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EXECUTIVE BIOGRAPHIES

Board of Directors

President and Representative Director
Yosuke Matsuda

Date of Birth: April 27, 1963

Oct. 2001 Senior Vice President, SQUARE CO., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2003 Senior Vice President and General Manager, Accounting and Financial Division, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Jun. 2004 Director and General Manager, Accounting and Financial Division
Feb. 2006 Director, TAITO CORPORATION
Oct. 2008 Director and General Manager, Accounting and Financial Division, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Mar. 2013 Senior Executive Managing Director and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2013 President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Jun. 2013 President and Representative Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Jan. 2016 Director, TAITO CORPORATION (incumbent)

　(Below names are listed alphabetically by last name)

Director
Shinji Hashimoto

Date of Birth: May 24, 1958

Apr. 1995 Joined SQUARE CO., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2003 Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Apr. 2005 Corporate Executive
Dec. 2013 Division Executive, Business Division 3 (incumbent), General Manager, Creative Division (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Yoshinori Kitase

Date of Birth: September 23, 1966

Mar. 1990 Joined SQUARE CO., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Sept. 2006 Corporate Executive, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Dec. 2013 Division Executive, Business Division 1 (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Yuu Miyake

Date of Birth: September 1, 1967

Apr. 1992 Joined ENIX CORPORATION (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2003 General Manager, Product Development Division – 9, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Feb. 2011 Corporate Executive, General Manager, Producer Management Division
Dec. 2013 Division Executive, Business Division 6 (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Hirokazu Nishikado

Date of Birth: December 16, 1965

Aug. 2008 Joined SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Sept. 2008 Corporate Executive, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Oct. 2008 General Manager, Information Technology Division (currently Information Systems Division), SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

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, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Michihiro Sasaki

Date of Birth: September 7, 1959

Oct. 2002 Joined SQUARE CO., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
Apr. 2003 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division (currently Corporate Planning Division), SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.(incumbent)
Feb. 2006 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TAITO CORPORATION (incumbent)
Apr. 2006 Corporate Executive, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Oct. 2008 General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Kazuharu Watanabe

Date of Birth: October 23, 1961

Nov. 2009 Joined SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division
Apr. 2013 Corporate Executive
Jun. 2013 Chief Financial Officer, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Nov. 2013 Director, TAITO CORPORATION (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Director
Naoki Yoshida

Date of Birth: May 1, 1973

Jan. 2005 Joined SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Oct. 2012 Corporate Executive
Dec. 2013 Division Executive, Business Division 5 (incumbent)
Apr. 2015 Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Apr. 2018 Director (incumbent)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Ryoichi Kobayashi

Date of Birth: October 25, 1946

Apr. 1971 Joined Nomura Computing Center Co., Ltd. (NCC) (currently, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
Oct. 1986 President, NCC America
Jun. 1994 Director, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Jul. 1996 Managing Director, NRI Data Services, Ltd.
Jun. 1999 Executive Director
Jun. 2002 Auditor, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Jun. 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.(incumbent)
Jun. 2008 Outside Director, Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2008 Audit & Supervisory Board Member(Standing), SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Jun. 2018 Director(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Standing) (incumbent)

Executive Officers

Yosuke Matsuda
(Below names are listed alphabetically by last name)
Seishi Fujii
Shinji Hashimoto
Yoshinori Kitase
Katsuyoshi Matsuura
Motoharu Mitamura
Yuu Miyake
Hirokazu Nishikado
Tsuneto Okuno
Tomoyoshi Osaki
Yosuke Saito
Michihiro Sasaki
Hideaki Sato
Kazuharu Watanabe
Yasuhito Watanabe
Naoki Yoshida