Under supervision (confirmation) · Designated 2026-10-22 JPX notice
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circlace Inc

Circlace is a Japan-based DX consulting and SaaS company that helps enterprises transform their business operations through leading cloud platforms including Salesforce, Anaplan, ServiceNow, AWS, and Microsoft. The company provides end-to-end consulting services spanning implementation, business process design, AI & data innovation, education, and managed services, complemented by its proprietary SaaS product 'AGAVE,' an all-in-one cloud solution for managing overseas expatriate HR and payroll. As of March 2025, the company serves over 460 clients with more than 11,000 IDs deployed, operating across two segments: Consulting (85% of revenue) and AolaNow/ServiceNow (15% of revenue).

Market Cap
¥4.17B
US$26.5M
EV
¥4.00B
US$25.5M
Stock¥950▲+7.34%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
13.3
x
LTM EV/EBIT
16.0
x
LTM PER
20.3
x
LTM PBR
4.9
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-31.2%pt
1001
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 22, 26StockTOPIX
1Aug 13, 26Q1 results: operating loss widened to ¥79mn (vs ¥64mn loss), FY guidance maintained
MC → EV Bridge
4.17BUS$26.5MMarket Cap0.46BUS$2.93M+ Debt0.43BUS$2.71M− Cash0.20BUS$1.25M− Inv. Sec.4.00BUS$25.5MEV
AI Briefing
Hillhouse-backed HHH1 G.K. tender offer at ¥2,020/share, board-endorsed, targeting full subsidiarization of Circlace. FY26/3 guided revenue ¥4.5B, OP ¥0.3B (5.9%), recovering from FY24/3 operating loss on Salesforce/Anaplan/ServiceNow DX consulting plus AGAVE SaaS recurring revenue. Post-deal thesis: leverage Hillhouse capital/network to fund mid-term growth and larger-scale M&A.
Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
2.27US$14.4M'22/32.53US$16.1M'23/32.90US$18.5M'24/33.80US$24.2M'25/34.54US$28.9M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.16US$1.03M'22/30.10US$0.62M'23/3-0.08-US$0.48M'24/30.21US$1.35M'25/30.31US$1.99M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.18US$1.11M'22/30.01US$0.07M'23/3-0.04-US$0.25M'24/30.18US$1.17M'25/30.21US$1.32M'26/3
Capital Structure
65%
35%
EquityD/E 0.54xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
0.29US$1.85M0.20US$1.27M'22/30.68US$4.30M'23/30.81US$5.17M0.22US$1.43M'24/30.89US$5.68M0.21US$1.35M'25/30.64US$4.10M0.13US$0.82M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 79.8%
1
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC
35.04%
2
Pasona Group Inc.
32.89%
3
Tsukasa SATO
2.85%
4
Daisuke ITO
2.28%
5
Jun SATO
1.59%
6
Kyoko NAKAO
1.41%
7
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
1.17%
8
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
1.01%
9
Kazuhiro KENMOCHI
0.97%
10
Masamichi KUDO
0.61%
Management
10 officers
Tsukasa SATO
Representative Director, Chairman and President
Feb 2000 Joined Pasona International Inc. (current: Pasona NA Inc.) Nov 2004 Representative Director and President, Pasona International Inc. Dec 2007 Managing Executive Officer and Head of International Business Office, Pasona Group Inc. Dec 2009 Vice President Director, Pasona Inc. Aug 2011 Representative Director, President and COO, Pasona Inc. Nov 2012 Representative Director and President, Pasona Tequila Inc. (current: the Company) Aug 2017 Vice President and Executive Officer, Pasona Group Inc. Jun 2018 Retired as Representative Director, the Company Jul 2018 Chairman of the Board, the Company Sep 2018 Representative Director, Vistra Japan K.K. (formerly Tricor K.K.) Feb 2022 Member, Compensation Committee, the Company Feb 2022 Member, Nomination Committee, the Company (current) Oct 2023 Retired as Representative Director, Vistra Japan K.K. Dec 2023 Representative Director and Chairman, Aoranau Inc. (current) Apr 2024 Representative Director and President, the Company Jul 2024 Representative Director, Chairman and President, the Company (current) Apr 2025 Representative Director, arcbricks Inc. May 2025 Representative Director and Chairman, arcbricks Inc. (current)
1970-05-15
Masatsugu OSAKI
Director
Apr 1999 Joined NTT Data Kansai Corporation Jan 2004 Joined Oracle Japan Co., Ltd. Mar 2012 Joined Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. Oct 2017 Joined SAP Japan Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Automation Anywhere Japan K.K. Apr 2020 Joined Blue Prism K.K. Oct 2023 Senior Executive Officer and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), the Company May 2024 Representative Director, President and CEO, Circlace HT Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Director, CRO and Head of Business Division, the Company (current)
1977-01-24
Tatsuya MATSUNAGA
Director
Apr 1985 Joined Kyowa Advertising Co., Ltd. Oct 1986 Joined Uni-Charm Corporation Jan 1996 Joined PwC Consulting Co., Ltd. Oct 2002 Director, IBM Business Consulting Services K.K. (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) Jan 2005 Executive Officer, Human Resources, IBM Japan, Ltd. Sep 2006 Executive Officer, Global Business Services (GBS), IBM Japan, Ltd. Apr 2010 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Financial Services Third Business Division, IBM Japan, Ltd. Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, Growth Strategy, Business Development and Value Creation, IBM Japan, Ltd. Jan 2019 Representative Director and President, TMA Consulting Co., Ltd. Jul 2020 Chief Innovation Officer and Consulting Partner, EY Japan Co., Ltd. Jun 2023 Director, the Company (current); Member, Compensation Committee (current); Member, Nomination Committee (current) Apr 2024 Outside Director, Ignition Point Inc. (current)
1963-01-22
Yoshihiko KAWAMURA
Director
Apr 1979 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation Aug 1995 Joined The World Bank Mar 2000 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation (U.S.A.) Apr 2010 Executive Officer and General Manager, IT Services Division, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2012 Executive Officer, Business Services Division, and Assistant to the CEO (Management Planning), Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2015 Executive Director, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, and Executive Strategist, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2016 Director, Deputy General Manager of IoT Promotion HQ and General Manager of Incubation Promotion HQ, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Investment Strategy HQ and Future Investment HQ, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2019 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, and General Manager, Investment Strategy HQ and Future Investment HQ, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2020 Representative Executive Officer, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, and General Manager, Finance HQ, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2022 Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, CFO, Chief Risk Management Officer (CRMO), and General Manager, Finance HQ and Investment Review HQ, Hitachi, Ltd. Apr 2024 Senior Executive Advisor, Hitachi, Ltd. Jun 2024 Director, the Company (current); Member, Nomination Committee (current); Member, Compensation Committee (current) Mar 2025 Independent Outside Director, Audit Committee Member (current), and Finance Committee Member (current), Dentsu Group Inc. Mar 2025 Outside Director, Konica Minolta, Inc. (current) Mar 2025 Executive Vice President Executive Officer, Kioxia Holdings Corporation; Executive Vice President Executive Officer, Kioxia Corporation Mar 2026 Member, Compensation Committee (current), and Chair, Finance Committee (current), Dentsu Group Inc. Apr 2026 Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, CFO (current), Kioxia Holdings Corporation; Executive Vice President Executive Officer, CFO (current), Kioxia Corporation
1956-08-20
Fumihiko HAYASHI
Full-time Corporate Auditor
Apr 1986 Joined Temporary Center Co., Ltd. (now Pasona Inc.) Jun 2001 General Manager, Operations Division, Pasona Inc. Aug 2004 Executive Officer and General Manager, Operations Division, Pasona Inc. Aug 2008 Director and Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Operations Division, and General Manager, IT Systems Office, Pasona Inc. Aug 2011 Director and Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs Division, and General Manager, IT Systems Office, Pasona Inc. Sep 2018 Joined Benefit One Inc. Jun 2019 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Legal & Compliance Office, Benefit One Inc. Jul 2019 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs Division, and General Manager, Legal & Compliance Office, Benefit One Inc. Apr 2020 Managing Executive Officer (special assignment), Benefit One Inc. Jun 2020 Full-time Corporate Auditor, Pasona Tequila Inc. (current: the Company) (current)
1964-03-11
Seamus McHUGH
Director
Jul 1997 Founder, President and Chairman, K2 Partnering Solutions Oct 2010 Founder and Chairman, Tequila Nov 2011 Director, Pasona Tequila Inc. (current: the Company) (current) 2014 Founder, Tequila AnZ 2016 Founder, Sapient i7 Jan 2017 Co-founder, Robo Recruiter; Chairman, McHugh Property Holdings (current) 2018 Founder, PS ai Labs and Tequila Automation Dec 2019 Chairman, TQUILA Limited (current) May 2022 Founder, Dragonfly
1968-06-27
Katsumi NAKATA
Director
Apr 1980 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation Apr 2003 Senior Manager, Business Planning, NTT Communications Corporation (concurrently seconded to NTT USA, Inc., Global Services Business Division) Nov 2005 General Manager, Overseas Business Promotion Department, Global Business Division, NTT Communications Corporation Jul 2006 Senior Manager, Fifth Division, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Jun 2007 Senior Manager, General Affairs Division, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Jul 2009 Deputy General Manager, Global Business Division, and General Manager, Global Strategy Department, NTT Communications Corporation Jun 2010 Director, Deputy General Manager, Global Business Division, and General Manager, Global Strategy Department, NTT Communications Corporation Aug 2011 Director and General Manager, Global Business Promotion Department, NTT Communications Corporation Jun 2014 Managing Director and General Manager, Global Business Promotion Department, NTT Communications Corporation Jun 2015 Representative Director and Vice President, NTT Communications Corporation Jun 2018 Representative Director and President, NTT Security Corporation Jun 2019 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NTT DOCOMO, INC. Jun 2020 Director and Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, NTT DOCOMO, INC. Jun 2022 Full-time Corporate Auditor, NTT, Inc. Oct 2022 Chair of Full-time Corporate Auditors, NTT DATA, Inc. Oct 2024 Advisor, Aoranau Inc. (current) Jun 2025 Director, the Company (current); Member, Nomination Committee (current); Member, Compensation Committee (current)
1956-12-12
Koichi ITABASHI
Director
Apr 2002 Joined Pasona Inc. Mar 2016 Vice President Director, PT. Dutagriya Sarana Jan 2017 Director, PT. Pasona Indonesia Apr 2020 Director, PT. Dutagriya Sarana (current) Sep 2020 Executive Officer and General Manager, Medical & Health Management Division, Pasona Inc. Sep 2022 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Medical & Health Management Division, Pasona Inc. Sep 2023 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Kanto Sales Division, Pasona Inc.; Managing Executive Officer, Pasona Group Inc. Apr 2025 Director, Asahi Beer Communications Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Director and Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Kanto Sales Division, Expert & BPO Business Division, Pasona Inc.; Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Group Sales HQ, CBO Group, Pasona Group Inc. (current); Director, Pasona Masters Inc. (current); Director, the Company (current) Jul 2025 Director, HIPUS Inc. (current) Aug 2025 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Kanto Sales Division, Expert & BPO Business Division, Pasona Inc. (current); Director, Pasona HS Inc. (current) Dec 2025 Director, Pasona Data & Design Inc. (current)
1980-01-30
Katsuya NATORI
Corporate Auditor
Apr 1986 Joined Masuda Ejiri Law Office (now Nishimura & Asahi) Jun 1990 Joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Jul 1992 Joined Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Jul 1993 Joined Esso Sekiyu K.K. (now JXTG Energy Co., Ltd.) Jan 1995 Joined Apple Computer Japan K.K. (now Apple Japan GK) Jan 1997 Joined Sun Microsystems K.K. (now Oracle Information Systems GK) Mar 2002 Executive Officer, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Jan 2004 Director and Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd. Apr 2010 Executive Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd. Feb 2012 Head of Natori Law Office Apr 2012 Corporate Auditor, Olympus Corporation Mar 2015 Director, Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co., Ltd. Apr 2016 Supervisory Director, Global One Real Estate Investment Corp. (current) Jun 2019 Director, Olympus Corporation Jun 2020 Corporate Auditor, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (current); Corporate Auditor, Pasona Tequila Inc. (current: the Company) (current) Dec 2020 Representative Attorney, ITN Law Office (now Natori & Oki Law Office, N&O Partners) Jun 2021 Director, Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2023 Corporate Auditor, Hino Motors, Ltd. Jun 2023 Director, Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. Dec 2023 Corporate Auditor, Bellface Inc. Jan 2026 Managing Partner, Natori & Oki Law Office, N&O Partners (current)
1959-05-15
Azusa FUKUDA
Corporate Auditor
Oct 2002 Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Corporation Dec 2011 Joined Cast Law Corporation Jun 2012 Joined Hibiya Tomo Law Office May 2015 Joined Fukushima Accounting Tax Corporation Nov 2016 Partner, Tokyo United Tax Corporation (current); Partner, Tokyo United Law Corporation (current) Jun 2020 Corporate Auditor, Pasona Tequila Inc. (current: the Company) (current) Jan 2022 Corporate Auditor, Bellface Inc. Mar 2024 Corporate Auditor, United Precision Technologies Inc. Jun 2024 Corporate Auditor, Diaos Inc. Jan 2025 Director, United Precision Technologies Inc. Mar 2025 Corporate Auditor, Oliver Inc. Apr 2025 Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Diaos Inc. (current) Jul 2025 Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, United Precision Technologies Inc. (current) Nov 2025 Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Oliver Inc. (current)
1977-05-02
Large Shareholding Reports
SATO TSUKASA
2026-06-18
6.37%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
SATO TSUKASA
2026-06-16
6.37%
Disclosures
Tender Offer
2026-10-22
Tender Offer
2026-10-22
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-10-22
Tender Offer
TDnet
2026-10-22
Tender Offer
TDnet
2026-08-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-06-18
Change Report
EDINET
2026-06-16
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-09
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-23
Annual Securities Report
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