Apr 2011 Joined Opt Inc. Jan 2012 Head of Social Media Business Division, Opt Inc. Apr 2015 Joined the Company; Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division Nov 2015 Representative Director, Trend Express Inc. (currently NOVARCA Inc.) Apr 2017 Executive Officer, CEO, the Company Apr 2023 Representative Executive Officer, Nonagon Capital LLC (current) Mar 2025 Representative Director, Group CEO, the Company (current)

Apr 1993 Joined McKinsey & Company Sep 1997 Enrolled in Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience, Yale University Jun 2001 Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Yale University Jul 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale School of Medicine Dec 2001 Rejoined McKinsey & Company Sep 2008 Head of COO Office, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LINE Yahoo Corporation) Apr 2012 Executive Officer, Head of Business Strategy Division, Yahoo Japan Corporation Jul 2012 Chief Strategy Officer, Yahoo Japan Corporation Mar 2017 Outside Director, the Company (current) Sep 2018 Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University (current) Apr 2022 Senior Strategist, Z Holdings Corporation (currently LINE Yahoo Corporation) Oct 2023 Senior Strategist, LINE Yahoo Corporation (current)

Oct 1991 Joined NEC Corporation, Central Research Laboratory, AI Researcher May 1999 Joined KPMG Global Solutions K.K. Jul 2007 Managing Executive Officer, Bearing Point K.K. May 2009 Managing Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants Co., Ltd. Jul 2012 Representative Director and President, PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. Jun 2016 Representative Director and Vice President, KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd. Oct 2018 Chairman, Japan Disabled Ski Federation (current) Apr 2019 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University (current) Mar 2020 CEO, Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. Jun 2020 Outside Director, Mikuni Corporation (current) Mar 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2021 Outside Corporate Auditor, C Channel Inc. (current) Aug 2021 Outside Director, TAKARA&COMPANY Inc. (current) Jan 2022 Outside Director, Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. Aug 2022 Representative Director, Maverick Inc. (current) Apr 2023 Outside Director, Movin' Strategic Career Inc. (current)

Sep 1986 Joined Robert Fleming Investment Management Ltd. (UK headquarters) Feb 1988 Seconded to Jardine Fleming Investment Management Ltd. (Hong Kong subsidiary) Feb 1992 Joined Barings Brothers, Tokyo Office Sep 1999 Joined ING Barings Securities Ltd., Tokyo Branch Jun 2002 Joined General Electronics Japan Mar 2004 Joined United Nations World Food Programme, Japan Office Mar 2006 Representative Director and President, Japan Invest Co., Ltd. Mar 2008 Representative Director and President, Barings Investment Management Co., Ltd. Jun 2014 Representative Director, President and CEO, BNP Paribas Asset Management Co., Ltd. Apr 2019 Founded Koosha Inc.; Representative Director (current) Dec 2020 Outside Director, Qualipros Co., Ltd. Mar 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)

Dec 2013 Registered with Tokyo Bar Association; joined Fukasawa Law Office Oct 2016 Principal, Yamaoka Law Office (current) Mar 2019 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)

Apr 1983 Joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently EY ShinNihon LLC) Mar 1986 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Sep 1993 Opened Toyama Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office Apr 1998 Managing Partner, Toko Audit LLC (current) Jun 2011 Auditor, Tokyo Kendo Federation (general incorporated foundation) (current) Jul 2011 Managing Partner, Shinei Tax Corporation (current) Jan 2018 Member of the Examination Committee for Certified Tax Accountants, National Tax Agency Mar 2023 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)

Sep 2008 Registered with Daini Tokyo Bar Association; joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Feb 2017 Seconded to mixi, Inc. Dec 2018 Seconded to Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Dec 2020 Joined Rex Law Office (currently TXL Law Office) Jan 2021 Joined Uzabase, Inc. Aug 2024 Partner, TXL Law Office (current) Mar 2025 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)