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GAKUJO CO.,Ltd.

Gakujo Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based human resources and recruitment services company specializing in job placement and career support for young professionals in their 20s and 30s, as well as new graduates from universities and junior colleges. The company operates a suite of internet-based job platforms including 'Re-Shukatsu' (mid-career job site for those in their 20s), 'Re-Shukatsu Tech' (for IT engineers), 'Re-Shukatsu 30' (for career professionals in their 30s), and 'Re-Shukatsu Campus' (for new graduates), complemented by large-scale joint company seminars such as 'Tenshoku Haku' and 'Shushoku Haku'. In addition to its digital and event-based recruitment offerings, the company provides recruitment outsourcing, staffing, headhunting agency services, and government-commissioned employment support projects.

Market Cap
¥22.8B
US$146M
EV
¥12.3B
US$78.5M
Stock¥1,723▼-0.12%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.4
x
LTM EV/EBIT
5.0
x
LTM PER
12.0
x
LTM PBR
1.6
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-22.5%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
22.8BUS$146MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt4.54BUS$28.9M− Cash5.97BUS$38.1M− Inv. Sec.12.3BUS$78.5MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
6.22US$39.7M'21/106.77US$43.2M'22/108.78US$56.0M'23/1010.7US$68.4M'24/1011.0US$70.3M'25/10
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
1.96US$12.5M'21/101.75US$11.2M'22/102.46US$15.7M'23/102.87US$18.3M'24/102.63US$16.8M'25/10
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
1.38US$8.82M'21/101.40US$8.90M'22/101.75US$11.2M'23/102.23US$14.2M'24/101.89US$12.1M'25/10
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
9.49US$60.5M'21/1010.4US$66.1M'22/1010.3US$65.8M'23/109.72US$62.0M'24/1010.3US$65.8M'25/10
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 52.1%
1
Ambitious Co., Ltd.
16.86%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
7.51%
3
The Asahi Shimbun Company
5.79%
4
Asahi Gakusei Shimbun Co., Ltd.
5.79%
5
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.44%
6
Taishi NAKAI
3.38%
7
GAKUJO CO.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.80%
8
GOLDMAN,SACHS & CO.REG (Standing Proxy: Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.)
2.61%
9
NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE NON TREATY CLIENTS ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)
1.98%
10
Kitano Co., Ltd.
1.94%
Management
9 officers
Kiyokazu NAKAI
Chairman and Representative Director (Overall Management)
Nov 1976 Founded the Company's business Nov 1977 Established the Company; Representative Director, President Jan 2022 Representative Director, Chairman of the Company (current)
1948-09-13
Taishi NAKAI
President and Representative Director (Overall Management)
Sep 2001 Joined the Company Apr 2012 Sub-Manager, Osaka Sales Headquarters Sep 2013 General Manager, Kyoto Branch Oct 2016 Deputy General Manager and General Manager, Tokyo Planning and Sales Headquarters Jan 2018 Director Jan 2020 Director and Executive Vice President Jan 2022 Representative Director, President of the Company (current)
1978-08-15
Shinichiro INUI
Director, in charge of Corporate Headquarters and Media Business Headquarters
Apr 1996 Joined the Company Aug 2000 Manager, Operations Department Jul 2003 Manager, Planning and Sales Department, Tokyo Headquarters Apr 2007 Manager, Planning Department Feb 2018 Executive Officer Jan 2023 Director of the Company (current)
1973-08-11
Akira TSUJIUCHI
Director
Feb 1978 Joined Tohmatsu & Aoki Audit Corporation (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Jun 1998 Partner, Audit Corporation Tohmatsu (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Jun 2019 Retired at mandatory retirement age Jul 2019 Head, Tsujiuchi Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Jan 2020 Outside Director of the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), Sekisui Jushi Corporation (current) Jun 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), GS Yuasa Corporation (current)
1954-05-24
Yuko SASAGAWA
Director
Apr 1985 Joined Life Publishing Co., Ltd. Mar 1986 Left Life Publishing Co., Ltd. Mar 1986 Joined Book Center 1/2 Co., Ltd. Jul 1987 Left Book Center 1/2 Co., Ltd. Sep 1987 Joined Sapporo Word Processor School (currently Flex Japan Co., Ltd.) Jul 1992 Left Sapporo Word Processor School Jul 1992 Joined Light Staff Co., Ltd. (English conversation school) Apr 1997 Left Light Staff Co., Ltd. (English conversation school) Jul 1997 Established Light Staff Co., Ltd. (worker dispatch business, currently Imagine Plus Co., Ltd.); Director, Business Division General Manager Jan 2002 Director and Executive Vice President, Imagine Plus Co., Ltd. Jun 2003 Representative Director, President, Imagine Plus Co., Ltd. Apr 2012 Established Imagine Next Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, President (current) Jan 2021 Retired as Representative Director, President, Imagine Plus Co., Ltd. Jan 2022 Outside Director of the Company (current) Jul 2022 Outside Director (part-time), Kaneka Corporation (current)
1962-07-22
Seiichi MURAKOSHI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1984 Joined the Company Oct 2000 Manager, Planning and Sales Division No. 2 Sep 2001 General Manager, Tokyo Headquarters Jul 2003 Manager, Operations Department Jan 2011 Director of the Company Jan 2018 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1961-07-20
Yoshinobu MAE
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1968 Joined Osaka National Tax Bureau (hired by Kumamoto National Tax Bureau) Oct 1985 Seconded to Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. Jul 1989 Tennoji Tax Office, Osaka National Tax Bureau Jul 1998 Information Management Officer, General Affairs Department, Osaka National Tax Bureau Jul 2005 National Tax Judge, Osaka National Tax Tribunal Jul 2008 Retired from Osaka National Tax Tribunal Aug 2008 Registered as certified tax accountant; established Yoshinobu Mae Tax Accountant Office, Head (current) Nov 2016 Provisional Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jan 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1949-03-29
Hiromi WADA
Director
Apr 1990 Joined Geos Co., Ltd. Sep 1990 Left Geos Co., Ltd. Oct 1990 Joined Sunrose Co., Ltd. Nov 1992 Left Sunrose Co., Ltd. Dec 1992 Joined Britannica Japan Co., Ltd. Jun 2002 Left Britannica Japan Co., Ltd. following its withdrawal from Japan Jul 2002 Representative Director, perie Co., Ltd. (currently HIROWA Co., Ltd.) (current) Apr 2017 Visiting Professor, Department of Career Development, Kyoto Koka Women's University (current) Jan 2025 Outside Director of the Company (current)
1967-02-16
Seiko KOBAYASHI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Jan 2018 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Miyako Law Office (Attorney Corporation) Jan 2025 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Feb 2025 Joined Taiyo Law Office (current)
1983-02-15
Large Shareholding Reports
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-12-05
3.37%→2.94%
Ambitious Co., Ltd.
2025-11-10
14.55%→14.55%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 16.86%
Ambitious Co., Ltd.
2025-11-10
14.55%→14.55%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 16.86%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-10-22
4.46%→3.37%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-08-22
4.25%→4.46%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-09-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2026
EDINET
2026-06-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
TDnet
2026-03-09
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2026
EDINET
2026-01-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
EDINET
2025-12-05
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-10
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2025-11-10
Change Report
EDINET
2025-10-22
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-09-08
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2025
EDINET
2025-08-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-06-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
TDnet
2025-03-10
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2025
EDINET
2025-01-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2023 – Oct 2024
EDINET
2024-06-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Feb 2024 – Apr 2024
EDINET
2024-03-15
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
EDINETAmended
2024-02-06
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2022 – Oct 2023
EDINET
2024-01-31
Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2022 – Oct 2023
EDINET
2023-09-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: May 2023 – Jul 2023
EDINET
2023-06-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Feb 2023 – Apr 2023
EDINET
2023-03-17
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Nov 2022 – Jan 2023
EDINET
2023-01-31
Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2021 – Oct 2022
EDINET
2022-09-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-01-31
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-09-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-01-25
Annual Securities Report
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