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Equity and Other Equity Items
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Equity [abstract]  
Equity and Other Equity Items Equity and Other Equity Items
Thousands of Shares
For the Year Ended March 31
20252026
Authorized shares as of the beginning of the year
3,500,000 3,500,000 
Shares issued:
At the beginning of the year
1,582,419 1,590,950 
Exercise of stock options
12 280 
Issuance of shares
8,519 — 
As of the end of the year
1,590,950 1,591,229 
The shares issued by the Company are ordinary shares with no par value that have no restrictions on any rights.
The number of treasury shares included in the above shares issued was 13,405 thousand shares, 17,300 thousand shares, and 11,392 thousand shares as of April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025, and 2026, respectively.
The number of treasury shares as of April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025 and 2026 includes 5,888 thousand shares, 5,565 thousand shares and 5,102 thousand shares, respectively, held by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) Trust and the Board Incentive Plan (“BIP”) Trust. During the year ended March 31, 2025, the ESOP and BIP Trust acquired 460 thousand shares and sold 783 thousand shares. During the year ended March 31, 2026, the ESOP and BIP Trust acquired 401 thousand shares and sold 865 thousand shares.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued 8,519 thousand shares of common stock and conducted the disposal of 7,327 thousand treasury shares under Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) for the Company Group employees overseas. The issuance of these shares resulted in an increase in share capital of JPY 18,064 million and share premium of JPY 18,064 million and the disposal of treasury shares resulted in a decrease in treasury shares of JPY 24,999 million.
During the year ended March 31, 2026, the Company conducted the disposal of 17,271 thousand treasury shares under Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) for the Company Group employees overseas. The disposal of treasury shares resulted in a decrease in treasury shares of JPY 73,760 million.
The shares of the Company’s common stock and treasury shares were converted into the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and settled with employees.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, Takeda acquired a total of 11,544 thousand shares of its common stock for JPY 49,978 million in accordance with the resolution on the acquisition of its own shares at the Board of Directors Meeting held on January 30, 2025. During the year ended March 31, 2026, Takeda acquired a total of 11,824 thousand shares of its common stock for JPY 49,978 million, and the acquisition under the resolution was completed.
i) Dividends declared and paid during the previous fiscal years and the current fiscal year
Dividends declared and paidJPY (millions)
Total dividends		Dividends per share JPYRecord dateEffective date
April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024
Q1 2023¥140,475 ¥90.00 March 31, 2023June 29, 2023
Q3 2023148,037 94.00 September 30, 2023December 1, 2023
April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025
Q1 2024148,041 94.00 March 31, 2024June 27, 2024
Q3 2024155,893 98.00 September 30, 2024December 2, 2024
April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026
Q1 2025154,763 98.00 March 31, 2025June 26, 2025
Q3 2025158,470 100.00 September 30, 2025December 1, 2025
ii) Dividends declared whose record date falls in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 and the effective date falls in the following fiscal year
Matters with respect to dividends on shares of common stock will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 24, 2026.
Dividends to be submittedJPY (millions)
Total dividends		Dividends per share JPYRecord dateEffective date
April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027
Q1 2026158,494 ¥100.00 March 31, 2026June 25, 2026