What this is
Organised-play cash prizes against the parent’s results for the year to February 2026: Worlds about 0.06% of revenue; a whole season 0.2–0.3% of revenue, up to 1% of operating profit.
How it’s built
- Worlds: the $2m pool at ¥140–155 per dollar is ¥280–310m.
- Season: the research’s $7–10m estimate of stated prize money, ¥0.98–1.55bn.
- Divide by revenue of ¥531.4bn and operating profit of ¥144.0bn from the official gazette.
What we assumed
- Season prizes total $7–10m.This is the research’s estimate built from stated pool floors and an assumed 30–60 Regionals.
- 2026-season prizes are compared with the year to February 2026.The latest accounts available; the aim is scale, not an exact period match.
- Exchange rate of ¥140–155 per dollar.Prizes are paid in dollars; the range follows recent rates.
Sanity check
The denominators are the Tokyo company only; the US arm runs most events and pays prizes in dollars. Even the top end is about 1% of operating profit.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
Show the working
- Worlds pool: ¥280–310m
- Worlds pool % of revenue: 0.053 to 0.058
- Season stated cash ¥ million: 980 to 1,550
- Season % of revenue: 0.184 to 0.292
- Season % of operating profit: 0.68 to 1.08
- Worlds % of operating profit (cite): 0.19 to 0.22
- $2m × ¥140–155
- ÷ TPC revenue ¥531,428m
- season $7–10m stated (, ¥0.98–1.55bn) ÷ revenue and ÷ OP ¥143,972m
Where it’s used
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