diff --git a/backlog/tasks/task-81 - Tokenization-performance-disable-yomitan-mecab-and-persistent-local-mecab.md b/backlog/tasks/task-81 - Tokenization-performance-disable-yomitan-mecab-and-persistent-local-mecab.md
index f809f19..9ef26bd 100644
--- a/backlog/tasks/task-81 - Tokenization-performance-disable-yomitan-mecab-and-persistent-local-mecab.md	
+++ b/backlog/tasks/task-81 - Tokenization-performance-disable-yomitan-mecab-and-persistent-local-mecab.md	
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: 'Tokenization performance: disable Yomitan MeCab parser, gate local MeCab
 status: Done
 assignee: []
 created_date: '2026-03-02 07:44'
-updated_date: '2026-03-02 07:46'
+updated_date: '2026-03-02 09:20'
 labels: []
 dependencies: []
 priority: high
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Implemented tokenizer latency optimizations:
 - added annotation-aware MeCab initialization gating in runtime warmup flow;
 - added persistent local MeCab process (default idle shutdown: 30s) with queued requests, retry-on-process-end, idle auto-shutdown, and automatic restart on new work;
 - added regression tests for Yomitan parse flag, MeCab warmup gating, and persistent/idle lifecycle behavior;
+- fixed tokenization warmup gate so first-use warmup completion is sticky (`tokenizationWarmupCompleted`) and sequential `tokenizeSubtitle` calls no longer re-run Yomitan/dictionary warmup path;
+- added regression coverage in `src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.test.ts` for sequential tokenize calls (`warmup` side effects run once);
 - validated with targeted tests and `tsc --noEmit`.
 
 <!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:END -->
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.test.ts
index 5267c06..15b7315 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.test.ts
@@ -377,3 +377,142 @@ test('composeMpvRuntimeHandlers skips MeCab warmup when all POS-dependent annota
 
   assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
 });
+
+test('composeMpvRuntimeHandlers runs tokenization warmup once across sequential tokenize calls', async () => {
+  let yomitanWarmupCalls = 0;
+  let prewarmJlptCalls = 0;
+  let prewarmFrequencyCalls = 0;
+  const tokenizeCalls: string[] = [];
+
+  const composed = composeMpvRuntimeHandlers<
+    { connect: () => void; on: () => void },
+    { isKnownWord: () => boolean },
+    { text: string }
+  >({
+    bindMpvMainEventHandlersMainDeps: {
+      appState: {
+        initialArgs: null,
+        overlayRuntimeInitialized: true,
+        mpvClient: null,
+        immersionTracker: null,
+        subtitleTimingTracker: null,
+        currentSubText: '',
+        currentSubAssText: '',
+        playbackPaused: null,
+        previousSecondarySubVisibility: null,
+      },
+      getQuitOnDisconnectArmed: () => false,
+      scheduleQuitCheck: () => {},
+      quitApp: () => {},
+      reportJellyfinRemoteStopped: () => {},
+      syncOverlayMpvSubtitleSuppression: () => {},
+      maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: async () => {},
+      logSubtitleTimingError: () => {},
+      broadcastToOverlayWindows: () => {},
+      onSubtitleChange: () => {},
+      refreshDiscordPresence: () => {},
+      ensureImmersionTrackerInitialized: () => {},
+      updateCurrentMediaPath: () => {},
+      restoreMpvSubVisibility: () => {},
+      getCurrentAnilistMediaKey: () => null,
+      resetAnilistMediaTracking: () => {},
+      maybeProbeAnilistDuration: () => {},
+      ensureAnilistMediaGuess: () => {},
+      syncImmersionMediaState: () => {},
+      updateCurrentMediaTitle: () => {},
+      resetAnilistMediaGuessState: () => {},
+      reportJellyfinRemoteProgress: () => {},
+      updateSubtitleRenderMetrics: () => {},
+    },
+    mpvClientRuntimeServiceFactoryMainDeps: {
+      createClient: class {
+        connect(): void {}
+        on(): void {}
+      },
+      getSocketPath: () => '/tmp/mpv.sock',
+      getResolvedConfig: () => ({ auto_start_overlay: false }),
+      isAutoStartOverlayEnabled: () => false,
+      setOverlayVisible: () => {},
+      isVisibleOverlayVisible: () => false,
+      getReconnectTimer: () => null,
+      setReconnectTimer: () => {},
+    },
+    updateMpvSubtitleRenderMetricsMainDeps: {
+      getCurrentMetrics: () => BASE_METRICS,
+      setCurrentMetrics: () => {},
+      applyPatch: (current, patch) => ({ next: { ...current, ...patch }, changed: true }),
+      broadcastMetrics: () => {},
+    },
+    tokenizer: {
+      buildTokenizerDepsMainDeps: {
+        getYomitanExt: () => null,
+        getYomitanParserWindow: () => null,
+        setYomitanParserWindow: () => {},
+        getYomitanParserReadyPromise: () => null,
+        setYomitanParserReadyPromise: () => {},
+        getYomitanParserInitPromise: () => null,
+        setYomitanParserInitPromise: () => {},
+        isKnownWord: () => false,
+        recordLookup: () => {},
+        getKnownWordMatchMode: () => 'headword',
+        getNPlusOneEnabled: () => false,
+        getMinSentenceWordsForNPlusOne: () => 3,
+        getJlptLevel: () => null,
+        getJlptEnabled: () => false,
+        getFrequencyDictionaryEnabled: () => false,
+        getFrequencyDictionaryMatchMode: () => 'headword',
+        getFrequencyRank: () => null,
+        getYomitanGroupDebugEnabled: () => false,
+        getMecabTokenizer: () => null,
+      },
+      createTokenizerRuntimeDeps: () => ({ isKnownWord: () => false }),
+      tokenizeSubtitle: async (text) => {
+        tokenizeCalls.push(text);
+        return { text };
+      },
+      createMecabTokenizerAndCheckMainDeps: {
+        getMecabTokenizer: () => null,
+        setMecabTokenizer: () => {},
+        createMecabTokenizer: () => ({ id: 'mecab' }),
+        checkAvailability: async () => {},
+      },
+      prewarmSubtitleDictionariesMainDeps: {
+        ensureJlptDictionaryLookup: async () => {
+          prewarmJlptCalls += 1;
+        },
+        ensureFrequencyDictionaryLookup: async () => {
+          prewarmFrequencyCalls += 1;
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    warmups: {
+      launchBackgroundWarmupTaskMainDeps: {
+        now: () => 0,
+        logDebug: () => {},
+        logWarn: () => {},
+      },
+      startBackgroundWarmupsMainDeps: {
+        getStarted: () => false,
+        setStarted: () => {},
+        isTexthookerOnlyMode: () => false,
+        ensureYomitanExtensionLoaded: async () => {
+          yomitanWarmupCalls += 1;
+        },
+        shouldWarmupMecab: () => false,
+        shouldWarmupYomitanExtension: () => false,
+        shouldWarmupSubtitleDictionaries: () => false,
+        shouldWarmupJellyfinRemoteSession: () => false,
+        shouldAutoConnectJellyfinRemote: () => false,
+        startJellyfinRemoteSession: async () => {},
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  await composed.tokenizeSubtitle('first');
+  await composed.tokenizeSubtitle('second');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(tokenizeCalls, ['first', 'second']);
+  assert.equal(yomitanWarmupCalls, 1);
+  assert.equal(prewarmJlptCalls, 1);
+  assert.equal(prewarmFrequencyCalls, 1);
+});
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.ts b/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.ts
index 5ed695a..72d6418 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/composers/mpv-runtime-composer.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ export function composeMpvRuntimeHandlers<
     return nPlusOneEnabled || jlptEnabled || frequencyEnabled;
   };
   let tokenizationWarmupInFlight: Promise<void> | null = null;
+  let tokenizationWarmupCompleted = false;
   const startTokenizationWarmups = (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (tokenizationWarmupCompleted) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
     if (!tokenizationWarmupInFlight) {
       tokenizationWarmupInFlight = (async () => {
         await options.warmups.startBackgroundWarmupsMainDeps.ensureYomitanExtensionLoaded();
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ export function composeMpvRuntimeHandlers<
           await createMecabTokenizerAndCheck().catch(() => {});
         }
         await prewarmSubtitleDictionaries({ showLoadingOsd: true });
+        tokenizationWarmupCompleted = true;
       })().finally(() => {
         tokenizationWarmupInFlight = null;
       });
@@ -160,7 +165,9 @@ export function composeMpvRuntimeHandlers<
     return tokenizationWarmupInFlight;
   };
   const tokenizeSubtitle = async (text: string): Promise<TTokenizedSubtitle> => {
-    await startTokenizationWarmups();
+    if (!tokenizationWarmupCompleted) {
+      await startTokenizationWarmups();
+    }
     return options.tokenizer.tokenizeSubtitle(
       text,
       options.tokenizer.createTokenizerRuntimeDeps(buildTokenizerDepsHandler()),