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DeNA entered a transformative "Second Founding" phase in FY2024, marked by a significant financial recovery and a strategic pivot toward company-wide AI integration. Revenue reached 164.0 billion yen with a Non-GAAP operating profit of 32.9 billion yen, driven primarily by the global success of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. While the Game Business remains the core profit engine, the organization is diversifying its portfolio across Live Streaming, Healthcare, and a record-performing Sports segment to mitigate the volatility of hit-driven cycles. The company has established a FY2026 Non-GAAP operating profit target of 15.0 billion yen, emphasizing sustainable, structural growth over short-term gains.
Central to this evolution is the "AI-ALL-IN" strategy, which aims to double productivity and launch approximately 10 AI-native products. This transition is supported by a robust human capital framework, including the DeNA AI Readiness Score (DARS) to track employee literacy and a shift toward market-linked, performance-based compensation. To manage development risks, the Game Business has adopted a "soft launch strategy" focused on iterative testing. Meanwhile, the Sports segment achieved 40 billion yen in revenue, and the Healthcare division is pivoting toward medical digital transformation despite facing recent impairment losses.
Governance and sustainability are integrated into this value creation story through a board composed of 50% independent directors and a rigorous risk management framework. DeNA maintains high standards for data security and has committed to a 58.8% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by FY2033. By balancing aggressive AI adoption with disciplined capital allocation—including strategic share sales and increased dividends—the organization seeks to harmonize social value with long-term profitability across its diverse digital and physical business ecosystems.
DeNA is undergoing a fundamental strategic evolution, transitioning from a primary focus on entertainment and gaming toward a diversified "Serve" approach that addresses complex social issues. This shift leverages the company’s core competencies in internet technology and artificial intelligence to drive growth across healthcare, medical digital transformation, and urban development. While the capital market historically viewed the organization as a hit-driven game company, the current strategy emphasizes a multi-segment portfolio designed for sustainable, long-term value creation. This transformation is centered in Japan, particularly through its "Home Base" in Yokohama, but maintains a global reach through international medical platforms and strategic intellectual property partnerships.
Financial performance in FY2022 reflects this transition, with consolidated revenue reaching ¥134.9 billion. While the game segment faced revenue declines, prompting a shift toward a global pipeline of major IP and partnerships with Nintendo and Shueisha, other sectors showed robust growth. The Live Streaming segment, bolstered by the Vtuber app IRIAM, and the Healthcare & Medical segment, driven by the expansion of the "Join" communication platform and a health database covering 18 million people, have become significant growth engines. The company aims for ¥20 billion in healthcare revenue by FY2024, utilizing M&A and medical IoT to capture a domestic market potential valued in the hundreds of billions of yen.
The organizational structure supports this diversification through a sophisticated human capital strategy and a rigorous governance framework. DeNA emphasizes autonomous career development and internal mobility to optimize its workforce across sports, AI, and healthcare initiatives. Governance is maintained through a board with 43% independent representation and a performance-linked compensation structure that aligns management incentives with shareholder interests. Furthermore, the company has integrated sustainability and risk management into its core operations, monitoring climate-related emissions and maintaining robust cybersecurity protocols to protect its expanding digital and medical data ecosystems.
DeNA is undergoing a strategic evolution to diversify its portfolio into two primary pillars: "Entertain," comprising Games and Live Streaming, and "Serve," focusing on Healthcare and Sports. This transition is supported by core competencies in artificial intelligence, agile in-house development, and a regional "Home Base" strategy centered in Yokohama. By leveraging high-potential technologies such as Web3 and health big data, the organization aims to balance stable cash flow from established entertainment properties with high-growth opportunities in medical data and global streaming markets.
Financial performance in fiscal year 2021 reflects this transition, with profit attributable to owners reaching 30.5 billion yen and a return on equity of 13.2%. While the Game Business experienced a revenue decline to 74.7 billion yen due to a lack of new hits, the Live Streaming segment saw a 1.4x revenue increase, and the Healthcare segment achieved its first quarterly profit. Strategic capital moves, including the sale of approximately half of the company's Nintendo shareholdings and the acquisition of subsidiaries like IRIAM and DATA HORIZON, have been implemented to increase asset efficiency and expand the medical database to over 15 million insured individuals.
Operational and governance structures have been modernized to support this multi-sector growth. The January 2022 establishment of a cross-departmental Product Development Department and a new Group Executive System aims to accelerate business execution and talent cultivation. Personnel strategies now emphasize specialized technical rankings to attract top-tier engineers, while executive compensation is increasingly linked to mid-to-long-term growth indicators. Looking ahead, the strategy focuses on releasing three to five global game titles annually, expanding the Pococha streaming service into the United States and India, and deepening the long-term strategic partnership with Nintendo to secure a robust global presence.