Who owns Takara Can Chu-Hi?
Takara Can Chu-Hi is owned by Takara (Japan, TSE: 2531).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Takara Holdings: Takara Shuzo domestic business page and brand history, TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Kyoto
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1984
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Liqueurs & aperitifs
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2531
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Takara Can Chu-Hi
Takara Can Chu-Hi is a canned chu-hi, a shochu-based drink, launched by Takara Shuzo in 1984 as Japan's first canned chu-hi product according to the group's history. The company says it became popular as soon as it was launched and remains a long-selling product. Takara has since extended the chu-hi line with Takara Shochu Highball, Takara CRAFT and a non-alcohol version.
Ownership timeline of Takara Can Chu-Hi
Where Takara Can Chu-Hi sits in Takara
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Takara
Takara controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Ikkomon (2001)
- Sho Chiku Bai
- Sho Chiku Bai Shirakabegura Mio (2011)
- Takara Shochu Highball (2006)
- Takara Shochu Jun (1977)
Other brands in liqueurs & aperitifs, and who owns them
The 42 brands in liqueurs & aperitifs on Brandtree belong to 25 owners. The largest is Kasapreko, with 3; Takara has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aperol | Campari Group | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Alomo Bitters | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
| Kännu Kukk | Liviko | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Kòfi Kòrsou | Senior & Co. | 🇨🇼 Curaçao |
| Fütyülős | Zwack Unicum | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| Amaro di Angostura | Angostura | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Baileys | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Joseph Cartron | GBH | 🇲🇶 Martinique |
About the owner: Takara
Takara is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, founded in 1925. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2531.
Takara Holdings is a Kyoto holding company whose domestic arm Takara Shuzo makes shochu, sake, canned chu-hi and seasonings such as hon-mirin, while Takara Shuzo International Group sells Sho Chiku Bai sake and Japanese food wholesale overseas. A third arm, Takara Bio, supplies life-science reagents and contract biologics manufacturing and has no consumer brands. The group page dates the Takara Shuzo business to 1842 in Fushimi, Kyoto; the holding company profile gives a founding date of 6 September 1925.
🇯🇵 Takara Can Chu-Hi 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; Takara Can Chu-Hi is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Takara Can Chu-Hi?
The parent company of Takara Can Chu-Hi is Takara, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Takara Can Chu-Hi Japanese?
Yes. Takara Can Chu-Hi originated in Japan in 1984 and its owner, Takara, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Takara Can Chu-Hi still owned by Takara?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Takara Can Chu-Hi is still owned by Takara. 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] Takara Holdings: Takara Shuzo domestic business page and brand history — TAKARA HOLDINGS INC., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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