Hidetoshi Yokoyama

Representative Director and Chairman

Mr. Yokoyama is our founder and has served as our representative director since April 2020. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from April 2020 to July 2023. Mr. Yokoyama has 9 years of experience working at TRY NET Co., Ltd. (“Trynet”), a Japanese temporary staffing company, from April 2004 to June 2013. At Trynet, he started his career in the sales department and was promoted to sales department supervisor in April 2012. His experiences in this company helped him understand the risks resulting from labor and human resource management and led him to serve as an advisor for several Certified Consultant Corporations*, such as Murata Certified Consultant Corporation from July 2013 to August 2021. He served as an advisor at ASC Certified Consultant Corporation (“ASC Consultant”) from September 2021 to September 2022. He also has served as an advisor at Sakura Law Office since April 2012. Mr. Yokoyama is also a founder and has been a director of METAVERSE Ltd., a Micronesian company focusing on the development of metaverse with animation characters, since December 2022. Mr. Yokoyama graduated from Miyagi Kenritsu Miyako-no-jo Izumi-ga-oka High School in March 2003.

Amit Thakur

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Thakur has served as our director and Chief Executive Officer since July 2023. He has extensive experience in finance technology, as he worked as a technician team lead in several foreign banks in Japan, including JP Morgan Chase Securities Ltd. from December 2001 to June 2003, UBS Securities Japan Ltd. from June 2003 to June 2005 and June 2006 to July 2008, and Lehman Brothers Japan Ltd. from June 2005 to June 2006. Mr. Thakur founded ANS Solves Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based software technology company, in August 2008, and has served as its representative director since then. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Thakur served as a Chief Technology Officer at Aikomi KK., a Japanese company providing digital therapy or challenging behavior often seen in dementia, from March 2018 to June 2019. Mr. Thakur received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Calcutta in India in 1991 and a master’s degree in applied finance from Macquarie University in Australia in 2004.

Yukio Aida

Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Aida has served as our director since July 2023 and our Chief Financial Officer since September 2023. Mr. Aida has more than 30 years of experience in accounting and auditing, including Ernst and Young from October 1992 to October 2011 and Nomura Securities from July 2000 to December 2002. Mr. Aida is a founder of the Yukio Aida Certified Public Accountant Office, which he established in November 2011. Currently, Mr. Aida has served as a part-time corporate auditor at Souken Ace Co., Ltd. since June 2023. Mr. Aida graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Keio University in March 1992. Mr. Aida is currently working as the Chief Financial Officer at our Company full-time.

Arisa Koga

Director and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Koga has served as our director and Chief Operating Officer since July 2023. She co-founded AMICUS Co., Ltd., a Japanese Company specializing in fax service optimization, call center outsourcing services, and foreign workers’ recruitment, where she has also served as a director since December 2012. She has also been a representative director of Global Works Co., Ltd., a company specializing in inbound business solution service, hotel outsourcing services, translation and interpretation, and foreign business matching service since May 2019. Ms. Koga also has served as a non-executive director at Souken Ace Co., Ltd., a Japanese conglomerate, since June 2023. Ms. Koga obtained an associate degree in global tourism business from Seneca College in 2008.

Tomoya Suzuki

Director and Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Suzuki has served as our director and Chief Technology Officer since July 2023. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Suzuki was an independent creator focusing on animation, video, and three-dimensional production since October 2018. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in digital contents from Digital Hollywood University in Tokyo in March 2017.

Mitsuhiro Kashimura

Corporate Auditor

Mr. Kashimura has served as our full-time corporate auditor since October 2021. Mr. Kashimura has more than 13 years of experience in tax accounting. He kickstarted his career as a tax accountant at KPMG Tax Corporation, where he worked from September 2010 to October 2016. From November 2016 to March 2019, he served as a global tax manager at MUFG Bank Ltd. (“MUFG”), where he was responsible for creating tax strategies and control tax responsibilities for the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, MUFG’s parent organization. He also served as a tax accountant manager at AGS Consulting Co., Ltd. and AGS Consulting Tax Co., Ltd., tax consultancy firms in Japan, from April 2019 to July 2019 and at AGS Consulting Singapore, the Singaporean office of AGS Consulting Co., Ltd., from July 2019 to March 2021. Mr. Kashimura founded Lead & Company, Inc., a Japanese company providing financial advisory services, and L&C Certified Public Tax Accountant’s Office, a tax consultancy firm, in May 2021 and has served as the Chief Executive Officer and representative tax accountant since then. Mr. Kashimura obtained his bachelor’s degree in science and engineering from Tokyo University of Science in March 2009 and a master’s degree in economics from Rikkyo University in March 2018.

Atsuo Ogasawara

Corporate Auditor

Mr. Ogasawara has served as our full-time corporate auditor since December 2023. He has approximately 15 years of experiences as a certified tax accountant in Japan. He served as a tax specialist at STC International Certified Tax Accountant Corporation from January 2007 to March 2009, and served as a certified tax accountant partner from April 2009 to March 2012. He also founded OGA Accounting and Tax Firm in April 2012 and has served as its founding partner since then. Mr. Ogasawara also has served as a representative director at Tax Lab Co., Ltd., a company focusing on bookkeeping and accounting consulting since April 2014 and at Human Capital Management Co., Ltd., a company focusing on market research and management consulting, since December 2014. He also founded Tax Lab Certified Tax Accountant Corporation in June 2023 and has served as its chairman since then. Mr. Ogasawara has also been a founding partner at Beauty Lab LLC, a limited liability company which operates beauty clinics since February 2024. Mr. Ogasawara obtained a bachelor’s degree from Faculty of Tourism of Rikkyo University in March 2002.

Masayoshi Takatsu

Corporate Auditor

Mr. Takatsu has served as our part-time corporate auditor since November 2023. He became a Certified Administrative Scrivener in Japan in August 2007 and founded MB Consulting Certified Administrative Scrivener in January 2008 to provide consulting services relating to legal matters relating to franchise agreements and licensing, the application of transportation license and secondhand dealer permits, and corporate legal services. Mr. Takasu has served as the founding partner since then. Currently, he is also a partner at Brain Infinity LLC, a limited liability company providing consultation services for museums and galleries as well as legal consulting. He also has served as a non-executive director in several companies, including Souken Ace Co., Ltd., since June 2023, and SenkaQ Inc. since March 2018. Mr. Takatsu obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Letter, Komazawa University in March 2001.

Hidetoshi Yokoyama

Representative Director and Chairman

Mr. Yokoyama is our founder and has served as our representative director since April 2020. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from April 2020 to July 2023. Mr. Yokoyama has 9 years of experience working at TRY NET Co., Ltd. (“Trynet”), a Japanese temporary staffing company, from April 2004 to June 2013. At Trynet, he started his career in the sales department and was promoted to sales department supervisor in April 2012. His experiences in this company helped him understand the risks resulting from labor and human resource management and led him to serve as an advisor for several Certified Consultant Corporations*, such as Murata Certified Consultant Corporation from July 2013 to August 2021. He served as an advisor at ASC Certified Consultant Corporation (“ASC Consultant”) from September 2021 to September 2022. He also has served as an advisor at Sakura Law Office since April 2012. Mr. Yokoyama is also a founder and has been a director of METAVERSE Ltd., a Micronesian company focusing on the development of metaverse with animation characters, since December 2022. Mr. Yokoyama graduated from Miyagi Kenritsu Miyako-no-jo Izumi-ga-oka High School in March 2003.

Amit Thakur

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Thakur has served as our director and Chief Executive Officer since July 2023. He has extensive experience in finance technology, as he worked as a technician team lead in several foreign banks in Japan, including JP Morgan Chase Securities Ltd. from December 2001 to June 2003, UBS Securities Japan Ltd. from June 2003 to June 2005 and June 2006 to July 2008, and Lehman Brothers Japan Ltd. from June 2005 to June 2006. Mr. Thakur founded ANS Solves Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based software technology company, in August 2008, and has served as its representative director since then. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Thakur served as a Chief Technology Officer at Aikomi KK., a Japanese company providing digital therapy or challenging behavior often seen in dementia, from March 2018 to June 2019. Mr. Thakur received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Calcutta in India in 1991 and a master’s degree in applied finance from Macquarie University in Australia in 2004.

Yukio Aida

Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Aida has served as our director since July 2023 and our Chief Financial Officer since September 2023. Mr. Aida has more than 30 years of experience in accounting and auditing, including Ernst and Young from October 1992 to October 2011 and Nomura Securities from July 2000 to December 2002. Mr. Aida is a founder of the Yukio Aida Certified Public Accountant Office, which he established in November 2011. Currently, Mr. Aida has served as a part-time corporate auditor at Souken Ace Co., Ltd. since June 2023. Mr. Aida graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Keio University in March 1992. Mr. Aida is currently working as the Chief Financial Officer at our Company full-time.

Arisa Koga

Director and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Koga has served as our director and Chief Operating Officer since July 2023. She co-founded AMICUS Co., Ltd., a Japanese Company specializing in fax service optimization, call center outsourcing services, and foreign workers’ recruitment, where she has also served as a director since December 2012. She has also been a representative director of Global Works Co., Ltd., a company specializing in inbound business solution service, hotel outsourcing services, translation and interpretation, and foreign business matching service since May 2019. Ms. Koga also has served as a non-executive director at Souken Ace Co., Ltd., a Japanese conglomerate, since June 2023. Ms. Koga obtained an associate degree in global tourism business from Seneca College in 2008.

Tomoya Suzuki

Director and Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Suzuki has served as our director and Chief Technology Officer since July 2023. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Suzuki was an independent creator focusing on animation, video, and three-dimensional production since October 2018. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in digital contents from Digital Hollywood University in Tokyo in March 2017.

Koji Aoki

Independent Director

Mr. Aoki has served as our Independent Director since July 2023. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Aoki founded water server business named “Frecious” at Mt. Fuji Spring Inc., a Japanese mineral water manufacturer and seller. He founded Active Sonar Co., Ltd., a company which operates “RECLO,” an online luxury brand name product resale platform, in September 2012, and served as its representative director until December 2021. While serving at our Company, Mr. Aoki has served as a director and executive officer at Samurai Partners Co., Ltd., where he is responsible for promotion business since January 2021. Mr. Aoki graduated from Faculty of Business Administration of Aichi University in March 2000.