Directors and Officers

About the Company
Directors and Officers

Director
Corporate Officer

As of April 2025

Director

Ichiro Nakayama

Representative Director
President, Corporate Officer, CEO

Jun Shimba

Director (part-time)

Takeshi Idezawa

Director (part-time)

Yoshimitsu Goto

Director (part-time)

Ken Miyauchi

Director (part-time)

Yasuyoshi Karasawa

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Paul Yonamine

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroko Kono

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroto Kaneko

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Corporate Officer

Hajime Baba

Executive Vice President, Corporate Officer, Co-COO

Masamichi Yasuda

Executive Vice President, Corporate Officer, Co-COO

Masanori Sode

Managing Corporate Officer, CAO & CHRO

Wataru Kagechika

Managing Corporate Officer, CFO

Yosuke Terada

Corporate Officer, CCO, CRO & DPO

Hirofumi Fujii

Corporate Officer, CMO

Takeshi Kasagawa

Corporate Officer

Hiroki Kawata

Corporate Officer

Toshiki Motoda

Corporate Officer

Kozu Hideto

Corporate Officer

Takagi Hiroto

Corporate Officer

Misu Masaki

Corporate Officer

Yanase Masayoshi

Corporate Officer

Ichiro Nakayama

Representative Director
President, Corporate Officer, CEO

Ichiro Nakayama

Representative Director
President, Corporate Officer, CEO

Apr 2013

Representative Director, IDC Frontier Inc.

Mar 2016

Executive Vice President, Ikyu Corporation

Jun 2018

President & Representative Director, CEO, Corporate Officer, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Nov 2020

Director, Z Financial Corporation (to date)

Apr 2021

Managing Corporate Officer, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation)

May 2022

Director, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp. (to date)

Nov 2023

Director, PayPay Bank Corporation (to date)

Jun Shimba

Director (part-time)

Jun Shimba

Director (part-time)

Apr 1985

Joined SOFTBANK Corp. Japan (current SoftBank Group Corp.)

Jun 2005

Director, SOFTBANK BB Corp. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Apr 2006

Managing Executive Officer, Vodafone K.K. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Jun 2007

Director & Managing Executive Officer, SOFTBANK BB Corp. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Jun 2007

Managing Corporate Officer, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2012

Director & Senior Managing Corporate Officer, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2015

Senior Managing Director, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2017

Representative Director & COO, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2017

Representative Director, President & CEO,
SoftBank Payment Service Corp. (current SB Payment Service Corp.) (to date)

Apr 2018

Representative Director & COO, Consumer Business Unit Head and
Product Marketing Unit Head, In Charge of Government Relations, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2018

Director, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Dec 2019

Representative Director & COO, Consumer Business Unit Head, Consumer Sales Unit Head,and Product & Marketing Unit Head, In Charge of Government Relations, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2021

Representative Director & COO, Consumer Business Unit Head, SoftBank Corp. (to date)

Apr. 2024

Representative Director & COO, SoftBank Corp. (to date)

Takeshi Idezawa

Director (part-time)

Takeshi Idezawa

Director (part-time)

Apr 2007

CEO, livedoor Co., Ltd. (current NHN Techorus Corp.)

Jan 2012

Director, General Manager of Web Service Division, NHN Japan Corporation(changed trade name to LINE Corporation in April 2013)

Jan 2014

Director, COO, LINE Corporation (current A Holdings Corporation)

Apr 2014

Representative Director, COO, LINE Corporation (current A Holdings Corporation)

Apr 2015

Representative Director, President and CEO, LINE Corporation (current A Holdings Corporation)

Oct 2017

Representative Director, LINE Book Distribution Corporation

Jul 2018

Representative Director, LINE Digital Frontier Corporation

Feb 2021

President & Representative Director, CEO, LINE Corporation (currently Z Intermediate Global Corporation)

Mar 2021

Representative Director, Co-CEO, Z Holdings Corporation (currently LY Corporation)

Apr 2022

Representative Director, Co-CEO, Marketing & Sales CPO, Z Holdings Corporation (currently LY Corporation)

Apr 2023

President & Representative Director, CEO, Marketing & Sales CPO, Z Holdings Corporation (currently LY Corporation)

Jun 2023

Director, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Oct 2023

President and Representative Director, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), LY Corporation (to date)

Oct 2023

Director, Z Financial Corporation (to date)

Yoshimitsu Goto

Director (part-time)

Yoshimitsu Goto

Director (part-time)

Apr 1987

Joined Yasuda Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (current Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)

Jun 2000

Joined SoftBank Corp. (current SoftBank Group Corp.)

Oct 2000

Head of Finance Department, SoftBank Corp. (currently SoftBank Group Corp.)

Apr 2006

Director, Vodafone K.K. (currently SoftBank Corp.)

Jul 2012

Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, SoftBank Corp. (current SoftBank Group Corp.)

Oct 2013

President & CEO and acting owner, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp. (to date)

Jun 2014

Director, SoftBank Corp. (currently SoftBank Group Corp.)

Jun 2015

Senior Vice President, SoftBank Corp. (currently SoftBank Group Corp.)

Jun 2017

Senior Vice President, SoftBank Group Corp.

Apr 2018

Senior Vice President, CFO & CISO, SoftBank Group Corp.

Jun 2019

Director, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Jun 2020

Director, Senior Vice President, CFO, CISO & CSusO, SoftBank Group Corp.

Nov 2020

Director, Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, CFO, CISO, CSusO, SoftBank Group Corp.

Jun 2022

Director, Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, CFO & CISO, SoftBank Group Corp. (to date)

Ken Miyauchi

Director (part-time)

Ken Miyauchi

Director (part-time)

Feb 1977

Joined Japan Management Association

Oct 1984

Joined SOFTBANK Corp. (current SoftBank Group Corp.)

Feb 1988

Director, SOFTBANK Corp.

Apr 1993

Executive Managing Director, SOFTBANK Corp.

Sep 1999

President, SoftBank Commerce Corp. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Jan 2003

Director & Vice President, SOFTBANK BB Corp. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Apr 2006

Executive Vice President, Director & COO, Vodafone K.K. (current SoftBank Corp.)

Mar 2007

Director, Representative Vice President & COO, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2007

Representative Director & COO, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2012

Director, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation)

Jun 2013

Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President of SoftBank Corp. (current SoftBank Group Corp.)

Apr 2014

Representative Director & Chairman, SoftBank Commerce & Service Corp. (current SB C&S Corp.)

Apr 2015

President & CEO, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2018

Director, SoftBank Group Corp. (to date)

Apr 2018

Representative Director, President & CEO, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2018

President & CEO, SoftBank Corp.

Mar 2021

President, Representative Director (Chairperson of the Board), A Holdings Corporation (to date)

Apr 2021

Representative Director & Chairman, SoftBank Corp.

Apr 2023

Director & Chairman, SoftBank Corp.

Jun 2023

Director, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Apr 2024

Director & Special Advisor, SoftBank Corp. (to date)

Yasuyoshi Karasawa

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Yasuyoshi Karasawa

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Apr 1975

Joined The Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

Apr 2004

Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Jun 2005

Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Apr 2006

Director, Managing Executive Officer, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Apr 2008

Director, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (current MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.)

Apr 2009

Director, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Apr 2010

Representative Director, President, CEO, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Executive Officer, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Jun 2014

Representative Director, President, CEO, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Apr 2016

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Apr 2017

Representative Director, President, CEO, Group CEO MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Jun 2020

Director, Chairman of the Board,, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Apr 2021

Director, Senior Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Jun 2021

Senior Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (to date)

Jun 2023

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Paul Yonamine

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Paul Yonamine

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Jun 1979

Joined Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (current KPMG LLP)

May 1983

Registered as a Certified Public Accountant in the U.S.

Apr 1995

Managing Partner, KPMG LLP Hawaii

Mar 1997

CEO, KPMG Global Solutions K.K. (current PwC Advisory LLC)

Aug 2001

Chairman & Representative Director of KPMG Global Solutions K.K.

Apr 2006

President & CEO, Hitachi Consulting Co. Ltd.

May 2010

Vice President, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Apr 2013

Managing Partner, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Jan 2015

General Manager, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Mar 2017

Director, GCA Corporation

Jun 2017

Director, Central Pacific Bank

Jul 2017

Chairman, GCA Corporation

Oct 2018

Director & Non-Executive Chairman, Central Pacific Financial Corp.
Chairman & CEO, Executive Chairman, Central Pacific Bank

Jun 2019

Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (to date)

Dec 2020

Outside Director, Circlace Inc.

May 2022

Outside Director, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (to date)

Jan 2023

Chairman Emeritus & Director (Non Executive Director),Central Pacific Financial Corp. (to date)
Chairman Emeritus & Director (Non Executive Director), Central Pacific Bank (to date)

Jun 2023

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Hiroko Kono

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroko Kono

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Apr 1989

Joined Mitsubishi Corporation

Jul 1992

Joined Capital International Research, Tokyo Office

Jan 2001

Capital Group Companies, Los Angeles Headquarters

Feb 2003

Capital International Research, Washington Office

Jul 2008

Capital International K.K., Tokyo Office

Jul 2011

Councilor and board member of the establishment preparatory foundation, International School of Asia, Karuizawa

Nov 2013

Executive Director and Secretary General, International School of Asia, Karuizawa

Mar 2016

Secretary General, United World College ISAK Japan

Nov 2018

Executive Coach, COACH A Co., Ltd.

May 2021

Outside Director, LIFE CORPORATION (to date)

Mar 2022

Executive Coach, Officer, COACH A Co., Ltd.

Aug 2022

Outside Director, Member of the Audit Committee, SATUDORA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (to date)

Jun 2023

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Jul 2023

Senior Executive Coach, COACH A Co., Ltd. (to date)

Hiroto Kaneko

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroto Kaneko

Independent Outside Director (part-time), Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Apr 1980

Joined Arthur Andersen Accounting Firm (current KPMG AZSA LLC)

Mar 1983

Registered as a Certified Public Accountant

Jun 1988

Arthur Andersen, Germany Duesseldorf Office

Sep 1999

Partner, Arthur Andersen (current KPMG)

Jul 2000

Representative Partner, Asahi & Co. (current KPMG AZSA LLC)

Jun 2005

Deputy General Manager, IFRS Division, KPMG AZSA LLC

Jul 2010

Director, KPMG AZSA LLC

Jul 2015

Managing Director, KPMG AZSA LLC

Jul 2021

Head of Hiroto Kaneko Certified Public Accountant Office (to date)

Mar 2022

Outside Director and Audit Committee Member of Doctorbook INC.

Jan 2023

Outside Director, H.I.S. Co., Ltd.

Jun 2023

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, PayPay Corporation (to date)

Jun 2023

Director，Member of the Audit Committee, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (to date)

Jan 2024

Independent Outside Director, Member of Audit and Supervisory Committee, H.I.S. Co.,Ltd. (to date)

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