Overview
Information & Communication

i-plug,Inc.

i-plug operates OfferBox, Japan's leading new graduate direct recruiting platform that enables companies to proactively send offers to job-seeking students, facilitating efficient and targeted matching. The company also provides eF-1G, an aptitude assessment service used across the full human resource lifecycle including hiring, development, placement, and promotion for both new graduate and mid-career recruitment. Additional services include Tsunagaru Job Hunting (industry-focused job fair events), career education services, and a members-only lounge, all targeting the HR technology market.

Market Cap
¥5.43B
US$34.6M
EV
¥2.00B
US$12.7M
Stock¥1,363▼-0.07%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
2.4
x
LTM EV/EBIT
3.3
x
LTM PER
13.8
x
LTM PBR
3.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-11.2%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
5.43BUS$34.6MMarket Cap0.10BUS$0.64M+ Debt3.47BUS$22.1M− Cash0.07BUS$0.43M− Inv. Sec.2.00BUS$12.7MEV
AI Briefing
Generating insights…
Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
3.04US$19.4M'22/33.74US$23.9M'23/34.60US$29.3M'24/35.08US$32.4M'25/35.76US$36.7M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.39US$2.50M'22/3-0.37-US$2.37M'23/30.21US$1.35M'24/30.73US$4.63M'25/30.91US$5.80M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.25US$1.61M'22/3-0.49-US$3.14M'23/3-0.19-US$1.23M'24/30.60US$3.81M'25/30.48US$3.05M'26/3
Capital Structure
93%
EquityD/E 0.07xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
2.82US$18.0M0.62US$3.98M'22/32.42US$15.4M0.96US$6.11M'23/32.16US$13.8M0.54US$3.46M'24/32.52US$16.1M0.42US$2.68M'25/33.33US$21.3M0.33US$2.10M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 72.0%
1
Tomoya NAKANO
55.91%
2
Nobuaki TANAKA
4.25%
3
Hidenori NAOKI
2.49%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.35%
5
Masahiro YAMADA
1.64%
6
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
1.25%
7
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
1.24%
8
DYM Co., Ltd.
1.09%
9
BBH LUX/BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN (LUXEMBOURG) SCA CUSTODIAN FOR SMD-AM FUNDS - DSBI JAPAN EQUITY SMALL CAP ABSOLUTE VALUE (Standing Proxy: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
0.99%
10
Citation Strategic Partners Co., Ltd.
0.84%
Management
11 officers
Tomoya NAKANO
Representative Director, CEO
Jun 2001 Joined Road Co., Ltd. Jun 2002 Joined ad-an Co., Ltd. (now PERSOL CAREER Co., Ltd.) Apr 2012 Representative Director and President, the Company Jun 2018 Representative Director and CEO, the Company (current) Director, E-Falcon Co., Ltd. Apr 2022 Director, pacebox Inc. Sep 2022 Director, Maximize Co., Ltd. Oct 2022 Director, Association for the Promotion of Human Capital Management (General Incorporated Association) Oct 2023 Representative Director, pacebox Inc. Nov 2023 Class 1 Member, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (current)
1978-12-09
Masato YAMADA
Director, Executive Vice President and CSO
Apr 2004 Joined NTT Communications Corporation (now NTT DOCOMO Business, Inc.) Oct 2005 Joined Abeam Consulting Ltd. Apr 2012 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. Oct 2012 Transferred to Recruit Career Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2019 Seconded to Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2020 Executive Officer, Strategy Division, Recruit Career Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Co., Ltd.); Executive Officer, Strategy Division, Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2021 Executive Officer and CSO, LITALICO Co., Ltd. Dec 2023 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office, and Executive Officer and CSO, the Company Jun 2024 Director and CSO, the Company Jun 2025 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division, the Company (current) Oct 2025 Director, Executive Vice President and CSO, the Company (current)
1980-03-22
Hidenori NAOKI
Director, COO
Apr 2005 Joined Intelligence Co., Ltd. (now PERSOL CAREER Co., Ltd.) Aug 2014 Director and COO, the Company (current) Oct 2020 General Manager, RP Division, the Company Apr 2021 General Manager, Business Promotion Office, the Company Nov 2021 General Manager, Business Promotion Department, the Company Oct 2023 General Manager, Marketing Department, the Company Nov 2023 Division Head, Sales Management Division, the Company Director, Maximize Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Division Head, New Graduate Business Division, the Company (current)
1981-07-19
Takafumi SAKATA
Director, CFO
Oct 2004 Joined Toridoll Corporation (now Toridoll Holdings Corporation) Sep 2006 Joined O.M. Corporation Nov 2010 Joined F.O. International Co., Ltd. Nov 2011 Joined Yume Tenbo Co., Ltd. Dec 2012 Director, Yume Tenbo Co., Ltd. Apr 2016 Representative Director, Board Inc. (current) Oct 2016 Director, AIVICK Co., Ltd. Apr 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Oct 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yumemiru Co., Ltd.; Outside Director, NetNative Co., Ltd. Sep 2019 Outside Director, the Company Dec 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NetOn Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2022 Director, pacebox Inc. Jun 2022 Director, the Company Sep 2022 Director and CFO, the Company (current); Director, E-Falcon Co., Ltd.; Director, Maximize Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Division Head, Corporate Division, the Company (current)
1971-05-02
Nobuaki TANAKA
Director
Apr 2005 Joined American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac) Jan 2009 Joined Globis Corporation Jun 2012 Director, Sales, the Company Jul 2014 Director and CMO, the Company Oct 2018 Director and CHRO, the Company Sep 2019 Director and CFO, and General Manager, Corporate Management Department, the Company Jun 2021 Director, E-Falcon Co., Ltd. Jul 2021 Director and CFO, the Company Sep 2022 Director, the Company (current); Representative Director, E-Falcon Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2023 Director, Association for the Promotion of Human Capital Management (General Incorporated Association) (current)
1982-11-29
Kunihiro TANAKA
Outside Director
Apr 1998 Representative Director, Infrest Inc. Aug 1999 Representative Director and President, Sakura Internet Inc. Dec 2000 Representative Director and Vice President, Sakura Internet Inc. Jun 2004 Director and COO, Sakura Internet Inc. Nov 2007 Representative Director, President and CEO, Sakura Internet Inc. Jun 2008 Representative Director and President, Sakura Internet Inc. (current) Apr 2015 Representative Director, Joe's Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. (now Bitstar Co., Ltd.) Jul 2015 CEO, Sakura Internet Inc. (current) Oct 2016 Outside Director, I-mobile Co., Ltd. Apr 2018 Director, Joe's Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. (now Bitstar Co., Ltd.) Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current) Aug 2019 Outside Director, BBSakura Networks Inc. (current) Dec 2019 Outside Director, ABEJA, Inc. (current) Apr 2021 Outside Director, Toranoana Lab Co., Ltd. Oct 2021 Outside Director, Yume no Sora Holdings Co., Ltd. Oct 2022 Outside Director, Open Stream Holdings Inc. (now Accenture K.K.)
1978-01-14
Yuji ASADA
Outside Director
Oct 1997 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 2000 Transferred to Tohmatsu Tax Co. (now Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.); Registered Certified Public Accountant May 2004 Joined Edion Corporation; General Manager, Finance and Accounting Department Apr 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Pasona eProfessional Inc. (now Pasona Inc.) Jun 2008 Director, Edion Corporation Aug 2008 Director, Bic Camera Inc. Jun 2012 Managing Director, Edion Corporation Apr 2014 Representative Director, Brain a Assist Inc. (current); Representative, Yuji Asada Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office (current) Jun 2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), SERIO Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Wiltech Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current) Aug 2024 Outside Director, LIKE Co., Ltd. (current)
1972-06-15
Asuka FURUKAWA
Outside Director
Apr 1993 Joined Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch Apr 2001 Joined William M. Mercer K.K. (now Mercer Japan Ltd.) May 2011 Joined Danone Japan K.K. Sep 2013 Joined AIG Fuji Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (now FWD Life Insurance Company Limited) Oct 2015 Seconded to American Home Medical & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. Jan 2017 Returned from secondment, AIG Fuji Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (now FWD Life Insurance Company Limited) May 2017 Executive Officer and CHRO, AIG Fuji Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (now FWD Life Insurance Company Limited) Nov 2021 Founded Culture Gardener Inc.; Representative Director and President (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1969-10-23
Koichi AKAGI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1989 Joined Sogo Co., Ltd. (now Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd.) Dec 1994 Joined Kagoshima Metal Co., Ltd. Aug 1995 Joined Able Co., Ltd. Sep 2000 Joined Creation Card Information Systems Co., Ltd. (now Konami Amusement Co., Ltd.) Jan 2003 Joined Vinculum Japan Inc. (now Vinx Inc.) Oct 2006 Joined Auto Square Co., Ltd. Jul 2007 Joined A.I. Capital Co., Ltd. Jan 2009 Joined Interprotein Co., Ltd. Nov 2009 Joined Fuji Medical Instruments Co., Ltd. Jan 2014 Joined MK System Co., Ltd. Aug 2015 Joined Legal Real Estate Co., Ltd. (now LeTech Co., Ltd.) Jun 2016 Joined the Company Apr 2018 General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Oct 2018 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Apr 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, pacebox Inc. Sep 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Maximize Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, E-Falcon Co., Ltd. (current)
1966-09-05
Mioko NAKAZAWA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Oct 2002 Joined Kuboi Sogo Law Office Apr 2017 Founded Emarble Management Law Office; Representative (current) Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) May 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Pal Group Holdings Co., Ltd. Jan 2023 Representative Director, Emarble Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Toyo Shutter Co., Ltd. (current) May 2026 Outside Director, Pal Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1974-04-09
Yoshinobu HIROSE
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 2003 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (now Azsa LLC) Aug 2007 Founded Hirose Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office (now Mirai Partners Tax Corporation); Representative Feb 2010 Representative Director, Mirait Co., Ltd. (now B-One Food Co., Ltd.) (current) Sep 2017 Founded B-One Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office; Representative (current); Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NATTY SWANKY Co., Ltd. (now NATTY SWANKY Holdings Co., Ltd.) Nov 2018 Founded B-One College Co., Ltd. (now Scale Cloud Inc.); Representative Director (current) Sep 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1979-07-02
Large Shareholding Reports
Nakano Kikaku Co., Ltd.
2026-09-29
40.94%→40.36%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-09-29
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-02-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnetAmended
2025-03-05
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2022-06-24
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-21
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-29
Annual Securities Report
Ask AI
I have this company's financials, ownership, and management on hand. Ask me anything from an M&A perspective.
End of Preview

Try the full product

Free demo (no time limit, up to 10 companies). Explore Comps, DCF, LBO, WACC on every screen. Excel export is on the paid plan.

Free Demo (No Time Limit, 10 Companies) →