TARO HASHIMOTO

Hashimoto graduated in 1982 from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University. After a stint at Nomura Securities, he became a corporate investment chief at Softbank’s Financial Accounting Department in 1996. In 1998, he became a executive managing director of Japan Digital Broadcast Services (now JSAT K.K.). From March of 2000 to present, he has served as President of Broadmedia.

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Since its founding, the Broadmedia Group has been engaged in a diverse range of content businesses and technology services, delivering a wide variety of services to society through its unique business domains.

In recent years, the Company has been proactively developing educational businesses as content, such as wide-area online high schools, eSports education, and Japanese language education. Furthermore, with the addition of div inc. and divx inc. to the Group in January 2024, we have launched programming education and development businesses. We are now working to create a unique, integrated educational business centered on AI education and AI development.

The Company aims to “grow through sustainable and ethical businesses.” In addition, we have established a medium-term target of “further expansion and higher profitability (consolidated operating profit ratio of 10%, ROE of 30%).”

To achieve these goals, we will not only further develop our growth-driving businesses of Education and Technology, but will also implement fundamental measures for certain existing businesses, including consideration of strategic options. While maintaining our financial soundness, we intend to allocate the cash flow generated to growth investments and shareholder returns. Through these initiatives, we strive to enhance the overall performance and capital efficiency of the Broadmedia Group.

At the same time, under a Board of Directors with a majority of Outside Directors, we have established a voluntary Nomination and Compensation Committee and a voluntary Strategic Review Committee, both chaired by Outside Directors, to further strengthen our corporate governance. The Company is firmly committed to achieving its medium-term targets and advancing to a new stage of growth through sustainable and ethical businesses.

July 2025