No securities are beneficially owned.
The reporting person became an independent director of the issuer on February 3, 2023, upon the closing of a business combination pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 7, 2022, by and among Pono Capital Corp. ("Pono"), Pono Merger Sub, Inc., AERWINS Technologies Inc. ("AERWINS"), Mehana Equity LLC, and Shuhei Komatsu. Upon consummation of the business combination, the issuer changed its name to "AERWINS Technologies Inc."