Sony (SONY) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

 Sony Group Corp S-8

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Sony Group Corporation (Sony Group Kabushiki Kaisha) of our report dated June 22, 2021 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Sony Group Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2021.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC 

Tokyo, Japan 

November 16, 2021