Director

April 1975
Joined Sony Corporation

November 1993
Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (currently Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)

April 1999
President and Representative Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (currently Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)

June 2000
Director of Sony Corporation

November 2003
Director, Executive Vice President and COO of Sony Corporation

December 2006
Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (currently Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)

June 2007
Honorary Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Senior technology advisor of Sony Corporation (current position)

October 2009
Representative Director and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment Inc. (current position)

March 2010
Outside Director of the Company (current position)

June 2011
Outside Director of Nojima Corporation (current position)