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Howtelevision,Inc.

Howtelevision operates career platforms targeting elite university students and young professionals in Japan. Its flagship service, 'Gaishi Shukatu' (外資就活ドットコム), is a new graduate recruitment platform connecting top-tier students from leading domestic and international universities with highly selective employers, including foreign-affiliated consulting firms and financial institutions. The company also operates 'Liiga', a mid-career recruitment platform for ambitious young professionals, an RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) service focused on engineer hiring, and 'mond', a knowledge-sharing Q&A platform.

Market Cap
¥2.80B
US$17.9M
EV
¥2.35B
US$15.0M
Stock¥1,031▲+0.10%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.6
x
LTM EV/EBIT
7.9
x
LTM PER
25.7
x
LTM PBR
1.7
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-26.0%pt
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Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Mar 4, 26Market-wide: Trump new tariffs trigger US-led global selloff
2Mar 12, 26Major shareholder change: Otoshige reduced stake by 6.38%
3Mar 23, 26Market-wide: Trump auto tariff announcement extends global selloff
4Jun 11, 26Q1 FY2027/01 earnings announced
5Sep 10, 26Q2 FY2027/01 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
2.80BUS$17.9MMarket Cap1.09BUS$6.94M+ Debt1.54BUS$9.82M− Cash0.00BUS$0.00M− Inv. Sec.2.35BUS$15.0MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
1.14US$7.30M'22/11.54US$9.84M'23/11.84US$11.7M'24/12.17US$13.8M'25/12.56US$16.3M'26/1
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.12US$0.77M'22/10.47US$3.01M'23/10.50US$3.16M'24/10.49US$3.15M'25/10.37US$2.36M'26/1
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.08US$0.50M'22/10.28US$1.80M'23/10.30US$1.91M'24/10.24US$1.55M'25/10.10US$0.61M'26/1
Capital Structure
60%
40%
EquityD/E 0.68xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
0.31US$1.97M0.20US$1.28M'22/10.63US$4.03M0.08US$0.51M'23/11.44US$9.22M'24/11.60US$10.2M0.62US$3.93M'25/11.52US$9.69M0.40US$2.54M'26/1
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 80.4%
1
Yosuke OTONARI
49.31%
2
Eri OTONARI
9.86%
3
Kufu Company Holdings Inc.
5.00%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.39%
5
Rakuten Securities, Inc. (Joint Account)
3.09%
6
Raki MIYAZAKI
2.15%
7
Moving Strategic Career Co., Ltd.
2.13%
8
Naoki YABUTANI
1.96%
9
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
1.92%
10
Tokuro NAKAMURA
1.58%
Management
6 officers
Yosuke OTONARI
Representative Director, President
Apr 2006 Joined Barclays Capital Securities Limited, Tokyo Branch (currently Barclays Securities Japan Limited) May 2007 Joined Advantage Partners, LLP (currently Advantage Partners, Inc.) Feb 2010 Established the Company; Representative Director, President (current) Feb 2025 Representative, mond, Inc. (current)
1980-08-27
Shintaro SHIMIZU
Director
Apr 2005 Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Holdings G.K. (seconded to Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd.) Feb 2011 Joined UBS Securities Tokyo Branch (currently UBS Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 2013 Joined PIMCO Japan Ltd. Jun 2018 Joined Ardian Japan K.K. Apr 2020 Established Securia Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, President (current) May 2020 Joined the Company; Executive Officer, Head of President's Office Feb 2021 Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Division of the Company Apr 2021 Director of the Company (current) Feb 2024 Director, Liiga Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Director, Logrio Co., Ltd. (current)
1983-01-01
Atsushi AKAIKE
Director
Jul 1999 Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (New Jersey, USA) Apr 2000 Joined McKinsey & Company, Inc. Japan Apr 2002 Joined Advantage Partners, LLP (currently Advantage Partners, Inc.) May 2015 Representative Director, President and Partner, CVC Asia Pacific Japan K.K. (currently Representative Director, Japan Co-Managing Partner) (current) May 2017 Director of the Company (current) Dec 2017 Director, Riraku Co., Ltd. Aug 2018 Director, Coconala Inc. Jul 2021 Director, FINE TODAY SHISEIDO Co., Ltd. (currently FINE TODAY Co., Ltd.) Nov 2021 Director, Try Group Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2021 Director, ELEPHANT DESIGN HOLDINGS Inc. (current) Dec 2023 Director, Sogo Medical Group Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2024 Director, Sogo Medical Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Director, Try Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1972-03-30
Naoya OKUTANI
Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1983 Joined Sumitomo Corporation May 1993 Sumitomo Corporation Singapore Apr 2015 Joined T-Gaia Corporation Jun 2016 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, T-Gaia Corporation Apr 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1960-05-16
Toshimitsu MORISHITA
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Oct 1998 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (currently Azusa Audit LLC) Mar 2002 Joined Yusei Audit Corporation (currently Taiyo LLC) Apr 2002 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Nov 2003 Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (currently EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 2016 Joined ZAIZEN Inc. Jul 2016 Director, Studio Atao Inc. Sep 2016 Director, ZAIZEN Inc. Sep 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company May 2019 Director, Unbalance Inc. (currently UNBALANCE Inc.) (current) Oct 2023 Director, Chatplus Inc. Apr 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1973-10-09
Hisanori OGURI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1992 Joined Toshiba Corporation Oct 2001 Joined Takeda Minoru Law Office Jan 2010 Joined Jones Day Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Law Office Apr 2012 Joined Uchida & Samejima Law Office (currently Uchida & Samejima Law Office LPC) Jan 2014 Partner, Uchida & Samejima Law Office LPC (current) Apr 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kudan Inc. Apr 2018 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2019 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Kudan Inc. (current) Apr 2025 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)
1969-09-08
Large Shareholding Reports
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2026-08-06
5.01%→3.87%
Yosuke ONARI
2026-05-22
49.77%→49.77%
Annual report (as of 2026-07-31): 49.31%
Yosuke ONARI
2026-04-30
49.77%→49.77%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-07-31): 49.31%
Yosuke ONARI
2026-04-30
49.77%→49.77%
Annual report (as of 2026-07-31): 49.31%
Yosuke ONARI
2026-01-07
54.92%→49.77%
Annual report (as of 2026-07-31): 49.31%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-10-20
Forecast Revision
FY ending Jan 2027
EDINET
2026-09-09
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2026 – Jan 2027
TDnet
2026-09-09
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2027
EDINET
2026-08-06
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-06-10
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2027
EDINET
2026-05-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-04-30
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2026-04-30
Change Report
EDINET
2026-04-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
EDINET
2026-01-07
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-12-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2026
EDINET
2025-09-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
TDnet
2025-06-11
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2026
EDINET
2025-04-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2024 – Jan 2025
TDnet
2024-12-11
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2025
EDINET
2024-09-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2024 – Jan 2025
EDINET
2024-06-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Feb 2024 – Apr 2024
TDnet
2024-06-12
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Jan 2025
EDINET
2024-04-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2023 – Jan 2024
EDINET
2023-12-06
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Aug 2023 – Oct 2023
EDINET
2023-09-06
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: May 2023 – Jul 2023
EDINET
2023-06-07
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Feb 2023 – Apr 2023
EDINETAmended
2023-05-10
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2022 – Jan 2023
EDINET
2023-04-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Feb 2022 – Jan 2023
EDINET
2022-12-07
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-09-07
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-04-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-09-08
Quarterly Securities Report
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