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Directors, Corporate Auditors and Operating Officers

Directors

(As of June 23, 2011 )

Name
(Date of Birth)		 Title and Function Brief Summary of Personal History
Masahiro Inoue*1
(2.12.1957)		 President and CEO
Jun. 1992 Joined Softbank Corp.
Jan. 1996 Establishment of the Company. Assumption of office as Director of the Company
Jul. 1996 Assumption of office as President and CEO of the Company (Current Office)
Jun. 1998 Assumption of office as Director of Softbank Corp.
Jun. 1999 Resigned the Director of Softbank Corp.
Jun. 2001 Assumption of office as Director of Softbank Corp. (Current Office)
Masayoshi Son
(8.11.1957)		 Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sep. 1981 Established NIHON SOFTBANK Corp. (Currently SOFTBANK Corp.)
Apr. 1983 Assumption of office as Chairman of NIHON SOFTBANK Corp
Feb. 1986 Assumption of office as CEO of SOFTBANK Corp. (Current Office)
Jan. 1996 Establishment of the Company. Assumption of office as President of the Company
Jul. 1996 Assumption of office as Chairman of the Company (Current Office)
Jun. 2001 Assumption of office as President of BB TECHNOLOGY CORP.(Currently SOFTBANK BB Corp.)
Feb. 2004 Assumption of office as President and CEO of SOFTBANK BB Corp. (Current Office)
Apr. 2006 Assumption of office as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Vodafone K.K. (Currently SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp.)
Jun. 2007 Assumption of office as Chairman and CEO of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. (Current Office)
Jerry Yang*2
(11.6.1968)		 Director
Mar. 1995 Assumption of office as Director of Yahoo! Corporation (Currently Yahoo! Inc.) (Current Office)
Jan. 1996 Assumption of office as Director of the Company (Current Office)
Jun. 2007 Assumption of office as CEO of Yahoo! Inc.
Akira Kajikawa*3
(5.17.1959)		 Director
Apr. 1983 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1996 Joined Softbank Corp. Assumption of office as Deputy General Manager, Financial Dept.
Jun. 1997 Assumption of office as Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company
Jul. 1999 Assumption of office as Director of SBI Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2000 Resigned the Director of the Company
Jun. 2000 Assumption of office as Advisor of the Company
Jun. 2002 Assumption of office as Director, Chief Financial Officer (Current Office) and Administration Division General Manager of the Company
Jan. 2004 Appointment as Head of Personal Service Office
Apr. 2005 Appointment as Head of Management Planning Office and Customer Support Office
Apr. 2007 Appointment as General Manager, Business Strategy Department
Apr. 2009 Appointed Managing Operating Officer and Senior Manager, SR Division (Current office)
Hiroaki Kitano*4
(11.27.1962)		 Director
Apr. 1986 Joined Kairinsha Ltd.
May. 1986 Temporarily transferred to Kairinsha Int’l (NY), Inc.
Apr. 1993 Appointment as Vice President of Kairinsha Int’l (NY), Inc.
Feb. 1997 Joined the Company. Appointment as General Manager of Operation Office
Oct. 1998 Appointment as General Manager of Business Planning Division of President’s Office of the Company
Jun. 2003 Assumption of office as Director and Head of the President Office
Jan. 2004 Appointment as General Manager of Yahoo! BB Business Division
Apr. 2005 Assumption of office as Director, Chief Operating Officer (Current Office) and Head of Business Development Office
Apr. 2006 Appointment as General Manager of Yahoo! Shopping Business Division
Sep. 2007 Head of Partner Solutions Division
Apr. 2009 Appointed Managing Operating Officer and Head of R&D Group (Current office)

(Note) Jerry Yang, Director of the Company, is an Outside Director as set out in Article 2-15 of the "Company Law."
*1 Masahiro Inoue retired from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company on March 31, 2012.
*2 Jerry Yang retired from an Outside Director of the Company on January 18, 2012.
*3 Akira Kajikawa retired from Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Managing Operating Officer and Senior Manager of SR Division of the Company on March 31, 2012.
*4 Hiroaki Kitano retired from Chief Operating Officer (COO), Managing Operating Officer and Head of R&D Group of the Company on March 31, 2012.

Corporate Auditors

(As of June 23, 2011 )

Name
(Date of Birth)		 Title and Function Brief Summary of Personal History
Shingo Yoshii
(8.23.1947)		 Standing Corporate Auditor
Apr. 1971 Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2003 Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Media Business Unit and CATV Business
Apr. 2005 Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Network Business
Jun. 2005 Appointed Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2007 Appointed Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of the Media, Network & Lifestyle Retail Business
Apr. 2008 Appointed Representative Director and Assistant to President
Jun. 2008 Assumption of office as Standing Corporate Auditor (Current Office)
Sumio Sue
(11.6.1943)		 Corporate Auditor
Apr. 1966 Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1999 Appointment as Deputy General Manager, Business Alliance Dept., BT Japan KK
Jun. 2000 Assumption of office as Director in Charge of TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc.,TU-KA Cellular Tokai Inc., and TU-KA Phone Kansai Inc.
Jun. 2001 Assumption of office as Corporate Auditor (Current Office)
Mitsuo Sano
(12.25.1956)		 Corporate Auditor
Mar. 1986 Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec. 1995 Appointment as Accounting Manager of Finance and Accounting Division of Softbank Corp.
Dec. 1996 Assumption of office as Corporate Auditor (Current Office)
Jun. 1999 Assumption of Director of E*TRADE Securities
Jun. 2000 Assumption of office as Standing Corporate Auditor of Softbank Corp. (Current Office)
Kyoko Uemura
(7.22.1961)		 Corporate Auditor
Apr. 1994 Served as assistant judge, Osaka District Court
Apr. 1996 Served as assistant judge, Mito District Court
Apr. 1999 Served as assistant judge, Tokyo District Court
Apr. 2002 Served as assistant judge, Numazu Branch, Shizuoka Family Court
Apr. 2004 Served as judge, Numazu Branch, Shizuoka Family Court
Apr. 2005 Served as judge, Yokohama District Court
Apr. 2008 Registered as lawyer (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)

(Note) The four auditors are Outside Corporate Auditors as set out in Article 2-16 of the "Company Law."

Operating Officers

(As of April 1, 2012 )

Name Title and Function
Manabu Miyasaka Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Operating Officer
Kentaro Kawabe Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Operating Officer
Head of Media Business Group
Toshiki Oya Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Operating Officer
Masatsugu Shidachi Operating Officer
Head of BS Business Group
Koji Sakamoto Operating Officer
Head of Consumer Business Group
Kazuto Ataka Operating Officer
Head of Business Strategy Group
Tetsuya Nishimaki Operating Officer
Head of Operations Group
Tomoaki Tanida Operating Officer
Head of R&D Group
Shin Murakami Operating Officer
Chief Mobile Officer (CMO)

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