SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of FEBRUARY 2023
Commission File Number: 001-06439

SONY GROUP CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN
(Address of principal executive offices)

The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F,
 
Form 20-F  X
Form 40-F __
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Yes No X
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-______
 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SONY GROUP CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:  /s/  Hiroki Totoki
 
                (Signature)
 
Hiroki Totoki
 
Executive Deputy President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: February 14, 2023

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2023 to January 31, 2023, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 14, 2023
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2023 to January 31, 2023, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 14, 2023]

Class of Shares: Common Stock

1.
Status of Repurchase

(1) Status of a repurchase pursuant to a resolution approved at a General Meeting of Shareholders
Not applicable

(2) Status of a repurchase pursuant to a resolution approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors
(as of January 31, 2023)

 
Number of Shares
Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022
(Period of Repurchase: May 11, 2022 to May 10, 2023）
25,000,000
(Maximum)
200,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month
(Date of repurchase)
 
January 4
January 5
January 6
January 10
January 11
January 13
January 16
January 17
 
 
166,000
175,200
96,300
108,300
41,800
51,000
69,200
19,900
 
 
1,689,845,000
1,821,157,500
1,013,982,500
1,163,727,000
456,677,000
558,747,500
755,157,500
217,819,000
Total
―
727,700
7,677,113,000
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
8,545,600
89,118,477,800
Progress of the repurchase (%)
34.18
44.56

Note 1:  The dates identified above for the “Period of Repurchase” as well as the individual dates of repurchase are trade dates and the numbers of shares repurchased are the number of shares repurchased on such trade dates.
Note 2:  It was resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022 that the method of repurchase is expected to be an open market purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract. 
1
2.
Status of Disposition

(as of January 31, 2023)
 
 
Number of Shares Disposed during the Reporting Month
Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)
Acquired treasury stock offered to subscribers
―
―
―
Total
―
―
―
Acquired treasury stock which was canceled
―
―
―
Total
―
―
―
Acquired treasury stock transferred as a result of a merger, share exchange, partial share exchange or company split
―
―
―
Total
―
―
―
Other (Exercise of stock acquisition rights)
(Date of disposition)
 
January 6
January 10
January 13
January 18
January 19
January 20
January 24
January 27
January 31
 
 
5,000
1,000
200
6,300
1,300
8,100
400
3,500
2,300
 
 
42,030,100
8,406,020
1,681,204
52,957,926
10,927,826
68,088,762
3,362,408
29,421,070
19,333,846
Total
―
28,100
236,209,162
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
(Date of disposition)
 
January 12
January 13
January 16
January 17
January 18
January 20
January 23
January 26
January 27
January 30
 
 
851
80
280
200
140
260
200
80
160
168
 
 
7,153,523
672,482
2,353,686
1,681,204
1,176,843
2,185,565
1,681,204
672,482
1,344,963
1,412,211
Total
―
2,419
20,334,163
Total amount
30,519
256,543,325

Note: The book value of the disposed treasury stock is stated in the “Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)” column above.
2
3.
Status of Shares Held in Treasury

(as of January 31, 2023)

Status as of the end of the reporting month
Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued
1,261,081,781
Number of treasury stock
27,099,753

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