Who owns Shoshugen?
Shoshugen is owned by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (Japan, TSE: 4967).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Integrated Report 2026, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Air freshener
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4967
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Shoshugen
Shoshugen is Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's deodorising air freshener brand, including a version for toilets. The company cites it with Bluelet as a product whose sales held up even without advertising, which it takes as evidence of customer trust. Shoshugen SAVON refillable, the first refillable large-capacity liquid product in the line, cut plastic use by about 76 per cent, the company reports.
Ownership timeline of Shoshugen
- Current owner Kobayashi Pharmaceutical [1] reported
Where Shoshugen sits in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in air freshener, and who owns them
The 11 brands in air freshener on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is S.T. Corporation, with 2; Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dashutan Charcoal | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Little Trees | Car-Freshner | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kaori | Dinant | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
| Febreze | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Air Wick | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Glade | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Spring | Square Toiletries | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| QAIS | Sunstar | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4967.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical traces its origin to 1886, when Chubei Kobayashi opened a general merchandise and cosmetics store in Nagoya, and was incorporated in Osaka in 1919. After selling its wholesale business in 2008 it became a pure manufacturer of niche household products and over-the-counter medicines, with about 150 domestic brands and net sales of 165.7 billion yen in 2025, about 28 per cent of them overseas. It voluntarily recalled red yeast rice products in 2024.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Shoshugen and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Shoshugen is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Shoshugen?
The parent company of Shoshugen is Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Shoshugen Japanese?
Yes. Shoshugen originated in Japan and its owner, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Shoshugen still owned by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Shoshugen is still owned by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. 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] Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Integrated Report 2026 — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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