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KANEMATSU CORPORATION

Kanematsu Corporation is a diversified Japanese trading company (sogo shosha) operating across five core segments: ICT Solutions, Electronics & Devices, Food, Steel/Materials/Plant, and Vehicles & Aerospace. The company provides a broad range of products and services including IT infrastructure, electronic components, semiconductors, food commodities (coffee, grains, livestock, seafood), steel products, energy, chemicals, automotive parts, aircraft, and defense-related equipment. Leveraging over 135 years of accumulated customer networks, domain expertise, and trading functions such as logistics, risk management, and market development, Kanematsu serves both domestic and international markets.

Market Cap
¥384B
US$2.45B
EV
¥512B
US$3.26B
Stock¥2,309.5▼-0.73%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
7.1
x
LTM EV/EBIT
8.9
x
LTM PER
10.3
x
LTM PBR
1.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+25.6%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
384BUS$2.45BMarket Cap191BUS$1.22B+ Debt51.7BUS$330M− Cash28.7BUS$183M− Inv. Sec.16.5BUS$106M+ NCI512BUS$3.26BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
768US$4.90B'22/3911US$5.81B'23/3986US$6.29B'24/31,051US$6.70B'25/31,068US$6.81B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
41.6US$265M'22/352.7US$336M'23/358.6US$374M'24/357.9US$369M'25/365.1US$415M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
16.0US$102M'22/318.6US$118M'23/323.2US$148M'24/327.5US$175M'25/332.5US$207M'26/3
Capital Structure
53%
47%
EquityD/E 0.90xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
91.4US$583M160US$1.02B'22/379.5US$507M249US$1.59B'23/353.4US$341M236US$1.50B'24/356.8US$362M203US$1.30B'25/358.4US$373M183US$1.17B'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 40.0%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
15.56%
2
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
7.63%
3
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
4.22%
4
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
3.25%
5
Goldman Sachs International (Custodian: Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd.)
2.01%
6
MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (Custodian: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)
1.93%
7
The Bank of New York Mellon 140044 (Custodian: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department)
1.69%
8
JPMorgan Chase Bank 385781 (Custodian: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department)
1.40%
9
The Bank of New York Mellon 140042 (Custodian: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department)
1.27%
10
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505103 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.09%
Management
11 officers
Kaoru TANIGAWA
Representative Director, Chairman
Apr 1981 Joined Kanematsu Ekoh, Inc.; General Manager, Information & Industrial Electronics Division; Director, Kanematsu Communications, Ltd.; General Manager, Planning Division of the Company Jun 2013 Director; in charge of Electronics & Devices Division Jun 2014 Retired as Director upon expansion of Executive Officer system; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Electronics & Devices Division Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Electronics & Devices Division; in charge of Planning Jun 2015 Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Electronics & Devices Division; in charge of Planning Jun 2017 Representative Director, President Jun 2021 Representative Director, Chairman; in charge of Internal Audit (current)
1958-09-24
Yoshiya MIYABE
Representative Director, President; in charge of Group Growth Strategy
Apr 1983 Joined Kanematsu Ekoh, Inc.; General Manager, Electronic Equipment Department Jun 2012 Director; Deputy in charge of Electronics & IT Apr 2013 Director; in charge of Vehicles & Aerospace Division Jun 2014 Retired as Director upon expansion of Executive Officer system; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Vehicles & Aerospace Division Jun 2018 [Position details incomplete in source] Jun 2021 Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Vehicles & Aerospace Division; Osaka Branch Manager; Nagoya Branch Manager; in charge of Advanced Technology & Business Collaboration Oct 2023 Representative Director, President Representative Director, President; in charge of Group Growth Strategy (current)
1959-01-21
Taro UNNO
Director, Executive Officer; in charge of Finance, Accounting and Sales Accounting
Apr 1993 Joined Kanematsu Corporation Oct 2017 General Manager, Finance Department of the Company Jun 2023 Seconded to Kanematsu Communications, Ltd. as Director, Senior Executive Officer Jun 2025 Director, Executive Officer; in charge of Finance, Accounting and Sales Accounting (current)
1970-06-29
Kazuo KONDO
Director, Executive Officer; in charge of Planning
Apr 1994 Joined Kanematsu Corporation Apr 2016 Seconded to Diamond Telecom Inc. as Director Apr 2017 Seconded to Kanematsu Communications, Ltd. as Director, Executive Officer Jun 2019 General Manager, Planning Department of the Company Jun 2025 Director, Executive Officer; in charge of Planning (current)
1970-10-27
Yuko TAHARA
Director
Apr 1991 Joined Manpower Japan K.K. Aug 1993 Joined Rick Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Electric Housing Promotion Office Jul 1998 Representative Director, Basic Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2012 Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Framework Promotion Association (now General Incorporated Association Knowledge Management Lab) (current) Jun 2018 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Sanyo Homes Corporation (current) Jun 2019 and Apr 2020 [Entries incomplete in source] Apr 2021 Director of the Company (current) Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Education and Research, Graduate School of Social Information (now Graduate School of Social Design) Professor, Division of Practical Education, Graduate School of Social Information (now Graduate School of Social Design) (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, The Nanto Bank, Ltd. (current)
1959-10-09
Kazuhiro TANAKA
Director
Apr 1990 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. Apr 1999 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University Apr 2003 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University Apr 2007 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University Apr 2010 Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University Apr 2018 Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University (current) Jan 2019 Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration and Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University Jun 2020 Director of the Company (current)
1966-08-31
Hiroyuki SASA
Director
Apr 1982 Joined Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Apr 2001 General Manager, Endoscope Business Planning Department, Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Apr 2005 General Manager, 1st Development Division, Olympus Medical Systems Corp. Apr 2007 General Manager, Marketing Division, Olympus Medical Systems Corp. Jun 2007 Director, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.; Executive Officer, Olympus Corporation Mar 2012 Assistant to the President, Olympus Corporation; Assistant to the President, Information & Communication Business Apr 2012 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Olympus Corporation Apr 2019 Director, Olympus Corporation Jun 2020 Outside Director, Kyosan Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Director of the Company (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Amada Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2025 Outside Director, Manny Co., Ltd. (current)
1955-09-14
Yoshio TAJIMA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1984 Joined Kanematsu Ekoh, Inc. Jun 2014 Director, Kanematsu Communications, Ltd. Jun 2016 Managing Director, Kanematsu Communications, Ltd. Apr 2017 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Kanematsu Communications, Ltd. Jun 2023 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1961-10-11
Yoichiro MURAMATSU
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1988 Joined Kanematsu Ekoh, Inc. Apr 2014 General Manager, Semiconductor Marketing Office Apr 2015 General Manager, Planning Department Jun 2019 Executive Officer; in charge of Planning and IT Planning of the Company Apr 2021 Executive Officer; President, Kanematsu Deutschland GmbH; President, Kanematsu Europe Jun 2024 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1965-10-13
Yusaku KURAHASHI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Dec 2007 Registered as Attorney-at-Law; joined Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto Law Office Jan 2015 Partner, Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto Law Office Jun 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), United Arrows Ltd. (current) Apr 2023 Partner, Kurahashi Law Office (current) Mar 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NISSHA Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation (current)
1980-10-29
Yoshiko INABA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Apr 1989 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (now NTT, Inc.) Oct 1993 Joined Century Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 1999 Transferred to Inspection Bureau, Financial Supervisory Agency (now Financial Services Agency) Jul 2001 Returned to ShinNihon Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Oct 2005 Opened Inaba CPA Office; Representative (current) Jul 2007 Founded PAS Co., Ltd. (now Hayabusa Consulting Co., Ltd.); Representative Director (current) Jun 2014 Outside Director, Towa Bank, Ltd.; Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yachiyo Bank, Ltd. (now Kiraboshi Bank, Ltd.) Oct 2014 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo TY Financial Group, Inc. (now Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group, Inc.) (current) Dec 2014 Managing Partner, Hayabusa Accounting Tax Corporation (current) Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DeNA Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jul 2021 Managing Partner, Hoyamori Audit Corporation (current)
1966-09-28
Large Shareholding Reports
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2025-09-19
3.13%→2.80%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-04
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-02-05
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-07
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-09-19
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-01
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-02
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-28
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
2023-08-10
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
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-23
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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