List of Directors

Yokichi Osato

Representative Director, Chairman and President
Yokichi
Osato
Born Aug. 22, 1946

Apr. 1969 Joined WATANABE PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD
Oct. 1978 Established the Company, Representative Director and President
Nov. 1981 Representative Director and Chairman, the Company
Jun. 2008 Advisor and Honorary Chairman, the Company
Jun. 2009 Top Advisor, the Company
Jun. 2011 Representative Director and Chairman, the Company
May 2013 Representative Director and Chairman, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc.
May 2016 Representative Director and Senior Advisor,LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc.
Nov. 2021 Representative Director and Chairman, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. (present)
Jul. 2023 Representative Director, MIRAI EDUTAINMENT FOUNDATION (present)
Mar. 2024 Director, SETOUCHI SHIKOKU Tourism Institute (present)
Jun. 2025 Representative Director, Chairman and President (present)

Director and Vice Chairman
Nobuhiro Kashiwagi
Born Oct. 30, 1961

Apr. 1985 Joined CHARLE CO.,LTD.
Aug. 2000 Director and Vice President, City Park Inc.
May. 2001 Joined the Company
July. 2004 Executive Officer in charge of Strategic Planning Department, the Company
July. 2008 Executive Officer in charge of Fan Club Business Department and Merchandising Department, the Company
Apr. 2010 Executive Producer in charge of Amuse Research Institute, the Company
Apr. 2015 Director, Amusequest Inc.
May. 2019 Representative Director and President, Amusequest Inc.
July. 2020 Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company
July. 2021 Senior Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company
Apr. 2022 Executive Officer in charge of Business Planning Department, the Company
June. 2023 Senior Producer of Business Planning Department, the Company
May. 2025 Director, LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. (present)
June. 2025 Director and Vice Chairman, the Company (present)

Senior Managing Director
Hiroyuki Araki
Born Sep. 15, 1970

Apr. 1994 Joined the Company
Jul. 2008 General Manager of Artist Management Department 3,
the Company
Apr. 2009 General Manager of Artist Management Department 2,
the Company
Apr. 2012 General Manager of Artist Management Department 5,
the Company
Jul. 2013 Executive Officer in charge of 
Artist Management Department 5, 6,
and General Manager of
Artist Management Department 5, the Company
Apr. 2016 Executive Officer in charge of
Artist Management Department 1, 2, 3
and Sports & Cultural Department, and General Manager of
Artist Management Department 2, the Company
Jul. 2017 Executive Officer in charge of
Artist Management Department 2, 3, 4
and Sports & Cultural Department,
and General Manager of Artist Management Department 4, the Company
Jun. 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer, the Company
Jun. 2020 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company
Jul. 2023 Senior Managing Director, the Company (present)
Oct. 2024 Representative Director and President, AMUSE CRIATIVE STUDIO INC. (present)

Managing Director
Takahiro Ono
Born Jan. 3, 1973

Apr. 1995 Joined the Company
Apr. 2012 General Manager of Digital Business Department, the Company
Apr. 2016 Executive Officer in charge of Digital Contents Department, FC Department, Consumer Service Promotion Department, MD Department and Rights Management Department, and General Manager of Digital Contents Department, the Company
Jul. 2017 Executive Officer in charge of Digital Contents Department, MD Department, Rights Management Department and New Business Development Department, the Company
Apr. 2019 Executive Officer in charge of Rights Management Department, the Company
Nov. 2019 Executive Officer in charge of Rights Management Department, FC Department and Consumer Service Promotion Department, the Company
Jun. 2020 Director, Executive Officer, the Company
Apr. 2021 Director and Managing Executive Officer, the Company
Jul. 2023 Managing Director, the Company (present)

Managing Director
Toshifumi Oshima
Born April. 8, 1967

Oct. 1992 Joined Showa Ota & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Apr. 1997 Registered as certified public accountant
May. 2008 Left Shin Nihon & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Jun. 2008 Established Oshima Certified Public Accountant Office (present)
Jun. 2008 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company
Jun. 2014 Retired Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company
Jul. 2014 Executive Producer and General Manager of Amuse Group Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company
Apr. 2016 Executive Officer in charge of Amuse Group Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department) and Amuse Group Finance Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company
Jun. 2018 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, NexTone Inc.(present)
Jun. 2021 Compensation Committee Member, NexTone Inc.(until June 2023)
Apr. 2022 Senior Executive Officer in charge of Administration Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department) and Finance Department (currently Accounting & Finance Department), the Company
Jun. 2023 Director and Senior Executive Officer, the Company
Oct. 2024 Director, the Company (present)

Director
Kozue Kiyoyama
Born Sep. 12, 1975

Aug. 2000 Joined RE-WIND RECORDINGS INC.
Mar. 2003 Joined the Company
July 2012 Section Manager of International Management Section of Artist Management Department 2, the Company
Apr. 2016 Artist Producer of Production Section 3 of Artist Management Department 2, the Company
July. 2017 Artist Producer of Production Section 2 of Artist Management Department 4, the Company
Oct. 2019 Representative Director and President, AMUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Seoul) (present)
July. 2020 Senior Supervisor of Korea Project, the Company
July. 2022 Director of Korea Project, the Company
July. 2024 Senior Director of Korea Project, the Company (present)
June. 2025 Director, the Company (present)

Outside Director
Takaharu Ando
Born Aug. 31, 1949

Apr. 1972 Joined National Police Agency
Sep. 1994 Chief, Gunma Prefectural Police Headquarters
Aug. 1999 Director of Public Security Department,
Metropolitan Police Department
Aug. 2004 Director-General, National Police Agency
Aug. 2007 Deputy Commissioner General, National Police Agency
Jun. 2009 Commissioner General, National Police Agency
Oct. 2011 Retired from National Police Agency
Jun. 2016 Outside Director, the Company (present)
Jun. 2017 Outside Director, Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. (present)
Jun. 2018 Outside Director, TOBU RAILWAY CO., LTD. (present)
Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.(Holding Company)(present)
Mar. 2023 Outside Director, Rakuten Group, Inc.(present)

Outside Director
Yoichi Aso
Born Apr. 6, 1983

Apr. 2006 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2013 Representative Director, NIJIBOX CO., LTD
Feb. 2018 Founded Alphadrive Co., Ltd., Representative Director and CEO (present)
Apr. 2018 Founded Genome Clinic Co., Ltd., Representative Director and Co-CEO (present)
Jun. 2018 Venture Partner, FIRSTLIGHT Capital, Inc. (present))
Jul. 2018 Joined NewsPicks, Inc.
Mar. 2019 Outside Director, ASIRO Inc.
Apr. 2020 Outside Director, DentaLight Inc. (present)
Jun. 2020 Outside Director, the Company (present)
Jan. 2023 Representative Director, UNIDGE, Inc (present)
Feb. 2023 Representative Director, NewsPicks for Business, Inc (currently Ambitions Co.,Ltd.) (present)
Jan. 2024 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Board member), ASIRO Inc. (present)
Jan. 2025 Founded Entrepreneur Art Association, Representative Director (present)
May. 2025 Director, DelQui Inc. (present)
May. 2025 Outside Director, Azoop, Inc. (present)

Outside Director
Ibun Hirahara
Born Oct. 3, 1993

Apr. 2017 Joined Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.
May. 2018 Joined Pronoia Group
Oct. 2018 One Young World Japan ambassador
Jun. 2019 Co-founder of World Road inc.
Nov. 2021 Founder, HI.Corporation (present)
May. 2022 External advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (present)
Aug. 2022 Councilor, the Peace Communication Foundation (present)
Sept. 2022 Member, Cabinet Office Council for the Creation of Future Education
Jul. 2023 Executive Director, MIRAI EDUTAINMENT FOUNDATION (present)
Nov. 2023 Outside Director, Valuence Holdings Inc. (present)
Dec. 2023 Director, PEACE DAY, NPO (present)
Jun. 2024 Outside Director, the Company (present)

Jun. 30, 2025

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