Mar 1984 Joined Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin Co., Ltd. Dec 1989 Joined Naibu Jigyosha Co., Ltd. Feb 1991 Founded the Company; assumed office as Representative Director Jul 2022 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of the Company (current) Jul 2022 President, HIT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (current)

Apr 1988 Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) Nov 1991 Joined Mex Inc. May 1993 Assumed office as Director of the same company Jun 1997 Assumed office as President of the same company May 1998 Founded Brain Trust Inc.; assumed office as President Sep 2007 Joined Komatsu Light Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (now Bones Co., Ltd.); assumed office as President Jun 2011 Assumed office as Chairman of the same company Oct 2016 Joined the Company; assumed office as Senior Managing Director Jul 2022 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of the Company (current)

Apr 1983 Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) Apr 1999 Joined Olympic Inc. (now Olympic Group Corporation) Apr 2005 Joined Value Creation Inc. Dec 2006 Joined H.S. Securities Co., Ltd. (now J Trust Global Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 2015 Assumed office as Outside Director of Aqualink Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Assumed office as Representative Director of Four Sinx Inc. (current) Jun 2015 Assumed office as Full-time Corporate Auditor of DM Solutions Co., Ltd. Jul 2017 Assumed office as Outside Director of the Company Sep 2021 Joined the Company; assumed office as Managing Director and Head of Sales Division (current)

Apr 1989 Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) Oct 2009 Joined Tia Co., Ltd. Mar 2011 Sole proprietor (operating an Aflac insurance agency) Feb 2017 Joined the Company Jul 2017 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

Apr 1988 Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) Jul 2005 Joined Integrex Inc. Jan 2008 Joined H.S. Securities Co., Ltd. (now J Trust Global Securities Co., Ltd.) Jan 2018 Joined the Company Jul 2018 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

Apr 1999 Joined Titus Communications Co., Ltd. (now JCOM Co., Ltd.) Jan 2003 Joined Brain Trust Inc. Nov 2005 Assumed office as Director of the same company Jan 2008 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of Kentsu Engineering Co., Ltd. (now Kentsu Co., Ltd.) Jun 2018 Joined the Company Jul 2018 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current) Apr 2021 Assumed office as President, HIT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Jul 2022 Assumed office as Director, HIT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (current)

Apr 1976 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) Sep 1999 Seconded to New Otani Co., Ltd. (now New Otani Inc.) Jun 2000 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Management Planning Office of the same company Apr 2001 Transferred to New Otani Co., Ltd. (now New Otani Inc.) Jun 2008 Assumed office as Representative Director and General Manager, Management Planning Office of the same company Jun 2008 Joined Otani Industries Co., Ltd.; assumed office as Director Jun 2012 Assumed office as Full-time Corporate Auditor of New Otani Inc. Jun 2012 Assumed office as Vice Chairman of Otani Industries Co., Ltd. Jul 2014 Assumed office as Outside Director of the Company (current) Feb 2016 Assumed office as Outside Director of Iwaki Co., Ltd. (now Astena Holdings Co., Ltd.) Jul 2017 Assumed office as Director of Miyake Architectural Design Office Co., Ltd. Feb 2018 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of Megacalcion Co., Ltd. Oct 2020 Assumed office as Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the same company Feb 2024 Assumed office as Director of Astena Holdings Co., Ltd.

Apr 1983 Joined Dentsu Inc. Apr 2011 Seconded to Dentsu Sports Partners Co., Ltd. (now Sports Edge Co., Ltd.); assumed office as Representative Director, President Apr 2015 Assigned to Dentsu Inc., Sports Business Bureau Apr 2018 Seconded to Dentsu Sports Partners Co., Ltd. (now Sports Edge Co., Ltd.); assumed office as Representative Director, President May 2020 Transferred to Dentsu Sports Partners Co., Ltd. (now Sports Edge Co., Ltd.); assumed office as Representative Director, President Sep 2025 Assumed office as Outside Director of the Company (current)

Sep 1984 Joined Ota Tetsuzo Certified Public Accountant Office (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Mar 1988 Registered as Certified Public Accountant May 1999 Partner, Ota Showa & Co. (now EY ShinNihon LLC) May 2005 Representative Partner (Senior Partner), ShinNihon & Co. (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 2018 Opened Hoshino Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Aug 2018 Assumed office as Part-time Corporate Auditor of Nihon Enterprise Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2020 Assumed office as Full-time Corporate Auditor of the Company (current) Jul 2023 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of Ishiguro Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2023 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of Ishiguro Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1971 Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.), Shibuya Branch Feb 1994 Assumed office as General Manager, Osaka Underwriting Department of the same company Feb 1998 Assumed office as General Manager, Chugoku-Kyushu Corporate Department of the same company Dec 1998 Assumed office as General Manager, Nagoya Corporate Department of the same company Mar 2000 Assumed office as Deputy General Manager, Corporate Division of the same company Apr 2003 Assumed office as Full-time Corporate Auditor of Nikko Facilities Co., Ltd. (now Nikko Kigyo Co., Ltd.) and Corporate Auditor of Nikko Properties Co., Ltd. (now SMBC Re Solutions Co., Ltd.) Sep 2017 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)

Apr 1985 Joined Takara Printing Co., Ltd. Apr 1999 Head, Yokohama Office, Domestic Sales Department of the same company Sep 2001 Manager, Public Offering Development Section, Public Offering Development Department of the same company Jul 2010 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Growth Support Department and Manager, Administration Section of the same company Sep 2020 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)