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
General Manager of theConstruction Department andGeneral Manager of the
Nagoya Construction
Subdivision of the Chuo
Shinkansen Construction
Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen PromotionDivision(Same as to the left)

Hitoshi Kato

Corporate Officer:
Kazuma Tsukamoto
Deputy Director General of theConstruction Department(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
General Manager of theTransportation SafetyDepartment(Same as to the left)

Yoichi InoueCorporate Officer:
General Manager of theGeneral Education Center

Chika Takeda(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Masafumi Kondo
Deputy Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and General Managerof the Transportation andMarketing Department of theShinkansen Operations
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Akifumi Horaguchi
Deputy Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and General Managerof the Electrical Engineering
Department of the ShinkansenOperations Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
General Manager of theHamamatsu Workshop of theShinkansen Operations
Division[General Manager of theHamamatsu Workshop of theShinkansen Operations
Division]Takashi Sugiyama※(note) The Corporate Officers with diamonds (◇) next to their names are those who will bepromoted to such new positions, and the Corporate Officers with asterisks (※) next to theirnames are those who will be newly appointed.

[Expected New Representative Director]
ResumeKentaro Takeda
Born January 5, 1968
Born
March, 1991
April, 1991
July, 2005
July, 2008
July, 2010
June, 2012
July, 2014
July, 2015
June, 2016
July, 2018
June, 2019
June, 2021June, 2022

Nara Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo
Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
Manager of the Nagoya Secretarial Section of the Secretarial
Department of CJRManager of the Personnel Section of the Supervision Departmentof the Conventional Lines Operations Division of CJRManager in charge of the Investment Planning Department of theCorporate Planning Division of CJRManager of the Administration Section of the Administration
Department of CJR
Deputy General Manager of the Administration Department of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Management Supervision
Department of the Corporate Planning Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Management Supervision Department ofthe Corporate Planning Division of CJR
Deputy Director General of the Corporate Planning Division andGeneral Manager of the Management Supervision Department ofthe Corporate Planning Division of CJRCorporate Officer, General Manager of the Public Relations
Department of CJRCorporate Executive Officer, General Manager of the Public
Relations Department of CJR
Senior Corporate Executive Officer, Director General of theCorporate Planning Division of CJR (current position)

Number of shares held: 1,194 shares

[Expected New Representative Director]
ResumeHiroshi Suzuki
Born February 24, 1961
BornMarch, 1985
April, 1985April, 1987
July, 1999
July, 2000
July, 2002
July, 2004
July, 2006
July, 2008
July, 2010
June, 2012
June, 2016
June, 2018
June, 2020
June, 2022

Aichi Prefecture
Completed the Graduate School of Engineering of Kanazawa
University
Joined Japanese National Railways
Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
General Manager of Odawara Tracks Maintenance Depot of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJRManager of the Tracks and Structures Section of the Engineering
Department of the Kansai Branch Office of CJRManager in charge of the Administration Section of theSupervision Department of the Conventional Lines Operations
Division of CJRManager of the Supervision Section of the Engineering Departmentof the Conventional Lines Operations Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Management Supervision Department ofThe Japan Mechanised Works and Maintenance of Way Co. LTD
General Manager of Nagoya Tracks and Structures Maintenance
Office of the Shinkansen Operations Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Technology Planning
Department of the General Technology Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Engineering Department of theConventional Lines Operations Division of CJRCorporate Officer, Director General of the Shizuoka Branch Officeof CJR
Director and Corporate Officer, Director General of theConventional Lines Operations Division
Director and Corporate Executive Officer, Director General of theConventional Lines Operations Division
Senior Corporate Executive Officer, Director General of theConventional Lines Operations Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Tracks and Structures Section (current position)

Number of shares held: 2,116 shares

[Candidate for New Director]
ResumeJoseph Schmelzeis
Born November 2, 1962
Born
July, 1984
July, 1988
April, 1998
December, 1999
November, 2001
June, 2011
June, 2015
February, 2018
March, 2021
June, 2022

United States
Joined Bain & Company
Vice President of American Express International
Chief Operating Officer of Fontworks International
Interim CEO of Crimson Ventures
Representative Director of JPS International, Inc. (current position)
Corporate Director and Division Manager of SEGA Corporation
Senior Advisor of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
Senior Advisor to the Ambassador of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
Executive Manager of Cedarfield Godo Kaisha (current position)
Director of DENSO CORPORATION (current position)

Number of shares held: 0 shares

[Candidate for New Audit and Supervisory Board Member]
ResumeMakoto Hayashi
Born July 30, 1957
Born
March, 1981
April, 1983
April, 2012
July, 2013
January, 2014
January, 2018
May, 2020
July, 2020
August, 2022

Aichi Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo
Public Prosecutor of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeDirector-General of General Affairs Department of Supreme Public
Prosecutors Office
Chief Prosecutor of Sendai District Public Prosecutors OfficeDirector-General of the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry ofJustice
Superintending Prosecutor of Nagoya High Public Prosecutors
OfficeSuperintending Prosecutor of Tokyo High Public Prosecutors
OfficeProsecutor-General
Registered as an attorney-at-law (current position)

Number of shares held: 0 shares

[New Corporate Officer]
ResumeAtsushi Kamiya
Born December 13, 1969
BornMarch, 1993
April, 1993
July, 2007
July, 2009July, 2011
July, 2013
July, 2015
July, 2017
July, 2018
July, 2019
June, 2022

Aichi Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Nagoya Univercity
Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
Manager of the Supervision Section of the Mie Regional Office ofCJR
Manager in charge of the Personnel Section of the Personnel
Department of CJRManager of the Personnel Section of the Supervision Departmentof the Shizuoka Branch Office of CJRManager of the Stock Section of the Administration Department ofCJR
Manager of the Administration Section of the Administration
Department of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Management Supervision
Department of the Corporate Planning Division of CJR
Deputy Director General of the Management Supervision
Department of the Corporate Planning Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Supervision Department of theConventional Lines Operations Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Secretarial Department of CJR (currentposition)

[New Corporate Officer]
ResumeTakaaki Nagaosa
Born January 30, 1967
Born
March, 1989
April, 1989
July, 2007
July, 2009
March, 2013
July, 2013
July, 2016
June, 2020

Tokyo
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University ofTokyo
Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
Manager in charge of the Project Development Department of theCorporate Plannnig Division of CJRManager in charge of the Magrev Systems Development Divisionof the Tokaido Shinkansen 21st Century Division of CJRManager in charge of the Environmental Preservation Management
Department of the Chuo Shinkansen Construction Department ofthe Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Environmental Preservation
Management Department of the Chuo Shinkansen Construction
Department of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Civil Engineering Department ofthe Chuo Shinkansen Construction Department of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion Division
General Manager of the Chuo Shinkansen Shizuoka Construction
Office of the Chuo Shinkansen Construction Department of theChuo Shinkansen Promotion Division (current position)

[New Corporate Officer]
ResumeAtsushi Sakakibara
Born November 3, 1967
Born
March, 1991
April, 1991
July, 2006
July, 2008
July, 2012
July, 2014
July, 2018
July, 2019
June, 2021

Aichi Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Keio University
Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
Manager of the Marketing Section of the Transportation andMarketing Department of the Shizuoka Branch Office of CJRManager in charge of the Management Supervision Department ofthe Corporate Planning Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Management Supervision
Department of the Corporate Planning Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Marketing Division of CJR
Deputy Director General of the Marketing Division of CJR
Deputy Director General of the Marketing Division of CJR
Station Manager of the Nagoya Station of the Conventional Lines
Operations Division of CJR (current position)

[New Corporate Officer]
ResumeTakashi Sugiyama
Born February 23, 1968
Born
March, 1992
April, 1992
July, 2007
July, 2010
July, 2013
July, 2018
June, 2020
June, 2022

Gifu Prefecture
Completed the Graduated School of Engineering of TokyoUniversity ScienceJoined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)
Manager in charge of the Technology Planning Department of theGeneral Technology Division of CJRManager of the Supervision Section of the Rolling Stock
Department of the Conventional Lines Operations Division of CJRGeneral Manager in charge of the Corporate Planning Departmentof NIPPON SHARYO, LTD.
General Manager in charge of the Technology Planning
Department of the General Technology Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Rolling Stock Department of theConventional Lines Operations Division of CJRGeneral Manager of the Hamamatsu Workshop of the ShinkansenOperations Division (current position)