Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules today to attend our financial results briefing. I am Kimura, President and Representative Director. Today, our CFO, Osawa, and I will present according to this agenda. Please turn to page three for the executive summary. In Q4 of fiscal year 2022, we achieved sales growth in all segments. For full year results, sales in the digital entertainment segment were down, but thanks to an increase in sales from the sports and lifestyle segments, net sales figures were more or less flat from the previous year. Profit fell due to business investments and decrease in sales in the digital entertainment segment that has higher margin. As for our business policy moving forward, we are treating this year as a year of nurturing by investing in businesses that show potential for growth.
We will set our eyes on harvesting the fruits of this labor from next term onward. In light of this, for this year's forecast, we anticipate a decrease in profits despite expecting similar sales to last year due to upfront investments and the makeup of sales figures. We will now explain the details.
I am Osawa, Member of the Board and CFO. First, I'd like to explain our financial status. Please turn to page five. This is a quarterly consolidated income statement. Net sales were JPY 37 billion, an increase of 17.2% year-on-year, with all segments achieving year-on-year growth. EBITDA was JPY 8 billion, and operating income was JPY 6.8 billion. Please turn to page six. This is a consolidated income statement for fiscal year 2022. Net sales were JPY 118 billion. EBITDA was JPY 20.3 billion.
Operating income was JPY 16 billion. Profit attributable to owners of parent was JPY 10.2 billion. The full year forecast far exceeded the plan revised as of Q3 and was revised upward on April 22. Please turn to page seven. This is a quarterly consolidated performance. Segment sales will be explained later. Please turn to page eight. This is the quarterly sales cost. In Q4, outsourcing costs increased year-on-year. This was due to the booking of expenses for the contracted development of an auto-racing system at Chariloto and an increase in expenses from the contracted operation of Keirin stadiums. Please take a look at page nine. This is a quarterly SG&A expenses. Year-on-year, settlement fees, advertising, and outsourcing expenses increased. The increase in settlement fees was due to the growth in sales of MONSTER STRIKE and other products.
The increase in advertising expenses was due to the proactive implementation of collaboration events for MONSTER STRIKE. The increase in outsourcing expenses was due to the booking of a part of the R&D expenses for the MONSTER STRIKE series. Next, I will explain the status of each business segment. Please turn to page 11. This is a review of the sports segment. Net sales increased 48% year-on-year to JPY 5.6 billion. This was due to steady growth in sales of Chariloto and TIPSTAR. Note that Chariloto recorded one-time sales in Q4 for the consigned development of an auto-racing system. Please turn to page 12. This chart shows GMV trends of Chariloto and TIPSTAR . Total GMV grew 36.7% year-on-year. Compared to the previous quarter, total GMV increased 1.7%.
TIPSTAR's GMV in the Q4 was smaller than in the Q3 due to a shift to more efficient operations in light of cost effectiveness. However, compared to the Q2, it is growing steadily. Next, I will explain the lifestyle segment. Please turn to page 14. Net sales increased 23.1% year-on-year to JPY 1.4 billion. This was due to steady growth in sales for FamilyAlbum and minimo. Particularly for FamilyAlbum, number of premium subscribers and sales of FamilyAlbum GPS Guardian trended strong. Please turn to page 15. I will now explain the status of FamilyAlbum. FamilyAlbum is expanding its economic sphere by enhancing services centered on family photo assets. Since April 2020, we have had a capital and business alliance with Lovegraph to provide dispatch photography service.
In March of this year, we brought Lovegraph into our group as subsidiary for even greater collaboration. In February, we launched the second generation model of FamilyAlbum GPS Guardian, which uses a smartphone app to watch over children. The service is steadily expanding. Next, I will explain the digital entertainment segment. Please turn to page 17. Net sales increased 12.5% year-on-year to JPY 29.8 billion. This was due to an increase in sales of MONSTER STRIKE . The introduction of attractive characters and collaborations with major IPs contributed to the strong quarter-on-quarter growth of 44.7%. Please look at page 18. This is the status for MONSTER STRIKE and Kotodaman. In MONSTER STRIKE , we achieved year-on-year sales growth. ARPU increased due to the introduction of attractive characters and collaborations with major IPs.
For Kotodaman, Q4 results did not reach the level of the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, it has been steadily growing, recording the highest single month sales in the previous month on the occasion of the fourth anniversary event. We will continue to grow this, driven by attractive collaborations. From here, Kimura will explain our business policy moving forward.
Please turn to page 20. First, let me explain the positioning of this fiscal year. We have positioned fiscal year 2022 as a year of sowing, 2023 as a year of nurturing, and 2024 and beyond as a period of harvesting. The previous fiscal year was a year of planting seeds for new businesses, including the release of several new services such as DAZN MOMENTS, as well as M&A, and capital and business alliances.
In this fiscal year of nurturing, we will make additional investments in businesses that show signs of growth. At the same time, we will make decisions to withdraw from businesses that are not performing well. By optimizing our business portfolio, we aim to maximize earnings during the harvest season. From here onward, I'd like to explain how we proceed with each business segment. Please turn to page 21. I explain our sports segment. In our publicly managed betting sports business, in addition to our online betting ticket sales platforms such as TIPSTAR and Chariloto, we also have keirin stadium management, which plays an important role in the value chain for generating content. We also operate media such as netkeirin, which is for guiding customers.
Each service has achieved high growth on its own, but we aim to expand business through synergies among three areas, thus establishing our unique position for further growth. Page 22 is about the renewal of TIPSTAR. Up to the previous fiscal year, we had conducted various functional improvements, cost optimization, and others for TIPSTAR. In that process, we saw a promising increase in users who publish their forecasts and also users who mirror their bets on them. In the current fiscal year, we will continue product renewals, including UI modifications to facilitate mirror betting and addition of a news feed function to activate communication through betting. We will also aim to increase the number of users by leveraging on our viral expertise cultivated through SNS, MIXI, and MONSTER STRIKE. Please turn to page 23.
In spectator sports business, we aim to expand business through synergies between providing sports contents, including Chiba Jets and FC Tokyo, and operating the platform with which to enjoy these contents. The market for spectator sports has been reduced by half due to the COVID pandemic, but is expected to recover to the previous level post-COVID. In addition, we believe that by promoting DX, we can drive market growth. Please look at page 24. Here, I explain about DAZN MOMENTS, which is a new NFT service. In DAZN MOMENTS, an NFT marketplace launched in March, the first content, DAZN J League MOMENTS, is now available and in hot demand. We believe that this service has the potential to grow significantly in the future with the addition of more content and the opening of a secondary market. Please turn to page 25. Let me explain about Fansta initiatives.
Fansta is a search and reservation service for places specializing in sports spectating. As the COVID situation is gradually settling down, we will be implementing several measures for growth, such as collaboration projects with Hub and DAZN centered on Fansta and campaigns with various teams. Please turn to page 26. I will now explain the lifestyle segment. The number of users of FamilyAlbum has been growing steadily since its release in 2015. Recently, the growth rate of overseas users has been particularly high and now accounts for about 30% of the total user base. On top of the attractive features of the service itself, the localization of advertising creatives has contributed greatly to the increase of overseas users. We will continue to implement creative development tailored to each country and region. On page 27, I will explain about the expansion of the economic sphere of FamilyAlbum.
In addition to our internally developed services, FamilyAlbum is expanding its monetization means by adding services through active M&A investments and business alliances. Up until now, FamilyAlbum has expanded its services centered on family photo assets. With the addition of FamilyAlbum GPS Guardian and FamilyAlbum Call Doctor, the brand is extended to cover safety and security of all family members. As I explained, the number of FamilyAlbum users is growing. We will continue to expand the FamilyAlbum economic sphere by applying monetization efforts on the growing user assets. Please turn to page 28. I will now explain the digital entertainment segment. MONSTER STRIKE continues to be the top brand of smartphone games as an exciting social activity. We will continue to operate services that many users can enjoy together.
In addition, in the current fiscal year, we will focus on the development of the MONSTER STRIKE series of new titles that leverage on the MONSTER STRIKE IP and also through events, merchandising, videos, and other media mix deployment. We will also build and expand the economic sphere in which users can migrate. Please turn to page 29. Here, I explain the specific initiatives for this fiscal year. We have decided to hold the offline event, XFLAG PARK, at Makuhari Messe for the first time in three years. XFLAG PARK is an event that has contributed significantly to MONSTER STRIKE revenues by raising user enthusiasm through numerous surprises. In the MONSTER STRIKE series, we plan to launch Ghost Scramble in the first half of the year, followed by several more releases during this fiscal year. Through these measures, we will aim to expand the MONSTER STRIKE economic sphere.
Please turn to page 30. These are our investment activity results and future plans. During the four years from fiscal year 2019 to 2022, we have made investments amounting to approximately JPY 70 billion. Some of the investments in startups, which we conduct to detect potential, have led to M&As in capital and business alliances and have generated numerous synergies and contributed to the expansion of our business. Over the next three years, we plan to invest JPY 30 billion-JPY 50 billion in M&A and capital and business alliances. Considering the expansion of investment and its importance, we plan to commercialize our investment activities into startups and funds as investment business upon resolution at the annual shareholders meeting in June. Please turn to page 31. From here, Osawa will explain the earnings forecast for this fiscal year.
Please turn to page 32. This is the forecast for this fiscal year. Net sales are projected to be JPY 120 billion, the same level as the previous year. EBITDA, operating income, and net income are projected to be JPY 12.5 billion, JPY 8.5 billion, and JPY 5 billion respectively, all lower due to changes in the sales mix and upfront investments.
I explain the details of the results forecasts on the next page. Please turn to page 33. I will explain the details of the forecast for the sports segment. In publicly managed betting sports, we expect net sales to increase to JPY 19 billion. TIPSTAR, Chariloto, and NET DREAMERS are expected to continue to increase their sales. In terms of profit, the deficit is expected to narrow, due mainly to the improvement of TIPSTAR. In TIPSTAR, we will aim for further upside in sales and profit through product improvements.
In the spectator sports business, net sales are expected to increase to JPY 7 billion. This is mainly due to the new consolidation of FC Tokyo. In addition, we expect an increase in cost due to new consolidations and upfront investments in services launched by the previous fiscal year. Please turn to page 34. We expect net sales in the lifestyle segment to increase to JPY 11 billion. This is mainly due to growth in the FamilyAlbum economic sphere. Net sales in the digital entertainment segment are expected to decrease to JPY 82 billion. Although we have conservatively estimated the sales of MONSTER STRIKE , taking into account the past trend, we will aim for the upside by releasing multiple titles in the MONSTER STRIKE series. In the investment segment, which we plan to commercialize in the current fiscal year, we expect net sales of JPY 1 billion.
Please turn to page 35. I will now explain our shareholder return policy. Our policy is to provide stable shareholder returns while proactively investing in businesses. Year-end dividend for the previous fiscal year was JPY 55, as forecasted, and together with the interim dividend, was JPY 110. For the current fiscal year, the annual dividend is expected to be JPY 110 per share. The dividend policy is based on a payout ratio of 20% or ROE of 5%. The policy will be reviewed annually based on the changes in the business environment and the result of business performance. Lastly, Kimura will explain once again.
Please turn to page 36. In October, we are planning to change our company name to MIXI with capital alphabet letters, subject to approval at the annual shareholders meeting in June. By unifying the new corporate logo and the company name, we hope to promote a consistent brand as a company and enhance our brand equity. That concludes my explanation. Thank you very much for your attention.