Directors and Officers

Representative Director & CEO, ZOZO NEXT, Inc.

Mr. Sawada has been chosen as a Director because he has been involved in important business execution and management decision-making and supervision as the person responsible for the marketing section, after also serving as a Representative Director of a subsidiary since joining the Company. In addition, He has served as the Company's representative since September 2019 and has worked to ensure prompt and flexible decision-making in business operations. As he is suitable for the future growth of the group and the realization of the Company's philosophy, he has served as a Director.

Outside Director, COLOPL, Inc.
Outside Director, Digital Holdings, Inc.
Director, ZOZO NEXT Inc.

Mr. Yanagisawa has strengthened the Company's managerial foundation through supervising accounting, finance, IR, legal, and other areas of management, overseeing corporate governance, M&As, and other responsibilities. In addition, he executes business operations as a Director and Vice-President, and we have chosen him as a Director because we expect him to perform his duties based on a wide range of perspectives in the future as well as a member of the Board of Directors.

Outside Auditor, KOKOPELLI Inc.

Since joining the Company, Mr. Hirose has served as Head of Internal Audit Office, Executive Officer and General Manager of Business Administration Division, and Executive Officer and General Manager of EC Business Division and has a wide range of experience and knowledge. In addition, he has contributed to the Company's business growth as a Director and COO of the Company since June 2021. We have chosen him as a Director because we expect him to contribute to the enhancement of the corporate value of the Company.

Outside Director, ASKUL Corporation
Chairman of the Board, Ikyu Corporation
Outside Director, Demae-can Co., Ltd.
Director, Senior Managing Corporate Officer, CGSO (Chief Group Synergy Officer), E-Commerce CPO, Z Holdings Corporation
President and Representative Director, President Corporate Officer, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), Yahoo Japan Corporation

Having extensive experiences and wide-ranging knowledge cultivated in the internet services industry as a manager, we have chosen him as a Director in order to utilize them in the management of the Company group.

Corporate Officer, Z Holdings Corporation
EVP, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Marketing Division,
Yahoo Japan Corporation

Ms.Nagata has extensive experiences and broad perspective cultivated in the internet service industry and cosmetics industry, and the we have chosen her as our Director for our management.

President and Representative Director, Good Luck Corporation

Mr.Hotta can oversee Company management and contribute to strengthening corporate governance through advising on Company management as a whole, based on his wealth of experience and broad-ranging knowledge accumulated in the wedding and hotel industries. In addition, we expect him to supervise management and strengthen corporate governance, mainly by providing advice on the formulation of management strategies and decision-making on business execution, participating in the nomination/ remuneration decision-making process, and supervising conflicts of interest.

President and Representative Director, dof Inc.
Outside Director, CARTA HOLDINGS, INC.
Director, CC INC.
Outside Director, for Startups, Inc.
Outside Director, Sansan, Inc

Based on Mr. Saito’s extensive experiences and broad insight in branding and communication design, we expect him to continue to supervise the management of the Company and to contribute to the strengthening of corporate governance by providing advice on the Company's overall management. In addition, we expect him to supervise management and strengthen corporate governance, mainly by providing advice on the formulation of management strategies and decision-making on business execution, participating in the nomination/ remuneration decision making process, and supervising conflicts of interest.

Kufu AI Studio Inc. Representative Director
Kufu Company Inc., Representative Executive Officer
ROLLCAKE Inc., Outside Director

We have chosen Ms. Kansai as an Outside Director to ask her to supervise the Company’s management and obtain advice about the entire management based on extensive experiences and a broad perspective in both business and the technology of the internet business in order to contribute to strengthening corporate governance. We expect her to give advice about the determination of the management strategy and decision-making with regard to business execution, to lead the determination process for appointment/ remuneration, to oversee conflicts of interests by using the above-mentioned extensive experience and broad perspective, and to supervise management and strengthen corporate governance.

Ms. Igarashi is a certified public accountant and has been engaged in duties as the head of the accounting group at other companies. We believe that she has considerable knowledge of finance and accounting and will be able to appropriately perform her duties in the audit of the Company. She has not been directly involved in the management of the Company except for becoming an Outside Officer. However, for the reasons stated above, the Company believes that she will be able to perform her duties as an Audit and Supervisory Committee member appropriately.

Joint Representative Lawyer, Utsunomiya, Shimizu and Haruki Law Office
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), RAKSUL INC.
Outside Director, HEIWA REAL ESTATE CO., LTD.
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), PeptiDream Inc.

Ms. Utsunomiya Has considerable knowledge on corporate legal affairs from a professional standpoint as a lawyer, the Company judged that she would be able to properly perform our duties in the Company’s audits. She has not been directly involved in the management of the Company except for becoming an Outside Officer. However, for the reasons stated above, the Company believes that she will be able to perform her duties as an Audit and Supervisory committee member appropriately.

Head of Nishiyama Certified Public Accountant Office

Ms. Nishiyama is a certified public accountant and has been engaged in sustainability-related duties, and we believe that she has a broad range of knowledge and is capable of appropriately performing her duties in the Company's audits. She has not been directly involved in the management of the Company except for becoming an Outside Officer. However, for the reasons stated above, the Company believes that she will be able to perform her duties as an Audit and Supervisory committee member appropriately.

Creative Strategy Office, Brand Solution Division, Communication Design Office, CDO Office, Internal Audit Office

Business Administration Division

Production Platform Division, Production Platform Development Division

HR Division, Corporate Identity Division

Marketing Division, AI / Analytics Division

Sales Division, EC Promotion Division

Fulfillment Division, EC Management Division, ZOZOTOWN Backend Development Division, Hospitality Division

Group Business Strategy Division

New Business Development Division, Measurement Platform Division

Technology Division, Brand Solution Development Division, Information Security / IT Division

ZOZOTOWN Development Division, Quality Assurance Division