Kadokawa Corporation

TSE:9468 Stock Report

Market Cap: JP¥468.6b

Kadokawa Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kadokawa's CEO is Takeshi Natsuno, appointed in Jun 2021, has a tenure of 4.5 years. directly owns 0.13% of the company’s shares, worth ¥631.24M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.9 years and 4 years respectively.

Key information

Takeshi Natsuno

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure4.5yrs
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenure3.9yrs
Board average tenure4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

There May Be Reason For Hope In Kadokawa's (TSE:9468) Disappointing Earnings

Nov 16
There May Be Reason For Hope In Kadokawa's (TSE:9468) Disappointing Earnings

Kadokawa Corporation Just Missed Earnings And Its Revenue Numbers Were Weaker Than Expected

Nov 08
Kadokawa Corporation Just Missed Earnings And Its Revenue Numbers Were Weaker Than Expected

Getting In Cheap On Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Might Be Difficult

Sep 21
Getting In Cheap On Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Might Be Difficult

Kadokawa Corporation Recorded A 8.0% Miss On Revenue: Analysts Are Revisiting Their Models

Aug 10
Kadokawa Corporation Recorded A 8.0% Miss On Revenue: Analysts Are Revisiting Their Models

Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

May 31
Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue

Kadokawa's (TSE:9468) Sluggish Earnings Might Be Just The Beginning Of Its Problems

May 16
Kadokawa's (TSE:9468) Sluggish Earnings Might Be Just The Beginning Of Its Problems

Kadokawa Corporation Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

May 12
Kadokawa Corporation Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models

Why We're Not Concerned About Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) Share Price

May 09
Why We're Not Concerned About Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) Share Price

An Intrinsic Calculation For Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Suggests It's 28% Undervalued

Apr 16
An Intrinsic Calculation For Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Suggests It's 28% Undervalued

Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Just Released Its Third-Quarter Earnings: Here's What Analysts Think

Feb 09
Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Just Released Its Third-Quarter Earnings: Here's What Analysts Think

What You Can Learn From Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) P/E After Its 30% Share Price Crash

Jan 05
What You Can Learn From Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) P/E After Its 30% Share Price Crash

Investors Appear Satisfied With Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) Prospects As Shares Rocket 29%

Nov 21
Investors Appear Satisfied With Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) Prospects As Shares Rocket 29%

Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Just Released Its Interim Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Estimates

Nov 11
Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) Just Released Its Interim Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Estimates

Earnings Tell The Story For Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) As Its Stock Soars 30%

Sep 04
Earnings Tell The Story For Kadokawa Corporation (TSE:9468) As Its Stock Soars 30%

Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) First-Quarter Report

Aug 19
Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On Kadokawa Corporation's (TSE:9468) First-Quarter Report

Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Jun 19
Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Returns Are Gaining Momentum At Kadokawa (TSE:9468)

May 31
Returns Are Gaining Momentum At Kadokawa (TSE:9468)

These 4 Measures Indicate That Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Mar 19
These 4 Measures Indicate That Kadokawa (TSE:9468) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Takeshi Natsuno's remuneration changed compared to Kadokawa's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

JP¥6b

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

JP¥7b

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

JP¥7b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥12b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥10b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥11b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥11b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥7b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥6b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥9b

Mar 31 2023JP¥101mJP¥28m

JP¥13b

Compensation vs Market: Insufficient data to establish whether Takeshi's total compensation is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in the JP market.

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Takeshi's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Takeshi Natsuno (60 yo)

4.5yrs
Tenure
JP¥101,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Takeshi Natsuno is the CEO since June 2021 and Director of Kadokawa Corporation since June 2019 and served as its Chief Executive Officer since 2021 until 2021 and served as its Executive Officer since...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Takeshi Natsuno
President4.5yrsJP¥101.00m0.13%
¥ 631.2m
Tomonori Sugaya
Executive Officerless than a yearno datano data
Shinobu Murakawa
Executive Officer3.4yrsno data0.021%
¥ 98.8m
Naohisa Yamashita
Rep, Exe. Off.5.2yrsno data0.031%
¥ 146.7m
Masayuki Aoyagi
Executive Officer & Chief Publishing Officerno datano data0.055%
¥ 258.2m
Takashi Sensui
Chief Global Officer & Executive Officer2.5yrsno data0.014%
¥ 63.8m
Takeshi Kikuchi
Chief Studio Officer & Executive Officer4.9yrsno data0.0061%
¥ 28.7m
Masanori Kawakane
Corporate Officer of Publishing Businessno datano datano data
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Corporate Officer of Game Businessno datano datano data
Masahiro Onai
Corporate Officer of Publishing Business4.9yrsno datano data
Masafumi Kurihara
Corporate Officer of Marketing3.9yrsno datano data
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Corporate Officer of Publishing Business2.9yrsno datano data
3.9yrs
Average Tenure
60.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: 9468's management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Takeshi Natsuno
President6.5yrsJP¥101.00m0.13%
¥ 631.2m
Shinobu Murakawa
Executive Officer3.5yrsno data0.021%
¥ 98.8m
Naohisa Yamashita
Rep, Exe. Off.5.5yrsno data0.031%
¥ 146.7m
Nobuo Kawakami
Director6.8yrsno data4.11%
¥ 19.2b
Koichi Kusano
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
Ayumi Uzawa
Outside Independent Director2.5yrsno datano data
Etsuko May Okajima
Outside Independent Director1.5yrsno datano data
Ruth Marie Jarman
Independent Outside Director5.5yrsno data0.00068%
¥ 3.2m
Noriko Kase
Director5.5yrsno data0.011%
¥ 51.0m
Yu Sasamoto
Outside Independent Director2.5yrsno datano data
Hiroo Unoura
Independent Chairman4.5yrsno datano data
Tadaaki Sugiyama
Outside Independent Director2.5yrsno data0.00068%
¥ 3.2m
4.0yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: 9468's board of directors are considered experienced (4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/12/16 23:42
End of Day Share Price 2025/12/16 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Kadokawa Corporation is covered by 12 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Yoshitaka NagaoBofA Global Research
Taro IshiharaDaiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Atul GoyalJefferies LLC