Earnings per share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Summary of amounts and numbers used in calculation of net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share (basic and diluted)

A reconciliation of the amounts and the numbers used in the calculation of net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share (basic and diluted) is as follows.

	Millions of yen except per share data presented in yen
	Year ended March 31
	2011		2012		2013
Basic—
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders	¥	28,661	¥	11,583	¥	107,234
Weighted average number of shares outstanding		3,627,798,587		3,643,481,439		3,692,795,953
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share	¥	7.90	¥	3.18	¥	29.04
Diluted—
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders	¥	28,642	¥	11,561	¥	107,181
Weighted average number of shares outstanding		3,642,689,381		3,680,124,235		3,777,360,671
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share	¥	7.86	¥	3.14	¥	28.37