EXECUTIVE BIOGRAPHIES
Board of Directors
President and Representative Director
Takashi Kiryu
Date of Birth: June 20, 1975
| Jun. 2020 | General Manager Corporate Planning Division, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
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| Apr. 2021 | Chief Strategy Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Executive Officer (incumbent) |
| May. 2022 | Director |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
| May. 2023 | President and Representative Director (incumbent) |
| Jun. 2023 | 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.) |
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| Sept. 2006 | Corporate Executive |
| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2018 | Director (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2019 | Vice President, Creative Business Unit I |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, Creative Studio 1 and Creative Studio 2 (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.) |
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| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2019 | Vice President, Publication Business Unit (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2020 | Director (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, Publication Business Unit (incumbent) |
Director
Yu Miyake
Date of Birth: September 1, 1967
| Apr. 1992 | Joined ENIX CORPORATION (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.) |
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| Feb. 2011 | Corporate Executive |
| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2018 | Director (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2019 | Vice President, Creative Business Unit II |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, Sales & Distribution Center and Customer Experience Design Center (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 |
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| May. 2015 | President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX Business Support, CO., LTD. (incumbent) |
| Jul. 2015 | General Manager, Human Resources Division 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 | Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Vice President, HR & General Affairs Unit |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, General Affairs Division and Human Resources Division (incumbent) |
| Significant positions concurrently held |
| President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX BUSINESS SUPPORT 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.) |
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| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2018 | Director (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, Creative Studio 4 and Creative Studio 5 (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. |
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| Oct. 2012 | Corporate Executive |
| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2018 | Director (incumbent) |
| Apr. 2019 | Vice President, Creative Business Unit III |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer, Creative Studio 3 (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. |
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| 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) |
（Biographies of Directors and Auditors, as of June, 2024）
Executive Officers
| Takashi Kiryu* |
| Yosuke Saito* |
| Hajime Seki* |
| Toshiyuki Hirasawa* |
| Katsuyoshi Matsuura* |
| Yu Miyake* |
| Naoki Yoshida* |
| Tomoya Asano |
| Toru Karasawa |
| Ryutaro Sasaki |
| Hideaki Sato |
| Takamasa Shiba |
| Takeshi Nozue |
| Naoki Hamaguchi |
| Takayuki Hamada |
*Members of the Executive Management Committee