Overview
Chemicals

Milbon Co.,Ltd.

Milbon is a Japanese cosmetics manufacturer and distributor specializing in professional-use hair care products sold exclusively through beauty salons. The company offers a broad portfolio of brands—including Milbon, Aujua, Villa Lodola, and iMPREA—covering hair care, hair color (oxidative and acid dyes), permanent wave agents, and cosmetics such as skincare and makeup. Milbon differentiates itself through strong educational support programs for hair designers and a focus on premium, science-backed formulations targeting professional salon channels.

Market Cap
¥110B
US$700M
EV
¥96.8B
US$617M
Stock¥3,450▲+0.73%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
10.3
x
LTM EV/EBIT
13.7
x
LTM PER
20.2
x
LTM PBR
2.2
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+23.1%pt
1001
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Aug 12, 26Q2 FY2026/12 earnings announced; Board approved share buyback
MC → EV Bridge
110BUS$700MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt12.3BUS$78.6M− Cash0.62BUS$3.93M− Inv. Sec.96.8BUS$617MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
41.6US$265M'21/1245.2US$289M'22/1247.8US$305M'23/1251.3US$327M'24/1252.9US$337M'25/12
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
9.59US$61.2M'21/129.63US$61.4M'22/127.80US$49.7M'23/129.13US$58.2M'24/127.97US$50.8M'25/12
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
5.11US$32.6M'21/125.58US$35.6M'22/124.00US$25.5M'23/125.02US$32.0M'24/123.44US$21.9M'25/12
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
15.0US$95.4M'21/1214.1US$89.8M'22/1212.6US$80.7M'23/1214.7US$93.8M'24/1212.5US$79.5M'25/12
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 40.8%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
12.05%
2
Kounoike Asset Management Co., Ltd.
8.74%
3
KOSE Holdings Corporation
4.17%
4
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505103 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
3.20%
5
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505301 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.73%
6
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.58%
7
Milbon Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.20%
8
RBC IST 15 PCT NON LENDING ACCOUNT-CLIENT ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
2.06%
9
Kahiko MURAI
1.52%
10
Maiko KITAJIMA
1.52%
Management
14 officers
Ryuji SATO
Director, Chairman of the Board
Apr 1981 Joined the Company Dec 1999 General Manager, Products Production Department Dec 2000 General Manager, Marketing Department Mar 2002 Director, General Manager, Marketing Department Dec 2003 Managing Director Mar 2008 Representative Director, President Jan 2024 Director, Chairman of the Board (current)
1959-10-18
Hidenori SAKASHITA
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Apr 2001 Joined the Company Oct 2010 President, MILBON USA, INC. Jan 2018 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department Mar 2022 Director, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department; in charge of Cosmetics Planning and Information Planning; Director, Kose Milbon Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Jan 2024 Representative Director, President Jan 2026 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer (current)
1976-02-03
Kazunobu KOUNOIKE
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1992 Joined the Company Mar 2004 President, MILBON USA, INC. Oct 2010 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office Dec 2011 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department Mar 2012 Director, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department Dec 2013 Director, General Manager, International Sales Division No. 2 Jan 2018 Director, General Manager, Information Systems Department; in charge of CS Promotion Jan 2022 Director, General Manager, Production Division; in charge of CS Promotion Jan 2024 Director, General Manager, Production Division; in charge of Development Division and Organic Business Jan 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Production Division; in charge of Development Division and Organic Business (current)
1969-11-08
Junji MORIMOTO
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1992 Joined the Company Dec 2005 General Manager, Tokyo Branch Dec 2007 General Manager, Osaka Branch Dec 2009 General Manager, Tokyo Branch Jan 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Tokyo Aoyama Branch, FP Division Jan 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, FP Division Jan 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, FP Division; in charge of International FP Division and Education Planning Mar 2022 Director, General Manager, FP Division; in charge of International FP Division and Education Planning Jan 2024 Director; in charge of Administration, Internal Audit and Quality Assurance Jan 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department and Legal Department; in charge of Human Resources, Internal Audit, Finance, Corporate Communications and Sustainability Promotion (current)
1967-07-17
Harumichi OKAZAKI
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1996 Joined the Company Jan 2016 President, MILBON (THAILAND) CO., LTD. Jan 2018 President, MILBON USA, INC. Jan 2020 President, MILBON USA, INC.; Regional Head, North America Jan 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, International FP Division; Regional Head, North America and Europe Jan 2024 Executive Officer, General Manager, International FP Division and FP Division; in charge of Education Planning Mar 2024 Director, General Manager, International FP Division and FP Division; in charge of Education Planning Jan 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, International FP Division; in charge of FP Division (current)
1974-03-09
Hiroyuki OGATA
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1999 Joined the Company Jan 2020 General Manager, Cosmetics Planning Department and General Manager, Finance Department Jan 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, Cosmetics Planning Department and General Manager, Finance Department Jan 2023 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department Jan 2024 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division; Vice President, Kose Milbon Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Mar 2024 Director, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division; Director and Vice President, Kose Milbon Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Jan 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division and General Manager, Marketing Division; Director and Vice President, Kose Milbon Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (current)
1975-07-13
Tsuneko MURATA
Director
Apr 1982 Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Holdings Corporation) May 2003 General Manager, Legal Department, Panasonic System Solutions Company Apr 2007 Executive Fellow, General Manager, Legal and CSR Department, Home Appliances Company Jun 2008 Director, Matsushita Setsubi Net Service Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Safety Service Co., Ltd.) Feb 2010 Lifelong Learning Officer, Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Jul 2013 Special Executive Fellow, Legal Division, Panasonic Corporation Jan 2014 Executive Director, Japan Pension Service Jan 2016 Auditor, Japan Pension Service Jun 2018 Outside Corporate Auditor, Japan Finance Corporation; Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Advantest Corporation Jun 2019 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Fujikura Ltd. Mar 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Kakuyasu Group Co., Ltd. (now Hitomairu Co., Ltd.) (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.; Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd. Sep 2023 Registered Certified Fraud Examiner Jun 2024 Outside Director, JECOS Ltd. (current) Oct 2025 Outside Director, Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. (current)
1958-09-27
Yoshihiro TAKATO
Director
Apr 1979 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Aug 2002 President, PT Ajinomoto Indonesia Jul 2007 General Manager, Processed Umami Seasonings Department, Amino Acids Company, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2009 Executive Officer; President, Ajinomoto do Brasil Jun 2013 Director, Managing Executive Officer; President, Ajinomoto (Thailand) Jan 2015 President, Ajinomoto Asean Regional Headquarters Jun 2015 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2016 General Manager, Food Business Division Sep 2016 Outside Director, Tokai Denpun Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Representative Director, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2019 Director, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2021 Advisor, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Mar 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current) Apr 2022 Outside Director, Tokyo Verdy Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, Seven Bank, Ltd. (current)
1957-02-06
Chisa HAYAKAWA
Director
Apr 1991 Joined Sanyo Securities Co., Ltd. Mar 1998 Joined FANCL Corporation Nov 2002 Registered Certified Tax Accountant Jul 2009 Joined Calbee, Inc. Apr 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager, IR Division Apr 2014 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning and IR Division Apr 2017 Executive Officer, General Manager, East Japan Business Division Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Finance and Accounting Division Jun 2020 Outside Director, Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, Finance, Accounting and IR Division, Calbee, Inc. Mar 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current) Apr 2022 Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Calbee, Inc. Apr 2023 Executive Officer, CFO, Asia and Oceania Region, Calbee, Inc. (current)
1968-06-27
Tomomi FUKUMOTO
Director
Apr 1981 Joined Suntory Ltd. Jan 2012 General Manager, Suntory Hall Apr 2015 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Communications Division, Suntory Holdings Limited; Managing Director, General Manager, Customer Relations Division, Suntory Business Expert Ltd. Apr 2017 Director, Save the Children Japan (current) Apr 2018 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Sustainability Promotion Division, Suntory Holdings Limited Jun 2019 Director, New Japan Philharmonic Foundation (current) Sep 2021 Director, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (current) Jan 2022 Advisor, Suntory Holdings Limited Apr 2022 Managing Director, Suntory Foundation for the Arts Jun 2022 Outside Director, Tokyo Kaikan Co., Ltd. (current); Councilor, Resona Asia Oceania Foundation (current) Apr 2024 Senior Advisor, Suntory Foundation for the Arts (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (current); Director, MS&AD Insurance Group Cultural Foundation (current) May 2025 Councilor, Tokyo College of Music (current)
1959-02-18
Akihisa NABESHIMA
Director
Apr 1982 Joined Teijin Limited Apr 2015 Executive Officer, Teijin Group Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Healthcare Business Group, Teijin Limited; President, Teijin Pharma Limited Apr 2019 Head of Healthcare Business, Teijin Limited Jun 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Healthcare Business, Teijin Limited Apr 2021 Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO, in charge of Accounting and Finance, Teijin Limited Apr 2022 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, in charge of Accounting and Finance, Teijin Limited Apr 2023 Director, Mission Executive, Teijin Limited Mar 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1960-01-17
Mitsuru OSHIO
Full-time Corporate Auditor
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Dec 2006 General Manager, Osaka Branch Dec 2007 General Manager, Fukuoka Branch Dec 2009 General Manager, Nagoya Branch Dec 2011 General Manager, Nagoya Branch; General Manager, Business Development Department Mar 2012 Director, General Manager, Nagoya Branch and Business Development Department Dec 2013 Director, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department and Business Development Department Dec 2014 Director, General Manager, Business Development Department Jan 2018 Director; in charge of Business Development Mar 2021 Full-time Corporate Auditor (current)
1965-12-16
Yoshihiko OKUDA
Corporate Auditor
Apr 1976 Joined Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2004 Deputy Adjudicator, Fukuoka Regional Tax Tribunal Jul 2006 Deputy Head, Kokura Tax Office Jul 2009 Professor, Professional Education Department, National Tax College Jul 2013 Head, Kanoya Tax Office Apr 2015 Head, Yokohama Branch, Tokyo Regional Tax Tribunal Apr 2017 Head, Takamatsu Regional Tax Tribunal Mar 2018 Assigned to Secretariat, National Tax Agency Jun 2018 Registered Certified Tax Accountant Mar 2020 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current) Dec 2021 Director, SKM Business Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2024 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Itoen Ltd.
1957-08-20
Daisuke UMEMOTO
Corporate Auditor
Apr 2002 Joined Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. (now Hewlett Packard Japan, G.K.) Dec 2009 Registered as Attorney-at-Law; joined Blakemore Law Office Jan 2017 Seconded to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Global ICT Infrastructure Bureau (fixed-term public official) May 2019 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), WACUL Inc. Mar 2021 Corporate Auditor, Corning Japan K.K. (current); Corporate Auditor, Corning International K.K. (current) Apr 2024 Joined Eichi Law Office (current) Dec 2025 Temporary Corporate Auditor, the Company Mar 2026 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)
1979-02-07
Large Shareholding Reports
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Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-08-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2026 – Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-08-10
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-05-15
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-04-15
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
EDINET
2026-03-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
TDnet
2025-11-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-10-21
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-08-20
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-08-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
TDnet
2025-05-13
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-03-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
EDINET
2024-08-09
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
EDINET
2024-05-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-03-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-05-15
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-03-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-30
Annual Securities Report
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