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Link and Motivation Inc.’s management team
Directors

Chairman and Representative Director
Ozasa Yoshihisa
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Established the Company, and assumed the position of President and Representative Director
2013 Chairman and Representative Director (to present)

President and Representative Director
Sakashita Hideki
- Profile
- 1991 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Established the Company, and assumed the position of Director
2013 President and Representative Director (to present)
2017 Director, Link Global SolutionInc. (to present), Director, Link Corporate Communications Inc. (to present), Director, Link Event Produce Inc. (to present)

Director
Ohno Shunichi
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- 1992 Joined Aoyama Audit Company (Price Waterhouse)
1998 Joined PwC Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
2002 Joined the Company
2008 Director (to present)
2015 Outside Director, Youji Corporation (to present)
Note: Also serves as a director at 10 consolidated subsidiaries and as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member at OpenWork.
Corporate Officer

Managing Director
Kawauchi Masanao
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- 2003 Joined the Company
2010 Operating Officer
2018 Director
2019 President and Representative Director, Link Global Solution Inc. (to present)
2022 Managing Director (responsible for Organizational Development Division, to present), President and Representative Director, Link Event Produce Inc. (to present), Director, Link Corporate Communications Inc. (to present)
2023 Director, Link Academy Inc. (to present)

Managing Director
Kitsu Hiroyuki
- Profile
- 1988 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2006 Operating Officer, Recruit Agent Co., Ltd. (currently, Recruit Career Co., Ltd.)
2013 Joined Square Enix Co., Ltd., and assumed the position of Corporate Executive
2015 Joined the Company and assumed the position of Operating Officer, Director, Interac Co., Ltd. (currently, Link Interac Inc., to present)
2016 Director
2020 Director, Link Japan Careers Inc. (to present)
2021 Director, OpenWork Inc.
2022 Managing Director (Matching Division), Director, Link Agent Inc., Director, Link-i Inc.
2023 Managing Director (responsible for Individual Development Division, to present), Director, Link Academy Inc. (to present), Director, Motivation Academia Inc. (to present)

Corporate Officer
Kawamura Nobuyuki
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- 2000 Joined the Company
2010 Established Motivation Academia Inc.
2014 Unit Manager of PR and Secretary Unit of Group Design Department
2022 Corporate Officer (executive for Public Relation Department)
2023 Corporate Officer (responsible for Matching Division, to present), Director, Link Agent Inc. (to present), Director, Link-i Inc. (to present)

Corporate Officer
Oshima Takashi
- Profile
- 2000 Joined Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation (currently, SCSK Corporation)
2005 Joined the Company
2015 Head of Motivation Engineering Institute (to present)
2022 Corporate Officer (executive for Motivation Engineering Institute, to present)

Corporate Officer
Sakakibara Kiyotaka
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- 1988 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Established the Company, and assumed the position of Director
2013 President and Representative Director, Motivation Academia Inc., President and Representative Director, Link Dining Inc.
2015 President and Representative Director, Link Relation Engineering Inc.
2018 President and Representative Director, Link Event Produce Inc.
2019 President and Representative Director, a2media Corporation
2022 Corporate Officer (executive for Brand Design Department, to present)

Corporate Officer
Shibato Junya
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- 2000 Joined YASKAWA Electric Corporation (currently, YE DIGITAL CORPORATION)
2001 Joined Japan System Create Corporation (SCSK Minori Solutions Corporation)
2005 Joined Ardito Co., Ltd.
2012 Corporate Officer, Ardito Co., Ltd.
2016 Joined Geniee, Inc.
2017 Corporate Officer, Geniee, Inc.
2018 Joined the Company
2022 Corporate Officer (executive for Product Design Department, to present)

Corporate Officer
Yokoyama Hiroaki
- Profile
- 2004 Joined the Company
2008 Director, i JUST Co. Ltd.
2011 Director, DIGIT Inc.
2013 Unit Manager of Accounting & General Affairs Unit of Group Design Department
2022 Corporate Officer (executive for System Design Department)
2023 Corporate Officer (executive for Group Design Department, to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Kuriyama Hiromi
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
2005 Joined a2media Corporation as Director, General Manager in charge of Strategy Promotion
2006 Director, Business Support Department (Accounting, Legal, Personnel, General Affairs), a2media Corporation
2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan REIT Inc. (currently, Prop Tech plus Inc.)
2015 Director, Brainpress Inc. (currently, Inbound Tech Inc.)
2019 Director, Company Administrator, a2media Corporation
2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (to present)
Outside Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Part-time)
Outside Director (Part-time)
Yuasa Tomoyuki
- Profile
- 2000 Joined Andersen Consulting, Ltd. (currently, Accenture Japan Ltd.)
2005 Joined Revamp Corporation
2010 Director, Revamp Corporation
2011 Director and Vice President, Revamp Corporation
2013 Representative Director, Revamp Outsourcing Corporation (currently, Revamp Academy Corporation) (to present)
2016 Outside Director, the Company (to present), President, Representative Director and CEO, Revamp Corporation, Representative Director, Eggcellent Corporation (to present), Outside Director, K’s Holdings Corporation
2018 President and Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer, Revamp Corporation (to present)
Outside Director (Part-time)
Kakuyama Takashi
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- 1991 Professor, Tokyo International University
1992 Visiting Researcher, Michael G.Foster School of Business, University of Washington
2003 Dean of Faculty of Human and Social Studies, Tokyo International University
2009 Dean of Graduate School of Sociology, Tokyo International University
2011 Professor and Director of Motivation Laboratory, Tokyo Future University
2012 Dean of School of Motivation and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Future University
2018 President, Tokyo Future University (to present)
2020 Outside Director, the Company (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Tominaga Kenji
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- 1979 Joined Japan Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
1999 Established Career Plan Co., Ltd., President and Representative Director (to present)
2000 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
2001 Established Career Design Co., Ltd., President and Director
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Matsuoka Yasumasa
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
2003 Executive Officer, General Manager of Marketing and Communications Department, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
2004 Manager, Brand Strategy Office, SoftBank Corp.
2005 President and Representative Director, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Marketing Corp. (currently, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp.)
2007 Representative Director, Career Firm Co., Ltd.
2011 Outside Director, Onionnews Inc.
2014 President and Representative Director, Motivation Japan (to present)