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As of June 30, 2024

Directors

Kazuhiko Note

Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Oct. 1976　Joined Tosho Ltd. (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
May 1994　Director, Manager of the Sales Strategy Office
Jul. 1995　Managing Director,
                Manager of the Sales Strategy Department
Apr. 1999　President and Representative Director
Jun. 2001　Representative Director,
                 President and Chief Operating Officer
Jun. 2015　Chairman and Representative Director
Jun. 2016　Representative Director,
                 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (current position)

Seiichi Enomoto

Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer

Oct. 1991　Joined HAPPINET CORPORATION
Jul. 2003　 Manager of the Sales Department of the Multimedia
                 Business Division
Apr. 2008　Executive Officer, Head of the Video Game Division
Nov. 2009　Managing Executive Officer,
                 Head of the Video Game Division
Jun. 2014　Director, Managing Executive Officer,
                 Head of Business Division #1
Jun. 2016　Representative Director,
                 President and Chief Operating Officer (current position)

Katsuya Tsuda

Director, Managing Executive Officer,
Chief Information Officer,
Head of the Information Systems Office,
President of
the Logistics Business In-house Company

Apr. 1989　Joined Tosho Ltd. (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Jun. 2003　Director, Happinet Online Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2007　President and Representative Director,
                 Happinet Online Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2011　Director, Happinet Logistics Service Corporation
Oct. 2011　President and Representative Director,
                 Happinet Logistics Service Corporation
Apr. 2020　Executive Officer of HAPPINET CORPORATION,
                 President of
                 the Logistics and Solution Business In-house Company
Apr. 2022　Executive Officer, President of
                 the Logistics and Solution Business In-house Company,
                 Head of the Information Systems Office
Apr. 2023　Managing Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer,
                 Head of the Information Systems Office, President of
                 the Logistics and Solution Business In-house Company
Jun. 2023　Director, Managing Executive Officer,
                 Chief Information Officer,
                 Head of the Information Systems Office, President of
                 the Logistics and Solution Business In-house Company
Apr. 2024　Director, Managing Executive Officer,
                 Chief Information Officer,
                 Head of the Information Systems Office, President of
                 the Logistics Business In-house Company (current Position)

Hiroshi Ishimaru

Director, Managing Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, Head of
the Corporate Management Division

Jun. 1998　Joined HAPPINET CORPORATION
Apr. 2014　Manager of the Corporate Planning Department
                 of the Corporate Management Division
Apr. 2019　Head of the Corporate Planning Division
                 of the Corporate Management Division
Apr. 2020　Head of the Corporate Planning Office
Jun. 2020　Director, Executive Officer,
                 Head of the Corporate Planning Office
Apr. 2023　Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
                 Head of the Corporate Planning Office
Apr. 2024　Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
                 Head of the Corporate Management Division
                 (current Position)

Toshiyuki Mizutani

Director, Managing Executive Officer,
Head of the In-house Company Management Division

Apr. 1994　Joined HAPPINET CORPORATION
Apr. 2011　Manager of Sales Department #1,
                 Happinet Marketing Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2014　Manager of Sales Department #2,
                 Happinet Marketing Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2017　Manager of Sales Planning Department,
                 Happinet Marketing Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2018　General Manager of Convenience Store Business Unit,
                 HAPPINET CORPORATION
Jun. 2020　Executive Officer,
                 General Manager of Convenience Store Business Unit
                 of Toy Business In-house Company
Apr. 2021　Executive Officer,
                 President of Toy Business In-house Company
Apr. 2023　Managing Executive Officer,
                 President of Toy Business In-house Company
Apr. 2024　Managing Executive Officer,
                 Head of the In-house Company Management Division
Jun. 2024　Director, Managing Executive Officer,
                 Head of the In-house Company Management Division
                 (current position)

Outside Directors

Shin Nagase

Outside Director (Independent Director)

Apr. 1972　Joined All Nippon Airways CO., Ltd.
Apr. 2009　Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive
                 Vice President, All Nippon Airways CO., Ltd.
Apr. 2012　President, CEO, ANA Strategic Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2016　Senior Advisor, ANA HOLDINGS INC.
Jun. 2016　Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)
Jun. 2016　Outside Director, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2016　 Outside Director, TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION

Toshiko Oka

Outside Director (Independent Director)

Apr. 1986　Joined Tohmatsu Touche Ross Consulting Limited
                 (currently Abeam Consulting, Ltd.)
Jul. 2000　 Joined Asahi Arthur Anderson Limited
Sep. 2002　Principal, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
                 (currently Abeam Consulting Ltd.)
Apr. 2005　President and Representative Director, Abeam Consulting,
                 Ltd. After change of company name, Chief Executive
                 Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers Deals Advisory LLC
Jun. 2015　Outside Auditor, HAPPINET CORPORATION
Apr. 2016　Partner, PwC Advisory LLC
Jun. 2018　Outside Director, Sony Corporation
                 (currently Sony Group Corporation)
Jun. 2019　Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)
Jun. 2020　Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee
                 Member), ENEOS Holdings, Inc.
Apr. 2021　Professor, Graduate School of Global Business,
                 Professional Graduate School Meiji University
                 (current position)
Jun. 2021　Outside Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
                 (current position)
Jun. 2023　Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (current position)
Mar. 2024　Outside Director, Earth Corporation (current position)

Michinori Mizuno

Outside Director (Independent Director)

Apr. 1981　Joined Sony Creative Products Inc.
Feb. 2003　President, Sony Creative Products Inc.
Jun. 2006　President, Sony Music Communications Inc.
                 (currently Sony Music Solutions Inc.)
Apr. 2015　Representative Director and CEO, Sony Music
                 Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2018　Group Executive, Executive Vice President,
                 Officer in charge of Music Business (Japan),
                 Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
Apr. 2019　Chairman and Representative Director of the Board, CEO,
                 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Apr. 2020　Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Jun. 2020　Chairman of the Board, Sony Music Foundation
                 (current position)
Jul. 2020　 Senior Advisor, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Sep. 2022　Outside Director, Bushiroad Inc. (current position)
Jun. 2023　Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)
Oct. 2023　Outside Director, GREE, Inc. (current position)

Chie Sato

Outside Director (Independent Director)

Apr. 1992　Joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Aug. 2001　Joined Boston Consulting Group
                 (currently Boston Consulting Group Japan)
Jun. 2003　Joined The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
Jan. 2012　Became independent as author/consultant
Apr. 2014　Member of the Committee of Certified Evaluation
                 and Accreditation for Management and Professional
                 Graduate Schools, The Japan University Accreditation
                 Association (current position)
Apr. 2016　Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS)
                 Program Practice Council Member
Jun. 2017　Outside Director, Nihon Unisys, Ltd.
                 (currently BIPROGY Inc.)
Jun. 2024　Outside Director, ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD.
                 (current position)
Jun. 2024　Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)

Auditor

Hideo Asatsu

Auditor

Sep. 1990　Joined Dairin Corporation
                 (currently HAPPINET CORPORATION)
Apr. 2001　Executive Officer,
                 Manager of the Management Strategy Office
Jun. 2001　Director, Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
                 and Manager of the Management Strategy Office
Apr. 2005　Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
                 and Head of the Corporate Management Division
Nov. 2009　Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer,
                 Chief Financial Officer,
                 and Head of the Corporate Management Division
Jun. 2016　Auditor, HAPPINET CORPORATION (current position)

Outside Auditors

Hideyuki Sakai

Outside Auditor (Independent Director)

Mar. 1976　Admitted to the bar in Japan
Jun. 1982　Duke University School of Law
Jan. 1990　Partner, Blakemore & Mitsuki
Feb. 1995　Established Law Offices of Hideyuki Sakai
                 (later, Sakai & Mimura)
Sep. 2007　Managing Partner, Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa
                 (Foreign Law Joint Enterprise)
Arp. 2015　Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC
                 (currently Foreign Law Joint Enterprise,
                 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Jun. 2019　Outside Auditor, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)
Jan. 2020　Counsel, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC
                 (currently Foreign Law Joint Enterprise,
                 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune) (current position)

Katsunori Taniguchi

Outside Auditor (Independent Director)

Apr. 1981　Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co.
                 (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Apr. 1986　Registered as a certified public accountant
Apr. 1993　Senior Manager, Tohmatsu & Co.
                 (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Apr. 1999　Principal, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
                 (currently Abeam Consulting Ltd.)
Sep. 2002　Senior Economist, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Dec. 2006　Associate Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services KK
                 (currently IBM Japan Ltd)
Apr. 2007　Part-time Lecturer, Nihonbashi Gakkan University
                 (currently Kaichi International University)
Jun. 2007　Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
                 NJK CORPORATION (currently NTT DATA NJK Corporation)
Sep. 2012　President, Certified Public Accountant Katsunori Taniguchi
                 Office (current position)
Apr. 2014　Full-time Associate Professor, Nihonbashi Gakkan University
                 (currently Kaichi International University)
Apr. 2017　Part-time Lecturer, Kaichi International University
Apr. 2019　Outside Corporate Auditor,
                 Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd.
Jun. 2020　Outside Auditor, HAPPINET CORPORATION
                 (current position)
Apr. 2022　Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
                 Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd.
                 (current position)