Fair Value Measurements (Recorded Amounts of Major Assets Measured at Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis) (Detail) - JPY (¥) ¥ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	¥ 129,959	¥ 197,041
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	1,706	1,139
Real estate collateral-dependent loans (net of allowance for credit losses)	5,535	5,970
Investment in operating leases and property under facility operations	1,205	4,568
Certain equity securities	18,484	11,794
Certain equity method investments	461	4,013
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	27,391	27,484
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	0	0
Real estate collateral-dependent loans (net of allowance for credit losses)	0	0
Investment in operating leases and property under facility operations	0	0
Certain equity securities	0	0
Certain equity method investments	0	3,587
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	0	3,587
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	1,706	1,139
Real estate collateral-dependent loans (net of allowance for credit losses)	261	0
Investment in operating leases and property under facility operations	0	31
Certain equity securities	18,484	11,794
Certain equity method investments	0	0
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	20,451	12,964
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	0	0
Real estate collateral-dependent loans (net of allowance for credit losses)	5,274	5,970
Investment in operating leases and property under facility operations	1,205	4,537
Certain equity securities	0	0
Certain equity method investments	461	426
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	¥ 6,940	¥ 10,933

Investment in operating leases, property under facility operations, office facilities and other assets.

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Real estate collateral-dependent loans (net allowance probable loan losses).

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of investments in an entity not consolidated. Includes, but is not limited to, investments in an entity that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership, an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group, an entity which the company has significant influence, but does not have control and subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity or cost method.

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Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale including, but not limited to, mortgage loans and finance receivables.

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