Galaxy stellar mass distribution as a function of redshift. The limiting stellar mass of the total (left), star-forming (middle), and quiescent (right) samples are determined as a function of redshift following Pozzetti et al. (2010) and are shown by the solid black curves. Two estimates are computed based on the limiting magnitude of HSC z (solid) and the IRAC [3.6 μm] limiting magnitude (dotted), respectively. The more conservative estimate using HSC z is used in the remainder of this work and are presented as Eqs. (3)–(5) for the total, star-forming, and quiescent samples. For comparison, the stellar mass limits of D17 and W23 are also shown. Shading corresponds to logarithmic density.