Apr 1986 Joined Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Jan 1990 Joined the Company Mar 1990 Director of the Company Mar 1992 Managing Director of the Company Mar 1994 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director of the Company Mar 1998 Representative Director, President of the Company Mar 2014 Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company (current)

Mar 1994 Joined the Company Mar 2013 Director, Head of Gardening Strategy Division, the Company Mar 2014 Representative Director, President, and Head of Gardening Strategy Division, the Company Aug 2015 Representative Director, President, and Head of Marketing Strategy Division, the Company Mar 2019 Chairman of the Board, Bathclin Co., Ltd. Mar 2019 Representative Director, President, Earth Pet Co., Ltd. Mar 2021 Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company; Chairman of the Board of Group Companies (current) Mar 2021 Chairman of the Board, Hakugen Earth Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2021 Chairman of the Board, Earth Pet Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2021 Chairman of the Board, Earth Environmental Service Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2025 Chairman of the Board, Protleaf Co., Ltd. (current)

Mar 1985 Joined the Company Mar 2014 Director, Head of Sales Planning Department, Sales Division, the Company Jan 2015 Director, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2016 Managing Director, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2021 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Assistant to the President, the Company Mar 2023 Director, Assistant to the President, Executive Officer in charge of General Management, the Company Mar 2024 Director, Vice President Executive Officer, the Company Mar 2026 Director, Vice President Executive Officer, COO of the Company (current)

Apr 1988 Joined Kyushu Sangyo Kotsu Co., Ltd. (now Kyushu Sangyo Kotsu Holdings Co., Ltd.) Aug 1996 Joined Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. May 2019 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Business Division, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Jan 2021 Joined the Company Mar 2021 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2023 Director, Top Executive Officer, in charge of Sales and Marketing Division, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2024 Director, Top Executive Officer, in charge of Sales and Marketing Division, Head of Sales Division, the Company Oct 2024 Director, Top Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, the Company Mar 2026 Director, Top Executive Officer, in charge of General Management (concurrently in charge of Special Sales Assignments for the President) of the Company (current)

Apr 1991 Joined the Company Feb 2015 Director, Bathclin Co., Ltd. Mar 2015 Director, Head of Corporate Planning Department, the Company Mar 2019 Director, Head of Corporate Management Department, Bathclin Co., Ltd. Feb 2020 Representative Director, President, Bathclin Co., Ltd. Jan 2026 Advisor, the Company Mar 2026 Director, Top Executive Officer, in charge of General Management, the Company (current)

Apr 1983 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Apr 2007 Visiting Professor, Musashino University Jan 2010 Joined C'BON Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, C'BON Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Outside Director, Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2022 Director of the Company (current) Mar 2024 Outside Director, Kuraray Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2025 Outside Director, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (current)

Dec 1988 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. Dec 2000 Joined Space Design Inc. Apr 2012 Representative Director, President, German International Inc. (current) Jun 2012 Director, HRM Association (General Incorporated Association) (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Fujibo Holdings, Inc. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, KADOKAWA Corporation (current) Jun 2023 Director, Japan Women's Learning Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) (current) Mar 2024 Director of the Company (current)

Apr 1986 Joined Tohmatsu & Touche Consulting Co., Ltd. Jul 2000 Joined Asahi Arthur Andersen Co., Ltd. Apr 2005 Representative Director, President, Abeam M&A Consulting Co., Ltd. (now PwC Advisory LLC) Apr 2016 Partner, PwC Advisory LLC Jun 2016 Outside Director, Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (now Proterial, Ltd.) Jun 2018 Outside Director, Sony Corporation (now Sony Group Corporation) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Happinet Corporation (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (current) Apr 2021 Full-time Professor, Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji University (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2024 Director of the Company (current)

Mar 1979 Joined the Company Apr 2005 General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Mar 2012 General Manager, Personnel Department, Administration Division, the Company Mar 2018 Executive Officer, General Manager, Personnel Department, Administration Division, the Company Mar 2019 Full-time Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)

Apr 1997 Joined ORIX Corporation Jun 1998 Joined Saito Accounting Office Sep 2001 Joined Motoi Furuhon Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office (now Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.) Mar 2003 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Jul 2012 Director, Tohmatsu Tax Co. (now Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.) Oct 2015 Head, Yukako Ikawa Tax Accountant Office (current) Dec 2015 Outside Corporate Auditor, Toa Valve Engineering, Inc. (now TVE Corporation) Dec 2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Toa Valve Engineering, Inc. (now TVE Corporation) Mar 2019 Corporate Auditor of the Company (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Glory Ltd. (current)

Jan 1987 Joined Heineken Japan Ltd. as Assistant General Manager Apr 1990 Joined Lever Japan Ltd. (now Unilever Japan K.K.) as Assistant Brand Manager Apr 2000 Joined Sunstar Inc. as Executive Officer, Oral Care Business Sep 2006 Joined The Coca-Cola Company (Japan) as Vice President and Head of Marketing Mar 2014 Joined Takara Tomy Co., Ltd. as Management Advisor Jun 2015 Representative Director, President and CEO, Takara Tomy Co., Ltd. May 2018 Representative Director, President and CEO, New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd. Mar 2019 Director of the Company (current) Apr 2021 Outside Director, Alinamin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Dec 2021 Outside Director, Colopl, Inc. Apr 2022 Outside Director, Panasonic Holdings Corporation Feb 2024 Outside Director, Kewpie Corporation (current)

Sep 1986 Joined Chuo Accounting Office (audit firm) Mar 1989 Registered as Certified Public Accountant May 1992 Seconded to Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), Frankfurt, Germany Sep 1995 Joined Chuo Audit Corporation, Tokyo Office Jul 2005 Registered as Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation Aug 2007 Partner, Shin Nihon Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 2016 Seconded to Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants as Quality Control Reviewer Jul 2018 Sapporo Office, EY ShinNihon LLC Jul 2024 Opened Tatsuro Hayashi Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Mar 2025 Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)