Apr 2005 Joined Ad Digital Inc. Apr 2008 Established the Company; assumed office as Representative Director, President (current)

Apr 2007 Joined First Charge Inc. Jul 2012 Joined the Company Mar 2019 Assumed office as Executive Officer of the Company Dec 2020 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

Apr 2010 Joined Nitori Co., Ltd. Feb 2014 Joined AIC Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 Joined Insight Inc. Mar 2015 Joined Atelier Haruka Co., Ltd. Sep 2016 Joined the Company Feb 2019 Assumed office as General Manager of the Company Dec 2020 Assumed office as Executive Officer of the Company Feb 2024 Assumed office as Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company May 2026 Assumed office as Director of the Company (new appointment)

Apr 1988 Joined Honma Kogyo Ltd. Jan 1991 Joined Higuchi Kogyo May 1992 Joined Yoko Co., Ltd. Jan 1995 Joined Hirano Kogyo Jan 2005 Established FOUR★STAR; assumed office as Representative (current) Dec 2019 Assumed office as Director of Sumaten Inc. Aug 2024 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

Oct 1991 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 1996 Seconded to Japan Securities Dealers Association Jan 2000 Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants Co., Ltd. (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) Sep 2002 Joined Ernst & Young Malaysia Nov 2005 Joined Global Brain Corporation Jan 2009 Established Minato Global Inc.; assumed office as Representative Director (current) Feb 2010 Established Nakayama Toshihide CPA and Tax Accountant Office; assumed office as Office Head (current) Jun 2013 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Esclat Inc. Jul 2013 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Kakko Inc. Sep 2014 Assumed office as Director of Aptpot Inc. (current) Mar 2015 Assumed office as Outside Director of Kakko Inc. Jun 2015 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Five Star Investment Trust & Advisory Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2015 Assumed office as Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of Kakko Inc. (current) Jan 2016 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Sync Food Inc. (current) Jan 2020 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of Globee Inc. May 2021 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Unified Service Co., Ltd. (current) May 2021 Assumed office as Outside Director of the Company (current) Jul 2021 Assumed office as Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of iYell Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Assumed office as Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of Supership Inc. (formerly Supership Holdings Co., Ltd.) (current) Aug 2024 Assumed office as Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of Globee Inc. (current)

Apr 1976 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) Mar 1981 Seconded to Deutsche Industriebank (IBJ Germany) Jun 1989 Assumed office as Research Manager, Head Office Third Corporate Business Division, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. May 1994 Assumed office as Deputy Manager, Los Angeles Branch, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. Jun 1998 Assumed office as Deputy Branch Manager, Los Angeles Branch, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. Feb 2002 Assumed office as Senior Manager, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) Apr 2005 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Onishi Co., Ltd. Mar 2006 Assumed office as Senior Managing Executive Officer and Director of Onishi Co., Ltd. Mar 2008 Assumed office as Executive Officer, General Manager of Administration Division, Elner Co., Ltd. May 2014 Assumed office as Director, Hong Kong Regional Holding Company, Soi & World Co., Ltd. May 2017 Assumed office as Director, Japan Subsidiary, Soi & World Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Assumed office as Representative Director, Transfactory Co., Ltd. May 2021 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)

Apr 1971 Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. (now Daiwa Securities Group Inc.) Apr 1997 Assumed office as General Manager, Corporate Finance Department II, Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. Feb 2001 Joined Credit Suisse First Boston Securities (Japan) Ltd. (now Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited) as Director, Investment Banking May 2004 Joined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. May 2005 Assumed office as General Manager, Corporate Finance Department IV, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Apr 2007 Assumed office as General Manager, Investment Banking Department XIV, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Aug 2008 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Success Networks Inc. (now Butterfly Inc.) Jun 2015 Assumed office as Full-time Corporate Auditor of Agricultural Research Institute Inc. (current) Jun 2017 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Sekai Ichiba Holdings Inc.; assumed office as Corporate Auditor of Sekai Ichiba Inc. (current) May 2021 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)

Apr 2003 Joined ShinNihon LLC (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Nov 2015 Joined Studio Atao Inc.; assumed office as Executive Officer, General Manager of Administration Division May 2020 Assumed office as Director, General Manager of Administration Division, Studio Atao Inc. (current) Apr 2022 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (current) Jun 2022 Assumed office as Outside Corporate Auditor of Ebility Inc. (current)