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MBK Co.,Ltd.

Merchant Bankers Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based merchant banking company engaged primarily in investment activities including real estate investments targeting Japanese and overseas (including Chinese) companies, lending secured by equities, real estate, and receivables, and project investments in the renewable energy sector. The company generates revenue through capital gains from the disposition of equity and real estate holdings, as well as rental income from owned properties. Originally founded as a textile manufacturer, the company has transformed over decades into a diversified investment and financial services firm listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market.

Market Cap
¥7.56B
US$48.2M
EV
¥15.7B
US$100.0M
Stock¥246▼-3.91%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
23.3
x
LTM EV/EBIT
39.0
x
LTM PER
NM
LTM PBR
1.7
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-29.8%pt
100123
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Feb 6, 26New investment fund formation announcement
2Feb 13, 26Profit-taking before earnings release
3Sep 14, 26Q3 FY2026/10 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
7.56BUS$48.2MMarket Cap9.59BUS$61.2M+ Debt0.77BUS$4.90M− Cash0.72BUS$4.56M− Inv. Sec.15.7BUS$100.0MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
2.72US$17.3M'22/34.35US$27.8M'23/31.54US$9.81M'23/104.45US$28.4M'24/103.38US$21.6M'25/10
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.54US$3.42M'22/30.55US$3.53M'23/30.13US$0.86M'23/100.62US$3.94M'24/100.57US$3.62M'25/10
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.07US$0.45M'22/3-0.07-US$0.42M'23/30.10US$0.63M'23/100.18US$1.16M'24/10-0.09-US$0.54M'25/10
Capital Structure
32%
68%
EquityD/E 2.12xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
1.24US$7.92M6.49US$41.4M'22/31.64US$10.5M5.89US$37.5M'23/31.33US$8.46M9.69US$61.8M'23/101.34US$8.52M11.8US$75.5M'24/101.66US$10.6M10.5US$67.0M'25/10
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 72.0%
1
Art Port Invest Co., Ltd.
38.29%
2
Poruto Co., Ltd.
15.10%
3
TOTAL NETWORKHOLDINGS LIMITED (Standing Proxy: Miura Law Office, Attorney Masahiro TERADA)
10.31%
4
Colors Japan Co., Ltd.
2.18%
5
Koshi SONOBE
1.91%
6
KGI ASIA LIMITED- CLIENT ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)
1.12%
7
Rakuten Securities, Inc. (Joint Account)
1.09%
8
K.I.C. Co., Ltd.
0.82%
9
KAY LEO BROTHERS LIMITED (Standing Proxy: Masumi YAMAUCHI)
0.66%
10
Japan Securities Finance Co.,Ltd.
0.48%
Management
11 officers
Toyokazu NISHIMURA
Director
Apr 1986 Joined Playroad Co., Ltd. Jun 1999 Joined Art Port Co., Ltd. Aug 2010 Representative Director, Lafan Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2016 Representative Director, Art Port Invest Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2016 Representative Director, Goraku TV Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2019 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent position: Representative Director, Art Port Invest Co., Ltd.
1963-12-05
Masatoshi TAKASAKI
Representative Director, President
Apr 1990 Joined Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 2003 Joined Art Port Co., Ltd. Feb 2013 Representative Director, Art Port Fudosan Co., Ltd. (now Art Port Invest Co., Ltd.) Jan 2014 General Manager, Investment Business Division, the Company Oct 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, Investment Business Division, the Company Apr 2016 Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the Company Jun 2016 Director, CFO and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the Company Sep 2021 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, CFO and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the Company Jun 2022 Representative Director, President and CEO, the Company (current)
1967-02-19
Sam GARBOW
Director
Jun 1989 Joined Golden Harvest (HK) Limited (now Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Limited) Jul 1992 Joined Asia Television Limited Feb 1998 Joined Sameway Production Limited Mar 2008 Joined Dragon Star Film Limited Jul 2017 Joined MBK Asia Limited, Director (current) Jun 2020 Director of the Company Jun 2022 Director of the Company (resigned) Jun 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Oct 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (resigned) Jun 2023 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent position: Director, MBK Asia Limited
1963-10-02
Kanako YAMAZAKI
Director
Jun 2004 Joined Mother Bird Co., Ltd. Jan 2009 Joined Nakane Tamotsu Co., Ltd. May 2012 Joined WAC Holdings Co., Ltd. Sep 2016 Joined the Company Mar 2023 Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the Company Jun 2023 Director, CFO and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the Company Jan 2025 Director, General Manager, Accounting Division, the Company (current)
1982-02-09
Kenichi KOFUNE
Director
Apr 1986 Joined Playroad Co., Ltd. Jun 1999 Founded Kwanhyoue Dec 2013 Representative Director, Kenten Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2014 Representative Director, JKMT Finance Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2019 Director of the Company Jun 2021 Representative Director of the Company Aug 2021 Representative Director of the Company (resigned) Jun 2023 Director of the Company (resigned) Jan 2026 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent positions: Representative Director, Kenten Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, JKMT Finance Co., Ltd.
1964-01-12
Tomohiko IWASAKI
Director
Sep 1998 Joined Nagano Kosan Co., Ltd. May 2002 Joined Venture Link Co., Ltd. Feb 2004 Joined Dream Bank Co., Ltd. Jan 2009 Joined Crisis Management Research Institute Co., Ltd. Jun 2009 Director, Toho Global Associates Co., Ltd. Sep 2009 Outside Director, NESTAGE Co., Ltd. Nov 2018 Representative Director, Clear Construction Co., Ltd. Feb 2024 Representative Director, Vector Vision Fund Co., Ltd. Jan 2026 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent position: Representative Director, Vector Vision Fund Co., Ltd.
1972-12-18
Naoki KOKUBO
Director
Apr 2000 Joined SFCG Co., Ltd. Mar 2006 Joined Showa Leasing Co., Ltd. Mar 2021 Representative Partner, Marici LLC (current) Jan 2026 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent position: Representative Partner, Marici LLC
1978-01-28
Daisuke YAMANAKA
Director
Dec 2009 Registered as attorney-at-law (Second Tokyo Bar Association) Dec 2009 Joined Asahi Chuo Sogo Law Office Oct 2013 Joined CLS Hibiya Tokyo Law Office Oct 2015 Inspector for Post-Employment Affairs, Ministry of Defense (part-time) (current) Sep 2017 Joined Tokyo Sakuragi Law Office (current) Jan 2026 Director of the Company (current) Significant concurrent position: Tokyo Sakuragi Law Office
1983-02-25
Yoshikane KATAYAMA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1976 Joined Nippon Kangyo Kakumaru Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) Jan 1999 Head of Consulting Business Division, Kangaku Investment Co., Ltd. (renamed KEC Co., Ltd.; dissolved Jun 2021) Mar 2003 Inspector, Business Audit Department, Mizuho Investors Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) Jan 2007 Joined Asset Managers Co., Ltd. (now Ichigo Co., Ltd.), Risk Management Office Mar 2008 General Manager, Compliance Office, Asset Managers Partners Co., Ltd. Nov 2009 Joined JSS Co., Ltd. Jun 2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1952-08-10
Masaya SUZUKI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1980 Joined Certified Public Accountant Kojuro Fukayama Office Nov 1985 Joined Chuo Accounting Office Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jan 1997 Representative, Masaya Suzuki Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Apr 1998 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, SFCG Co., Ltd. Dec 2002 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Maruman Co., Ltd. Jun 2003 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2007 Outside Director, Sato Foods Industries Co., Ltd. Significant concurrent position: Representative, Masaya Suzuki Certified Public Accountant Office
1957-07-18
Hiroshi IEGATA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1976 Joined Nippon Kangyo Kakumaru Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) Jan 2000 Director, IIC Partners Co., Ltd. Jan 2001 General Manager, Securities Department, Comsoft Co., Ltd. Aug 2002 Joined Fuji Soft KCS Co., Ltd. (now DSB Information Systems Co., Ltd.) May 2005 General Manager, Business Division, FROM EAST Securities Co., Ltd. Sep 2006 Senior Staff, Business Audit Department, Okasan Securities Co., Ltd. Sep 2012 Assistant Administrative Manager, Medical Corporation Hakuho-kai Ohsumi Clinic Jun 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (resigned) Nov 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1952-08-20
Large Shareholding Reports
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-06-29
7.60%→2.80%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Masahiro NAKAMURA
2026-06-25
13.58%→10.87%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-06-24
7.60%→2.80%
Masahiro NAKAMURA
2026-06-23
13.58%→10.87%
Masahiro NAKAMURA
2026-06-18
15.95%→13.66%
Masahiro NAKAMURA
2026-06-18
15.95%→13.58%
Polto Co., Ltd.
2026-06-02
14.64%→12.13%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 15.10%
Polto Co., Ltd.
2026-06-01
14.64%→12.13%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 15.10%
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-05-22
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Masahiro NAKAMURA
2026-05-18
15.95%
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-05-15
10.07%→7.60%
Polto Co., Ltd.
2026-04-13
15.66%→14.64%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 15.10%
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-04-03
15.07%→14.07%
TOTAL NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED
2026-04-03
14.07%→10.07%
Artport Invest Co., Ltd.
2026-03-06
34.82%→36.05%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 38.29%
Artport Invest Co., Ltd.
2025-12-15
32.81%→34.82%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 38.29%
Artport Invest Co., Ltd.
2025-11-04
31.72%→32.81%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 38.29%
Hong Kong Sunlight House Limited
2025-10-07
7.28%→4.23%
Artport Invest Co., Ltd.
2025-10-06
30.68%→31.72%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 38.29%
Hong Kong Sunlight House Limited
2025-10-06
4.23%
Hong Kong Sunlight House Limited
2025-09-17
28.08%→7.28%
Hong Kong Sunlight House Limited
2025-09-17
6.21%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Hong Kong Sunlight House Limited
2025-09-17
6.21%
Artport Invest Co., Ltd.
2025-08-07
32.15%→30.68%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 38.29%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-09-11
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-06-29
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINETAmended
2026-06-29
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2026-06-25
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2026-06-25
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2026-06-24
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-23
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-23
Securities Registration Statement
EDINETAmended
2026-06-19
Amended Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-06-19
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
EDINETAmended
2026-06-18
Change Report
EDINET
2026-06-18
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-06-02
Change Report
EDINET
2026-06-01
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2026-05-22
Change Report
EDINET
2026-05-18
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-05-15
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2026-04-27
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2026-04-20
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2026-04-13
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-04-03
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-04-03
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-03-16
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Oct 2026
EDINET
2026-03-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-02-25
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2026-01-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-12-16
Change Report
EDINET
2025-12-15
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-04
Large Shareholding Report
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