Takara Tomy's half-year profit rises 51% as Beyblade X, Pokemon's 30th anniversary and Kiddy Land all gain
Takara Tomy's Japan sales rose 17.3% in the April-September half, led by Beyblade X, a 30th-anniversary Pokemon push and its Kiddy Land shops, which the toymaker says kept benefiting from inbound tourist demand and a new store near Harajuku -- though some of the half's 51% net-profit jump also reflects an easier comparison with one-off costs booked a year earlier.
Takara Tomy said consolidated sales for the April-September 2026 half rose 17.7% year on year to ¥150.52 billion, with operating profit up 39.1% to ¥16.32 billion and net profit attributable to shareholders up 51.1% to ¥12.28 billion, according to the toymaker's November 10 half-year results. The company left its full-year sales, operating-profit and ordinary-profit forecasts unchanged from its October 29 guidance -- sales of ¥300.0 billion (+10.9%) and operating profit of ¥30.0 billion (+23.7%) -- while raising its interim dividend to ¥40.00 per share from ¥32.00 a year earlier and its full-year dividend forecast to ¥80.00 from ¥64.00, under a separate revision it announced the same day.