Who owns Orange?
Orange is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: TOHO (Japan, TSE: 9602) has held a 19.7% stake since 2025.[1]
Evidence: TOHO CO., LTD. Financial Results Presentation, fiscal year ended February 2026, 14 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- TOHO CO., LTD. (19.7% stake) reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Animation studios
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9602
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Orange
Orange is a Japanese studio founded in 2004 and one of the leading practitioners of "cel-look" animation, full 3D computer graphics finished to resemble hand-drawn cels; it had about 170 staff in February 2026. TOHO invested in January 2025 for 19.7 per cent of the company, a minority holding rather than control, and Orange continues to work for other clients.
Ownership timeline of Orange
Where Orange sits in TOHO
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by TOHO
TOHO controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Anime Limited
- GKIDS
- Godzilla (1954)
- Science SARU (2013)
- TOHO animation (2013)
- TOHO animation STUDIO (2017)
- TOHO CINEMAS (2003)
Other brands in animation studios, and who owns them
TOHO has more brands in animation studios on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 13.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doga Kobo | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| House of Cool | WildBrain | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Studio Bazooka | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| DreamWorks Animation | Comcast | 🇺🇸 United States |
| NITRO PLUS | CyberAgent | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Pixar | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tatsunoko Production | Nippon TV Holdings | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Toei Animation | Toei | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: TOHO
TOHO is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1932.
TOHO is the Japanese entertainment company established in 1932 by Ichizo Kobayashi, the Hankyu Railway founder, as the Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Company. It distributes and produces films, runs the country's largest cinema chain, owns Godzilla, holds anime rights and production studios, and lets a large Tokyo property portfolio. The year to 28 February 2026 was a record: operating revenue of ¥360.6 billion, up 15.2 per cent, and operating profit of ¥67.8 billion. It remains listed in Tokyo with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings its largest shareholder at 13.58 per cent, well short of control.
🇯🇵 Orange 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; Orange is not one of them.
- Aggretsuko — Sanrio 🇯🇵
- BS Nippon — Nippon TV Holdings 🇯🇵
- Doga Kobo — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Gundam — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- NITRO PLUS — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- T-Joy — Toei 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Orange?
No single company recorded here owns Orange outright. TOHO has held a 19.7% stake since 2025.
Does TOHO control Orange?
No. A 19.7% holding does not give control, so TOHO shares ownership with others.
Where did Orange come from?
Orange originated in Japan in 2004.
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] TOHO CO., LTD. Financial Results Presentation, fiscal year ended February 2026 — TOHO CO., LTD., Official document, published 14 April 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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