Shareholders
- Foreign ownership · FYE Dec 2025
- 22.3%
- Financial institutions
- 10.8%
- Other corporations
- 17.6%
- Individuals & others
- 48.5%
- Ten largest, combined
- 48.9%
- Shareholders
- 68,319
Share of the company held by each class of owner, as filed each year (%). The seven classes add up to the whole company.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE Dec | 2020 *1 FYE Dec | 2021 *1 FYE Dec | 2022 *1 FYE Dec | 2023 *1 FYE Dec | 2024 *1 FYE Dec | 2025 *1 FYE Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions | % | 16.9% | 19.3% | 18.2% | 19.4% | 19.0% | 14.3% | 10.8% |
| Securities firms | % | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Other corporations | % | 17.2% | 17.2% | 17.3% | 17.9% | 18.2% | 17.7% | 17.6% |
| Foreign corporations | % | 21.5% | 23.9% | 23.0% | 21.8% | 14.7% | 19.5% | 22.2% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Individuals & others | % | 44.1% | 39.0% | 40.1% | 39.5% | 44.9% | 46.9% | 48.5% |
| Shareholders | holders | 17,123 | 15,554 | 20,902 | 23,712 | 37,974 | 58,270 | 68,319 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
How much of the company sits with holders outside Japan (%). Almost all of it is institutional: overseas individuals rarely hold Japanese stock directly.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE Dec | 2020 *1 FYE Dec | 2021 *1 FYE Dec | 2022 *1 FYE Dec | 2023 *1 FYE Dec | 2024 *1 FYE Dec | 2025 *1 FYE Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign holders, combined | % | 21.5% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 21.8% | 14.7% | 19.5% | 22.3% |
| Change | pp | — | +2.5pp | -1.0pp | -1.2pp | -7.1pp | +4.8pp | +2.8pp |
| Foreign corporations | % | 21.5% | 23.9% | 23.0% | 21.8% | 14.7% | 19.5% | 22.2% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Foreign corporate holders | holders | 456 | 532 | 517 | 514 | 304 | 262 | 236 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
How much of the company the ten largest shareholders hold between them (%). Japanese filings list trust banks and custodians under their own names, so a single line here often stands for many underlying investors.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2016 *1 FYE Dec | 2016 *1 FYE Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Dec | 2018 *1 FYE Dec | 2019 *1 FYE Dec | 2020 *1 FYE Dec | 2021 *1 FYE Dec | 2022 *1 FYE Dec | 2023 *1 FYE Dec | 2024 *1 FYE Dec | 2025 *1 FYE Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten largest, combined | % | 45.1% | 45.4% | 47.4% | 49.3% | 49.8% | 47.7% | 51.0% | 50.6% | 50.4% | 51.2% | 48.9% |
| Change | pp | — | — | +2.0pp | +1.9pp | +0.5pp | -2.1pp | +3.3pp | -0.4pp | -0.2pp | +0.8pp | -2.3pp |
| Largest holder | % | 10.9% | 10.9% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 11.8% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — ten largest shareholders, as filed
The counts behind the percentages: how many shareholders sit in each class, and how much stock they hold. Shares are in trading units (tan'i) as filed — one unit is usually 100 shares.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE Dec | 2020 *1 FYE Dec | 2021 *1 FYE Dec | 2022 *1 FYE Dec | 2023 *1 FYE Dec | 2024 *1 FYE Dec | 2025 *1 FYE Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions — holders | holders | 45 | 44 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 24 | 20 |
| Securities firms — holders | holders | 24 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 42 | 33 | 30 |
| Other corporations — holders | holders | 147 | 148 | 198 | 199 | 314 | 345 | 383 |
| Foreign corporations — holders | holders | 456 | 532 | 517 | 514 | 304 | 262 | 236 |
| Foreign individuals — holders | holders | 8 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 97 | 255 | 287 |
| Individuals & others — holders | holders | 16,443 | 14,791 | 20,093 | 22,900 | 37,170 | 57,351 | 67,363 |
| All holders | holders | 17,123 | 15,554 | 20,902 | 23,712 | 37,974 | 58,270 | 68,319 |
| Financial institutions — shares | units | 138,401 | 158,176 | 149,021 | 151,736 | 148,318 | 111,311 | 84,057 |
| Securities firms — shares | units | 2,553 | 4,979 | 11,357 | 10,311 | 24,810 | 11,882 | 6,488 |
| Other corporations — shares | units | 141,176 | 141,128 | 142,082 | 139,522 | 141,700 | 138,148 | 137,487 |
| Foreign corporations — shares | units | 176,303 | 196,486 | 188,664 | 170,362 | 114,765 | 151,986 | 173,192 |
| Foreign individuals — shares | units | 4 | 9 | 31 | 43 | 125 | 254 | 329 |
| Individuals & others — shares | units | 361,911 | 319,564 | 329,118 | 308,275 | 350,276 | 365,464 | 377,445 |
| All shares | units | 820,348 | 820,342 | 820,273 | 780,249 | 779,994 | 779,045 | 778,998 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
Figures are the ownership breakdown as filed in each year's securities report, at that fiscal year's record date. Treasury stock and odd-lot holdings are excluded from the class percentages, so a company that holds much of its own stock will show classes summing to slightly under the whole.
Read the company history → Financial history → 日本語版(詳細)— full shareholder data in Japanese →
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- This page is provided for general information only and is not investment advice, nor a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
- Figures are compiled independently and include our own estimates, approximations and machine-processed data; we make no warranty as to their accuracy or completeness.
- Sources are primarily each company's securities reports and other public filings, but errors and omissions may remain.
- Ownership changes continuously; a filed breakdown describes one record date, not the position today.
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