LY Corporation Announces Its Directors and Officers as of April 1, 2026

Announcement

LY Corporation (the “Company”) hereby announces its directors and officers as of April 1, 2026.

Directors and officers as of April 1, 2026

Directors (including Audit and Supervisory Committee members)*1

Name Title
Kentaro Kawabe Chairperson and Representative Director
Takeshi Idezawa President and Representative Director,
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Yoshio Usumi Outside Director (Independent Director),
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Maiko Hasumi Outside Director (Independent Director),
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Tadashi Kunihiro Outside Director (Independent Director),
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Yuko Takahashi Outside Director (Independent Director),
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Executive Corporate Officers, etc.

Name Title
Jungho Shin CPO (Chief Product Officer)
Ryosuke Sakaue Executive Corporate Officer,
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Euivin Park Executive Corporate Officer,
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
In Joon Hwang Executive Corporate Officer,
CGIO (Chief Global Investment Officer)
Hiroshi Kataoka Executive Corporate Officer,
Media Search Domain Lead
Mitsunobu Ashizawa Executive Corporate Officer,
Media Search Domain, AI Agent Management SBU Lead
Kiyoshi Sasaki Executive Corporate Officer,
Media Search Domain, Ads Management SBU Lead
Makoto Hide Executive Corporate Officer,
Commerce Domain Lead
Yuki Ikehata Executive Corporate Officer,
Corporate Business Domain Lead
Shohei Niki Executive Corporate Officer,
Corporate Business Domain CPO
Jun Masuda Executive Corporate Officer,
Contents & Membership Domain Lead
Youngsu Ko Executive Corporate Officer,
LINE Platform Domain Lead
Tomohiro Ikebe Executive Corporate Officer,
LINE Platform Domain, LINE Dev Management SBU Lead
Takeshi Shimamura Executive Corporate Officer,
Local/UGC SBU Lead
Seokho Yang Executive Corporate Officer,
CTO Domain, Data & AI CBU Lead
Masahiko Kokubo Executive Corporate Officer,
CTO Domain, Technology Solutions CBU Lead
Masahito Senoo Executive Corporate Officer,
Governance Domain Lead

*1 The directors stated in this notice represent LY Corporation’s management structure as of April 1, 2026. Director candidates to be submitted to the Company’s 31st Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders, scheduled for June 2026, will be examined and deliberated by the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors, both of which are scheduled to be convened. An announcement will be made in due course. Furthermore, Chairperson and Representative Director Kentaro Kawabe will retire upon the expiration of his term of office at the conclusion of said Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders.

Unless otherwise specified, English-language documents are prepared solely for the convenience of non-Japanese speakers. If there is any inconsistency between the English-language documents and the Japanese-language documents, the Japanese-language documents will prevail.

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