Short selling in Japan
Positions open on November 6, 2026, according to JPX data. See the official publication.
JPX also publishes the positions of securities firms. Its companies compare, its holders do not, so this market is kept out of the ranking of the busiest short sellers.
| Issuer | % of capital | Funds | Last disclosure |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLab Inc. | 16.43% | 7 | November 4, 2026 |
| Towa Corporation | 15.42% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| ERTH Group Co.,Ltd. | 14.83% | 7 | November 5, 2026 |
| Jibannet Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 14.53% | 7 | September 28, 2026 |
| QD Laser,Inc. JP3244720003 | 13.78% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nissan Motor Co.,ltd. | 13.45% | 8 | November 4, 2026 |
| Unitika LTD. | 13.19% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| 3-D Matrix,Ltd. | 13.06% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kasumigaseki Capital Co.,Ltd. JP3211050004 | 12.81% | 10 | November 4, 2026 |
| W-SCOPE Corporation | 12.71% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| FLIGHT SOLUTIONS Inc. | 12.18% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| OSAKA Titanium technologies Co.,Ltd. | 12.00% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| GNI Group Ltd. | 11.74% | 7 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha,Ltd. | 11.73% | 7 | November 4, 2026 |
| Metaplanet Inc. | 11.53% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| INTERTRADE Co.,Ltd. | 11.08% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Oncolys BioPharma Inc. | 10.85% | 8 | November 4, 2026 |
| Healios K.K. | 10.81% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Infomart Corporation | 10.70% | 8 | November 5, 2026 |
| Howa Machinery,Ltd. | 10.09% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Socionext Inc. | 9.99% | 8 | November 4, 2026 |
| ReYuu Japan Inc. | 9.90% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Hokkaido Electric Power Company,Incorporated | 9.87% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Dynamic Map Platform Co.,Ltd. JP3491920009 | 9.80% | 9 | November 5, 2026 |
| Hutzper Inc. | 9.75% | 7 | November 5, 2026 |
| Datasection Inc. | 9.58% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| AIMECHATEC,Ltd. | 9.49% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Renascience Inc. | 9.04% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kansai Paint Co.,ltd. | 8.95% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Astroscale Holdings Inc. | 8.83% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Axelspace Holdings Corporation | 8.79% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Toho Zinc Co.,Ltd. | 8.76% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| CyberStep Holdings,Inc. | 8.70% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Toyo Engineering Corporation | 8.70% | 7 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kyoritsu Maintenance Co.,ltd. | 8.69% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Liberta Co.,ltd. | 8.63% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| eole Inc. | 8.55% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Shiseido Company,Limited | 8.44% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Sanrio Company,Ltd. | 8.40% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| SHIFT Inc. | 8.27% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Digital Media Professionals Inc. | 8.09% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Tri Chemical Laboratories Inc. | 7.94% | 4 | November 2, 2026 |
| Def consulting,inc. | 7.76% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Pacific Metals Co.,ltd. | 7.63% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nippon Coke & Engineering Company,limited | 7.51% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Timee,Inc. | 7.13% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Takara Holdings INC. | 7.12% | 3 | November 3, 2026 |
| FRONTEO,Inc. | 7.09% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Tokyo Keiki INC. | 7.08% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Accrete Inc. | 6.87% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Fixstars Corporation | 6.83% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kitagawa Seiki Co.,ltd. | 6.81% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Japan Communications Inc. | 6.79% | 8 | November 5, 2026 |
| Sanoh Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 6.79% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Star seeds Co.,Ltd. | 6.73% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Lifenet Insurance Company | 6.56% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nxera Pharma Co.,Ltd. | 6.47% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| ISE Chemicals Corporation | 6.42% | 7 | November 5, 2026 |
| PowerX,Inc. | 6.32% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Microwave Chemical Co.Ltd. JP3860340003 | 6.25% | 5 | September 28, 2026 |
| Financial Partners Group Co.,Ltd. | 6.24% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Money Forward,Inc. | 6.24% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| SEIKOH GIKEN Co.,Ltd. | 6.24% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| AKIBA Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 6.18% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Ishikawa Seisakusho,Ltd. | 6.18% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Japan Engine Corporation | 6.17% | 4 | October 30, 2026 |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings,Incorporated | 6.15% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co.,ltd. | 6.13% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| TORIDOLL Holdings Corporation | 6.12% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| DeNA Co.,Ltd. | 6.08% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Mitsuba Corporation JP3895200008 | 6.02% | 5 | November 2, 2026 |
| Nissha Co.,Ltd. | 5.99% | 3 | November 2, 2026 |
| Asahi Diamond Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 5.96% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Sharp Corporation | 5.93% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Chiyoda Corporation | 5.88% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| SanBio Company Limited | 5.84% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Aozora Bank,Ltd. | 5.83% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| LAND Co.,Ltd. | 5.78% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nishikawa Rubber Co.,ltd. | 5.77% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Wize INC. | 5.77% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| unbanked inc. | 5.75% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Toyo Tanso Co.,ltd. | 5.73% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Yonex Co.,ltd. | 5.73% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Dexerials Corporation | 5.67% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Terilogy Holdings Corporation | 5.63% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Cuorips Inc. | 5.59% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| SRE Holdings Corporation | 5.58% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Seven & i Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 5.57% | 1 | October 28, 2026 |
| Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation | 5.56% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Euglena Co.,Ltd. | 5.54% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| MWCC Inc. | 5.53% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Media Links Co.,ltd. | 5.52% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Skyfall Inc. | 5.52% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| ValueCommerce Co.,Ltd. | 5.52% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Medrx Co.,Ltd. | 5.51% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| Morpho,Inc. | 5.51% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc. | 5.48% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| AI storm Co.,Ltd. | 5.46% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Gunosy Inc. | 5.46% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| JINS HOLDINGS Inc. | 5.43% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Tokyo Koki Co.ltd. | 5.43% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Synspective Inc. | 5.42% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| ASTERIA Corporation | 5.41% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nippon Building Fund Inc. | 5.41% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Visional,Inc. | 5.41% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| ExaWizards Inc. | 5.37% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Carna Biosciences,Inc. | 5.33% | 4 | November 2, 2026 |
| Daishinku Corp. | 5.33% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Japan Reliance Service Corporation | 5.29% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| Mitsubishi Motors Corporation | 5.29% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| LECRE Inc. | 5.27% | 1 | October 15, 2026 |
| RaQualia Pharma Inc. | 5.27% | 3 | October 29, 2026 |
| Terra Drone Corporation JP3546450002 | 5.27% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc. | 5.26% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| dip Corporation | 5.26% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| every,Inc. | 5.26% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Fuva Brain Limited | 5.25% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Shima Seiki Mfg.,ltd. | 5.25% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| TIER IV,Inc. | 5.25% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kura Sushi,Inc. | 5.23% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| inspec Inc. | 5.21% | 3 | November 2, 2026 |
| Y.a.c.holdings Co.,ltd. | 5.20% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| SUSMED,Inc. | 5.19% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kringle Pharma,Inc. | 5.17% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| gumi Inc. | 5.17% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Gurunavi,Inc. | 5.10% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Aiming Inc. JP3161050004 | 5.06% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha,Ltd. | 5.05% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| beABLE CO.,LTD. | 5.03% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| SANNO Co.,Ltd. | 5.01% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Godo Steel,Ltd. | 4.98% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kudan Inc. | 4.98% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Ezaki Glico Co.,Ltd. | 4.97% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Akebono Brake Industry Co.,ltd. | 4.94% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Obara Group Incorporated | 4.93% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Marumae Co.,Ltd. | 4.91% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| TRE Holdings Corporation | 4.90% | 2 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kureha Corporation | 4.87% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| santec Holdings Corporation | 4.85% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| ispace,inc. | 4.84% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Cyber Security Cloud,Inc. | 4.82% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| SystemSoft Corporation | 4.82% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| HPC SYSTEMS Inc. | 4.81% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co.,Ltd. | 4.80% | 4 | November 3, 2026 |
| SAKURA internet Inc. | 4.80% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Retty Inc. | 4.78% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nihon Dengi Co.,ltd. | 4.77% | 6 | November 5, 2026 |
| H.U. Group Holdings,Inc. | 4.75% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| ZenmuTech,Inc. | 4.72% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Kaizen Platform,Inc. | 4.68% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Minato Holdings INC. | 4.66% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| Members Co.,Ltd. | 4.65% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| akippa Inc. | 4.65% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Iino Kaiun Kaisha,ltd. | 4.64% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| V Technology Co.,Ltd. | 4.64% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| Future Innovation Group,Inc. | 4.61% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kusuri NO Aoki Holdings Co.,ltd. | 4.61% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Medley,inc. | 4.61% | 2 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nitto Boseki Co.,ltd. | 4.61% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| SK-Electronics CO.,LTD. | 4.57% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Schoo,inc. | 4.57% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Solasia Pharma K.K. | 4.57% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| RIBOMIC Inc. | 4.55% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| ANA Holdings INC. | 4.51% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| JEOL Ltd. | 4.51% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| JADE GROUP,Inc. | 4.50% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Wilson Learning Worldwide INC. | 4.50% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| TESS Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 4.47% | 2 | November 4, 2026 |
| COVER Corporation | 4.46% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Takaoka Toko Co.,ltd. | 4.46% | 6 | November 4, 2026 |
| Globalway,Inc. | 4.43% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nittetsu Mining Co.,Ltd. | 4.42% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| ACSL Ltd. | 4.38% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Cyberdyne,inc. | 4.38% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| West Japan Railway Company | 4.38% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Asterisk Inc. | 4.37% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Bank of Innovation,Inc. | 4.36% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| J Trust Co.,Ltd. | 4.36% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Zeon Corporation | 4.32% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Inui Global Logistics Co.,Ltd. | 4.27% | 3 | October 30, 2026 |
| Mercari,Inc. | 4.27% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Colowide Co.,ltd. | 4.26% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nippon Chemical Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 4.26% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Taiyo Bussan Kaisha,ltd. | 4.25% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| HODL1,inc. | 4.24% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Hotto Link Inc. | 4.23% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| OXIDE Corporation | 4.22% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Tomen Devices Corporation | 4.21% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Yakult Honsha Co.,ltd. | 4.21% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. | 4.20% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| DKS Co.Ltd. | 4.19% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| CanBas Co.,Ltd. | 4.18% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| KOSE Holdings Corporation | 4.17% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| ELEMENTS,Inc. | 4.16% | 3 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nippon Kodoshi Corporation | 4.16% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Carlit Co.,Ltd. | 4.11% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| JX Advanced Metals Corporation | 4.09% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Crasus Chemical Inc. | 4.07% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| GO Inc. | 4.04% | 4 | November 2, 2026 |
| Lifedrink Company,inc. | 4.03% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kidswell Bio Corporation | 4.01% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Mitsui High-tec,Inc. | 4.01% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Shoei Co.,ltd. | 4.01% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| TOA Road Corporation | 4.01% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| Nomura Micro Science Co.,Ltd. JP3762950008 | 4.00% | 5 | November 5, 2026 |
| TESEC Corporation | 3.99% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Asgent,Inc. | 3.97% | 4 | November 2, 2026 |
| ASKUL Corporation | 3.96% | 2 | November 4, 2026 |
| AirTrip Corp. | 3.96% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Oisix Inc. | 3.96% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Vector HOLDINGS Inc. | 3.93% | 3 | November 2, 2026 |
| Nakamura Choukou Co.,ltd. | 3.91% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| The Japan Steel Works,Ltd. | 3.91% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Birdman Inc. | 3.90% | 3 | November 2, 2026 |
| Toda Kogyo Corp. | 3.89% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Almedio INC. | 3.88% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Dentsu Group INC. | 3.88% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Hephaist Co.,ltd. | 3.87% | 3 | October 29, 2026 |
| Miyaji Engineering Group,inc. | 3.87% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Plus Alpha Consulting Co.,LTD. | 3.87% | 2 | October 27, 2026 |
| Rasa Industries,Ltd. | 3.86% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kyokuto Securities Co.,ltd. JP3256970009 | 3.85% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Tsukuba Bank,Ltd. | 3.83% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| RAKUS Co.,Ltd. | 3.82% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Tokuyama Corporation | 3.82% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Okano Valve Mfg.co.ltd. | 3.74% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| McDonald's Holdings Company(Japan),Ltd. | 3.72% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| J.FRONT RETAILING Co.,Ltd. | 3.70% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kumiai Chemical Industry Co.,ltd. | 3.67% | 4 | November 2, 2026 |
| Matsuya Co.,ltd. | 3.67% | 4 | October 30, 2026 |
| Naikai Zosen Corporation | 3.66% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| FFRI Security,Inc. | 3.64% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| PKSHA Technology Inc. | 3.64% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Tokaido REIT,Inc. | 3.63% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kimura Chemical Plants Co.,ltd. | 3.62% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| TOKYO BASE Co.,Ltd. | 3.62% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| FIXER Inc. | 3.61% | 2 | November 4, 2026 |
| Link-U Group Inc. | 3.57% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Ishii Hyoki Co.,ltd. JP3134450000 | 3.56% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
| QPS Holdings Inc. | 3.55% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| Meiko Electronics Co.,Ltd. | 3.54% | 5 | November 4, 2026 |
| Liberaware Co.,Ltd. | 3.53% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Nippon Paper Industries Co.,Ltd. | 3.53% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| Ai ROBOTICS INC. | 3.51% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Kagome Co.,ltd. | 3.51% | 4 | November 5, 2026 |
| TRIAL Holdings,Inc. | 3.51% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| Next Generation Technology Group Inc. JP3264350004 | 3.49% | 2 | October 20, 2026 |
| Axell Corporation | 3.48% | 2 | November 5, 2026 |
| Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing,INC. | 3.48% | 3 | November 4, 2026 |
| M3,Inc. | 3.48% | 4 | November 4, 2026 |
The other markets
- France AMF
- Belgium FSMA
- Netherlands AFM
- Germany Bundesanzeiger
- Austria FMA
- Spain CNMV
- Italy Consob
- Poland KNF
- United Kingdom FCA
- Norway Finanstilsynet
- Ireland Central Bank of Ireland
- Sweden Finansinspektionen
- Denmark Finanstilsynet
- Finland Finanssivalvonta
- Australia ASIC
- United States FINRA
- Greece HCMC
- Luxembourg CSSF
- Czechia CNB
- Hungary MNB
- Iceland Central Bank of Iceland
- Portugal CMVM