Who owns KENKODOJO?
KENKODOJO is owned by Sunstar (Switzerland).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sunstar Group — Our Story, Sunstar Suisse S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sunstar Suisse S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Etoy
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1988
- Category
- Food › Nutrition & supplements › Vitamins & supplements
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About KENKODOJO
KENKODOJO is Sunstar's Japanese health food brand, put on sale in 1988 out of the ideas developed at the holistic health centre the company opened three years earlier. Its foods and drinks combine green vegetables and brown rice with a programme of physical exercise and mental relaxation, and they followed the vitamin supplements Sunstar started selling in 1983.
Ownership timeline of KENKODOJO
Where KENKODOJO sits in Sunstar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sunstar
Sunstar controls 8 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 1980s
- GUM (1989)
Other brands in vitamins & supplements, and who owns them
The 44 brands in vitamins & supplements on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bilobil | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Berocca | Bayer | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| AXIO | LifeVantage | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ambrotose | Mannatech | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Abecedin | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| Nature's Sunshine Products | Nature's Sunshine | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Beauty Focus | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hiya | USANA | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Sunstar
Sunstar is a privately held company headquartered in Etoy, Switzerland, founded in 1932. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Sunstar is a privately held group run by the Kaneda family, with its global headquarters at Etoy in Switzerland and its Japanese headquarters at Takatsuki near Osaka, where Kunio Kaneda founded it in 1932 selling rubber cement in a portable metal tube for mending bicycle tyres. It moved into oral care in 1946 with toothpaste in a tube, and the Sunstar name was coined as a reminder to brush with the sun in the morning and the stars at night. It employs about 4,000 people in 21 countries and runs a consumer oral care business and an industrial one making adhesives, sealants and motorcycle parts.
🇯🇵 KENKODOJO 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, KENKODOJO among them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of KENKODOJO?
The parent company of KENKODOJO is Sunstar, a privately held company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is KENKODOJO Japanese or Swiss?
KENKODOJO originated in Japan in 1988, but it is owned today by Sunstar, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So KENKODOJO is a Japanese-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is KENKODOJO still owned by Sunstar?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, KENKODOJO is still owned by Sunstar. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Sunstar Group — Our Story — Sunstar Suisse S.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] Sunstar Group — Health Food and Beauty brands — Sunstar Suisse S.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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