Earnings per share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Earnings per share

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

	Millions of yen except per share data presented in yen
	Year ended March 31
	2014		2015		2016
Basic—
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders	¥	213,591	¥	224,785	¥	131,550
Weighted average number of shares outstanding		3,709,830,989		3,645,514,878		3,600,701,499
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share	¥	57.57	¥	61.66	¥	36.53
Diluted—
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders	¥	213,561	¥	224,726	¥	131,426
Weighted average number of shares outstanding		3,826,496,369		3,743,690,088		3,700,388,050
Net income attributable to NHI shareholders per share	¥	55.81	¥	60.03	¥	35.52