Shareholders
- Foreign ownership · FYE Mar 2026
- 27.5%
- Financial institutions
- 21.2%
- Other corporations
- 7.9%
- Individuals & others
- 36.3%
- Ten largest, combined
- 40.6%
- Shareholders
- 46,831
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 | 2016 *1 FYE Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Mar | 2018 *1 FYE Mar | 2019 *1 FYE Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar | 2026 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions | % | 23.2% | 22.9% | 28.7% | 27.2% | 23.6% | 24.8% | 24.5% | 24.8% | 22.2% | 20.2% | 21.2% |
| Securities firms | % | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 5.4% | 7.2% |
| Other corporations | % | 16.4% | 16.2% | 15.1% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 12.7% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 7.9% |
| Foreign corporations | % | 13.5% | 21.2% | 15.5% | 14.8% | 16.8% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 22.0% | 25.5% | 27.5% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Individuals & others | % | 44.9% | 38.6% | 39.8% | 42.7% | 44.2% | 46.2% | 48.0% | 46.9% | 43.2% | 39.3% | 36.3% |
| Shareholders | holders | 62,260 | 50,199 | 52,660 | 54,769 | 57,522 | 76,143 | 76,211 | 72,385 | 62,816 | 53,685 | 46,831 |
- *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 | 2016 *1 FYE Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Mar | 2018 *1 FYE Mar | 2019 *1 FYE Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar | 2026 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign holders, combined | % | 13.5% | 21.2% | 15.5% | 14.8% | 16.8% | 14.8% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 22.0% | 25.5% | 27.5% |
| Change | pp | — | +7.7pp | -5.7pp | -0.7pp | +2.0pp | -2.0pp | -1.1pp | +0.8pp | +7.5pp | +3.5pp | +2.0pp |
| Foreign corporations | % | 13.5% | 21.2% | 15.5% | 14.8% | 16.8% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 22.0% | 25.5% | 27.5% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Foreign corporate holders | holders | 249 | 250 | 262 | 259 | 243 | 227 | 213 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 237 |
- *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 Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Mar | 2018 *1 FYE Mar | 2019 *1 FYE Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar | 2026 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten largest, combined | % | 37.3% | 38.7% | 34.0% | 33.6% | 33.2% | 33.9% | 38.6% | 39.4% | 38.6% | 41.0% | 40.6% |
| Change | pp | — | +1.4pp | -4.7pp | -0.4pp | -0.4pp | +0.7pp | +4.7pp | +0.8pp | -0.8pp | +2.4pp | -0.4pp |
| Largest holder | % | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.2% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 10.5% | 12.3% | 13.2% | 12.4% | 11.9% | 10.7% |
- *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 | 2016 *1 FYE Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Mar | 2018 *1 FYE Mar | 2019 *1 FYE Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar | 2026 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions — holders | holders | 68 | 56 | 81 | 72 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 54 | 44 | 35 | 30 |
| Securities firms — holders | holders | 56 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 52 | 39 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 28 |
| Other corporations — holders | holders | 482 | 418 | 420 | 439 | 454 | 503 | 515 | 498 | 454 | 434 | 401 |
| Foreign corporations — holders | holders | 249 | 250 | 262 | 259 | 243 | 227 | 213 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 237 |
| Foreign individuals — holders | holders | 28 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 60 | 54 |
| Individuals & others — holders | holders | 61,377 | 49,422 | 51,826 | 53,929 | 56,686 | 75,217 | 75,309 | 71,499 | 61,987 | 52,904 | 46,081 |
| All holders | holders | 62,260 | 50,199 | 52,660 | 54,769 | 57,522 | 76,143 | 76,211 | 72,385 | 62,816 | 53,685 | 46,831 |
| Financial institutions — shares | units | 396,944 | 391,719 | 491,279 | 466,400 | 403,701 | 424,261 | 419,108 | 425,420 | 380,041 | 346,044 | 362,671 |
| Securities firms — shares | units | 34,380 | 18,268 | 15,683 | 14,077 | 16,107 | 25,834 | 20,854 | 19,005 | 32,014 | 92,918 | 122,857 |
| Other corporations — shares | units | 281,048 | 277,426 | 258,191 | 247,989 | 248,958 | 218,280 | 216,444 | 216,376 | 184,405 | 164,563 | 134,974 |
| Foreign corporations — shares | units | 231,668 | 363,910 | 266,016 | 252,855 | 287,260 | 252,421 | 234,417 | 247,931 | 376,272 | 436,967 | 471,584 |
| Foreign individuals — shares | units | 248 | 183 | 154 | 291 | 387 | 398 | 423 | 464 | 426 | 366 | 327 |
| Individuals & others — shares | units | 769,426 | 662,265 | 682,444 | 732,117 | 757,334 | 792,378 | 822,329 | 804,391 | 740,534 | 672,878 | 621,338 |
| All shares | units | 1,713,714 | 1,713,771 | 1,713,767 | 1,713,729 | 1,713,747 | 1,713,572 | 1,713,575 | 1,713,587 | 1,713,692 | 1,713,736 | 1,713,751 |
- *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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- 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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