[Post-Event Report] i-plug Chairman Tomoya Nakano Speaks at Kindai University's Faculty of Business Administration Career Management Department Course "Career Management Theory B"

i-plug Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Kita Ward; President & CEO: Masato Yamada), which operates the new graduate offer-based job hunting service "OfferBox," gave a lecture at Kindai University's Faculty of Business Administration in the course "Career Management Theory B." At this lecture, our Chairman Tomoya Nakano (※At that time: Representative Director CEO) spoke as a lecturer, sharing his entrepreneurial story and philosophy.

Lecture Content

The lecture was held in the "Career Management Theory B" course at Kindai University's Faculty of Business Administration, Career Management Department. Our Chairman Nakano was invited to teach the class. The theme of the lecture was "Career Management Theory Learned from a President's Failures." Nakano discussed how to build a career and his own way of thinking, drawing from his life experiences and entrepreneurial failures.

Event Overview

Title: Career Management Theory Learned from a "Failure" President

Date & Time: June 16, 2026 (Tue) 1st Period

Location: Kindai University, Faculty of Business Administration, Career Management Department

Lecturer: Tomoya Nakano, Chairman of i-plug Co., Ltd.

Target Audience: Students of Kindai University

Profile of Tomoya Nakano, Chairman of i-plug Co., Ltd.

Graduated from Chukyo University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration in 2001.

Completed GLOBIS Graduate School of Management, Graduate Program in Business Administration (MBA) in 2012.

Joined Intelligence Co., Ltd. (now Persol Group) and gained experience in corporate sales in the job advertisement market. Established i-plug Co., Ltd. in April 2012, served as Representative Director CEO, and became Representative Director Chairman in June 2026.

He is also active in various external roles, including serving as a director of the Osaka Industrial Bureau Foundation since April 2019, a member of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry's No. 1 Council since November 2023, and an Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology since September 2025, demonstrating his commitment to industrial promotion and entrepreneurship education.

About i-plug Co., Ltd.

With the group mission "To create a society where people's potential overflows through connections," we aim to realize a platform where each individual can foster their own unique career, with our flagship service being the new graduate offer-based job hunting service "OfferBox." Founded in Osaka in April 2012, we now have offices in Tokyo and Nagoya. We were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market on March 18, 2021 (transitioned to the Growth market on April 4, 2022).

[Representative Director] Masato Yamada

[Number of Employees] 324 (※Consolidated / As of March 31, 2026)

[Official Website] https://i-plug.co.jp

[Location] Grand Green Osaka South Tower Gate Tower 8F, 5-54 Ofukacho, Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

[Group Companies]

・e-Falcon Co., Ltd. (https://www.e-falcon.co.jp)

Main Service: "Aptitude Test eF-1G" (https://www.e-falcon.co.jp/ef-1g)

・Maximise Co., Ltd. (https://maximise.jp)

Main Service: "Tsunagaru Shūkatsu" (https://tsunashu.com/)