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CRI Middleware Co.,Ltd.

CRI Middleware develops and licenses audio and video middleware software under the 'CRIWARE' and 'OPTPiX' brands, serving game developers, mobility/automotive, karaoke, consumer electronics, and web/EC industries. The company's Game segment provides audio/video middleware and image optimization solutions to game developers, while its Enterprise segment applies the same core technologies to automotive in-cabin sound systems, embedded devices, karaoke equipment, and cloud-based image/video delivery for e-commerce. Leveraging proprietary cross-platform audio processing and image optimization technologies, the company supports end-user experience enhancement across both domestic and international markets.

Market Cap
¥6.35B
US$40.5M
EV
¥2.91B
US$18.6M
Stock¥1,214▲+0.00%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
5.0
x
LTM EV/EBIT
6.0
x
LTM PER
16.4
x
LTM PBR
1.5
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-31.8%pt
1001
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Aug 7, 26Q3 FY2026/09 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
6.35BUS$40.5MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt3.13BUS$20.0M− Cash0.34BUS$2.16M− Inv. Sec.0.04BUS$0.24M+ NCI2.91BUS$18.6MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
2.89US$18.4M'21/92.84US$18.1M'22/92.99US$19.1M'23/93.17US$20.2M'24/93.45US$22.0M'25/9
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.41US$2.59M'21/90.23US$1.46M'22/90.46US$2.96M'23/90.52US$3.28M'24/90.68US$4.35M'25/9
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.20US$1.27M'21/9-0.34-US$2.16M'22/90.23US$1.48M'23/90.30US$1.94M'24/90.42US$2.68M'25/9
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
4.26US$27.2M'21/93.56US$22.7M'22/93.53US$22.5M'23/93.77US$24.0M'24/94.48US$28.6M'25/9
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 41.2%
1
SEGA Corporation
12.25%
2
Masao OSHIMI
7.86%
3
CRI Middleware Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
4.86%
4
Kenji FURUKAWA
3.49%
5
Misao MATSUSHITA
2.71%
6
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.58%
7
Hisashi SUZUKI
2.30%
8
Taiji HIRASAKI
1.91%
9
Yasuhide TANAKA
1.71%
10
BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
1.57%
Management
7 officers
Masahiko SUZUKI
Chairman of the Board, Director
Apr 1981 Joined Computer Service Co., Ltd. [now SCSK Corporation] Jun 2000 Director, CSK Corporation [now SCSK Corporation] Jun 2002 Managing Director, CSK Corporation Oct 2010 Senior Managing Executive Officer, CSK Corporation Oct 2011 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, SCSK Corporation Apr 2016 Director and Executive Vice President, Executive Officer (CTO), SCSK Corporation Jun 2017 Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, SCSK Corporation Apr 2019 Advisor (Fellow, Mobility Business Division), SCSK Corporation Apr 2020 Advisor, the Company Dec 2020 Director and Chairman of the Board, the Company Nov 2022 Representative Director and Chairman, the Company Dec 2022 Representative Director and Chairman, the Company; in charge of PR & Marketing Office and Group IT Systems Office Oct 2023 Representative Director and Chairman, the Company Dec 2025 Director and Chairman of the Board, the Company (current)
1954-05-25
Masao OSHIMI
Representative Director, President
Apr 1987 Joined CSK Research Institute Corporation Oct 1997 Manager, Multimedia Research Office, CSK Research Institute Corporation Aug 2002 Seconded to the Company Apr 2003 Director, the Company Apr 2007 Senior Managing Director, the Company Jun 2008 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director, the Company Apr 2013 Representative Director and President, the Company; General Manager, Business Unit 1; in charge of Entertainment Business Promotion Office Oct 2016 Representative Director and President, the Company; General Manager, Business Development Division Oct 2017 Representative Director and President, the Company; in charge of Embedded Business Promotion Department, New Business Promotion Department, and Entertainment Business Development Office May 2018 Director, Webtechnology Co., Ltd. Oct 2018 Representative Director and President, the Company; in charge of Embedded Business Division, Internet Business Division, and Business Development Office May 2019 Director, Shanghai Xiai Information Technology Co., Ltd. Oct 2019 Representative Director, Tsu-Five Co., Ltd. May 2020 Director, R-Force Entertainment Co., Ltd. Oct 2021 Representative Director and President, the Company; in charge of Sales Division, Business Development Office, and Group IT Systems Office Oct 2022 Representative Director and President, the Company; in charge of Sales Division, Mobility Business Division, Business Development Office, PR & Marketing Office, and Group IT Systems Office Dec 2022 Representative Director and President, the Company; in charge of Mobility Business Division and Business Development Office Oct 2023 Representative Director and President, the Company (current)
1963-02-15
Atsushi SAKURAI
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director
Apr 2000 Joined CSK Research Institute Corporation Aug 2002 Seconded to the Company Jul 2004 Joined the Company Oct 2013 Deputy Unit Head, Business Unit 1, and Development General Manager, the Company Oct 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, Research & Development Division, the Company Oct 2018 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Entertainment Business Division, and General Manager, Research & Development Department, the Company Dec 2018 Director, Deputy General Manager, Entertainment Business Division, and General Manager, Research & Development Department, the Company Dec 2020 Director, General Manager, Entertainment Business Division, and General Manager, Research & Development Department, the Company Oct 2021 Director, General Manager, Development Division, and General Manager, Development Department No. 5, the Company Dec 2021 Director of Shanghai Xiai Information Technology Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2022 Managing Director, General Manager, Development Division, and General Manager, Development Department No. 5, the Company Oct 2022 Managing Director; in charge of TeleXus Business Promotion Office, and General Manager, Development Division and Development Department No. 5, the Company; Director, R-Force Entertainment Co., Ltd. Oct 2023 Managing Director, General Manager, Planning Division, the Company Dec 2023 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Planning Division, the Company Oct 2025 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company Dec 2025 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director, the Company (current) Director, Tsu-Five Co., Ltd. (current)
1974-10-08
Hisakazu SUZUKI
Director
Apr 1977 Joined Sumitomo Corporation Oct 2003 General Manager, Document & General Affairs Department, Sumitomo Corporation Aug 2008 General Manager, Public Relations Department, Sumitomo Corporation Apr 2011 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Joho Systems Co., Ltd. Oct 2011 Managing Executive Officer, SCSK Corporation Jun 2012 Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, SCSK Corporation Apr 2016 Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, SCSK Corporation Oct 2019 Advisor, Tadano Ltd. Jun 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tadano Ltd. (current) Dec 2021 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company Nov 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, MAKES Inc. (current) Dec 2024 Director, the Company (current)
1954-10-26
Nobushige TANAKA
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1983 Joined Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Apr 2004 General Manager, Kishiwada Branch Sales Department, Izumisano Sales Office, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Jul 2007 General Manager, Training Division, Hiroshima Branch, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Oct 2008 Manager, Audit & Supervisory Board Office, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Oct 2011 Deputy General Manager, Pension Business Division, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Apr 2019 Senior Advisor, Pension Business Division, in charge of Pension Asset Management Consulting, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Dec 2023 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1958-04-23
Seiji WATO
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Sep 2007 Registered as attorney-at-law (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association); joined TMI Associates Dec 2017 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Jan 2020 Partner, TMI Associates (current)
1979-11-22
Naoko TAMURA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Oct 1999 Joined Chuo Audit Corporation May 2006 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Nov 2007 Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jan 2018 Established Naoko Tamura CPA Office (current) May 2018 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Jun 2020 Registered as US Certified Public Accountant May 2024 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JENESIS Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2024 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1973-08-03
Large Shareholding Reports
With Partners Co., Ltd.
2026-01-07
7.15%→0.00%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-05-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
TDnet
2026-02-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-01-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-12-15
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-05-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-02-13
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2024-12-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
EDINET
2024-05-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-08
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-12-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-03
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-05-11
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-12-23
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-04
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-17
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-05
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
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