PERSONNEL STRATEGY

Fostering a Growth Environment
by Establishing and Strengthening
the Personnel Base That Supports
the Group’s Growth

Koji Tsuyuki

Managing Director
Bandai Namco Business Arc Inc.

Koji Hamano

General Manager
Human Resources Department
Group Administrative Headquarters
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

Miyuki Ando

Deputy General Manager
Human Resources Department
Bandai Namco Business Arc Inc.

Making Organizational Changes to Strengthen the Group’s Personnel Strategy

In April 2025, the Group carried out structural changes to enhance its corporate functions. Since the beginning, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.’s Group Administrative Headquarters and Bandai Namco Business Arc Inc. have worked together to enhance the Group’s corporate functions, but we have since further defined their roles. The Group Administrative Headquarters is responsible for implementing Groupwide initiatives based on a deep understanding of each business and region, while Bandai Namco Business Arc mainly handles corporate functions for each Japanese business company and thereby contributes to business expansion. Furthermore, we have established a management structure in which Bandai Namco Holdings’ Director Noriko Fujita serves as both the division general manager of the Group Administrative Headquarters and the president and representative director of Bandai Namco Business Arc. This structure will bring the two organizations closer together in their collaborative efforts to enhance Groupwide corporate functions.
In the implementation of the Groupwide personnel strategy, each business company is responsible for the training and retention of specialized personnel in alignment with their respective business strategies. Meanwhile, as a horizontal axis aligned with the Group’s business strategy, the Group Administrative Headquarters formulates and implements a shared human resource policy across the Group, facilitates personnel exchanges among companies, and trains talent by grade. The Group Administrative Headquarters implements initiatives that give constant, careful consideration to the coordination of such vertical and horizontal approaches.

Adopting the Core Mission of the Current Mid-term Plan

The basic policy of the Group’s personnel strategy remains unchanged: to establish a growth environment based on our Purpose that fosters the smiles and growth of every employee. It became clear during the period of the previous Mid-term Plan that, as the Group continues to expand in scale through business growth, it is essential to strengthen the corporate departments’ personnel base that supports the Group’s businesses. With the management of Bandai Namco Holdings also cognizant of this necessity, we have adopted the development of corporate personnel and the strengthening of collaboration with regional management companies to expand global operations as the core mission of the current Mid-term Plan.
From the perspective of human resource management, the Global Human Resources Database has enabled a comprehensive view of personnel surpluses and shortages as well as distribution biases across the Group. We will fully leverage this database to establish a consistent and strategic framework for personnel development and deployment. Certain Group companies, particularly those overseas, are experiencing personnel shortages centered on management positions. To that end, in addition to utilizing the database, we will cooperate with overseas regional management companies to gain a comprehensive understanding of the situation. Furthermore, as the core of the corporate departments, the Group Administrative Headquarters and Bandai Namco Business Arc will strive to enhance the effectiveness of personnel hiring and development throughout the Group.

Establishing Standardized Systems in the Group

The Group consists of approximately 110 companies, each with differences in their employee benefit and other systems. As personnel transfers within the Group increase, we are working to resolve issues so that these transfers can be executed more smoothly and that employees can focus on their work after transferring. Most recently, in April 2025, we revised the retirement benefit system for 28 Japanese Group companies, which consisted of approximately 7,000 employees. Revisions included the standardization of a corporate-type defined contribution pension plan and the continuation of employer contributions during childcare and caregiver leave.
Through these revisions, we are establishing an environment in which employees can continue working with peace of mind. We have only begun our efforts, and moving forward, we plan to gradually expand the scope of our initiatives to include Group companies that have not yet established retirement benefit systems. We will standardize systems that should be shared across the Group while utilizing Group company-specific systems that have proven effective, thereby establishing an environment in which employees can take on challenges with peace of mind.

Maintaining a High Level of Employee Engagement

We have been conducting the Group Engagement Survey for all employees worldwide since FY2023.3 and maintained high scores in FY2025.3, as seen below. We will continue to be particularly conscious of the score for the engagement item "I am happy to work at my company.”
One of the issues we faced in FY2024.3 was the working environment’s conduciveness to childcare leave utilization by male employees in Japan. We have achieved substantial improvement in this area, as reflected in the increase in the childcare leave utilization rate for men (see graph below). When recalculated to include short-term leave for objective related to childcare, the childcare leave utilization rate for men in FY2025.3 rises to 84.4%. We believe that our meticulous awareness-raising activities, in which we disseminate information via e-learning, seminars, and other platforms, have borne fruit and contributed to the improved utilization rate figures. There remain some issues, however, such as variations in results among individual companies, and we recognize the need to make overall improvements that take Group company characteristics into consideration. We view this survey as a valuable tool to understand Group employee engagement and visualize organizational issues and will continue to conduct the survey and utilize it to foster a growth environment.

Striving to Establish a Groupwide Environment That Supports the Mid-term Plan

Entertainment is a rapidly changing industry, and personnel and management strategies must be promoted in unity. The organizational changes in April 2025 are part of our efforts to swiftly respond to change, and we will do our utmost to secure and develop personnel who will drive the Group’s growth.
We are a corporate group centered on the concept of “same spirit, diverse talents,” where diverse personnel with different talents, personalities, and values can grow and thrive. Under our Purpose of “Fun for All into the Future,” we will continue to focus on hiring and promoting personnel regardless of new-graduate or mid-career status, gender, age, nationality, race, religion, or sexual orientation in order to create a growth environment that allows diverse personnel to succeed at work.

Messages from the personnel in charge

Tsuyuki

I will strive to establish an environment that continuously brings joy to employees while supporting their growth so that everyone feels happy to work at the Group. I will also strive to be a one-of-a-kind presence in the Group.

Hamano

Fostering a growth environment is at the forefront in my mind. To that end, I will demonstrate to the Group easy-to-understand methods for establishing an environment and a foundation that allows all Group companies, both in Japan and overseas, to focus on their businesses.

Ando

By standardizing systems that should be shared across the Group, I aim to create an environment in which Group employees can work with peace of mind.

What Purpose Means to Me

TsuyukiI believe our Purpose encapsulates the spirit of striving for co-creation with our stakeholders, always with a smile. Going forward, we will continue to deliver excitement and joy, together with an even greater number of partners.

Hamano“Connecting people and societies.” This element of our Purpose can be shared Groupwide to raise awareness. Our Purpose is a constant guiding principle for us, and we strive to consciously reflect it in everything we do.

AndoBeing able to work with a smile, in good mental and physical health, is very important. I am truly fond of our Purpose because it provides all employees with a shared inspiration, allowing us to move forward with a bright outlook.