Who owns Panther?
Panther is owned by Okamoto Industries (Japan, TSE: 5122).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Company Overview - Okamoto Industries, Inc.. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Okamoto Industries, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1964
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Sportswear & footwear › Athletic footwear
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 5122
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Panther
Panther is a sports shoe brand that Okamoto Industries says was born in 1964, and today sells as made-in-Japan sneakers. Its sneaker page lists the Panther Jogging, a reissue of 1970s and early-1980s models, the GT Deluxe, which it dates to 1970, and the Dera, which it dates to 1968, and links to a separate Panther brand website.
Ownership timeline of Panther
- Current owner Okamoto Industries [1] reported
Where Panther sits in Okamoto Industries
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Okamoto Industries brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Okamoto Industries
Okamoto Industries controls 8 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 1960s
- Skinless (1969)
Other brands in athletic footwear, and who owns them
The 22 brands in athletic footwear on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Servis, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| ASICS | ASICS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| New Balance | New Balance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jordan Brand | Nike | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ACE | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| FootJoy | Acushnet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Adidas | Adidas | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| ANTA | Anta Sports | 🇨🇳 China |
| Reebok | Authentic Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Okamoto Industries
Okamoto Industries is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1934. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 5122.
Okamoto Industries is a Japanese rubber and plastics manufacturer headquartered at Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. Its English company overview gives an establishment date of 10 January 1934, fiscal 2025 group sales of 108,040 million yen and a Tokyo Stock Exchange history dating from 1949. Industrial products include plastic films, wallpaper and food-sanitation items; consumer products include condoms, gloves, boots, heating pads, dehumidifiers and shoes. The condom brands below come from its Japanese-language condom page on its own site. Some condoms are sold under licensed designs (for example Benetton); those and the glove, boot and other lines are not listed here.
Okamoto Industries: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Panther 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; Panther is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Panther?
The parent company of Panther is Okamoto Industries, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Panther Japanese?
Yes. Panther originated in Japan in 1964 and its owner, Okamoto Industries, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Panther still owned by Okamoto Industries?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Panther is still owned by Okamoto Industries. 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] Company Overview - Okamoto Industries, Inc. — Okamoto Industries, Inc., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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