Who owns ITO EN Matcha Green Tea?
ITO EN Matcha Green Tea is owned by ITO EN (Japan, TSE: 2593).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ITO EN Global Website — Global Brands, ITO EN, LTD. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ITO EN, LTD. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Tea
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2593
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ITO EN Matcha Green Tea
ITO EN Matcha Green Tea is a tea brand ITO EN developed for markets outside Japan only, launched as a global brand product in tea bag form in 2015. The range is built around matcha, powdered green tea, and is sold as tea bags and as sweet or unsweetened matcha powder. ITO EN states that the products contain no colorants, fragrances or artificial additives. It is one of the two brands the company says it is currently focused on developing in overseas markets, alongside Oi Ocha.
Ownership timeline of ITO EN Matcha Green Tea
Where ITO EN Matcha Green Tea sits in ITO EN
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ITO EN
ITO EN controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in tea, and who owns them
The 31 brands in tea on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Orimi Trade, with 6; ITO EN has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gita | Orimi Trade | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Fahari Ya Kenya | Ketepa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Five Roses | AVI | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Piala Gold | RG Brands | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Tata Tea | Tata Consumer | 🇮🇳 India |
| Good Nature | Alkaloid | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Twinings | Associated British Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Final | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
About the owner: ITO EN
ITO EN is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2593.
ITO EN is a Japanese green tea company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, with shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (common stock code 2593). Its own history dates the business to Frontier Tea Corporation, established in Shizuoka in 1966 and renamed ITO EN in 1969. It sells tea as bottled drinks, tea bags, loose leaf and powder, and has group companies in North America, China, Southeast Asia, Oceania and Europe. Its group also includes Tully's Coffee Japan and the US coffee company Distant Lands Trading, which are consolidated subsidiaries rather than tea brands and are not listed here.
🇯🇵 ITO EN Matcha Green Tea 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; ITO EN Matcha Green Tea 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 ITO EN Matcha Green Tea?
The parent company of ITO EN Matcha Green Tea is ITO EN, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is ITO EN Matcha Green Tea Japanese?
Yes. ITO EN Matcha Green Tea originated in Japan in 2015 and its owner, ITO EN, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is ITO EN Matcha Green Tea still owned by ITO EN?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, ITO EN Matcha Green Tea is still owned by ITO EN. 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] ITO EN Global Website — Global Brands — ITO EN, LTD., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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