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（as of Dec 13, 2022）

Executives

Representative Director and Chairman	Masato Matsuura
Representative Director, CEO	Katsumi Kuroiwa
Representative Director, CFO	Shinji Hayashi
Director (Part-time)	Toru Kenjo
Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time)	Nobuyuki Kobayashi
Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)	Keiichi Okubo
	Akihiro Tamaki
	Yoshihide Sugimoto
Corporate Executive	Hideo Katsumata
	Hisaou Wakaizumi
	Seiichi Hatamoto
	Yasuhiro Yamamoto
	Hajime Shibata
Executive	Shinsuke Kato
	Shingo Toguchi
	Takeya Ino
	Masahiko Tan
	Akihito Yamanaka
	Hideki Endo
	Shunta Takahashi

Representative Director and Chairman
Masato Matsuura

Date of birth

As of October 1, 1964

Career

Apr, 1988: Established the Company, Director
Mar, 1991: Senior Executive Director of the Company
Mar, 1996: Chief of Product Business Headquarters of the Company
Jun, 2000: Corporate Executive of the Company
Aug, 2002: Chief of Production and Promotions Headquarters of the Company
Aug, 2004: Resigned as Senior Executive Director and Director / Member of the Board of the Company
Aug, 2004: Corporate Executive of the Company
Sep, 2004: Representative Director and President of the Company
Apr, 2005: President of Avex Entertainment Inc. (currently Avex Digital Inc.)
Apr, 2009: Chairman of the Board of Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc.
Apr, 2010: Representative Director, CEO, in charge of President's Office of the Company
Jul, 2013: Director of Avex International Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. (currently Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.) (to present)
Oct, 2013: Chairman of the Board of Avex Management Inc.
Dec, 2014: Chairman of the Board of AWA Co. Ltd.
Nov, 2016: President of Avex Ventures Inc.
Jun, 2018: Representative Director and Chairman, CEO, in charge of President's Office of the Company
Jul, 2018: In charge of Representative Office and CEO's Office of the Company
Apr, 2019: In charge of Technology Department of the Company
Jun, 2020: Representative Director and Chairman of the Company (to present)
Jul, 2020: Representative Director and Chairman, Avex Creative Factory Inc. (to present)

Representative Director, CFO
Shinji Hayashi

Date of birth

As of June 8, 1964

Career

May, 1990: Joined the Company
Apr, 1993: Director of the Company
Jun, 1996: Executive Director of the Company
Jun, 2000: Corporate Executive of the Company
Aug, 2002: Chief of Compiling Headquarters of the Company
Jan, 2009: Director of Avex Management Inc.
Feb, 2009: Executive Director of Avex Entertainment Inc.(currently Avex Digital Inc.)
Apr, 2009: Director of Avex Broadcasting & CommunicationsInc. (to present)
Apr, 2010: Representative Director, CB0 of the Company
Apr, 2010: Responsible for Compliance of the Company (to present)
Apr, 2010: President of Avex Marketing Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Jun, 2014: Representative Director, CMO of the Company
Jun, 2016: Director, Corporate Executive, COO of the Company
Jun, 2016: Chairperson of the Compliance Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee (to present); responsible for Risk Management of the Company (to present)
Jan, 2017: Director, COO of the Company
Apr, 2017: Director of Avex Entertainment Inc.
Jun, 2018: Representative Director, CFO of the Company (to present)
Jul, 2018: In charge of Management Administration Department, HR and General Affairs Department, and Accounting and Legal Affairs Department of the Company (to present)
Apr, 2019: In charge of PR Office of the Company (to present)
Jun, 2020: Member of the Compliance Committee of the Company (to present)

Director (part-time) Richard Blackstone

Date of birth

As of April 1, 1960

Career

August, 1988: Attorney-at-law, Zissu, Stein & Mosher(Alan Bergman, Esg.)(licensed in NY)
August, 1989: Director of Business Affairs, Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
June, 1997: Head of Creative & Head of Business Affairs, Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
August, 2003: President, Zomba Music Publishing, BMG Music Publishing, North America
May, 2005: Worldwide Chairman／CEO, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
September, 2010: Chief Creative Officer, BMG US, BMG Rights Management(US), LLC
February, 2012: EVP, Creative & Business Development BMG US
January, 2015: CEO, Blackstone Entertainment, Inc. (present post)
February, 2016: Company Executive Officer
June, 2016: Company Director (present post)
Company's Corporate Executive
President and CEO of Avex International Inc.
Executive Vice President of Avex International Holding Corporation

Director (Part-time)
Toru Kenjo

Date of birth

As of December 29, 1950

Career

Sep, 1991: Director and General Manager, Editing Department of Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (currently KADOKAWA CORPORATION)
Nov, 1993: Established GENTOSHA INC., Representative Director and President (to present)
Oct, 2005: Representative Director and President of Touchdown Co., Ltd. (to present)
May, 2006: Executive Advisor of Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc. (to present)
Jun, 2010: Director (part-time) of the Company (to present)
Mar, 2012: Representative Director and President of Kab, Inc. (to present)

Director (external) Hiroyuki Ando

Date of birth

As of February 4, 1964

Career

April, 1986: Joined HOYA Corporation
January, 1992: Researcher at Sanno University's General Research Institute
April, 2004: Faculty Member of Management Information Dept. at the same University
September, 2005: Master of Science at the Wales National University,UK
April, 2006: Senior researcher at Sanno University's General Research Institute
April, 2008: Professor at the General Research Institute of the same university's Graduate School (MBA Course)
November, 2009: Keio Academic Enterprise Co.,Ltd (Keio Marunouchi City Campus) Senior Consultant
May, 2013: Consultant at Keio Marunouchi City Campus (present post)
June, 2016: Company External Director (present post)
June, 2017: Member of the Company's Retribution Committee (present post)

Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Keiichi Okubo

Date of birth

As of April 15, 1944

Career

Apr, 1972: Prosecutor of Tokyo District Public ProsecutorsOffice
Apr, 1991: Director of the Enforcement Division, Immigration Bureau of Ministry of Justice
Apr, 1995: Director-General of the Criminal Affairs Department of Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office
Oct, 1996: Director-General of the Public Security Department of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
Aug, 1997: Director-General of the Trial Department of Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Sep, 1999: Prosecutor of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
Sep, 2000: Chief Prosecutor of Kochi District Public Prosecutors Office
Apr, 2002: Chief Prosecutor of Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office
Apr, 2004: Notary Public belonging to Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau
Jun, 2012: Outside Corporate Auditor of MITSUI-SOKO Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Oct, 2016: Attorney-at-law (to present)
Jun, 2017: Outside Director of the Company (to present)
Jun, 2017: Member of the Compliance Committee of the Company (to present)

Auditor Shinkichi Iwata

Date of birth

As of November 3, 1947

Career

April, 1993: Joined Avex, Head of Management Planning Office
March, 1995: Company Director
June, 2000: Company Director, Group Executive
April, 2001: Company Director, Executive, Head of Chairman's Office
June, 2002: Company Executive, Group Executive of Avex Network Inc.*President and CEO
April, 2004: Director and Chairman of the above company
June, 2004: Company Director, Vice Head of Management Division and Head of General Affairs Department
October, 2004: Company Director and Head of General Affairs Department of the Group Management Division
June, 2005: Company auditor (full-time) (present post)

*Currently: Avex Music Creative Inc.

Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time)
Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Date of birth

As of September 4, 1956

Career

Oct, 1998: Joined Avex Distribution, Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Jul, 1999: Director of Avex Distribution, Inc.
Apr, 2004: Executive Director of Avex Distribution, Inc.
Apr, 2007: Director of Avex Marketing Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)
May, 2010: Corporate Executive, Head of Sales & Promotion 2 Division of Avex Marketing Inc.
Jul, 2011: Corporate Executive, Head of Administration Division of Avex Marketing Inc.
Jun, 2013: Full-time Auditor of the Company (to present)
Dec, 2016: Auditor of NexTone Inc. (to present)

Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Akihiro Tamaki

Date of birth

As of October 25, 1966

Career

Sep, 1994: Joined Price Waterhouse LP (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), New York
Sep, 1996: Joined Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Mar, 1999: Registered as a U.S. certified public accountant
Dec, 1999: Retired from Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jan, 2000: Joined IntellAsset, Inc.
Jul, 2001: Joined INNOVATION & INITIATIVE Co., Ltd. (currently INVENIO Co., Ltd.)
Jun, 2006: Established PSY-fa Co., Ltd., Representative Director (to present)
Jun, 2008: Outside Auditor of the Company (to present)
Jun, 2010: Outside Director of BI Holdings, Inc.
Jun, 2016: Member of the Compensation Committee of the Company (to present)

Auditor Teruo Yamamoto

Date of birth

As of August 28, 1951

Career

April, 1974: Joined Kao Sekken Inc. (currently: Kao Inc)
May, 1985: Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Illinois, USA
June, 1988: Treasurer at Kao Corporation of America
February, 1998: Head of IR Dept. at Kao Inc.
February, 1999: Head of Finance Dept. at the above company
February, 2006: Director, Managing Executive, Head of the Corporate Planning Office and Financial Accounting Officer at Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.
June, 2009: Director of Kao Inc.
March, 2011: General Manager of Accounting & Finance Department at the above company
December, 2014: Retired from the above company
May, 2016: Company's Advisory Agreement
March, 2017: Termination of contract at above company
June, 2017: Company's External Auditor (present post)

Representative Director, CEO
Katsumi Kuroiwa

Date of birth

As of January 19, 1972

Career

May, 2001: Joined Axev, Inc. (currently Avex Management Inc.)
Apr, 2005: Director of Avex Live Creative Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Apr, 2010: Corporate Executive of Avex Live Creative Inc.
May, 2012: Director of Avex Taiwan Inc. (to present)
Jun, 2012: Representative Director and President of Avex Live Creative Inc. (currently Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Oct, 2013: Corporate Executive of Avex International Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. (currently Avex Asia Pte. Ltd.)
Jun, 2016: Corporate Executive of the Company
Jan, 2017: Group Executive of the Company
Apr, 2017: Representative Director and President of Avex Entertainment Inc. (to present)
Apr, 2017: Director of Avex Management Inc. (to present)
Apr, 2017: Director of Avex Classics International Inc. (to present)
Jun, 2018: Representative Director, COO of the Company
Jul, 2018: Chief of Business Management Department of the Company (to present)
Apr, 2019: In charge of New Business Development Department of the Company
Jun, 2020: Representative Director, CEO, in charge of Technology Department (to present)

Board Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Outside)
Yoshihide Sugimoto

Date of birth

As of October 31, 1980

Career

Dec, 2009: Attorney-at-law (to present)
Dec, 2009: Joined Kiyoshi Suda Law Office
Apr, 2011: Established Legal Partners Law Office (currently Anshin Partners Law Office)
Dec, 2015: Assumed as Director Chairman of Brangista. inc (Outside) (to present)
May, 2017: Assumed as Advisor of Dentons (to present)
May, 2018: Assumed as Advisor of Zhongyunyuezhong (Beijing) Culture Development Co., Ltd. (to present)
Oct, 2018: Assumed as Outside Director of NATTY SWANKY(to present)