Notes from the earnings call.
Bushiroad held their earnings call and there are highlights and notes from the call on the gamebiz site. Over their fiscal year, Bushiroad brought in 53.5 billion yen (approximately $371 million USD), which is a 15.6 percent increase.
There were notes included about comments that Bushiroad CEO Takaaki Kidani made about New Japan Pro-Wrestling and STARDOM. He expressed the expectation that the second half of 2025 for both promotions will be promising.
Regarding sports, he assumes that a generational change is taking place in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, with young wrestlers becoming active, while veterans are also being activated, and will be in good shape from spring to summer. He also expects the further rise of young wrestlers in the final road to President Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement.
On the other hand, he said that STARDOM has not lost momentum despite the retirements and resignations of prominent players, but rather has been able to increase its momentum. Both New Japan Pro-Wrestling and STARDOM were in a transitional period, but he expressed the expectation that the second half of this year would be quite promising.
New Japan is moving towards its Dominion shown on June 15th. The full match card for that event can be found here.
STARDOM's latest show was on June 4th and it was a 'New Blood' event.
