Who owns Takara Shochu Highball?
Takara Shochu Highball 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
- 2006
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Liqueurs & aperitifs
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2531
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Takara Shochu Highball
Takara Shochu Highball is a dry-flavoured chu-hi that Takara Shuzo launched in 2006, according to the group's domestic business history. The company calls it popular for its dry taste and lists it among its signature brands. It sits in the shochu-based canned drink line that began with Takara Can Chu-Hi in 1984, and a non-alcohol Takara Karakuchi Zero Ball followed in 2022.
Ownership timeline of Takara Shochu Highball
Where Takara Shochu Highball sits in Takara
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Takara brand portfolio (6) →
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 Can Chu-Hi (1984)
- 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 Shochu Highball 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 Shochu Highball 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 Shochu Highball?
The parent company of Takara Shochu Highball is Takara, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Takara Shochu Highball Japanese?
Yes. Takara Shochu Highball originated in Japan in 2006 and its owner, Takara, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Takara Shochu Highball still owned by Takara?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Takara Shochu Highball 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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