Aug 1988 Joined the Company Feb 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department and General Affairs Department, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Feb 2008 General Manager, Business Strategy Planning Office, the Company Feb 2010 In charge of Group Management Departments; General Manager, Business Strategy Planning Office, the Company Mar 2010 Director, the Company; Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Feb 2011 In charge of Group General Affairs and Management Departments; Secretary General, Medium-Term Management Strategy Committee, the Company Feb 2015 Head of Integrated Management Division, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Mar 2015 Representative Director, President, the Company (current); Overall Group Management (current); Chairman, Medium-Term Management Strategy Committee (current); Chairman, CSR Committee (now CSR and Compliance Committee) (current) Mar 2016 Representative Director, Vice Chairman, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Mar 2016 Representative Director, President, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2016 Chairman, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company Feb 2021 Member, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company (current) [Other Company Positions] Representative Director, President, O-Enon Asset Corporation; Representative Director, President, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.

Apr 1997 Joined the Company Feb 2019 Deputy General Manager, Production Division, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Feb 2024 Executive Officer, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2025 General Manager, Production Division, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2025 Director, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Mar 2025 Director, the Company (current) Mar 2026 Managing Director, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1995 Joined the Company Feb 2017 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Feb 2020 General Manager, Corporate Communications Office, the Company (current) Mar 2025 Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1989 Registered as attorney-at-law (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association); joined Ozaki Law Office Dec 1992 Received Master of Arts in Legal Institutions, University of Wisconsin Law School, USA Jan 1993 Worked at Godfrey & Kahn (Wisconsin, USA) and Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler (New York, USA) Aug 1993 Attorney-at-law, Ozaki Law Office (current) Mar 2015 Director, the Company (current) Dec 2016 Member, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company Apr 2017 Managing Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Vice President, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Feb 2021 Chairman, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company (current)

Apr 1975 Joined Kyodo Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Apr 1980 Part-time Assistant, Tohoku Fukushi University; Part-time Lecturer, Fukushima Gakuin University Mar 1982 Completed Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (Ph.D. in Agriculture) Apr 1982 Assistant, Department of Industrial Welfare, Faculty of Social Welfare, Tohoku Fukushi University Jan 1988 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, USA Apr 1989 Full-time Lecturer, Department of Industrial Welfare, Faculty of Social Welfare, Tohoku Fukushi University Nov 1989 Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University Apr 1996 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University Apr 2001 Professor, Department of Biological Production and Creation Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University Jan 2011 President, Japan Dairy Science Association (JDSA) Aug 2011 Vice President, Asian Federation of Lactic Acid Bacteria Societies (AFSLAB) Apr 2012 Special Assistant to the President (Planning), Tohoku University Sep 2013 President, AFSLAB Mar 2016 Director, the Company (current) Oct 2016 Fellow, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA) (current) Dec 2016 Member, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company (current) Sep 2017 Japan Representative Director, AFSLAB Apr 2018 Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University (current) Jan 2019 Advisor, JDSA (current) Jul 2019 Fellow, AFSLAB (current) Apr 2021 Director, Applied Pharmacology Research Association (current) Jun 2021 Chairman, J-Milk International Committee (current) Jun 2022 Chairman, Japan Committee of the International Dairy Federation (JIDF) (current) Jul 2023 Honorary Member, Japan Society of Lactic Acid Bacteria (JSLAB) (current)

Apr 1982 Joined Market Information Center Co., Ltd. (now QUICK Corporation) Apr 2016 Executive Officer in charge of Legal and Risk Management, QUICK Corporation Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer in charge of Legal and Risk Management, QUICK Corporation Apr 2019 Managing Executive Officer in charge of Legal Affairs, QUICK Corporation Apr 2022 Mediation Commissioner, Tokyo Family Court (current) Mar 2023 Corporate Auditor, the Company Mar 2025 Director, the Company (current); Member, Nomination and Compensation Committee, the Company (current) Jan 2026 Judicial Commissioner, Tokyo Summary Court (current)

Jun 1993 Joined Royal Co., Ltd. (now Royal Holdings Co., Ltd.) Oct 2003 Joined G.H.F. Management Co., Ltd. Nov 2005 Joined Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. Feb 2021 General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Mar 2023 Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)

Apr 1978 Joined Showa Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Mar 1981 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jul 1992 Partner, EY ShinNihon LLC Jul 2008 Senior Partner, EY ShinNihon LLC Jul 2017 Head, Ono Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Mar 2019 Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)

Dec 2008 Registered as attorney-at-law (Tokyo Bar Association); joined Hibiya Station Law Office May 2013 Joined Matsuo Chiyoda Law Office (now Honda, Matsuo & Yoshida Law Office) (current) Jun 2020 Member, Crime Victim Support Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations Apr 2022 Chairperson, Crime Victim Support Committee, Tokyo Bar Association Mar 2023 Secretary, Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, Supreme Court of Japan Mar 2025 Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)