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, we have actively expanded our education businesses as content, including correspondence high school education, esports education, and Japanese language education. Furthermore, following the addition of div inc. and divx inc. to the Group in January 2024, we have launched AI education and AI-driven development businesses, and are now working to create a unique, integrated “Education × Technology × AI” business centered on AI.

We aim to “grow through sustainable and ethical businesses.” We have also set medium-term targets of further expansion and higher profitability, specifically, a consolidated operating profit ratio of 10%, and an ROE of 30%.

To achieve these targets, we will further accelerate growth in our core Education and Technology businesses through AI, while implementing fundamental measures for certain existing businesses, including the consideration of strategic options.
At the same time, while maintaining financial soundness, we intend to allocate our cash flow to both growth investments and shareholder returns, with the aim of improving the overall performance and capital efficiency of the Group.

In addition, 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.
We are firmly committed to achieving our medium-term targets and advancing to a new stage of growth through sustainable and ethical businesses.

June 2026