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KOHSOKU CORPORATION

Kosoku Co., Ltd. is a leading Japanese distributor and manufacturer of food packaging materials and industrial packaging materials. The company offers over 140,000 product items sourced from more than 1,600 suppliers, delivering through a nationwide logistics network of 54 locations across Japan. Leveraging its scale as a domestic top-tier player, the company provides comprehensive sales support and product development capabilities through its group of six consolidated companies, including manufacturers of printed cartons, tea packaging, logistics materials, plastic bags, and corrugated cardboard.

Market Cap
US$650M
¥104B
EV
US$601M
¥96.1B
StockUS$33.63(¥5,370)▲+2.09%
US$1 = ¥159.70 (2026-11-12)
LTM EV/EBITDA
14.3
x
LTM EV/EBIT
17.1
x
LTM PER
23.9
x
LTM PBR
2.4
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+64.3%pt
10012
Nov 13, 25 – Nov 13, 26StockTOPIX
1Aug 3, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced; Board approved share buyback
2Nov 2, 26Q2 FY2027/03 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
US$650M¥104BMarket CapUS$12.7M¥2.02B+ DebtUS$20.5M¥3.27B− CashUS$40.9M¥6.52B− Inv. Sec.US$601M¥96.1BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (US$)
US$575M¥91.8B'22/3US$619M¥98.9B'23/3US$665M¥106B'24/3US$726M¥116B'25/3US$778M¥124B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (US$)
US$28.0M¥4.47B'22/3US$30.6M¥4.88B'23/3US$32.4M¥5.18B'24/3US$34.5M¥5.51B'25/3US$37.1M¥5.93B'26/3
Net Income 5Y (US$)
US$16.7M¥2.66B'22/3US$18.6M¥2.98B'23/3US$19.5M¥3.11B'24/3US$21.7M¥3.47B'25/3US$23.6M¥3.76B'26/3
Capital Structure
95%
EquityD/E 0.05xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (US$)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
US$82.5M¥13.2BUS$2.54M¥0.41B'22/3US$85.7M¥13.7BUS$2.29M¥0.37B'23/3US$101M¥16.1BUS$1.67M¥0.27B'24/3US$88.4M¥14.1BUS$2.20M¥0.35B'25/3US$67.8M¥10.8BUS$3.17M¥0.51B'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 57.4%
1
Managed Trust (Kosoku Kosan A Co., Ltd. No. 0700206), Trustee: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
11.21%
2
Managed Trust (Kosoku Kosan B Co., Ltd. No. 0700207), Trustee: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
11.21%
3
BBH for Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
7.31%
4
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
6.25%
5
Managed Trust (Kosoku Kosan C Co., Ltd. No. 0700208), Trustee: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
5.69%
6
Hikari Tsushin Inc. Investment Business Limited Liability Partnership
4.20%
7
Kosoku Kosan B Co., Ltd.
3.18%
8
Kosoku Kosan C Co., Ltd.
3.13%
9
The 77 Bank,Ltd.
2.61%
10
Yumiko KAKU
2.60%
Management
12 officers
Takanori KAKU
Representative Director, Chairman
Apr 2000 Registered with Osaka Bar Association Jun 2003 Assumed office as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2006 Assumed office as Director and Vice President Apr 2013 Assumed office as Director and Vice Chairman Jun 2013 Assumed office as Representative Director and Vice Chairman Jun 2015 Assumed office as Representative Director and Chairman (current)
1969-05-20
Hiroki KAKU
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Apr 2000 Joined the Company Apr 2005 Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Administration Department Apr 2008 Executive Officer and General Manager, Consolidated Business Headquarters Jun 2008 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Consolidated Business Headquarters Apr 2009 Assumed office as Managing Director and General Manager, Consolidated Business Headquarters Apr 2010 Assumed office as Representative Director and President, Fuji Package Co., Ltd. (now Kosoku Seapack Co., Ltd.) Apr 2011 Assumed office as Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Consolidated Business Headquarters Apr 2013 Assumed office as Director and Vice President Jun 2013 Assumed office as Representative Director and Vice President Apr 2014 Assumed office as Representative Director and President Jun 2021 Assumed office as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer (current)
1971-08-01
Hideki AGATSUMA
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer; in charge of Sales Division and Business Administration Division; General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Headquarters
Apr 1992 Joined the Company Sep 2002 Assumed office as Director of Asahi Packaging Co., Ltd. (merged into Kosoku Co., Ltd. in Mar 2008) Apr 2004 Executive Officer and General Manager, Chiba Branch Apr 2006 Executive Officer and General Manager, Kanto Branch Jun 2009 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Kanto Branch Apr 2011 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Kanto Branch and General Manager, Tokai/Kinki Branch Apr 2012 Assumed office as Managing Director and General Manager, Kanto Branch and General Manager, Tokai/Kinki Branch Jun 2015 Assumed office as Senior Managing Director in charge of Tokai/Kinki Branch and General Manager, Kanto Branch Apr 2016 Assumed office as Senior Managing Director in charge of Sales Division Apr 2017 Senior Managing Director in charge of Sales Division and Business Administration Division Jun 2021 Assumed office as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales Division and Business Administration Division Apr 2022 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales Division and Business Administration Division; General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Headquarters (current)
1970-03-13
Junichi OHARA
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Kanto Branch and General Manager, Shinetsu Branch
Apr 1993 Joined the Company Apr 2011 Executive Officer and General Manager, Northern Tohoku Branch Apr 2015 Executive Officer and General Manager, Tokai/Kinki Branch Jun 2015 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Tokai/Kinki Branch Apr 2016 Assumed office as Director, General Manager, Kanto Branch, General Manager, Tokai/Kinki Branch and General Manager, Kanagawa Sales Department Apr 2017 Director and General Manager, Kanto Branch Jun 2018 Managing Director and General Manager, Kanto Branch Jun 2021 Assumed office as Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Kanto Branch Jun 2022 Assumed office as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Kanto Branch Apr 2024 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Kanto Branch; Deputy General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Headquarters Apr 2026 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Kanto Branch and General Manager, Shinetsu Branch (current)
1970-07-10
Hiromi KOBAYASHI
Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokai/Chubu Branch
Apr 1993 Joined the Company Apr 2004 Executive Officer and General Manager, Northern Tohoku Branch Jun 2009 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Northern Tohoku Branch Apr 2011 Assumed office as Director in charge of Northern Tohoku Branch and General Manager, Sanriku Coastal Branch Jun 2011 Director in charge of Northern Tohoku Branch, General Manager, Miyagi Branch and General Manager, Sanriku Coastal Branch Jun 2013 Representative Director and President, Kosoku Marutomo Packaging Co., Ltd. (merged into Kosoku Co., Ltd. in Apr 2021) Jun 2015 Assumed office as Managing Director in charge of Northern Tohoku Branch, General Manager, Miyagi Branch and General Manager, Sanriku Coastal Branch Apr 2016 Managing Director in charge of Northern Tohoku and Central Tohoku Branches, General Manager, Miyagi Branch and General Manager, Sanriku Coastal Branch Apr 2018 Managing Director in charge of Northern Tohoku, Central Tohoku, Iwate Sanriku Coastal Branches and Machinery Sales Promotion Department, General Manager, Miyagi Branch Apr 2019 Managing Director, General Manager, Miyagi Branch Apr 2021 Managing Director, General Manager, Tokai/Chubu Branch Jun 2021 Assumed office as Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Tokai/Chubu Branch (current)
1970-05-04
Miyuki IWASAWA
Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources Department; in charge of General Affairs Department
Apr 1993 Joined the Company Apr 2016 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department Jun 2016 Assumed office as Director and General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department Apr 2019 Director and General Manager, Human Resources Department Apr 2021 Director and General Manager, Human Resources Department; in charge of General Affairs Department Jun 2021 Senior Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Department; in charge of General Affairs Department Jun 2022 Assumed office as Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Department; in charge of General Affairs Department (current)
1972-07-25
Takashi MITAMURA
Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, President's Office and General Manager, Accounting Department
Jul 2014 Joined the Company Apr 2019 General Manager, Accounting Department and Deputy General Manager, Systems Department Apr 2021 General Manager, President's Office and General Manager, Accounting Department Jun 2021 Senior Executive Officer and General Manager, President's Office and General Manager, Accounting Department Jun 2022 Assumed office as Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, President's Office and General Manager, Accounting Department (current)
1976-12-18
Toshimasa OIKAWA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Mar 2014 Joined the Company as General Manager, General Affairs Department Apr 2014 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department and General Manager, President's Office Apr 2015 General Manager, President's Office Apr 2019 General Manager, President's Office and General Manager, General Affairs Department Apr 2021 General Manager, General Affairs Department Sep 2024 Senior Advisor, General Affairs Department Jun 2026 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current)
1959-02-15
Takakazu UCHIDA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Mar 1986 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Feb 1995 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Sep 2000 Opened Uchida Certified Public Accountant Office Jun 2007 Assumed office as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2016 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1954-03-16
Mitsuhiko ITO
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1997 Appointed as Judge May 2005 Registered with Sendai Bar Association Jun 2013 Assumed office as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2016 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1970-10-02
Masae NUMAKURA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1988 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jan 1997 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant; opened Numakura Tax Accountant Office Jul 2005 Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC Jan 2017 Left Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC Feb 2017 Opened Numakura Certified Public Accountant Office Oct 2019 Supervisory Committee Member, City of Natori (Miyagi Prefecture) (Representative) Jun 2021 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1960-06-16
Mihoko OSAWA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Oct 2005 Registered with Second Tokyo Bar Association; joined Creole Hibiya Law Office Apr 2011 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Chuo University Dec 2012 Krrs Ginza Law Office (now Krrs Tokyo Law Office) (current) Oct 2015 Assumed office as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Intrust Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2022 Assumed office as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Living House Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1975-10-08
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Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2026 – Mar 2027
TDnet
2026-10-30
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-09-11
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-07-31
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINETAmended
2026-06-24
Change Report
EDINET
2026-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-22
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-05-08
Full-Year Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-01-30
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-09-29
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-07-31
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-02-18
Amended Securities Registration Statement
TDnet
2025-02-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2025-02-07
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-07-31
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-23
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
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