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LIKE,Inc.

Like, Inc. is a Japanese holding company operating across three core segments: childcare support services, comprehensive staffing services, and nursing care services. Through its subsidiary Like Kids Co., Ltd., the company operates licensed nursery schools ('Nijiiro Hoikuen'), public nursery management, and contracted childcare facilities for hospitals, corporations, and universities. Its staffing arm, Like Staffing Co., Ltd., provides temporary staffing, outsourcing, and recruitment placement services, while Like Care Co., Ltd. operates fee-based elderly care homes with 24-hour nursing staff.

Market Cap
¥28.8B
US$184M
EV
¥29.2B
US$186M
Stock¥1,503▲+0.13%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
6.6
x
LTM EV/EBIT
10.5
x
LTM PER
13.2
x
LTM PBR
1.6
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-22.9%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
28.8BUS$184MMarket Cap10.5BUS$66.8M+ Debt9.65BUS$61.6M− Cash0.50BUS$3.20M− Inv. Sec.29.2BUS$186MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
57.6US$368M'22/560.0US$383M'23/560.5US$386M'24/562.3US$398M'25/567.3US$429M'26/5
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
5.56US$35.5M'22/54.94US$31.5M'23/54.74US$30.2M'24/54.46US$28.4M'25/54.64US$29.6M'26/5
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
3.27US$20.8M'22/52.57US$16.4M'23/52.45US$15.6M'24/52.10US$13.4M'25/52.33US$14.8M'26/5
Capital Structure
64%
36%
EquityD/E 0.56xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
11.2US$71.3M16.3US$104M'22/511.1US$70.8M14.6US$92.9M'23/59.90US$63.1M12.3US$78.5M'24/59.28US$59.2M11.9US$75.6M'25/510.4US$66.4M11.0US$70.2M'26/5
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 62.8%
1
Manax Co., Ltd.
43.40%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.32%
3
Nippon Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
3.35%
4
Yasuhiko OKAMOTO
3.14%
5
TOW CO.,LTD.
2.91%
6
Kumiko OKAMOTO
2.86%
7
Yoshiki MISHINA
1.45%
8
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
0.45%
9
LIKE,Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Association
0.45%
10
Takashi TANIMA
0.43%
Management
8 officers
Yasuhiko OKAMOTO
Representative Director, Chairman and President, Group CEO
Apr 1985 Joined Hiroshima Bank, Ltd. Oct 1988 Joined Bunka Club Co., Ltd. Apr 1989 Appointed Director of the Company Sep 1993 Established Powers International Co., Ltd. (now LIKE Co., Ltd.); Representative Director, President Dec 2009 Representative Director, President, J-COM Co., Ltd. (now LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd.); Director, Success Academy Co., Ltd. (now LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.) Jun 2010 Representative Director, Chairman, J-COM Co., Ltd. (now LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd.) Jan 2014 Director, Chairman, Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (now LIKE CARE Co., Ltd.) Jun 2014 Representative Director, Chairman and President, J-COM Co., Ltd. (now LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd.) Jun 2015 Representative Director, Chairman and President, Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (now LIKE CARE Co., Ltd.) Aug 2015 Representative Director, Chairman, Success Holdings Co., Ltd. (now LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.) Jun 2016 Representative Director, Chairman, J-COM Co., Ltd. (now LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd.) Jan 2017 Director, Chairman, Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (now LIKE CARE Co., Ltd.) Mar 2020 Outside Director, Libero Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2020 Director, Chairman, LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd. (current); Director, Chairman, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. May 2022 Director, Chairman, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. Jun 2022 Representative Director, Chairman and President, the Company Aug 2023 Representative Director, Chairman and President, Group CEO, the Company (current) May 2024 Representative Director, President, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. (current); Representative Director, President, LIKE CARE Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2026 Director, PT. LIKE GLOBAL INDONESIA (current)
1961-04-06
Shino MURANISHI
Director, in charge of Compliance and in charge of LIKE KIDS and LIKE STAFFING
Apr 2004 Joined the Company Aug 2019 General Manager, Business Strategy Division, the Company May 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Strategy Division, the Company Jan 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, Administration Division and Corporate Planning Department, the Company May 2021 Director, General Manager, Administration and Human Resources Division, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. Aug 2021 Director, in charge of Group Human Resources, the Company May 2022 Director, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Human Resources Department, in charge of Human Resources for Operating Subsidiaries, the Company Jun 2023 Director, in charge of Compliance, the Company May 2025 Vice President, Director, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Director, in charge of Compliance and in charge of LIKE KIDS and LIKE STAFFING, the Company (current)
1982-06-22
Takeaki OKAMOTO
Director, Deputy General Manager, Administration Division, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, in charge of Business Development
Sep 2017 Joined the Company May 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, the Company Jan 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Strategy Department, the Company Jun 2021 Representative Director, President, LIKE CAPITAL Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2021 Director, General Manager, Business Strategy Department, in charge of Public Relations and IR, the Company Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Administration Division, in charge of Public Relations and IR, the Company; Director, in charge of IR, the Company; Representative Director, President, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, President, LIKE CARE Co., Ltd. Jul 2022 Representative Director, President, LIKE PRODUCTS Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Director, in charge of Group Companies, the Company May 2024 Director, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.; Director, LIKE CARE Co., Ltd. Jun 2025 Director, in charge of LIKE CARE, the Company May 2026 Director, Deputy General Manager, Administration Division, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, in charge of Business Development, the Company (current)
1986-07-11
Daisuke ISHII
Director, General Manager, Administration Division
Jan 2016 Joined the Company Aug 2019 General Manager, Administration Department, the Company May 2020 General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, the Company Jun 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, Administration Division, the Company May 2022 Director, LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, Administration Division and Finance & Accounting Department, the Company; Director, LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, LIKE PRODUCTS Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2023 Director, General Manager, Administration Division and Finance & Accounting Department, the Company Mar 2026 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, PT. LIKE GLOBAL INDONESIA (current) May 2026 Director, General Manager, Administration Division, the Company (current)
1981-01-17
Yuji ASADA
Director
Oct 1997 Joined Tohmatsu Audit Corporation (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 2000 Transferred to Tohmatsu Tax Corporation (now Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.); registered as Certified Public Accountant May 2004 Joined Edion Corporation; General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department Apr 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Pasona e-Professional Co., Ltd. Jun 2008 Director, Edion Corporation Aug 2008 Director, Bic Camera Inc. Jun 2012 Managing Director, Edion Corporation Apr 2014 Established Brain Assist Co., Ltd.; Representative Director (current); Established Yuji Asada CPA and Tax Accountant Office; Representative (current) Jun 2016 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, SERIO Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Wiltec Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, i-Plug Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2024 Director, the Company (current)
1972-06-15
Hitomi HORAI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1988 Joined Kowa Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (now Kowa Company, Ltd.) Feb 1994 Joined the Company Aug 2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company; Audit & Supervisory Board Member, J-COM Co., Ltd. (now LIKE STAFFING Co., Ltd.) (current) Aug 2016 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current) Dec 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, LIKE CARE NEXT Co., Ltd. (now LIKE CARE Co., Ltd.) (current) Jul 2019 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, LIKE KIDS NEXT Co., Ltd. (now LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.) Jul 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, LIKE ACADEMY Co., Ltd. (now LIKE KIDS Co., Ltd.) (current)
1968-03-06
Kengo AKATSUKI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 2013 Joined Ainex Tax Corporation Mar 2016 Left Ainex Tax Corporation Apr 2016 Joined Nobuhisa Akatsuki Tax Accountant Office Dec 2018 Passed the national tax accountant examination Aug 2019 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current)
1987-08-24
Daiki YOKO
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Dec 2011 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Yoko Law Office Oct 2018 Established Yoko Law Office LLP; Partner Aug 2019 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current)
1984-05-23
Large Shareholding Reports
No filings
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-10-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2027
EDINET
2026-08-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2025 – May 2026
TDnet
2026-07-13
Full-Year Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
TDnet
2026-04-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
EDINET
2026-01-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
TDnet
2025-10-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
EDINET
2025-08-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2024 – May 2025
TDnet
2025-04-11
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2025
EDINET
2025-01-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2024 – May 2025
TDnet
2024-10-11
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2025
EDINET
2024-08-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2023 – May 2024
EDINET
2024-04-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Dec 2023 – Feb 2024
EDINET
2024-01-15
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2023 – Nov 2023
EDINET
2023-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
EDINET
2023-08-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2022 – May 2023
EDINET
2023-04-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Dec 2022 – Feb 2023
EDINET
2023-01-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
EDINET
2022-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-30
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-04-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-01-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-30
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-04-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-01-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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