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GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.

Gakken Holdings is a diversified education and healthcare group operating through 82 consolidated subsidiaries across three core segments: Education, Medical/Welfare, and Other. The Education segment encompasses cram schools and tutoring centers targeting students from early childhood through high school, as well as publishing of textbooks, supplementary materials, and digital content for schools and nurseries. The Medical/Welfare segment operates senior housing facilities (serviced apartments for the elderly), dementia group homes, and childcare support facilities primarily through Gakken Cocofan and Medical Care Service subsidiaries.

Market Cap
¥43.1B
US$275M
EV
¥51.9B
US$331M
Stock¥1,036▲+0.00%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.0
x
LTM EV/EBIT
4.9
x
LTM PER
12.4
x
LTM PBR
0.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-25.5%pt
100
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
43.1BUS$275MMarket Cap41.5BUS$264M+ Debt24.0BUS$153M− Cash16.2BUS$103M− Inv. Sec.7.59BUS$48.4M+ NCI51.9BUS$331MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
150US$957M'21/9156US$994M'22/9164US$1.04B'23/9186US$1.18B'24/9199US$1.27B'25/9
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
8.23US$52.4M'21/98.57US$54.5M'22/98.50US$54.1M'23/99.95US$63.4M'24/911.7US$74.8M'25/9
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
2.62US$16.7M'21/93.44US$21.9M'22/93.19US$20.3M'23/92.26US$14.4M'24/93.58US$22.8M'25/9
Capital Structure
56%
44%
EquityD/E 0.78xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
41.0US$261M38.4US$245M'21/945.6US$291M41.4US$263M'22/948.5US$309M42.3US$269M'23/938.0US$242M38.4US$244M'24/938.3US$244M36.7US$233M'25/9
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 42.9%
1
Furuoka Scholarship Foundation
13.37%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
10.74%
3
GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.99%
4
BNP PARIBAS LUXEMBOURG/2S/JASDEC/JANUS HENDERSON HORIZON FUND (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)
2.89%
5
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.28%
6
Development Bank of Japan Inc.
2.28%
7
Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.
2.19%
8
Nippon Life Insurance Company
2.16%
9
Stock Ownership Association
2.11%
10
BNY GCM CLIENT ACCOUNT JPRD AC ISG (FE-AC; Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
1.91%
Management
10 officers
Hiroaki MIYAHARA
Representative Director, President
Sep 1986 Joined the Company Dec 2003 General Manager, Gakken Kyoiku Business Division Apr 2007 Executive Officer; General Manager, Fourth Education Business Headquarters and Gakken Kyoiku Business Division Jun 2009 Director Dec 2010 Representative Director, President (current) Dec 2016 Representative Director, Furuoka Scholarship Foundation (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Nippan Group Holdings Inc. (current) May 2024 Chairman, Japan Magazine Publishers Association (current)
1959-07-08
Hitoshi KOBAYAKAWA
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1990 Joined the Company May 2008 Representative Director, President, Gakken Cocofan Co., Ltd. May 2008 Representative Director, President, Gakken Cocofan Staff Co., Ltd. (now Gakken Intelligence Co., Ltd.) May 2008 Representative Director, President, Gakken Cocofan Nursery Co., Ltd. May 2009 Representative Director, President, Gakken Cocofan Holdings Co., Ltd. (now Gakken Cocofan Co., Ltd.) Oct 2011 Executive Officer Dec 2014 Director Dec 2020 Managing Director Oct 2021 Representative Director, CEO, Gakken Cocofan Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer (current) Dec 2025 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (scheduled)
1967-08-19
Norio YAMAMOTO
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Sep 2004 Joined American Life Insurance Company Japan Oct 2006 Joined Medical Care Service Co., Ltd. Apr 2017 Representative Director, President, Medical Care Service Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2018 Director, Gakken Cocofan Holdings Co., Ltd. (now Gakken Cocofan Co., Ltd.) Aug 2020 Executive Officer Dec 2020 Director Oct 2021 Director, Gakken Cocofan Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2024 Director, Senior Executive Officer (current) Dec 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer (scheduled)
1978-12-21
Hitoshi HOSOYA
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 2008 Joined J.P. Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Sep 2013 Joined McKinsey & Company Jan 2020 Partner, McKinsey & Company Apr 2021 Executive Officer Dec 2021 Representative Director, CEO, Gakken LEAP Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2022 Senior Executive Officer Jul 2023 Director, Gakken Co., Ltd. Dec 2023 Director Dec 2024 Director, Senior Executive Officer (current) Oct 2025 Chairman of the Board, Gakken Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer (scheduled)
1986-01-06
Kenji MOMOTA
Director, Senior Executive Officer
Oct 2001 Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. Apr 2004 Joined I.C.NET Limited Oct 2018 Vice President, I.C.NET Limited Apr 2019 Representative Director, President, I.C.NET Limited (current) Aug 2020 Executive Officer Dec 2020 Director Dec 2024 Director, Senior Executive Officer (current)
1973-11-22
Yoshinobu ADACHI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Jan 1990 Joined the Company Oct 2009 Director, Gakken Business Support Co., Ltd. (now Gakken Products Support Co., Ltd.) Oct 2015 General Manager, Financial Strategy Office Dec 2015 Executive Officer; General Manager, Financial Strategy Office Aug 2020 Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, Financial Strategy Office Dec 2020 Director Apr 2021 Representative Director, President, Gakken Products Support Co., Ltd. Oct 2023 Representative Director, Chairman, Gakken Products Support Co., Ltd. Dec 2024 Director, Senior Executive Officer (current) Dec 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (scheduled)
1964-06-22
Noriaki YAMADA
Director
Apr 1990 Joined Chuo Audit Corporation Mar 1993 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jul 1997 Established Noriaki Yamada CPA Office Jan 2003 Established Clifix Tax Corporation; assumed position of Representative Partner (current) Feb 2004 Representative Director, President, Clifix Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Dec 2010 Director (current) Sep 2015 Representative Director, President, Clifix FAS Co., Ltd. (current)
1965-03-15
Miwako INO
Director
Apr 1987 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Jul 2012 Transferred to NTT DOCOMO, INC. Aug 2015 Representative Director, President, DOCOMO gacco, Inc. Jul 2017 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Tower Records Japan Inc. Jan 2020 Director, TEPCO Life Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Outside Director, TAKARA TOMY Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2020 Director (current) Feb 2022 Representative Director, Yokogushist Inc. (current) Mar 2022 Outside Director, Gifty Inc. (current) Aug 2023 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), B-Wides Inc. (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Kuze Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-10-11
Toshiaki YAMADA
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1988 Registered as attorney-at-law (Second Tokyo Bar Association); joined Ishii Law Office Apr 1998 Partner, Ishii Law Office (current) Dec 2015 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) May 2016 Outside Director, Mac House Co., Ltd. (now GIET Co., Ltd.) Dec 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (scheduled)
1961-04-09
Tatsuto MATSUURA
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Oct 1996 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Jan 2001 Joined Financial Services Agency Apr 2001 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jul 2012 Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Oct 2020 Established Kanade Audit Corporation; Director and Partner (current) Dec 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) May 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tsunagu Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (scheduled)
1971-02-11
Large Shareholding Reports
No filings
Disclosures
Executive Change
2026-09-25
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-09-25
Executive Change
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-05-15
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-02-13
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2026-02-13
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2025-12-18
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-08-08
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-05-09
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-02-18
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
TDnet
2025-02-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2024-12-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
EDINET
2024-05-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-12-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-12-23
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-12-17
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-12-17
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-12-17
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2016 – Sep 2017
EDINETAmended
2021-12-17
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-12-17
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2015 – Sep 2016
EDINET
2021-08-06
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-02-26
Amended Annual Securities Report
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