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DLE Inc.

DLE Inc. is a Japanese entertainment company engaged in the 'Fast Entertainment' business, encompassing the development and production of original intellectual properties (IPs), including animated content, smartphone applications, and digital content. The company offers Social Character Marketing Services, leveraging its proprietary characters such as 'Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume,' 'Panpaka Pants,' and 'Kai Shain' to provide advertising and marketing solutions for corporations and local governments. DLE differentiates itself through a proprietary low-cost, short lead-time digital production methodology that enables mass production of IPs and rapid multi-platform deployment across TV, web, film, gaming, merchandise, and international markets.

Market Cap
¥2.30B
US$14.7M
EV
¥1.16B
US$7.37M
Stock¥53▼-1.85%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
NM
LTM EV/EBIT
NM
LTM PER
NM
LTM PBR
1.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-79.9%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
2.30BUS$14.7MMarket Cap0.30BUS$1.91M+ Debt0.90BUS$5.72M− Cash0.55BUS$3.54M− Inv. Sec.0.00BUS$0.03M+ NCI1.16BUS$7.37MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
1.64US$10.5M'22/32.02US$12.9M'23/31.71US$10.9M'24/31.98US$12.6M'25/31.46US$9.33M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
-0.20-US$1.29M'22/3-0.30-US$1.94M'23/3-0.61-US$3.89M'24/3-0.43-US$2.71M'25/3-0.58-US$3.67M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
-0.32-US$2.01M'22/3-0.58-US$3.71M'23/3-0.56-US$3.58M'24/3-0.73-US$4.64M'25/3-0.50-US$3.17M'26/3
Capital Structure
81%
19%
EquityD/E 0.24xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
2.99US$19.1M0.06US$0.40M'22/32.43US$15.5M0.01US$0.08M'23/33.01US$19.2M0.00US$0.01M'24/31.92US$12.2M0.03US$0.16M'25/31.40US$8.91M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 72.2%
1
ASAHI BROADCASTING GROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
45.00%
2
Ryuta SHIIKI (Note)
15.75%
3
NOMURA PB NOMINEES LIMITED OMUNIBUSMARGIN (CASHPB; Standing Proxy: Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.)
3.70%
4
JAIC-Web3 Fund, Investment Limited Liability Partnership
2.15%
5
Rakuten Securities, Inc. (Joint Account)
1.70%
6
Hasbro, Inc.
1.66%
7
MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (Standing Proxy: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)
0.61%
8
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
0.59%
9
Monex, Inc.
0.53%
10
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
0.49%
Management
7 officers
Ryo ONO
Representative Director, President, CEO and CCO
Apr 1990 Joined Yomiuri Eiga Sha (current Icarus Inc.) Oct 1993 Joined Cleat Ltd. Jun 2006 Joined the Company Sep 2007 Director, Head of FLASH Division, the Company Jun 2021 Executive Officer, CCO, the Company Apr 2022 Director, Obeta Inc. (current Conecti Inc.) Jun 2023 Representative Director, Conecti Inc. Jun 2025 Representative Partner, Dream Link LLC Representative Director, President, CEO and CCO, the Company (current)
1971-04-09
Ryuta SHIIKI
Director, COO
Apr 1991 Joined Sony Corporation (current Sony Group Corporation) Dec 2001 Established Pasania Ltd. (current the Company), Representative Director Jul 2012 Director, DLE-ERA Nov 2012 Representative Director, DLE America, Inc. Jul 2015 Representative Director, TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION Inc. (current W TOKYO Inc.); Director, Churapuss Co., Ltd. Sep 2016 Chairman and Director, TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION Inc. (current W TOKYO Inc.); Representative Director, Churapuss Co., Ltd. Nov 2016 Representative Director, AppBeach Co., Ltd. Dec 2016 Representative Director, Emokuri Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2017 President and Executive Officer, the Company Mar 2018 Director, amadana Inc.; Representative Director, Amadana Research Institute Inc.; Representative Director, DLE Capital Inc. Jan 2019 Director, Churapuss Co., Ltd. Sep 2019 Director, Executive Officer, COO and CIO, the Company; Director, Amadana Research Institute Inc. (current); Director, DLE Capital Inc. Jul 2020 Director, amidus Inc. (current FOC Inc.) Nov 2021 Director, CARAVAN Japan Inc. (current CJ4K Inc.) Jun 2023 Representative Director, CARAVAN Japan Inc. (current CJ4K Inc.) (current) Jun 2025 Representative Partner, Esplanade LLC (current); Director, iNKODE JAPAN Inc. COO, Director, the Company (current)
1966-12-24
Kazuhisa INOUE
Director
Apr 2004 Joined Dream Incubator Inc. Apr 2008 Project Manager, Dream Incubator Inc. Jan 2011 Representative Director, Delight Inc. Feb 2013 Established Good Luck Three Inc. Aug 2013 Representative Director, Good Luck Three Inc. (current) Mar 2019 Director, Uehara Farm Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2024 Director, DC-BIOTECH Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company Jun 2026 Director, the Company (current)
1980-10-07
Arinobu SOGA
Director
Apr 1988 Joined Dentsu Inc. (current Dentsu Group Inc.) Jun 2015 General Manager, Accounting Bureau, Dentsu Inc. Jan 2017 Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Planning Bureau, Dentsu Inc. Mar 2017 Director and Executive Officer, Dentsu Inc. Jan 2022 Director, Vice President Executive Officer and CFO, Dentsu Group Inc. Mar 2022 Representative Director, Vice President Executive Officer and CFO, Dentsu Group Inc. Jan 2023 Representative Director, Vice President and CGO, Dentsu Group Inc. Mar 2023 Director, Representative Executive Vice President and CGO, Dentsu Group Inc. Feb 2024 Director, Representative Executive Vice President, Global CGO and Global CFO, Dentsu Group Inc. Feb 2025 Director, Representative Executive Vice President, Global CGO, Dentsu Group Inc. Jun 2026 Director, the Company (current)
1965-03-27
Sadayuki BABA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (Full-time)
Dec 2009 Registered as Attorney at Law Apr 2012 Established Toranomon Idea Law Office (current H-Team Law Office), Partner Aug 2018 Joined H-Team Law Office (current) Jun 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1980-03-12
Yoichi YAMAGISHI
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1989 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Apr 2000 Seconded to Nomura Corporate Information Co., Ltd. Apr 2010 Managing Director, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Sep 2011 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jul 2015 Joined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., General Manager, Public Offering Department Jul 2019 Established Career Philosophy Co., Ltd., Representative Director (current) Oct 2019 Director, the Company Mar 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Neural Pocket Inc. (current Neural Group Inc.) Mar 2020 Outside Corporate Auditor, LAOX Co., Ltd. Mar 2020 Corporate Auditor, LAOX SCD Co., Ltd. Feb 2021 Outside Corporate Auditor, Bionic M Inc. (current) Jun 2021 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Mar 2022 Outside Corporate Auditor, Phymex Co., Ltd. Mar 2022 Corporate Auditor, SHADY Corporation Aug 2023 Visiting Professor, Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation (current) Dec 2023 Professor, SBI Graduate School (current) Mar 2024 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Neural Group Inc. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Corporate Auditor, Crue Medical Systems Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-09-21
Takashi HAMADA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Feb 2005 Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (current EY Shin Nihon LLC) Oct 2009 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Oct 2019 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), AI Medical Service Inc. Dec 2022 Joined Hanwha Q CELLS Japan Co., Ltd. (current Hanwha Japan Co., Ltd.) Jan 2023 Joined Q.ENEST Holdings Inc. (current) Aug 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), AI Medical Service Inc. (current) Jun 2026 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1975-05-20
Large Shareholding Reports
Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation
2026-07-07
45.00%→40.16%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 45.00%
Next Growth Co., Ltd.
2026-05-07
6.61%→8.11%
Next Growth Co., Ltd.
2026-04-06
8.11%→6.61%
Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation
2025-11-21
49.82%→45.00%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 45.00%
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-31
13.78%→12.75%
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-31
12.75%→12.53%
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-31
13.78%→13.78%
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-31
12.75%→12.75%
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-17
13.78%→12.53%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Ryuta SHIIKI
2025-10-08
13.78%→12.53%
Next Growth Co., Ltd.
2025-09-08
8.11%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-13
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-07-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-05-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-04-06
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-16
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-21
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-10-31
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-31
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-31
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-31
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2025-10-17
Change Report
EDINET
2025-10-08
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-09-08
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2025-08-26
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2025-08-14
Securities Registration Statement
TDnet
2025-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-06-26
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINETAmended
2025-06-23
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2025-06-13
Securities Registration Statement
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2024-11-12
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
TDnetAmended
2024-11-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2024-11-12
Amended Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINETAmended
2024-11-12
Amended Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINETAmended
2024-11-12
Amended Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2024-11-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
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