Who owns Sofy?
Sofy is owned by Unicharm (Japan, TSE: 8113).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Unicharm Corporation Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Unicharm Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1978
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Feminine care & incontinence › Feminine care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8113
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sofy
Sofy is Unicharm's feminine care brand and the leading sanitary protection line in Japan and several Southeast Asian markets, competing with the Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark brands that dominate elsewhere. Unicharm holds a strong position across Asia in every absorbent category, from infant to feminine to adult products.
Ownership timeline of Sofy
Where Sofy sits in Unicharm
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Unicharm
Unicharm controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in feminine care, and who owns them
The 25 brands in feminine care on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Procter & Gamble, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Always | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Carefree | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kotex | Kimberly-Clark | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Absolute | Kino Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Femina | Square Toiletries | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Savlon Freedom | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Chilly | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Mia | CMPC | 🇨🇱 Chile |
About the owner: Unicharm
Unicharm is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1961. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 8113.
Unicharm was founded in 1961 and is the largest hygiene products company in Asia, leading nappies, feminine care and adult incontinence across Japan and much of Southeast Asia. Japan's demographics mean it sells more adult incontinence products than infant nappies at home.
🇯🇵 Sofy 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; Sofy is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sofy?
The parent company of Sofy is Unicharm, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Sofy Japanese?
Yes. Sofy originated in Japan in 1978 and its owner, Unicharm, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Sofy still owned by Unicharm?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sofy is still owned by Unicharm. 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] Unicharm Corporation Integrated Report 2025 — Unicharm Corporation, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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