Former Nitori Holdings HR Head Hiroyuki Nagashima Appointed Product Advisor for "Conversational Reference Check Reveal"

Empower Inc. (Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director CEO & CHRO: Kazuki Okamura) announced that Hiroyuki Nagashima, former HR head of Nitori Holdings and representative employee of ToyToy LLC, has been appointed as a product advisor for its "Conversational Reference Check Reveal" as of April 1st. ### Background of Appointment Recruitment decisions still heavily rely on "impressions during interviews" and "limited information." As a result, it is not uncommon for discrepancies to arise between expectations and actual performance after joining the company. Unlike traditional, formal reference checks, Reveal aims to structurally reduce recruitment uncertainty by deeply exploring candidates' behavioral characteristics and reproducibility through professional dialogue. With a strong empathy for this philosophy and practical value, coupled with Mr. Nagashima's extensive experience in recruitment and organizational transformation, he has joined as a product advisor to contribute to the product's evolution. ### Comment from Mr. Hiroyuki Nagashima on His Appointment Human resources is not merely a system but "the design of relationships" and a "management tool" for business growth. Especially in recruiting leaders, interviews and questionnaires alone cannot uncover a candidate's "sense of ownership" or real-world behavior. Reveal, through professional dialogue, extracts "reproducibility of behavior" from the nuances of voice, enabling a "baton pass of trust" for post-hire success. I am confident that this conversational reference check will liberate companies from intuitive hiring practices and lead decision-making to "conviction," and thus I have accepted the position of advisor. Together, we will create a new standard for recruitment. Mr. Hiroyuki Nagashima's Profile After experience in business and marketing at Sony, he served as store operations, recruitment manager, and organizational development manager at Nitori Holdings. He led recruitment for approximately 500 people annually and established talent management foundations, implementing the "connection between business and HR." Subsequently, he oversaw human resource strategy as Executive Officer CHRO at Renova Inc. Currently, as the representative of ToyToy LLC, he provides comprehensive support for corporate management, focusing on human capital management and organizational transformation, from system design to behavioral change.