- Asset Management One Co Ltd and other Mizuho Financial Group Inc (>> Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) companies 6.54 pct (23.83 mln shares)

- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp and other Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (>> Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc) companies 6.09 percent (22.2 mln shares)

- BlackRock Japan Co Ltd and other BlackRock Inc (>> BlackRock) companies 5.16 pct (18.8 mln shares)

- Japan Trustee Services Bank Ltd (Trust Account) 4.29 pct (15.62 mln shares)

- The Master Trust Bank of Japan Ltd (Trust Account) 4.07 pct (14.83 mln shares)

- Japan Trustee Services Bank Ltd (Trust Account 9) 3.20 pct (11.67 mln shares)

- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd and other Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (>> Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.) companies 3.03 pct (11.06 mln shares)

- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (>> Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp) 2.95 pct (10.74 mln shares)

- Nippon Life Insurance Co 2.78 pct (10.12 mln shares)

- Japan Trustee Services Bank Ltd (Trust Account 5) 1.88 pct (6.84 mln shares)

Source: Kobe Steel report with shareholdings dated September 30, other regulatory filings

(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)