Who owns Kirin Lemon?
Kirin Lemon is owned by Kirin (Japan, TSE: 2503).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1928
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2503
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kirin Lemon
Kirin Lemon is a clear lemon soft drink launched in 1928, one of the oldest soft drink brands in Japan and a fixture of the vending machine channel that dominates Japanese beverage retail. Japan has roughly one vending machine for every twenty-five people, and that channel shapes which drink formats succeed there.
Ownership timeline of Kirin Lemon
Where Kirin Lemon sits in Kirin
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kirin
Kirin controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Gogo no Kocha (1986)
- Kirin Hyoketsu (2001)
- Kirin Ichiban (1990)
- Kirin Lager (1888)
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Kirin
Kirin is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1907. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2503.
Kirin Holdings traces to a brewery founded by an American in Yokohama in 1869 and took its present corporate form in 1907. It is one of the two dominant Japanese brewers and has diversified into pharmaceuticals and health science, holding a majority of biotech company Kyowa Kirin.
🇯🇵 Kirin Lemon 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; Kirin Lemon is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
- ITO EN Matcha Green Tea — ITO EN 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kirin Lemon?
The parent company of Kirin Lemon is Kirin, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kirin Lemon Japanese?
Yes. Kirin Lemon originated in Japan in 1928 and its owner, Kirin, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Kirin Lemon still owned by Kirin?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Kirin Lemon is still owned by Kirin. 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] Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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