Who owns Ikkomon?
Ikkomon is owned by Takara (Japan, TSE: 2531).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Takara Holdings: Takara Shuzo domestic business page and brand history, TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Kyoto
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2001
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Soju
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2531
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ikkomon
Zenryo Imo Shochu Ikkomon is a sweet potato shochu that Takara Shuzo launched in 2001, brewed entirely with imo (sweet potato) and imo koji. The company describes it as a shochu offering the taste of one hundred percent sweet potato and names it among its signature brands, next to Takara Shochu Jun and Takara Can Chu-Hi.
Ownership timeline of Ikkomon
Where Ikkomon sits in Takara
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Takara
Takara controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Sho Chiku Bai
- Sho Chiku Bai Shirakabegura Mio (2011)
- Takara Can Chu-Hi (1984)
- Takara Shochu Highball (2006)
- Takara Shochu Jun (1977)
Other brands in soju, and who owns them
The 15 brands in soju on Brandtree belong to 4 owners. The largest is Lotte Chilsung, with 6; Takara has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chum Churum Soonhari | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Good Day | Muhak | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Chamisul | HiteJinro | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Chum-Churum | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Ku | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Kyougetsu Green Soju | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Saero | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Yeowool | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Takara
Takara is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, founded in 1925. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2531.
Takara Holdings is a Kyoto holding company whose domestic arm Takara Shuzo makes shochu, sake, canned chu-hi and seasonings such as hon-mirin, while Takara Shuzo International Group sells Sho Chiku Bai sake and Japanese food wholesale overseas. A third arm, Takara Bio, supplies life-science reagents and contract biologics manufacturing and has no consumer brands. The group page dates the Takara Shuzo business to 1842 in Fushimi, Kyoto; the holding company profile gives a founding date of 6 September 1925.
🇯🇵 Ikkomon and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ikkomon is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ikkomon?
The parent company of Ikkomon is Takara, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Ikkomon Japanese?
Yes. Ikkomon originated in Japan in 2001 and its owner, Takara, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Ikkomon still owned by Takara?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Ikkomon is still owned by Takara. 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] Takara Holdings: Takara Shuzo domestic business page and brand history — TAKARA HOLDINGS INC., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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