Who owns Bioré?
Bioré is owned by Kao (Japan, TSE: 4452).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kao Corporation Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kao Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1980
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4452
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bioré
Bioré is Kao's facial cleansing brand, best known internationally for its pore strips, launched in 1996, which lift blackheads by adhesion when peeled from wet skin. The brand is also a major sun care line across Asia. Its UV Aqua Rich sunscreens are widely bought by people outside Japan because Japanese filters are lighter than those permitted elsewhere.
Ownership timeline of Bioré
Where Bioré sits in Kao
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kao
Kao controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Curél (1999)
- Jergens (1882)
- John Frieda (1988)
- Merries (1983)
- Molton Brown (1971)
Founded in the 1980s
- Attack (1987)
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 76 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 38 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Clé de Peau Beauté | Shiseido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Kao
Kao is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1887. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4452.
Kao Corporation was founded in Tokyo in 1887 to make a domestic facial soap of a quality then only imported, and its name comes from the Japanese word for face. It spans household products, personal care, cosmetics and chemicals, and is one of the largest consumer goods companies in Asia.
🇯🇵 Bioré and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bioré is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bioré?
The parent company of Bioré is Kao, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Bioré Japanese?
Yes. Bioré originated in Japan in 1980 and its owner, Kao, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Bioré still owned by Kao?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bioré is still owned by Kao. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kao Corporation Integrated Report 2025 — Kao Corporation, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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