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Bengo4.com,Inc.

Bengo4.com, Inc. operates Japan's largest legal and tax professional portal platforms, including 'Bengo4.com' (with over 24,600 registered attorneys representing approximately 54% of all domestic lawyers) and 'Zeiri4.com' (a tax accountant matching service with over 6,900 registered professionals). The company also develops and operates 'CloudSign,' Japan's first and domestic market share No.1 cloud-based electronic contract service, serving corporate clients with contract management solutions. Its business is organized into two segments: a Media Business (legal/tax portal advertising and subscription services) and an IT & Solutions Business (CloudSign and related legal tech products including the AI-powered 'Legal Brain' platform).

Market Cap
¥106B
US$678M
EV
¥107B
US$682M
Stock¥4,665▼-6.33%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
33.1
x
LTM EV/EBIT
44.6
x
LTM PER
65.3
x
LTM PBR
14.5
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+28.9%pt
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Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Mar 6, 26New business expansion announced
2Aug 13, 26Q1 FY2026 (Apr-Jun) earnings: net income +36.8% YoY, full-year guidance maintained
3Aug 14, 26Q1 earnings: net profit +36.8% YoY, full-year guidance maintained
4Aug 18, 26Q1 FY26 earnings: net profit +36.8% YoY, continued buying on strong results
5Aug 19, 26Continued buying after Q1 earnings: net profit +36.8% YoY, full-year guidance maintained
MC → EV Bridge
106BUS$678MMarket Cap5.21BUS$33.2M+ Debt4.19BUS$26.7M− Cash0.53BUS$3.36M− Inv. Sec.0.19BUS$1.20M+ NCI107BUS$682MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
6.88US$43.9M'22/38.71US$55.5M'23/311.3US$72.2M'24/314.1US$89.7M'25/316.3US$104M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
1.36US$8.65M'22/31.36US$8.65M'23/31.75US$11.2M'24/32.07US$13.2M'25/33.01US$19.2M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.70US$4.48M'22/30.72US$4.57M'23/30.84US$5.34M'24/31.05US$6.69M'25/31.51US$9.63M'26/3
Capital Structure
58%
42%
EquityD/E 0.71xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
1.68US$10.7M'22/31.65US$10.5M'23/33.90US$24.9M2.75US$17.5M'24/34.65US$29.7M2.49US$15.9M'25/35.69US$36.3M2.73US$17.4M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 80.0%
1
Authense Holdings LLC
42.97%
2
Taichiro MOTOEI
20.01%
3
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
5.55%
4
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140051 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.24%
5
THE BANK OF NEW YORK 133652 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.10%
6
THE BANK OF NEW YORK 133595 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.66%
7
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385839 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.57%
8
THE BANK OF NEW YORK 133612 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.46%
9
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
1.29%
10
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140040 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.12%
Management
10 officers
Taichiro MOTOEI
Representative Director, President and CEO
Oct 2001 Joined Anderson Mori Law Office (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Foreign Law Joint Enterprise) Jan 2005 Established Motoei Law Office (now Authense Law Office, Attorney Corporation) Jul 2005 Established Authsense Group Co., Ltd. (now the Company); appointed Representative Director Feb 2013 Appointed Managing Partner, Authense Law Office, Attorney Corporation (current) Mar 2014 Established TIM Co., Ltd. (now Authense Holdings LLC); appointed Representative Director Jul 2016 Member of the House of Councillors Jun 2017 Appointed Representative Director, Chairman of the Company Sep 2020 Appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Oct 2021 Appointed Representative Director (now Representative Member) of Authense Holdings K.K. (now Authsense Holdings LLC) (current) Oct 2021 Established Authense Consulting Co., Ltd.; appointed Representative Director (current) Dec 2021 Appointed Representative Director, Chairman of the Company; appointed Chairperson of the Education, Culture, Science and Technology Committee, House of Councillors Mar 2022 Appointed Representative Director, Chairman of Universal Sports Japan Co., Ltd. Jun 2022 Appointed Representative Director, President of the Company Jun 2023 Appointed Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company (current) Jun 2025 Appointed Representative Director of Japan Professional Tech Association (current) Jun 2025 Appointed Chairman of Universal Sports Japan Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2026 Established Authense Capital Co., Ltd.; appointed Representative Director Feb 2026 Established Authense Media Co., Ltd.; appointed Representative Director (current)
1975-12-14
Masaoki SAWADA
Director, Executive Officer
Apr 2008 Joined SBI E*TRADE SECURITIES Co., Ltd. (now SBI Securities Co., Ltd.) Oct 2013 Joined Paraca Inc. Mar 2014 Joined the Company Jul 2020 Appointed Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2022 Appointed Director, Executive Officer of the Company (current) Oct 2023 Appointed Director of L.I.C. Co., Ltd.; appointed Director of EOC.com Co., Ltd. Dec 2025 Appointed Representative Director of L.I.C. Co., Ltd. (current); appointed Representative Director of EOC.com Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2026 Appointed Director of Japan Legal Network Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2026 Appointed Director of ATE Co., Ltd. (current)
1984-11-09
Fumihiko ISHIMARU
Director
Apr 1999 Joined Jafco Co., Ltd. (now Jafco Group Co., Ltd.) Oct 2001 Joined Ohmae Business Development Co., Ltd. Jul 2003 Joined Kakaku.com, Inc. Jun 2005 Joined Sparx Group Co., Ltd. Apr 2010 Joined Cyber Agent Ventures, Inc. (now CyberAgent Capital, Inc.) Jan 2012 Appointed Executive Officer of Digital Garage, Inc. Jun 2012 Appointed Director of DG Incubation Inc. (now DG Ventures Inc.) Jul 2012 Appointed Director of the Company Sep 2013 Appointed Director of the Company (current) Jul 2014 Appointed Director, COO of DG Incubation Inc. (now DG Ventures Inc.) Jun 2015 Established Accord Ventures Inc.; appointed Representative Director (current)
1975-05-07
Noriko SHIONO
Director
Aug 1983 Joined Nihon New Media Co., Ltd. Mar 2001 Joined Walt Disney Japan Ltd. Oct 2002 Appointed Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Walt Disney Japan Ltd. Mar 2010 Appointed Representative Director, President of S.S. Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Jan 2014 Appointed Representative Director, President of Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. (now Konami Sports Corporation) May 2016 Appointed Director, Chairman of the same company Oct 2017 Appointed Representative Director, President of WIDEX Japan K.K. (now WS Audiology Japan) Mar 2020 Appointed Director of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (current) Jun 2024 Appointed Director of the Company (current); appointed Director of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) May 2026 Appointed Director of J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (current)
1960-10-18
Satoshi NAKANISHI
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1991 Joined Canon Sales Co., Inc. (now Canon Marketing Japan Inc.) Jul 2018 Appointed Head of Audit Office, Canon System & Support Inc. Apr 2022 Joined the Company Jun 2022 Appointed Head of Internal Audit Office of the Company Jun 2026 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1968-06-27
Hitoshi SUDA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1996 Joined Imagineer Co., Ltd. Oct 1997 Joined J Sky B Co., Ltd. (now SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation) Aug 1999 Joined Digital Club Inc. (now Broadmedia Corporation) Oct 2002 Appointed Director of Aeria, Inc. Feb 2013 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Nov 2015 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Goodpatch Inc. Nov 2016 Appointed Director of COVER Corporation (current) Dec 2017 Appointed Director of and factory Inc. Sep 2019 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Fukurou Lab Inc. (current) Mar 2021 Appointed Director of Techouse Inc. (current)
1973-07-21
Atsuhiro MURAKAMI
Director
May 1998 Joined Andersen Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Accenture K.K.) Oct 2002 Joined Arrows Consulting Co., Ltd. (now EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd.) Oct 2004 Joined Kakaku.com, Inc. Jun 2012 Appointed Director of the same company Aug 2014 Appointed Director of the Company (current) Jul 2019 Appointed Director, Executive Officer of Kakaku.com, Inc. Apr 2024 Appointed Representative Director of the same company (current)
1975-01-09
Katsuya UENOYAMA
Director
Apr 2007 Joined The Boston Consulting Group K.K. (now Boston Consulting Group LLC) Oct 2012 Established AppReSearch Inc. (now PKSHA Technology Inc.); appointed Director Apr 2014 Appointed Project Assistant Professor, Consumer Intelligence Endowed Course, The University of Tokyo Jun 2016 Appointed Representative Director of PKSHA Technology Inc. (current) Jul 2019 Appointed Director of Itec Inc. (current) Jun 2021 Appointed Director of Ashirirela Inc. (now PKSHA Associates Inc.) (current); appointed Director of the Company (current) Oct 2023 Appointed Advisor, Digital Agency (current) May 2024 Appointed Director of Triumph Inc. (current) Mar 2025 Appointed Director of SmartNews, Inc. (current) Jun 2025 Appointed Advisor, Ministry of Defense (current)
1982-07-18
Rie NAKAMURA
Director
Apr 1988 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. Jan 1998 Joined Harksley Inc. Mar 2001 Appointed Representative Director of Kito Planning Inc. (current) Jul 2001 Appointed Director of Yume no Machi Souzou Iinkai Co., Ltd. (now Demae-can Co., Ltd.) Jan 2002 Appointed Representative Director, President of the same company Dec 2009 Appointed CHRO of Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. Jun 2010 Appointed Director of the same company; appointed Director of Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd. Mar 2011 Appointed Director of Opt Inc. (now Digital Holdings Inc.) Nov 2011 Appointed Chairman of Yume no Machi Souzou Iinkai Co., Ltd. (now Demae-can Co., Ltd.) Nov 2012 Appointed Representative Director, President of the same company Apr 2021 Appointed Managing Executive Officer, CCO of Nihon M&A Center Inc. (now Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.) Aug 2021 Appointed Director of Leos Capital Works Co., Ltd. Mar 2022 Appointed Executive Officer of M3, Inc.; appointed Representative Director, President of M3 Solutions, Inc. Jun 2022 Appointed Director of M3, Inc. (current) Apr 2025 Appointed Visiting Professor, Faculty of Business Data Science, Kansai University (current); appointed Representative Director, Chairman of M3 Solutions, Inc. (current) Jun 2026 Appointed Director of the Company (current)
1960-10-18
Takahiko OBA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Dec 2006 Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC May 2011 Established Takahiko Oba Certified Public Accountant Office; appointed Head (current) Oct 2011 Appointed Representative Director, COO of Bridge Inc. (now Bridge Consulting Group Inc.) Jan 2021 Appointed Representative Director of Tetraworks Inc. (current) Mar 2021 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Columbia Works Co., Ltd.; appointed Chairman of Minamifuji Audit Corporation Group (current) Jan 2022 Appointed Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of United Front Partners Inc. (current) Mar 2022 Appointed Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Columbia Works Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2022 Appointed Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of KTK Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2023 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Hammock Inc. (current) Aug 2024 Appointed Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of IK Holdings Inc. (current) Jun 2026 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1981-04-30
Large Shareholding Reports
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited
2026-09-03
2.54%
Baillie Gifford & Co
2026-02-19
6.10%→6.14%
Baillie Gifford & Co
2026-02-05
5.22%→6.10%
Authense Holdings LLC
2025-08-25
43.48%→43.44%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 42.97%
Authense Holdings LLC
2025-08-21
43.48%→43.44%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 42.97%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-09-03
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-08-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-02-19
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-02-05
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2025-08-25
Change Report
EDINET
2025-08-21
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-13
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnetAmended
2025-02-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-12
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
2023-06-23
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
EDINET
2022-06-27
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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