Who owns T-Joy?
T-Joy is owned by Toei (Japan, TSE: 9605), which has owned the brand since 1 July 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Toei Group Integrated Report 2025 (English), Toei Company, Ltd, 1 December 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TOEI COMPANY, LTD. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2000
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Cinema chains
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9605
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About T-Joy
T-Joy is the cinema complex chain of the Toei group, established in 2000 when the company moved from running franchised theatres to cinema complexes. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toei Company in July 2025 and operates 23 cinemas with 230 screens in Japan, including jointly operated sites. It was among the first in Japan to install digital cinema projectors and also shows live music and stage performances.
Ownership timeline of T-Joy
Where T-Joy sits in Toei
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Toei
Toei controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Toei (1951)
- Toei Animation (1956)
- Toei Video (1970)
- Uzumasa Kyoto Village (1975)
Other brands in cinema chains, and who owns them
The 23 brands in cinema chains on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is CJ CGV, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 4DX | CJ CGV | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Emagine Entertainment | Kinepolis | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Century Theatres | Cinemark | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMC Theatres | AMC Theatres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cineplex | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| IMAX | IMAX | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| VOX Cinemas | Majid Al Futtaim | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| TOHO CINEMAS | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Toei
Toei is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1951. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9605.
Toei is a Tokyo film company founded in 1951 as a film production company, listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange under code 9605. Its integrated report describes a group of 16 domestic and 5 overseas consolidated subsidiaries working across film and video, entertainment, events, tourism real estate and architectural interior design. Group films and television are made in Tokyo and Kyoto studios; animation, home video, a cinema chain and a studio theme park each sit in separate group companies.
🇯🇵 T-Joy 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; T-Joy is not one of them.
- Aggretsuko — Sanrio 🇯🇵
- BS Nippon — Nippon TV Holdings 🇯🇵
- Doga Kobo — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Godzilla — TOHO 🇯🇵
- Gundam — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- NITRO PLUS — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of T-Joy?
The parent company of T-Joy is Toei, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is T-Joy Japanese?
Yes. T-Joy originated in Japan in 2000 and its owner, Toei, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has Toei owned T-Joy?
Toei has owned T-Joy since 1 July 2025.
Is T-Joy still owned by Toei?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, T-Joy is still owned by Toei. 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] Toei Group Integrated Report 2025 (English) — Toei Company, Ltd., Annual report, published 1 December 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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