Who owns Rakuten Ichiba?
Rakuten Ichiba is owned by Rakuten (Japan, TSE: 4755).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Annual Securities Report ("Yukashoken-Hokokusho"), Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025, Rakuten Group, Inc, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Rakuten Group, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1997
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Marketplaces
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4755
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Rakuten Ichiba
Rakuten Ichiba is the internet shopping mall the company was founded to operate, and it began trading in 1997, the same year the business was incorporated as MDM Co., Ltd. It is a marketplace of merchant storefronts rather than a first-party retailer, and Rakuten Group, Inc. itself is named in the group filing as the entity that runs it. The loyalty scheme now called Rakuten Points was introduced across it in November 2002 as Rakuten Super Points.
Ownership timeline of Rakuten Ichiba
Where Rakuten Ichiba sits in Rakuten
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Rakuten
Rakuten controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in marketplaces, and who owns them
The 50 brands in marketplaces on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Alibaba, with 7; Rakuten has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 1688.com | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Allegro | Allegro | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| anibis.ch | SMG Swiss Marketplace Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| carsales | CAR Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Kaspi.kz | Kaspi.kz | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Duo Duo Grocery | PDD Holdings | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Depop | eBay | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Estante Virtual | Magalu | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
About the owner: Rakuten
Rakuten is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4755.
Rakuten was founded in May 1997 as MDM Co., Ltd. with ¥10 million of capital, to build an online commerce server and run an internet shopping mall called Rakuten Ichiba. It was renamed Rakuten, Inc. in June 1999 and Rakuten Group, Inc. in April 2021, and its shares moved to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in April 2022. The group reports three segments — Internet Services, FinTech and Mobile — and recorded revenue of ¥2,496,575 million and a net loss attributable to owners of ¥177,886 million for 2025, with 29,419 employees. Its head office is at 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.
🇯🇵 Rakuten Ichiba 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; Rakuten Ichiba is not one of them.
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- Acquire — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Animal Crossing — Nintendo 🇯🇵
- Dragon Quest — Square Enix 🇯🇵
- Elden Ring — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- Ikyu.com — LY Corporation 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rakuten Ichiba?
The parent company of Rakuten Ichiba is Rakuten, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Rakuten Ichiba Japanese?
Yes. Rakuten Ichiba originated in Japan in 1997 and its owner, Rakuten, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Rakuten Ichiba still owned by Rakuten?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Rakuten Ichiba is still owned by Rakuten. 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] Annual Securities Report ("Yukashoken-Hokokusho"), Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 — Rakuten Group, Inc., Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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