8-K

UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Dateof Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2025

NovaLifeStyle, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

6565E. Washington Blvd., Commerce, CA 90040

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(323)888-9999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Item5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements ofCertain Officers.

On October 10, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Nova LifeStyle, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the increase in the size of the Board from six members to seven members. At the same time, the Board appointed Mr. Yizhou (Steven) Zhao, the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company as a new member to serve on the Board. The new member of the Board was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board created by the increase of the size of the Board.

Mr. Zhao, age 28, has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company since October 7, 2025. Mr. Zhao also has worked as Data Analysis Statistician at Diamond Bar Outdoors Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company since June 2025. Since May 2024, Mr. Zhao has been a self-directed independent investor in U.S. stock market. Mr. Zhao received his Bachelor of Science degree with Major in Statistics, Minor in Economics from Queen’s University in Canada in May 2023 and his Master of Arts in Statistic from Columbia University in February 2023.

Mr. Zhao was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. There are no family relationships between Mr. Zhao and the directors, nor between Mr. Zhao and any executive officer of the Company. Mr. Zhao is not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 14, 2025