Former Nitori Holdings HR Head Hiroyuki Nagashima Appointed Product Advisor for "Dialogue-based 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 Partner of Toy Toy LLC, has been appointed as a product advisor for "Dialogue-based Reference Check Reveal" as of April 1st.

### Background of Appointment Decision-making in recruitment still heavily relies on "impressions during interviews" and "limited information." As a result, it is not uncommon for gaps to arise between expectations and actual performance after joining the company.

Unlike conventional, formal reference checks, Reveal aims to structurally reduce recruitment uncertainty by deeply exploring candidates' behavioral characteristics and reproducibility through professional dialogue.

In addition to strong empathy for this philosophy and practical value, Mr. Nagashima has joined as a product advisor to leverage his extensive experience in recruitment and organizational transformation for product evolution.

### Comment from Hiroyuki Nagashima on his Appointment HR is not merely a system but a "design of relationships" and a "management mechanism" for business growth.

Especially in recruiting leaders, interviews and questionnaires alone cannot fully reveal a candidate's "sense of ownership" or their realistic behavior in the field.

Reveal, through professional dialogue, extracts "behavioral reproducibility" from the tone of voice, achieving a "baton pass of trust" for post-hire success. I am confident that this dialogue-based reference check will enable companies to move away from intuitive hiring and lead decision-making to "conviction," and thus I have accepted the advisory role.

Together, we will create a new standard for recruitment.

### Hiroyuki Nagashima's Career After business and marketing experience at Sony, he served as Head of Store Operations, Head of Recruitment, and Head of Organizational Development at Nitori Holdings. He led recruitment for approximately 500 people annually and built a talent management foundation, implementing "the connection between business and HR." Subsequently, he served as Executive Officer CHRO at Renova Inc., overseeing human resource strategy. Currently, as Representative of Toy Toy LLC, he supports corporate management with accompanying assistance, focusing on human capital management and organizational transformation, from system design to behavioral change. He is also a Visiting Researcher at Chuo University Institute of Business Research. Based on the philosophy that "HR is not a system but a 'design of relationships'," he has been involved in numerous corporate transformations.

### Message from Kazuki Okamura, Representative Director of Empower Inc. We are greatly encouraged to welcome Mr. Hiroyuki Nagashima as a product advisor.

Mr. Nagashima is a practitioner who has been responsible for decision-making at the forefront of recruitment and organization in operating companies, and we feel that his perspective, backed by that experience, has an extremely high affinity with Reveal's philosophy.

Even with advancements in AI utilization in talent acquisition, the structure of "having to make decisions with limited information" has not significantly changed. As a result, it is a reality that gaps often arise between expectations and actual performance after joining the company.

Reveal is a product that supports confident decision-making, not just a vague "seems good," but a definitive "this is why we hire this person," by delving into candidates' behavioral characteristics and reproducibility through dialogue. We believe that by incorporating Mr. Nagashima's expertise into the product, its value will be further refined. Through this initiative, we will update the standard of recruitment itself.

### About "Reveal," the Dialogue-based Reference Check Service Reveal is a "dialogue-based reference check service" that approaches the essence of candidates through professional dialogue.

Unlike conventional web-based questionnaire formats, Reveal carefully extracts hard-to-quantify information such as "tone of voice," "choice of words," and "context" through interviews with respondents, gaining a multifaceted understanding of candidates' behavioral characteristics and reproducibility.

This reduces uncertainty in hiring decisions and supports decision-making with an eye toward post-hire success. It serves as a new infrastructure that brings "conviction" to recruitment, going beyond mere confirmation, and supports corporate talent strategies.

**'Reveal' Service Website**

・Official Website https://omamorijinji.lp-empowerinc.jp

・Operating Company: Empower Inc. https://empowerinc.jp/