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Scouting report · 9984.T

Yoshimitsu Goto

  • Board Director, Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, CFO & CISO, 9984.T since 2018-04src

SoftBank Group CFO since April 2018; joined from Yasuda Trust in 2000

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design—0.01% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
In the role
8 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 4

  • A small stake beside the founder's: 1,514,000 shares (0.027%) in the year ended 2026-03, against ¥501m of pay that yearsrc
  • His holding in the officer table fell from 1.07m to 0.27m pre-split shares between March 2022 and March 2023; the table does not say whysrc
  • Holds several jobs at once: CFO and CISO, head of the Hawks baseball club, and director of PayPay and SB Global Adviserssrc
  • The director-pay amendment covering him passed with only 55.82% at the June 2025 AGM, after ISS and Glass Lewis opposed itsrc

Career

  1. 2026-04 – now
    SoftBank Group Corp.src
    Board Director, Senior Vice President (専務執行役員), CFO & CISO
  2. 2020-06 – 2026-04
    SoftBank Group Corp.src
    Board Director, Senior Vice President, CFO, CISO & CSusO
    Corporate Officer title from November 2020; GCO also in the 2025 officer table and on the 2025-08-07 call
  3. 2019-06 – now
    PayPay Corporationsrc
    Director (part-time)
  4. 2018-04 – 2020-06
    SoftBank Group Corp.src
    Senior Vice President, CFO & CISO
  5. 2017-06 – 2018-04
    SoftBank Group Corp.src
    Senior Vice President (専務執行役員)
  6. 2015-06 – 2017-06
    SoftBank Group Corp.src
    Director, Executive Vice President (常務執行役員)
    The 2014 officer table titles him executive in charge of finance, PR, IR and brand, and head of the Finance Department
  7. 2014-06 – now
    SoftBank Group Corp. (then SoftBank Corp.)src
    Board Director
  8. 2013-10 – now
    Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp.src
    Representative Director, President, CEO & Acting Owner
  9. 2012-07 – 2015-06
    SoftBank Corp. (now SoftBank Group Corp.)src
    Executive Vice President (常務執行役員), head of the Finance Department
  10. 2000-06 – 2012-07
    SoftBank Corp. (now SoftBank Group Corp.)src
    Joined; positions before 2012 include director of Vodafone K.K. (now SoftBank Corp.) and of SoftBank Payment Service
    The yuho career dates the Vodafone K.K. directorship from April 2006 (IRB-GOTO-OFF) and gives no end date
  11. 1987-04 – 2000-06
    The Yasuda Trust and Banking Co. (now Mizuho Trust & Banking)src
    Banker

Achievements

  • CFO of SoftBank Group since April 2018 and a board director since June 2014, through the Vision Fund, the Arm IPO and the OpenAI commitmentssrc
  • Runs the quarterly results: the main company speaker on the ROIC.ai transcripts of SoftBank's callssrc
  • Has run the Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS baseball club as President, CEO and acting owner since October 2013src
  • A director of PayPay since June 2019 and of SB Global Advisers, the Vision Fund 2 managersrc

Education

  • Hitotsubashi University, BA Social sciences (1987)src

Background

  • Boards Director of PayPay Corporation (part-time, holds no PayPay shares) and of SB Global Advisers Limitedsrc
  • Other President, CEO and acting owner of the Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS since 2013, alongside the CFO jobsrc
  • Other A career banker for 13 years at Yasuda Trust and Banking before joining SoftBank in 2000src

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

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  1. Web search result IRBANK officer page for 後藤芳光 (E02778): republishes the yuho officer table (career 略歴, title and shares held by year) from the 第46期 yuho, FY 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31. Used because EDINET and EDINET DB get_directors are out of reach · 2026-09-24
  2. Web search result IRBANK pay page (E02778): republishes the yuho's individually disclosed pay (officers with ¥100m or more) and the per-category totals, FY ended March 2014 to March 2026 · 2026-09-24
  3. Filing PayPay Corp Form 20-F, FY ended 2026-03-31 (0001193125-26-289382), Item 6.A (Goto a part-time director since June 2019, with bio) and Item 6.E (no PayPay shares) · 2026-06-30
  4. Filing SoftBank Group Corp. Schedule 13D/A on Symbotic Inc. (0001493152-25-026738), Exhibit 1 Schedule A: executive officers and directors of SoftBank Group Corp. and directors of SB Global Advisers · 2025-12-08
  5. Data connector EDINET DB get_director_compensation(edinet_code=E02778, fiscal_year=2025): FY ended 2025-03-31, inside directors (4): fixed ¥222m, performance-linked cash ¥504m, other ¥1m, total ¥727m; no share-based pay; 4 officers at ¥100m or more
  6. Data connector EDINET DB get_company(edinet_code=E02778): latest fiscal year (ended 2026-03-31) IFRS net income ¥5,002,271m
  7. Web search result WebSearch: Nikkei, 'ソフトバンクG株主総会、役員報酬変更は賛成55.8%' (2025-07): the director-pay amendment (¥5bn cap kept, board to set stock-option exercise conditions) passed with 55.82% after ISS and Glass Lewis recommended against · 2026-09-24
  8. Call transcript SoftBank Group results for the quarter ended 2025-06-30 (2025-08-07), ROIC.ai: Goto introduced as Board Director and CFO, CISO and GCO
  9. Call transcript SoftBank Group earnings call, ROIC.ai file FY2025-Q4