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Chairman, Hisao Taki

Biography

April 1963

Joined Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company Ltd (now Mitsubishi Material Corporation)

June 1967

Joined Japan Traffic Culture Association
Joined Kotsu Bunka Jigyo Inc. (now NKB Inc.)

May 1969

Director, Japan Traffic Culture Association

December 1970

Representative Director, Kotsu Bunka Jigyo Inc.(now NKB Inc.)

February 1971

Managing Director, Japan Traffic Culture Association
President, Fuji Travel Center Inc.

August 1984

Representative Director, NKB Computer Service (now NKB System Kaihatsu K.K.) (current)

June 1985

President, NKB Inc.

October 1989

Director, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 1993

Chairman, Japan Traffic Culture Association (current)

December 1999

Chairman and President, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2001

Chairman, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2002

Chairman, Yokohama NKB Inc.
President, Joy Joy Inc.

March 2004

Chairman, Gurunavi, Inc.

July 2004

Director, PANDANET Inc. (current)

September 2005

President, NKB Holdings (now NKB Inc.) (current)

October 2005

Representative Director, Taki Hisao Toshi Kenkyujo (current)

December 2005

Representative Director, Fujitora Inc. (currently Fuji Travel Center Inc.) (current)

April 2006

President, Yokohama NKB (current)

February 2010

Chairman, Gurunavi, Inc.

July 2010

Chairman, Head of Planning and Development, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2011

Chairman, NKB Inc.(current)

October 2011

Chairman, Head of Planning and Development, Gurunavi, Inc.(current)

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President, Seiichiro Kubo

Biography

April 1969

Joined Koyo Seisakusho

March 1977

Established Techmate Inc.

January 1984

Joined NKB Inc. as General Manager of Information Systems Division

August 1984

Representative Director, NKB Computer Service Inc. (now NKB System Kaihatsu K.K.)

June 1993

Director, NKB Inc.

October 1994

Director, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 1996

Managing Director, NKB Inc.

December 1999

Managing Director, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2000

Senior Managing Director, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2001

President, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2005

President, Joy Joy Inc.

November 2005

President, Gurunavi Promotion Community Inc. (current)

November 2005

President, Gurunavi Shanghai Inc. (current)

April 2006

President and Head of Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

January 2008

President, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2011

President and Head of Sales, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

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Director, Managing Executive Officer, Soichi Katsuki

Job title

Head of Administration

Biography

April 1976

Joined Tokyu Department Store Co. Ltd.

June 1991

Senior Manager of Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy division, Tokyu Department Store Co. Ltd.

July 1998

Director, Sales Strategy, Tokyu Department Store Co. Ltd.

February 2001

Head of Group Business, Tokyu Department Store Co. Ltd.

June 2005

Director and General Manager, Business Development Tokyu Card Inc.

October 2005

Managing Director, General Manager, Administration

June 2006

Managing Director, Head of Administration, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2009

Managing Director, Head of Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2010

Managing Director, Head of Let's Business Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

May 2011

Managing Director, Head of Administration and General Manager, General Affairs, Let's Business Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Managing Exective Officer, Head of Administration and General Manager, Let's Business Department, Gurunavi,Inc.

October 2011

Director, Managing Exective Officer, Head of Administration, Gurunavi,Inc.(current)

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Director, Executive Officer, Kiyoshi Suzuki

Job title

General Manager, IT Infrastructure Department, Information Security Division

Biography

April 1981

Joined Pioneer Corporation

November 1987

Joined NKB Computer Service (currently NKB System Kaihatsu)

September 1997

Director, General Manager, Technology Department, NKB Computer Service

December 1999

Director, General Manager, Technology Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

January 2002

Director, General Manager, Technology Department and General Manager of Production, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2003

Director, General Manager, Technology Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

March 2008

Director in charge of Technology Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2009

Director in charge of Technology Department and General Manager, IT Infrastructure Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

July 2010

Director,General Manager, IT Infrastructure Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Exective Officer, General Manager, IT infrastructure Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2012

Director, Exective Officer, General Manager, IT Infrastructure Department,Information Security Division, Gurunavi, Inc.(current)

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Director, Executive Officer, Toshihiko Kikuchi

Job title

General Manager, Let's Business Department

Biography

April 1996

Joined JGC Corporation

November 2003

Director, Gurunavi, Inc.

February 2004

Director, New Business Promotion Officer, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2004

Director, General Manager, Planning Department, Manager, New Business Promotion, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2006

Director, General Accounting, Gurunavi, Inc. Shanghai

March 2008

Director, Let's Business Promotion, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2010

Managing Director, Head of Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2011

Managing Director, General Manager of Service Planning and Development, Strategic Planning, Administration, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Managing Exective Officer, General Manager of Service Planning and Development, Strategic Planning, Administration, Gurunavi,Inc.

October 2011

Director, Exective Officer, General Manager of Let's Business Department, Administration, Gurunavi,Inc.

April 2012

Director, Exective Officer, General Manager, Let's Business Department, Gurunavi,Inc.(current)

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Director, Executive Officer, Mayumi Yoshida

Job title

General Manager, Wedding Business Department, Gurunavi Goodwill Ambassador

Biography

April 1995

Joined NKB Inc.

April 2000

Joined Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2001

General Manager, Member Restaurant Business, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2002

Senior Manager, Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2003

Director, Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2006

Director, Deputy Head of Sales, General Manager, Planning Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

January 2008

Director, General Manager, Planning Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2010

Director, General Manager, Wedding Business, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Exective Officer, Wedding Business, Gurunavi Goodwill Ambassador, Gurunavi,Inc.(current)

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Director, Executive Officer, Hiroshi Mizogami

Job title

General Manager, Corporate Sales Department

Biography

April 1995

Joined Kosaido Co., Ltd Group

April 1998

Joined Asahideed Co.,Ltd.

September 1999

Joined NKB, Inc

April 2000

Joined Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2003

Senior Manager, Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2005

Executive Officer, Manager, Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2006

Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2011

Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2012

Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

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Director, Executive Officer, Masahiro Watanabe

Job title

General Manager, Restaurant Sales Department

Biography

April 1998

Joined Nippon Tsushinshi Co, Ltd.

October 2000

Joined Global Media Japan, Ltd. as Director

April 2003

Joined Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2004

Senior Manager, Sales, Gurunavi, Inc.

July 2005

Executive Officer, Manager, Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

April 2006

Executive Officer, General Manager, Restaurant Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

June 2011

Director, Executive Officer, Restaurant Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc.

October 2011

Director, Executive Officer, Restaurant Sales Department, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

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External Director (Part-time), Kunio Nakajima

Job title

President, Japan Chemical Innovation and Inspection Institute

Biography

April 1968

Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry, or MITI

July 1993

Director, Environmental Protection and Industrial Location Bureau, Minister's Secretariat, MITI

June 1994

Deputy Director General, Basic Industry Bureau, Minister's Secretariat, MITI

June1996

Director General, Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 1997

Director General of Technology, Minister's Secretariat, MITI

September 1999

Representative Director, Japan Chemical Innovation Institute
Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo Center for Collaborative Research

June 2000

Vice Chairman, Japan Bioindustry Association (current)

July 2000

Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School of Science

April 2004

Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

August 2004

Director, Gurunavi, Inc. (current)

April 2007

Visiting Professor of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

July 2007

Chairman of Japan Chemical Innovation Institute (now Japan Chemical Innovation and Inspection Institute) (current)

October 2008

Professor Emeritus of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (current)

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External Director (Part-time), Akio Tsuda

Job title

Honorary Chairman, Japan Restaurant Association

Biography

April 1962

Joined Nadaman Co., Ltd.

May 1979

Director, General Manager of Nadaman in OSAKA TOKYU HOTEL

March 1984

Managing Director, General Manager of Nadaman Co.,Ltd.

April 1989

Senior Managing Director, Nadaman Co., Ltd.

August 1993

President, Nadaman Co., Ltd.

May 2006

Chairman, Japan Restaurant Association

June 2009

Chairman and President, Nadaman Co., Ltd.

January 2010

Chairman, Nadaman Co., Ltd.

January 2011

Senior Advisor, Nadaman Co., Ltd. (current)

June 2011

Director, Gurunavi,Inc. (current)

March 2012

Honorary Chairman, Japan Restaurant Association (current)

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