Apr 1981 Joined Ariake Food Chemical Co., Ltd. Apr 1998 Manager, Quality Control Department, Kyushu Plant of the Company Mar 1999 Manager, Manufacturing Department, Kyushu Plant of the Company Jun 1999 Director, Manager, Manufacturing Department, Kyushu Plant of the Company Jun 2001 Director, Manager, Manufacturing Department No. 2 Plant of the Company May 2006 Director, Manager, Technology Development Department of the Company Jun 2015 Managing Director, Manager, Technology Development Department of the Company Oct 2015 Managing Director, General Manager, Manufacturing Headquarters of the Company Apr 2021 Representative Director, President of the Company (current) Oct 2023 President and Director, PT. Ariake Europe Indonesia (current) Chairman, Taiwan Ariake Food Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2023 President and Representative Director, Ariake U.S.A., Inc. (current)

Apr 1980 Joined ITOCHU Corporation, assigned to Machinery Team, China Office Apr 2008 General Manager, Food Distribution Department, ITOCHU Corporation Apr 2011 Head of Food Distribution Division, ITOCHU Corporation Apr 2012 Executive Officer, Head of Food Distribution Division, ITOCHU Corporation Apr 2013 Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Food Company, and Head of Food Distribution Division, ITOCHU Corporation Apr 2014 Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Food Company, and General Manager, China Business Promotion Department, ITOCHU Corporation Apr 2015 Seconded to Nippon Access, Inc. as Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Eastern Japan Sales Division Jun 2015 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Eastern Japan Sales Division, and General Manager, Kanto Area, Nippon Access, Inc. Apr 2017 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Eastern Japan Sales Division, Nippon Access, Inc. Apr 2021 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Division, Nippon Access, Inc. Jun 2023 Joined the Company; Senior Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Headquarters of the Company (current)

Feb 1979 Joined Ariake Food Chemical Co., Ltd. Apr 2001 General Manager, Accounting Department of the Company Jun 2007 Director, General Manager, Accounting Department, and Head of Management Office of the Company Jun 2013 Director, General Manager, Accounting Department of the Company Jan 2014 Auditor, Qingdao Ariake Food Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2014 Director, General Manager, Accounting Department, and Head of Management Office of the Company (current) Apr 2015 Auditor, Taiwan Ariake Food Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2016 Auditor, PT. Ariake Europe Indonesia (current) Nov 2021 Auditor, Rizhao Ariake Food Co., Ltd.

Feb 1998 Joined Ariake Food Chemical Sales Co., Ltd. Apr 2001 Joined the Company upon merger and dissolution of Ariake Food Chemical Sales Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Tokyo Sales Department No. 2 Jul 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager, Tokyo Sales Department No. 2 of the Company Jun 2015 Executive Officer, Head of Osaka Branch of the Company Sep 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs Department of the Company Apr 2018 Director, General Manager, General Affairs Department of the Company Jun 2018 Director, General Manager, Sales Coordination Department of the Company (current)

Apr 1983 Joined Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Nitto Denko Corporation), Overseas Sales Headquarters Aug 1986 Product Manager, Nitto Denko America, Inc., New York May 1991 Semiconductor Business Division, Nitto Denko Corporation Apr 1996 Joined Senshoku Keizai Shimbunsha Co., Ltd. as Manager, in charge of new business development Aug 1999 Joined Sanwa Research Institute Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.) as Senior Consultant Jul 2015 Principal, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd. Jul 2019 Established Sasaki Business & Lifestyle Consulting Co., Ltd., Principal (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director of the Company (current) Mar 2026 Chair, Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company (current)

Oct 2000 Joined Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation (Misuzu Audit Corporation) Passed the third-stage Japanese Certified Public Accountant examination Apr 2004 Joined Kumamoto Audit Corporation Jul 2007 Established Hoshino Certified Public Accountant Office; Head of Office (current) Jul 2007 Internal Control Consultant to the Company (current) Jul 2008 Partner, Kumamoto Audit Corporation Jul 2010 Kumamoto Audit Corporation Jul 2020 Managing Partner, Kumamoto Audit Corporation (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Chair) of the Company (current)

Apr 1980 Joined Kao Soap Co., Ltd. (now Kao Corporation) Mar 2003 General Manager, Information Technology Group, Kao Corporation Oct 2010 General Manager, Strategic Planning Department, Kao Corporation Dec 2013 Head of Information Systems Division, Kao Corporation Mar 2015 Executive Officer, Kao Corporation Dec 2017 Left Kao Corporation Apr 2018 Advisor, TOPPAN Forms Co., Ltd. (now TOPPAN Edge Inc.), Digital Business Division (now Information Systems Division) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Nifco Inc. Jun 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)

Apr 1988 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jul 2014 General Manager, Shanghai Ajinomoto Food Research & Development Center Co., Ltd. Jul 2020 General Manager, Sustainability Promotion Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Apr 2023 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sustainability Promotion Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Apr 2024 Group Executive Specialist (Sustainability), Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Mar 2025 Left Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (current)