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CAREER DESIGN CENTER CO.,LTD.

Career Design Center operates a comprehensive suite of human resources services in Japan, targeting career-oriented engineers, sales professionals, and women. Core offerings include online job portals ('type', 'Onna no Tenshoku type'), job fairs, new graduate recruitment media, fee-based placement services ('type転職エージェント', 'type就活エージェント'), and IT staffing/dispatch services ('typeIT派遣'). The company addresses the full spectrum of recruitment challenges for both job seekers and corporate clients through integrated, multi-channel service delivery.

Market Cap
¥13.9B
US$88.6M
EV
¥9.85B
US$62.8M
Stock¥2,627▼-0.49%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.5
x
LTM EV/EBIT
5.8
x
LTM PER
11.8
x
LTM PBR
2.7
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-2.6%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
13.9BUS$88.6MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt4.04BUS$25.8M− Cash0.00BUS$0.00M− Inv. Sec.9.85BUS$62.8MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
9.44US$60.2M'21/915.5US$98.9M'22/917.4US$111M'23/917.7US$113M'24/918.6US$119M'25/9
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.47US$2.99M'21/91.47US$9.36M'22/91.99US$12.7M'23/91.89US$12.1M'24/92.09US$13.4M'25/9
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.93US$5.91M'21/90.79US$5.06M'22/91.16US$7.42M'23/90.98US$6.28M'24/91.10US$7.02M'25/9
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
2.62US$16.7M0.06US$0.37M'21/93.42US$21.8M0.91US$5.79M'22/94.53US$28.9M0.81US$5.16M'23/92.71US$17.3M'24/93.94US$25.1M'25/9
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 41.0%
1
Hiromi TADA
24.24%
2
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140040 (Standing Proxy: General Manager, Settlement Business Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Takashi HIOKI)
2.79%
3
Diamond, Inc.
2.26%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
1.86%
5
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
1.73%
6
CAREER DESIGN CENTER CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
1.69%
7
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140042 (Standing Proxy: General Manager, Settlement Business Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Takashi HIOKI)
1.66%
8
Motoo NAKAGIRI
1.66%
9
RE FUND 107-CLIENT AC (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
1.60%
10
Kazuhito YOKOTA
1.52%
Management
7 officers
Hiromi TADA
Representative Director, President and Chairman
Jan 1977 Joined Nihon Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Aug 1986 Director, Nihon Recruit Center Co., Ltd. Jul 1993 Representative Director and President upon founding of the Company Oct 2006 Representative Director, President and Chairman of the Company (current) Oct 2013 Director, Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. Mar 2018 Representative Director and Chairman, Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd.
1947-07-02
Yusuke KAYAMA
Representative Director, Vice President, in charge of Media Information Business Division
Apr 2001 Joined Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. Oct 2002 Joined the Company Oct 2008 General Manager, Career Sales Department Oct 2012 Director General, Career Sales Bureau Jul 2013 Head of Career Sales Bureau Oct 2013 Head of Career Sales Headquarters Dec 2014 Director, Head of Career Sales Headquarters Oct 2015 Director, Head of Media Sales Headquarters Apr 2016 Director, Head of Media Information Business Division Sep 2018 Director, in charge of Media Sales Headquarters Oct 2019 Director, Head of Media Information Business Division Oct 2020 Managing Director, in charge of Media Information Business Division Oct 2023 Senior Managing Director, in charge of Media Information Business Division Dec 2023 Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Media Information Business Division Oct 2024 Representative Director, Vice President, in charge of Media Information Business Division (current)
1978-04-28
Yutaka NISHIYAMA
Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning
Apr 2005 Joined the Company Oct 2011 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Oct 2012 Head of Corporate Planning Headquarters Dec 2012 Director, Head of Corporate Planning Bureau Dec 2016 Director, Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. Oct 2020 Director, in charge of Corporate Planning Oct 2021 Managing Director, in charge of Corporate Planning Oct 2023 Senior Managing Director, in charge of Corporate Planning Dec 2023 Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning (current)
1982-12-24
Ryohei KIKUCHI
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1998 Joined the Company Apr 2008 General Manager, Sales Department Jan 2009 General Manager, Editorial Department Oct 2009 General Manager, Editorial and Sales Department; Head of Personal Information Protection Office Apr 2011 General Manager, Budget Control Department; Head of Examination Office and Personal Information Protection Office Apr 2012 General Manager, Internal Audit Office Jan 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. Dec 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Apr 2017 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Dec 2021 Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1975-11-14
Yoshiyuki WADA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1974 Joined Coopers & Lybrand Accounting Office Jun 1977 Joined Chuo Accounting Office (audit corporation) Sep 1978 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Aug 1985 Partner, Chuo Accounting Office Jun 1988 Representative Partner, Chuo Accounting Office Jul 2000 Head of Business Development Division, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation May 2003 Director in charge of Business Development, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation Aug 2007 Joined Taiyo ASG Audit Corporation (now Taiyo LLC) as Representative Partner Sep 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Zero Co., Ltd. Oct 2014 Supervisory Officer, Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation Jun 2015 Director, Forval Telecom Inc. (current) Dec 2015 Director, the Company (current) Jun 2016 Director, Viva Home Co., Ltd. Aug 2016 Representative, Wada Accounting Office (current) Sep 2017 Director, Zero Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Universal Materials Incubator Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kurihayashi Shosen Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2022 Representative Director and President, KIC Co., Ltd. (current)
1951-03-02
Tetsuo SAITO
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1977 Joined Tokyo Stock Exchange (now Japan Exchange Group, Inc.) May 1997 Representative Director, Work Two Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2006 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Arax Co., Ltd. May 2009 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DD Group Co., Ltd. Jun 2012 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DM Solutions Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2015 Director, the Company (current) Mar 2016 Director, Otsuka Corporation (current) May 2023 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), DD Group Co., Ltd.
1954-03-25
Yukiko MIYAJI
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1995 Joined WWB Japan Co., Ltd. May 2000 Joined Corporate University Platform Co., Ltd. Aug 2010 Project Assistant Professor (fixed-term), Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University May 2018 Representative Director, Corporate University Platform Co., Ltd. Dec 2023 Director, the Company (current) Apr 2024 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University (current)
1972-07-07
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2025-12-22
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Disclosures
Executive Change
2026-09-15
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-09-15
Executive Change
TDnet
2026-07-31
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-05-15
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-02-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-02-05
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-01-30
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2025-12-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-12-18
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-07-31
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-05-15
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-01-31
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-01-20
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2025-01-17
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-12-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
EDINET
2024-05-15
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-12-18
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINETAmended
2023-01-31
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2023-01-12
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2022-12-19
Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2022-12-09
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2022-05-20
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-20
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-06
Quarterly Securities Report
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