Visional Co., Ltd. (Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / President and CEO: Tetsuya Sakai, hereinafter "the Company") has announced the 10 companies that received the "HR OF THE YEAR 2026" award, which recognizes companies that have achieved significant organizational transformation through HR initiatives highly aligned with management strategy, and the 7 companies that received the "HR IMPACT AWARD 2026," which recognizes companies that have achieved business growth by rapidly solving HR challenges with limited resources, selected from among the client companies using the services operated by the Company. The awards ceremony was held at "BizReach Conference 2026," Japan's largest HR learning event where attendees can learn about knowledge and advanced cases related to recruitment and HR, held on July 1 (Wed.) and 2 (Thu.). ■About "HR OF THE YEAR 2026" and "HR IMPACT AWARD 2026" Since its founding in 2009, the Company has been addressing the recruitment and HR challenges of companies throughout Japan through the operation of human resource services, including "BizReach." In the process, we have identified a challenge: while excellent HR initiatives are born in the field at each company, opportunities to share that knowledge across the industry are limited. We believe that visualizing and widely disseminating advanced initiatives will lead to an overall improvement in HR and recruitment capabilities in Japan, and therefore we conduct these awards. Starting this year, we have divided the awards into two categories, refreshing the format to recognize companies from different perspectives based on company size and the nature of their initiatives. "HR OF THE YEAR 2026" selected 10 companies that achieved significant organizational transformation through HR initiatives highly aligned with management strategy, and "HR IMPACT AWARD 2026" selected 7 companies that achieved business growth by rapidly solving HR challenges with limited resources. ■"HR OF THE YEAR 2026" Award-Winning