Overview
Wholesale Trade

HAPPINET CORPORATION

Happinet Corporation is a leading Japanese wholesaler and distributor of entertainment products, operating across four segments: Toys, Video/Music Software, Video Games, and Amusement. The company distributes toys, trading cards, video game hardware and software, and audio-visual content to mass retailers, specialty stores, convenience stores, and e-commerce platforms. It also engages in the planning, production, and distribution of video and music content, video game software, and operates capsule toy vending machines and specialty stores, with Bandai Namco Holdings as a major related company and key supplier.

Market Cap
¥253B
US$1.62B
EV
¥204B
US$1.30B
Stock¥5,850▼-1.18%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
11.7
x
LTM EV/EBIT
12.6
x
LTM PER
26.6
x
LTM PBR
4.3
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+57.9%pt
1001
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Sep 29, 26H1 FY26 forecast upgrade: net profit +35%, operating profit +55% (¥13.5bn)
MC → EV Bridge
253BUS$1.62BMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt41.8BUS$267M− Cash7.56BUS$48.2M− Inv. Sec.204BUS$1.30BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
282US$1.80B'22/3307US$1.96B'23/3350US$2.24B'24/3364US$2.32B'25/3439US$2.80B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
6.51US$41.5M'22/36.84US$43.6M'23/39.91US$63.2M'24/313.5US$86.1M'25/316.9US$108M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
3.55US$22.7M'22/33.56US$22.7M'23/36.58US$42.0M'24/36.76US$43.1M'25/310.1US$64.4M'26/3
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
32.5US$207M'22/336.2US$231M'23/336.5US$233M'24/350.1US$320M'25/358.8US$375M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 54.6%
1
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.
26.16%
2
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
7.56%
3
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
7.54%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account E)
3.72%
5
SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. (Retirement Benefit Trust, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Account)
3.01%
6
Yuji IHIRA
2.15%
7
Hiroshi KAWAI
1.33%
8
HAPPINET CORPORATION Employee Stock Ownership Association
1.15%
9
NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE GIC PRIVATE LIMITED (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)
1.00%
10
Kazuhiko NAETE
0.98%
Management
12 officers
Kazuhiko NAETE
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
Oct 1976 Joined Tohshow Co., Ltd. (now the Company) May 1994 Director, Head of Strategic Sales Office, the Company Jul 1995 Managing Director, Leader of Strategic Sales Department, the Company Apr 1999 Representative Director, President, the Company Jun 2001 Representative Director, Executive Officer, President and COO, the Company Jun 2015 Representative Director, Chairman, the Company Jun 2016 Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, the Company (current)
1954-04-03
Seiichi ENOMOTO
Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Global Officer
Oct 1991 Joined the Company Jul 2003 Leader, Sales Department, Multimedia Business Division, the Company Apr 2008 Executive Officer, General Manager, Video Game Unit, the Company Nov 2009 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Video Game Unit, the Company Jun 2014 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, First Business Division, the Company Jun 2016 Representative Director, President and COO, the Company Jun 2025 Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Global Officer, the Company (current)
1960-04-23
Toshiyuki MIZUTANI
Representative Director, President and COO
Apr 1994 Joined the Company Apr 2018 General Manager, CVS Unit, the Company Jun 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager, CVS Unit, Toy Company, the Company Apr 2021 Executive Officer, President, Toy Company, the Company Apr 2023 Managing Executive Officer, President, Toy Company, the Company Jun 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Company Management Division, the Company Jun 2025 Representative Director, President and COO, the Company (current)
1971-06-01
Katsuya TSUDA
Director, Managing Executive Officer, CIO and General Manager, Information Systems Office
Apr 1989 Joined Tohshow Co., Ltd. (now the Company) Apr 2007 Representative Director, President, Happinet Online Corporation (now the Company) Oct 2011 Representative Director, President, Happinet Logistics Service Co., Ltd. Apr 2020 Executive Officer, President, L&S Company, the Company Apr 2022 Executive Officer, President, L&S Company, and General Manager, Information Systems Office, the Company Jun 2023 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CIO and General Manager, Information Systems Office, and President, L&S Company, the Company Apr 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CIO and General Manager, Information Systems Office, the Company (current)
1965-04-28
Hiroyuki ISHIMARU
Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Management Division
Jun 1998 Joined the Company Apr 2019 General Manager, Corporate Planning Unit, Management Division, the Company Apr 2020 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, the Company Jun 2020 Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, the Company Apr 2023 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, the Company Apr 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Management Division, the Company (current)
1972-06-16
Toshiko OKA
Outside Director
Apr 1986 Joined Tohmatsu Touche Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Abeam Consulting Ltd.) Jul 2000 Joined Asahi Arthur Andersen Co., Ltd. Sep 2002 Principal, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Abeam Consulting Ltd.) Apr 2005 Representative Director, President, Abeam M&A Consulting Co., Ltd. (now PwC Advisory LLC) Jun 2015 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company Apr 2016 Partner, PwC Advisory LLC Jun 2016 Outside Director, Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (now Proterial, Ltd.) Jun 2018 Outside Director, Sony Corporation (now Sony Group Corporation) Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), ENEOS Holdings, Inc. Apr 2021 Full-time Professor, Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji University (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (current) Mar 2024 Outside Director, Earth Corporation (current)
1964-03-07
Michinori MIZUNO
Outside Director
Apr 1981 Joined Sony Creative Products Inc. Feb 2003 Representative Director, Sony Creative Products Inc. Jun 2006 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Sony Music Communications Inc. (now Sony Music Solutions Inc.) Apr 2015 Representative Director, Corporate Executive CEO, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Jun 2018 Group Executive, Managing Director in charge of Music Business (Japan), Sony Corporation (now Sony Group Corporation) Apr 2019 Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Apr 2020 Director, Chairman and Executive Officer, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Jun 2020 Chairman, Sony Music Foundation (public interest incorporated foundation) (scheduled to retire Jun 2026) Jul 2020 Advisor, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (retired Jun 2023) Sep 2022 Outside Director, Bushiroad, Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) Sep 2023 Outside Director, GREE, Inc. (now GREE Holdings, Inc.) (current)
1958-03-10
Chie SATO
Outside Director
Apr 1992 Joined Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) Aug 2001 Joined Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (now Boston Consulting Group GK) Jun 2003 Joined Walt Disney Japan Ltd. Jan 2012 Became independent as writer and consultant Apr 2014 Member, Accreditation Committee for Graduate Schools of Business, Japan University Accreditation Association (current) Apr 2016 Member, TBS Television Program Review Committee Jun 2017 Outside Director, Nihon Unisys, Ltd. (now BIPROGY Inc.) Jun 2024 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. (current)
1970-01-30
Hideo ASATSU
Full-time Corporate Auditor
Sep 1990 Joined Dairin Co., Ltd. (now the Company) Apr 2001 Executive Officer, Leader, Management Strategy Office, the Company Jun 2001 Director, Executive Officer, CFO and Leader, Management Strategy Office, the Company Apr 2005 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Management Division, the Company Nov 2009 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager, Management Division, the Company Jun 2016 Full-time Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)
1956-03-10
Hideyuki SAKAI
Outside Corporate Auditor
Mar 1976 Registered as attorney-at-law Jun 1982 Graduated, Duke University School of Law (USA) Jan 1990 Partner, Breakmore Law Office Feb 1995 Established Sakai Law Office (later Sakai Mimura Law Office) Sep 2007 Managing Partner, Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa Law Office (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) Apr 2015 Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) Jun 2019 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current) Jan 2020 Counsel, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo (current)
1949-12-09
Katsunori TANIGUCHI
Outside Corporate Auditor
Apr 1981 Joined Tohmatsu Aoki Audit Corporation (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 1986 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Apr 1993 Senior Manager, Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Apr 1999 Principal, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Abeam Consulting Ltd.) Sep 2002 Senior Researcher, Japan Research Institute, Ltd. Dec 2006 Associate Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services K.K. (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) Apr 2007 Part-time Lecturer, Nihonbashi Gakkan University (now Kaichi International University) Jun 2007 Outside Corporate Auditor, NJK Corporation (now NTT DATA NJK Corporation) Sep 2012 Head, Certified Public Accountant Katsunori Taniguchi Office (current) Apr 2014 Full-time Associate Professor, Nihonbashi Gakkan University (now Kaichi International University) Apr 2017 Part-time Lecturer, Kaichi International University Apr 2019 Outside Corporate Auditor, CEC Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current) Apr 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), CEC Co., Ltd. (current)
1958-08-13
Michiko KONO
Outside Corporate Auditor
Apr 1993 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Showa Law Office May 1998 Joined Habataki Sogo Law Office Aug 2000 Joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Oct 2001 Joined Mitsui Yasuda Law Office Aug 2004 Joined Taiyo Law Office (now Paul Hastings LPC Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) Feb 2011 Joined White & Case LLP Jan 2024 Shareholder, GT Tokyo Law Office / Greenberg Traurig Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) (current) Jun 2025 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)
1967-01-29
Large Shareholding Reports
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2026-09-16
7.62%→8.63%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2026-03-31
7.45%→8.04%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-10-23
6.34%→7.45%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-09-16
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-08-10
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-17
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-03-31
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-10-23
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – 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
2024-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-08
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
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