Apr 1983 Joined the Company Aug 2010 General Manager, Retail Solutions East Japan Division, the Company Jul 2011 General Manager, Retail Solutions Headquarters, the Company Jun 2016 Director, Deputy General Manager of Sales Headquarters and General Manager of Retail Solutions Headquarters, the Company Apr 2017 – Jun 2019 Director, Deputy General Manager of Sales Headquarters, the Company; Representative Director, President, Ion Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 – Jun 2024 Director in charge of Porous Materials Business, the Company; Managing Director in charge of Porous Materials Business, the Company Jan 2026 Representative Director, President, in charge of Porous Materials Business, the Company (current) Mar 2026 Chairman of the Board, Ion Co., Ltd.

Apr 1986 Joined Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.) Jul 2012 Senior Investigator, Loan Department Branch Guidance Office, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.) Nov 2016 Joined the Company as Deputy General Manager of Administration Division Jul 2017 – Jun 2018 Deputy General Manager of Administration Division, the Company Jun 2018 General Manager of Administration Division, the Company Director, General Manager of Administration Division, the Company (current)

Apr 1985 Joined the Company Apr 2005 Purchasing Control Manager, Mita Plant, the Company Apr 2010 Manager, Manufacturing Department, Mita Plant, the Company Apr 2018 Deputy General Manager of Production Headquarters, the Company Jun 2020 Director, Deputy General Manager of Production Headquarters, the Company Jun 2022 Director, General Manager of Production Headquarters, the Company (current)

Apr 1984 Joined the Company Apr 2006 General Manager, Tokyo No. 2 Sales Department, the Company Jul 2011 General Manager, Retail Solutions East Japan Division, the Company Apr 2017 Deputy General Manager of Sales Headquarters (Consumer Goods), the Company Jun 2020 Director, Deputy General Manager of Sales Headquarters (Consumer Goods), the Company Jun 2022 Director, General Manager of Sales Headquarters (Consumer Goods), the Company (current)

Apr 1987 Joined Sony Corporation Business Corporation Apr 1993 Joined Sony Human Capital Corporation Sep 1998 Member, Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Registered as Certified Management Consultant (MITI Minister Approval No. 29-2638) May 1999 Appointed as Small and Medium Enterprise Support Advisor, Kyoto Prefecture Jul 2002 Established Business Plus Support Co., Ltd.; Representative Director (current) Apr 2018 Established Freely Life Create General Incorporated Association (formerly Myanmar Human Resource Development Organization); Representative Director Jun 2019 Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1994 Joined The Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. (now SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited) Dec 2006 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 2008 Joined GCA Savvian Group Corporation (now Hoolihan Lokey K.K.) Jul 2008 Registered as Certified Public Accountant (current) May 2011 Representative, Hideaki Higuchi CPA Office (current) Jul 2011 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant (current) Apr 2012 Member (Partner), Idea Tax Accounting Corporation Jun 2012 Representative Member (Partner), Idea Tax Accounting Corporation (current) Sep 2020 Statutory Auditor, the Company (current)

Apr 1986 Joined Towa Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Mar 1998 Joined Nichii Gakkan Co., Ltd. Jun 2006 Director, Nichii Gakkan Co., Ltd. Dec 2017 Representative Director, President, Nichii Gakkan Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Chairman, Japan Home Care Association (General Incorporated Association) Apr 2023 Representative Director, President, Nichii Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2026 Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1994 Joined Chiyoda Corporation Mar 2003 Joined JSR Corporation Jun 2017 Director, Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Vice President, Director, JSR North America Holdings, Inc. Jun 2023 Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning and M&A, JSR Corporation Oct 2025 Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2026 Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1983 Joined the Company Apr 2004 General Manager, Business Department (Osaka), the Company Jun 2015 General Manager, Tokyo Business Department, the Company Apr 2020 Assistant to Statutory Auditors, the Company Jun 2020 Full-time Statutory Auditor, the Company (current)

Apr 1988 Registered as Attorney-at-Law (current) Apr 1994 Co-founded Yamamoto & Hirai Law Office Jan 2008 Opened Hirai Yasuhiro Law Office Jun 2008 Statutory Auditor, the Company (current)