Overview
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Universal Entertainment Corporation

Universal Entertainment Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells pachinko and pachislot (gaming) machines and related peripheral equipment for the Japanese amusement arcade market. The company is known for popular slot machine series such as Million God and Thunder V, and actively develops new titles tied to anime and entertainment IP. In addition to its core gaming machine business, the company operates an integrated resort (IR) / casino business through its Philippine subsidiary TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and also engages in media content business.

Market Cap
¥50.4B
US$321M
EV
¥192B
US$1.22B
Stock¥650▼-2.26%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
9.1
x
LTM EV/EBIT
31.2
x
LTM PER
NM
LTM PBR
0.4
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-52.4%pt
10012
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Feb 16, 26Technical rebound from sharp decline
2Aug 10, 26Q2 FY2026/12 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
50.4BUS$321MMarket Cap197BUS$1.25B+ Debt43.4BUS$277M− Cash12.0BUS$76.6M− Inv. Sec.192BUS$1.22BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
90.4US$576M'21/12141US$898M'22/12179US$1.14B'23/12126US$804M'24/12123US$782M'25/12
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
20.4US$130M'21/1230.8US$196M'22/1247.7US$304M'23/1221.1US$134M'24/1216.5US$105M'25/12
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
-19.1-US$121M'21/1211.5US$73.3M'22/1228.4US$181M'23/12-15.6-US$99.1M'24/12-231-US$1.47B'25/12
Capital Structure
39%
61%
EquityD/E 1.53xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
49.3US$314M172US$1.09B'21/1252.2US$332M174US$1.10B'22/1254.2US$345M61.1US$389M'23/1234.0US$217M188US$1.19B'24/1250.0US$318M195US$1.24B'25/12
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 79.3%
1
OKADA HOLDINGS LIMITED (Standing Proxy: SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
70.26%
2
Hiroko YOKOZUKA
2.63%
3
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT OM02 505002 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.30%
4
Universal Entertainment Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Association
1.01%
5
Ueda Yagi Tanshi Co., Ltd.
0.83%
6
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
0.69%
7
Hokuto Co., Ltd.
0.43%
8
GAM MULTISTOCK-JAPAN SPECIAL SITUATIONS (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
0.38%
9
Tetsuma SUZUKI
0.37%
10
BNYM SA/NV FOR BNYM FOR BNYM GCM CLIENT ACCTS M ILM FE (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
0.37%
Management
9 officers
Tomohiro OKADA
Representative Director, President
Apr 1991 Joined the Company Jun 1995 Director, the Company Aug 1995 Director, General Manager of Management Planning Office, the Company Aug 1997 Director, attached to Development Division, the Company Jun 1999 Director, General Manager of Administration Division, the Company Jun 2000 Director, General Manager of IR & Public Relations Office, the Company Jul 2007 Director, Aruze USA, Inc. Jun 2008 Director, the Company Jun 2015 Director, the Company (retired) Aug 2024 Director, Okada Holdings Limited (current) Sep 2024 Representative Director, President, overall management, the Company (current) May 2025 Director, TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (current) Jun 2025 Representative Director, Chairman, Mizuho Co., Ltd. (current)
1967-09-01
Yoshiyuki SHOJI
Director
Apr 1979 Joined Isuzu Motors Limited Oct 2001 Joined the Company, General Manager of Legal Department Mar 2002 General Manager, General Planning Office, the Company Jun 2002 General Manager, Legal & Overseas Business Management Office, the Company Jun 2003 General Manager, Legal Department, the Company Dec 2003 General Manager, Overseas Business Office and General Manager, Legal Department, the Company Jun 2004 General Manager, Overseas Business Office, the Company Apr 2005 General Manager, Overseas Legal & Compliance Department, the Company Aug 2005 General Manager, General Planning Office, the Company Dec 2006 Re-joined the Company, General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office Jan 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office, the Company Jun 2008 General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office, the Company Mar 2019 Re-re-joined the Company, General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office Apr 2021 General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office and General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Nov 2024 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Gaming Compliance Office and General Manager, Internal Audit Office, the Company Mar 2025 Director, Overall Supervision of Overseas Business and Legal & Intellectual Property, the Company (current) Mar 2025 Director, Tiger Resort Asia Limited (current) Mar 2025 Director, Brontia Limited (current) May 2025 Director, TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (current)
1954-12-12
Kazuyuki YANAGI
Director
Apr 1993 Joined the Company Apr 2005 Assistant Manager, SV Development Department, Development Division, the Company Jul 2007 Manager, Video Software Development Section, Development Division, the Company Oct 2007 Transferred to Seven Works Inc. (now the Company), Deputy General Manager, Visual Contents Department Apr 2008 General Manager, Visual Contents Department, Seven Works Inc. Oct 2008 General Manager, System Solutions Department, Seven Works Inc. Feb 2009 Transferred to Aruze Marketing Japan Inc. (now the Company), General Manager, System Solutions Department, Development Division Jun 2009 General Manager, System Solutions Department, Development Division, the Company May 2014 Deputy General Manager, Development Division, the Company Apr 2020 General Manager, Development Division, the Company Nov 2024 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Development Division and General Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Mar 2025 Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Domestic Business Division and General Manager, Development Division, the Company (current) Jul 2025 Director, Overall Domestic Business, the Company (current)
1969-05-24
Nobuki SATO
Director
Mar 2000 Joined Tohmatsu Audit Corporation (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Jul 2004 Joined Ishin Hotels Group Co., Ltd. Mar 2006 Joined Unified Partners Co., Ltd. Jun 2010 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Feb 2011 Joined Agora Hospitalities Co., Ltd. Aug 2011 Director, Agora Hospitalities Co., Ltd. Mar 2012 Director and CFO, Agora Hospitality Group Co., Ltd. Oct 2020 Joined the Company, Assistant to General Manager, Overseas Business Management Division Feb 2023 Assistant to General Manager, Overseas Business Management Division and Acting General Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Feb 2024 Director, TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Sep 2024 Managing Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Overseas Business Management Division and General Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Mar 2025 Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, General Manager, Management Planning Office and General Manager, Corporate Administration Division, the Company Sep 2025 Representative Director, President & COO, TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (current) Mar 2026 Director, the Company (current)
1971-06-20
Koichiro SAKAI
Outside Director
Apr 1981 Joined Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Mar 1988 Joined Nikkei McGraw-Hill, Inc. (now Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.) Jul 1996 New York Bureau Chief, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Mar 2007 Director, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Mar 2008 Executive Officer, Nikkei Inc. Mar 2012 Managing Executive Officer, Nikkei Inc. Mar 2014 Director, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Mar 2014 Visiting Member, Nikkei Inc. Jun 2014 Trustee and Councillor, International Christian University (Councillor only, current) Mar 2017 President, Nikkei BP Consulting, Inc. Mar 2018 Vice President Director, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Mar 2019 Vice President Director, Nikkei Publishing Inc. Mar 2021 Adviser, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Dec 2022 Visiting Researcher, Institute, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC (current) Jun 2023 Vice Chairman, Social Welfare Corporation Aiko (current) Jul 2025 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1957-10-03
Takayuki KUMAGAI
Outside Director
Apr 2000 Registered as attorney (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) Apr 2000 Joined Mitsui Yasuda Law Office Mar 2003 Established Sato Sogo Law Office Feb 2009 Established Kumagai Tanaka Law Office (now Kumagai, Tanaka & Tsuda Law Office), Representative Attorney (current) Dec 2022 Outside Director, I-Brain Science Co., Ltd. Mar 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1975-09-21
Toshinobu OKUDA
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Oct 2000 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (now Azusa Audit LLC) Jan 2018 Opened Okuda Accounting & Tax Office, Representative (current) Nov 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Acsigia Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2025 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jul 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1972-05-17
Makoto SUZUKI
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Nov 1991 Registered as Assistant Certified Public Accountant Nov 1991 Joined Ohta Showa Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Aug 1995 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Nov 2003 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Apr 2004 Opened Makoto Suzuki CPA & Tax Accountant Office, Head (current) Jun 2004 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Valuecommerce Co., Ltd. Apr 2005 Representative Director, Max Accounting Inc. (current) Sep 2007 Expert Member, Tax Policy Study Committee, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Mar 2017 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Valuecommerce Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Spanclete Corporation (current) Jul 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1966-04-21
Akiyoshi KANEKO
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1993 Registered as Assistant Certified Public Accountant Apr 1993 Joined Central Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Co., Ltd. (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) Apr 1997 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Feb 2003 Joined Tokyo Hokuto Audit Corporation (now Gyosei Audit Corporation) Jul 2013 Representative Director, Gyosei Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Gyosei Consulting Co., Ltd.) Jul 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Accelerator Analysis Research Institute Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Oct 2018 Member, Gyosei Audit Corporation Aug 2019 Expert Member, IT Support Committee for Small Practices, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (current) May 2021 Director, Gyosei Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2021 Representative Member, Gyosei Audit Corporation (current) Nov 2021 Representative Member, Audit D&I Consortium, and designated executive of Gyosei Audit Corporation (current) Jul 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1969-06-23
Large Shareholding Reports
No filings
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-08-07
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2026 – Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-05-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
EDINET
2026-03-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
EDINETAmended
2026-03-19
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
TDnet
2025-11-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-08-07
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
TDnetAmended
2025-07-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
TDnet
2025-05-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-03-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
EDINET
2024-08-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Jun 2024
EDINET
2024-05-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-03-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
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2023-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
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2023-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-03-31
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-12-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-31
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-05
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-31
Annual Securities Report
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