Who has been buying Kitagawa Corporation stock?

4 distinct investors have filed 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Kitagawa Corporation (6317), most recently on 2025-07-24. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.

How many insider filings does Kitagawa Corporation have?

Kitagawa Corporation has 5 buy-side and 3 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥2.4B ($15.2M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-06-07 to 2025-07-24.

Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?

Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

Kitagawa Corporation 6317

Company

株式会社北川鉄工所Kitagawa Corporation

Investors

Buys

Total Value

¥2.4B ($15.2M)

Avg Return

+13.88%

Last Filing

2025-07-24

Kitagawa Corporation (6317) has 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings and 3 disclosed disposals on record, filed by 4 distinct investors. Together those filings cover ¥2.4B ($15.2M) in reported transaction value. The earliest filing StockDrifts holds for Kitagawa Corporation is dated 2022-06-07; the most recent is 2025-07-24. Across these filings the average return since disclosure is +13.88%, measured from each filing date to the latest available close.

Price & insider activity (12 months)

Recent filings

Date	Type	Source	Insider	Purpose	Shares	Price at filing	Return	Value
2025-07-24	BUY	unknown	北川鉄工所みのり会理事長能登伸一 Minorikai	strategic	732.1K	¥1,417	+78.9%	¥1.0B ($6.7M)
2025-07-24	SELL	unknown	北川鉄工所みのり会理事長唐川正明 Minorikai	unknown	0	¥1,417	-78.9%	¥970M ($6.3M)
2023-09-22	BUY	unknown	野村アセットマネジメント株式会社 Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.	other	379.9K	¥1,504	+68.5%	¥564M ($3.6M)
2023-09-22	BUY	unknown	野村證券株式会社 Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.	other	1.1K	¥1,504	+68.5%	¥119M ($768K)
2023-09-19	BUY	Market Buy	北川鉄工所みのり会理事長唐川正明 Minorikai	strategic	684.3K	¥1,562	+62.3%	¥152M ($982K)
2023-05-10	BUY	unknown	野村證券株式会社 Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.	other	17.5K	¥1,223	-	¥21M ($138K)
2023-05-10	BUY	unknown	野村アセットマネジメント株式会社 Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.	other	497.5K	¥1,223	+107.3%	¥602M ($3.9M)
2023-01-19	SELL	unknown	野村アセットマネジメント株式会社 Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.	other	595.9K	¥1,148	-120.8%	¥113M ($729K)
2022-06-07	SELL	unknown	野村アセットマネジメント株式会社 Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.	other	694.2K	¥1,483	-70.9%	¥152M ($979K)

Frequently asked questions

Who has been buying Kitagawa Corporation stock?: 4 distinct investors have filed 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Kitagawa Corporation (6317), most recently on 2025-07-24. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.
How many insider filings does Kitagawa Corporation have?: Kitagawa Corporation has 5 buy-side and 3 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥2.4B ($15.2M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-06-07 to 2025-07-24.
Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?: Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

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