Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On August 21, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was HUMAN MADE <456A>.
Background: SMBC Nikko Securities initiated coverage of the company as of August 20 with its highest investment rating of "1 (Outperform)" and a target price of 2,500 yen, which drove buying interest. The brokerage credited the charisma of founder NIGO, a globally recognized fashion designer, with establishing strong brand value, and cited expectations of robust sales expansion given upcoming flagship store openings both in Japan and overseas. Separately, at 4:00 p.m. on August 20, the company announced it will open its first HUMAN MADE flagship store in China in spring 2027. On August 21, buy orders vastly outnumbered sell orders before the open, and the stock was bid up to its daily upper price limit. At the midday close it stood at 1,662 yen, up 300 yen (+22.0%), ranking among the top gainers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market. Trading volume reached 1,768,200 shares as of 2:13 p.m., up 234.11% versus its recent five-day average. The company posted revenue of 4.299 billion yen and operating profit of 1.233 billion yen in Q1 of its fiscal year ending January 2027, and on August 6 disclosed its selection as a constituent of the JPX Startup High Growth 100 Index.