Overview
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BLUE ZONES HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.

Market Cap
¥387B
US$2.47B
EV
¥436B
US$2.78B
Stock¥1,900.5▲+1.04%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
—
LTM EV/EBIT
11.9
x
LTM PER
16.4
x
LTM PBR
1.9
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-6.7%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
387BUS$2.47BMarket Cap85.7BUS$546M+ Debt36.7BUS$234M− Cash1.17BUS$7.45M− Inv. Sec.1.00BUS$6.37M+ NCI436BUS$2.78BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
514US$3.28B'22/3542US$3.46B'23/3595US$3.80B'24/3708US$4.52B'25/3813US$5.19B'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
15.4US$98.1M'22/315.8US$101M'23/318.2US$116M'24/320.2US$129M'25/323.6US$150M'26/3
Capital Structure
70%
30%
EquityD/E 0.42xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
'22/3'23/3'24/3'25/355.5US$354M95.9US$612M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 55.9%
1
Kawano Shoji Co., Ltd.
18.33%
2
Kawano Partners Co., Ltd.
10.10%
3
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
7.62%
4
Kawano Pediatric Medical Scholarship Foundation
4.54%
5
The Musashino Bank,Ltd. (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
3.09%
6
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
3.09%
7
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account E)
2.65%
8
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.37%
9
BLUE ZONES HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.17%
10
Kiyomi KAWANO
1.93%
Management
11 officers
Yukio KAWANO
Representative Director, Chairman
Jan 1969 Joined Yaohko Shoten Ltd. Mar 1974 Reorganized Yaohko Shoten Ltd. as YAOKO CO., LTD.; Director Oct 1974 Senior Managing Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. May 1981 Representative Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jan 1985 Representative Director, President, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2007 Representative Director, Chairman, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Representative Director, Chairman, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1942-04-25
Sumito KAWANO
Representative Director, President
Mar 2001 Resigned from Shinsei Bank, Ltd. Apr 2001 Joined YAOKO CO., LTD. Jan 2009 General Manager, Grocery Division, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2009 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Dec 2009 Deputy General Manager, Management Reform Promotion Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2011 Deputy General Manager, Management Reform Promotion Headquarters and Deputy General Manager, Sales Management Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2011 Managing Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Feb 2012 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, YAOKO CO., LTD. Apr 2013 Representative Director, President, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Representative Director, President, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1975-10-27
Masanobu KAMIIKE
Director, General Manager of Management Division and General Manager of Group Management Department
Dec 2004 Resigned from Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Jan 2005 Joined YAOKO CO., LTD. Apr 2008 General Manager, Development Headquarters and General Manager, Development Division, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2008 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Apr 2013 General Manager, Management Headquarters, General Manager, Corporate Planning Office and General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2013 Managing Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2019 General Manager, Management Headquarters and General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters; in charge of Development Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2020 General Manager, Management Headquarters; in charge of Development Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2022 Senior Managing Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Mar 2024 General Manager, Management Headquarters; in charge of Development Headquarters; General Manager, Finance Department, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2025 General Manager, Management Headquarters; in charge of Development Headquarters, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Director, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2025 General Manager, Management Headquarters, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. Mar 2026 General Manager, Management Headquarters and General Manager, Group Management Department, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-05-05
Takanori ISHIZUKA
Director
Apr 1996 Joined YAOKO CO., LTD. Feb 2012 General Manager, Sales Planning Office, YAOKO CO., LTD. Apr 2015 General Manager, Deli Business Division, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2015 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2020 General Manager, Sales Department No. 1 and Sales Department No. 2; in charge of Sales, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2021 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division; General Manager, Sales Department No. 1 and Sales Department No. 2, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2022 Managing Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Mar 2022 General Manager, Sales Division, YAOKO CO., LTD. Apr 2025 General Manager, Sales Division; General Manager, Sales Department No. 1 and Sales Department No. 2; in charge of Sales, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Director, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1973-11-05
Asako SAITO
Director
Apr 1990 Joined Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., Ltd. Sep 1997 Joined Boston Consulting Group K.K. Mar 2000 Joined Louis Vuitton Japan K.K. Jun 2002 Chief Operating Officer (COO), Celux Co., Ltd. Oct 2008 Representative Director, President, Dramatic Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Aug 2015 Director, Cogito Education and Management Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Outside Director, Watabe Wedding Corporation Mar 2019 Outside Director, Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd. (current) May 2020 Outside Director, Sanyo Shokai Ltd. Nov 2020 Outside Director, Circulation Inc. Nov 2020 Representative Director, BLOOM Inc. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Sparx Group Co., Ltd. Oct 2025 Director, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1968-01-21
Koji KUZUHARA
Director
Apr 1988 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (now Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Apr 2011 Executive Officer, Recruit Co., Ltd. Oct 2012 Executive Officer, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Oct 2012 Representative Director, President, Recruit Sumai Company, Ltd. Apr 2013 President, RGF Hongkong Ltd. Apr 2018 Chairman, RGF International Recruitment Business Apr 2018 Representative Director, President, Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd. Apr 2018 Executive Officer, Recruit Co., Ltd. Apr 2020 Advisor, Recruit Co., Ltd. Oct 2021 Outside Director, Netsmile Co., Ltd. Jan 2022 Outside Director, PAC-X Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Director, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-12-01
Yumiko KAMATA
Director
Apr 1989 Joined East Japan Railway Company Jun 2005 Representative Director, President, JR East Station Retailing Co., Ltd. Jun 2010 General Manager, Regional Revitalization Division, Business Creation Headquarters, East Japan Railway Company May 2013 Deputy Director, Frontier Service Research Laboratory, Research & Development Center, East Japan Railway Company Feb 2015 Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, Business Development Headquarters, Calbee, Inc. Mar 2015 Outside Director, POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. Jun 2015 Outside Director, Michinoku Bank, Ltd. Dec 2018 Representative Director, President, ONE GLOCAL Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Outside Director, Private Finance Utilization Promotion Organization Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, Aoba-BBT Ltd. (current) Apr 2025 Visiting Professor, Graduate School, Tama University (current) Jun 2025 Director, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Director, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1966-02-23
Masahiro YAMADA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mar 2014 Resigned from Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 Joined YAOKO CO., LTD.; Personnel Affairs Manager, Personnel Department Mar 2015 General Manager, Business Operations, Personnel Department, YAOKO CO., LTD. Mar 2018 General Manager, Internal Control Office and General Manager, Compliance Office, YAOKO CO., LTD. Jun 2024 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, YAOKO CO., LTD. Oct 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1963-06-13
Yukio SATO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Oct 2009 Chief, Kawaguchi Police Station Mar 2011 Director, Community Affairs Department, Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters Mar 2012 Director, Public Safety Department, Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters Mar 2013 Director, General Affairs Department, Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters Mar 2014 Retired from public service Jun 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1954-01-27
Katsuhiro HASHIMOTO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 2012 Director, Saitama Prefectural Meat Hygiene Inspection Center Mar 2014 Retired from public service Apr 2014 Part-time Lecturer, Hanazono Tokuei High School, Sato Eigakuen Gakuen (current) Apr 2014 Lecturer, Food Hygiene Manager Training Course, Saitama Prefectural Food Hygiene Association (current) Jun 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Oct 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1954-03-10
Tsuyoshi IGARASHI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Jul 2012 Director, Ojiya Tax Office Jul 2017 Director, Collection Department, Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2018 Retired from public service Aug 2018 Opened tax accountant office (current) Jun 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), YAOKO CO., LTD. (current) Feb 2023 Auditor (part-time), Echigo Chuetsu Agricultural Cooperative (current) Jun 2024 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NST Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time), Blue Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1957-11-01
Large Shareholding Reports
Kawano Shoji Co., Ltd.
2026-04-08
18.33%→18.33%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 18.33%
Kawano Shoji Co., Ltd.
2026-04-07
18.33%→18.33%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 18.33%
Kawano Shoji Co., Ltd.
2025-10-07
18.33%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 18.33%
Kawano Partners Co., Ltd.
2025-10-07
10.10%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 10.10%
Kawano Partners Co., Ltd.
2025-10-06
10.10%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 10.10%
Kawano Shoji Co., Ltd.
2025-10-06
18.33%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 18.33%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-10
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-17
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-04-08
Change Report
EDINET
2026-04-07
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-09
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2025-10-07
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2025-10-07
Change Report
EDINET
2025-10-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2025-08-01
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINETAmended
2025-06-27
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2025-06-06
Securities Registration Statement
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