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Members of the Board of Director and Auditors

1. Members of the Board of Director and Auditors (As of July 1, 2026)

Position Name Position within affiliated company
Chairman of the Board Representative Director Tetsuji Kawamura President, Chief Executive Officer, Sharp Corporation
Vice Chairman of the Board Toshihiro Ito Senior Director ・ Chief Technology Officer, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Vice Chairman of the Board Takashi Ebihara Executive Vice President, Head of Technology Planning Division, CIO Co-CAIO, NTT, Inc.
Senior Managing Director Representative Director Naoki Okano
Managing Director Executive Director Junichi Nakazawa
Director Executive Director Seiji Nishioka
Director Executive Director Shuuichi Noguchi
Director Yoichi Kato Senior Vice President, Director Chief Technology Officer, Head of Technology Division, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Director Osamu Kawashima Director, Operating Officer, Division Manager, Engineering, Tokyo FM Broadcasting CO., Ltd.
Director Takashi Sato Corporate SVP, NEC Corporation
Director Kaori Takezawa Senior Vice President, In charge of Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Intellectual Property and External Relations, Sony Group Corporation
Director Naoto Masuda Executive Officer(Associate), Group President, Public Utility System, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Director Kazuyuki Yoshimura Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and General Manager, Core Technology Sector, KDDI CORPORATION
Auditor Hidehiko Iwazaki Vice President and Executive Officer, KOKUSAI DENKI Electric Inc.
Auditor Yoshiaki Kitabatake Country manager, Motorola Solutions Japan Ltd.
Auditor Masafumi Kizu Mobility ITS Platform Planning Div. Project General Manager, Toyota Motor Corporation

2, Members of the Management Adviser (As of June 25, 2026)

Name Position within affiliated company
Tatsuhiko Inoue President, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Kei Uruma Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Shoichiro Eguchi Representative Director of the Board, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer(CEO), JVC KENWOOD Corporation
Yoshinori Kaneko President, TEPCO Power Grid Inc.
Natsuo Karashima Representative Director & President, Operating Officer, TOKYO FM BROADCASTING CO., LTD.
Yuki Kusumi Representative Director, President Group Chief Executive Officer(Group CEO), Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Koji Saito Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, KOKUSAI DENKI Electric Inc.
Kaichiro Sakuma Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi Shinozuka Vice Chairman, TV Asahi Corporation
Akira Shimada Representative Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer(CEO), NTT, Inc.
Taro Shimada Representative Director, Corporate Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Toshiba Corporation
Toshiaki Tokunaga President&CEO, Hitachi, Ltd.
Takashi Niino Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation
Hidenori Furuta Non- Executive Chairman, Member of the Board, Former, Fujitsu Limited
Yoshiaki Maeda President and CEO, NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Hiromichi Matsuda President, Representative Director, CEO, KDDI CORPORATION
Junichi Miyakawa President & CEO, SoftBank Corp.
Takahiro Mori Representative Director and CEO, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Shunsuke Yazawa President, Rakuten mobile, Inc.
Hitoshi Yamamoto Representative Director President & CEO, WOWOW INC.
Kenichiro Yoshida Executive Chairman, Sony Group Corporation


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