Apr 1971 Joined Taiyo Kosakusho Co., Ltd. Jan 1993 Established Taiyo Techno Service Co., Ltd. (now the Company); Representative Director Apr 2020 Director, Chairman of the Board, the Company Mar 2021 Advisor, the Company Nov 2023 Representative Director, Yasashii AI Laboratory Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2024 Director, the Company Sep 2025 Representative Director, Chairman, the Company (current)

Feb 1997 Joined Taiga Kogyo Co., Ltd. Aug 2004 Joined Kyoei Valve Industry Co., Ltd. Feb 2005 Joined Eco Pro Co., Ltd. Mar 2005 Joined the Company Mar 2017 Director, the Company Dec 2018 Senior Managing Director, the Company Apr 2020 Representative Director, President, the Company Apr 2022 Representative Director, President, President Executive Officer, the Company (current)

Apr 2002 Joined SSK Co., Ltd. Dec 2013 Joined the Company Jul 2018 Director, the Company May 2019 Director, Vice President, the Company Feb 2021 Director, SGS Qualtech Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2021 Representative Director, Vice President, the Company Apr 2022 Representative Director, Vice President Executive Officer, the Company Sep 2022 Director, Executive Officer, the Company Sep 2025 Director, Vice President, Vice President Executive Officer, the Company (current)

Mar 1986 Joined Harima Chemicals, Inc., Central Research Laboratory Oct 2004 Technical Adviser, the Company Sep 2025 Director, Executive Officer, the Company (current)

Apr 1981 Joined Taiyo Kosakusho Co., Ltd. Mar 1993 Joined Taiyo Techno Service Co., Ltd. (now the Company) Mar 2003 Director, the Company Sep 2004 Director, Executive Officer, the Company Mar 2020 Vice President Executive Officer, the Company Mar 2021 Director, Vice President, the Company Apr 2022 Director, Vice President Executive Officer, the Company Apr 2022 Vice President Executive Officer, the Company Sep 2023 Executive Officer, the Company Jul 2024 Fellow, the Company Nov 2024 Quality Adviser, Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd. Sep 2025 Director, Executive Officer, the Company (current)

Apr 2009 Joined Toyota Motor Corporation Jan 2015 Joined Air Gases Operation Co., Ltd. Feb 2017 Joined Horiba, Ltd. Dec 2017 Joined the Company Sep 2023 General Manager, New Business Development Office, the Company Sep 2025 Director, Executive Officer, the Company (current) Sep 2025 Director, SGS Qualtech Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1982 Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Holdings Corporation) Oct 1999 General Manager, Production Engineering Division, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Jan 2004 Head of Elemental Technology Development Center, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. Jul 2007 Representative Director, President, Panasonic Eco Technology Center Co., Ltd. Oct 2015 Representative Director, President, Panasonic ET Solutions Co., Ltd. Apr 2017 Chief Incubation Manager, Creation Core Higashi-Osaka, Kinki Headquarters, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan Jun 2021 Outside Director, Tocalo Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2022 Technical Adviser, MOBIO Business Division, Osaka Industrial Promotion Organization Apr 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1985 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd. Sep 1994 Research Assistant, MIT Media Laboratory Sep 1996 Research Scientist, Star Lab nv/sa (Belgium) Sep 1997 Senior Researcher, Hakuhodo Inc. May 2000 Founder and CTO, Icara Inc. May 2001 Senior Vice President, Technology and R&D, Lycos Japan, Inc. Feb 2002 Freelance Consultant Apr 2003 Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency Apr 2006 Associate Professor, Department of Information Media, Faculty of Information Science, Osaka Institute of Technology Nov 2007 Special Associate Professor (concurrent), Service Innovation Human Resource Development Program, Kyoto University Graduate School of Management Apr 2013 Professor, Department of Information Media, Faculty of Information Science, Osaka Institute of Technology Apr 2026 Visiting Professor, Department of Information Media, Faculty of Information Science, Osaka Institute of Technology (current) Sep 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)

Apr 1984 Joined Sharp Corporation Apr 2008 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, Sharp Corporation Jan 2017 General Manager, Internal Audit Department, Sharp Corporation Jan 2020 Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors Japan Dec 2020 Advisor, the Company Jan 2021 General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Dec 2024 Special Advisor, the Company Sep 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)

Sep 2003 Completed Legal Training and Research Institute Oct 2003 Joined Midosuji Law Office Jan 2011 Partner, Midosuji Law Office (current) May 2014 Auditor, Kumai-kai Medical Corporation (current) Jun 2018 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Innovation, Kobe University Mar 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)

Apr 1992 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Oct 1996 Joined Ota Showa Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Apr 2004 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. May 2020 Opened Furuya CPA Office; Head (current) Aug 2020 Director, SERIO Holdings Co., Ltd. (now S-LifePartners Co., Ltd.) Sep 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Soiken Holdings Inc. (current) Apr 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) May 2025 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nakamoto Packs Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2026 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Fujishoji Co., Ltd. (current)