Kakaku.com Ends Capital Alliance With KDDI, Keeps Business Tie
Kakaku.com is cutting KDDI's governance rights while keeping the commercial work, so the relationship now rests on actual collaboration results rather than on boardroom obligations.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Kakaku.com said on September 28, 2026 that its board resolved to end the capital alliance it signed with KDDI in August 2018, while the basic business alliance stays in effect. KDDI drops its "other affiliated company" status but keeps 17.70% of voting rights, or 35,016,000 shares, as the second-largest shareholder. Officer dispatch and prior notice agreements also end.
The terminated items go beyond the capital tie itself. Kakaku.com will end an officer dispatch agreement under which it accepted director candidates nominated by KDDI, along with agreements requiring prior notice and prior explanation on matters such as amendments to the articles of incorporation and organizational restructuring. One outside director dispatched from KDDI had already retired at the close of the 29th ordinary general meeting of shareholders on June 18, 2026.
What continues is the 2018 business alliance agreement, unchanged in content: joint development and provision of services using browsing and usage history, shared know-how in media production and operation, and consideration of cooperation in internet advertising and digital marketing. Kakaku.com said the capital termination will have only a minor direct impact on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027, and that the effect of the ongoing tender offer has not been determined.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GameBusiness.jp カカクコム、KDDIとの資本提携を解消―業務提携は継続へ