EXECUTIVE BIOGRAPHIES


Board of Directors

President and Representative Director
Takashi Kiryu

Date of Birth: June 20, 1975

Jun. 2020 General Manager Corporate Planning Division (currently Corporate Strategy Division), SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2021 Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Officer, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Communications, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Executive Officer, Vice President, Corporate Strategy Unit (incumbent)
Jan. 2022 Chairman of the Board, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD. (incumbent)
May. 2022 Director
Jun. 2022 Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Officer, Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Jul. 2022 Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Officer, Corporate Strategy, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Financial Strategy and Corporate Communications, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
May. 2023 President and Representative Director (incumbent)
President and Director, SQUARE ENIX OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. (incumbent)
Director, SQUARE ENIX LTD. (incumbent)
Jun. 2023 Director, Taito Corporation (incumbent)
President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Significant positions concurrently held
President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Director, Taito Corporation
President and Director, SQUARE ENIX OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.
Director, SQUARE ENIX LTD.
Chairman of the Board, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD.

 (Below names are listed alphabetically by last name)

Director
Yoshinori Kitase

Date of Birth: September 23, 1966

Mar. 1990 Joined SQUARE CO., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Sept. 2006 Corporate Executive
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)
Apr. 2019 Vice President, Creative Business Unit I (incumbent)
Jun. 2022 Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Significant positions concurrently held
Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Director
Katsuyoshi Matsuura

Date of Birth: June 16, 1967

Apr. 1991 Joined ENIX CORPORATION (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2019 Vice President, Publication Business Unit
Apr. 2020 Director (incumbent)

Director
Yuu Miyake

Date of Birth: September 1, 1967

Apr. 1992 Joined ENIX CORPORATION (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Feb. 2011 Corporate Executive, General Manager, Producer Management Division
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)
Apr. 2019 Vice President, Creative Business Unit II (incumbent)
Jun. 2022 Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Significant positions concurrently held
Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Director
Tsuneto Okuno

Date of Birth: September 7, 1964

Apr. 2015 Joined SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Executive Officer (incumbent)
May. 2015 President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX Business Support, CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Jul. 2015 General Manager, Human Resources Division (incumbent), General Manager, HR & General Administrations Division, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Sep. 2015 Division Executive, Music Publication Business Division
Jan. 2016 General Manager, Human Resources Division, TAITO CORPORATION
Apr. 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TAITO CORPORATION (incumbent)
May. 2019 Director (incumbent)
Apr. 2021 Chief Human Resources Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Vice President, HR & General Affairs Unit (incumbent)
Significant positions concurrently held
President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX BUSINESS SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Chief Human Resources Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Taito Corporation

Director
Yosuke Saito

Date of Birth: August 25, 1970

Apr. 1993 Joined ENIX CORPORATION (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2003 Corporate Executive, General Manager, Product Development Division – 10, General Manager, Mobile Business Division
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)
Significant positions concurrently held
Director, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD.

Director
Naoki Yoshida

Date of Birth: May 1, 1973

Jan. 2005 Joined SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Oct. 2012 Corporate Executive
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)
Apr. 2019 Vice President, Creative Business Unit III (incumbent)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Nobuyuki Iwamoto

Date of Birth: June 14, 1956

Apr. 2005 CFO and Deputy Head of Planning, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Jun. 2006 Director and Corporate Executive Officer, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Apr. 2008 Director and Executive Managing Director, Daiwa Securities Group Inc
Apr. 2009 Director, Senior Executive Managing Director, CFO, and Head of Planning and Personnel, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Apr. 2011 Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President, COO, CFO, and Head of Planning and Personnel, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Deputy President and Member of the Board, Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 2012 COO, CFO, and Head of Personnel and Overseas, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Deputy President and Member of the Board, Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2016 Director, Deputy President, and Head of Asset Management, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
President & Representative Director, Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2016 Deputy President, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Jun. 2022 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Standing), SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Corporate Auditor (incumbent)

Executive Officers

Takashi Kiryu
(Below names are listed alphabetically by last name)
Kei Hirono
Yoshinori Kitase
Atsushi Matsuda
Katsuyoshi Matsuura
Yuu Miyake
Tsuneto Okuno
Tomoyoshi Osaki
Yosuke Saito
Ryutaro Sasaki
Hideaki Sato
Hajime Seki
Naoki Yoshida
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