Who owns Toei?
Toei is owned by TOEI COMPANY, LTD. (Japan, TSE: 9605).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Founded
- 1951
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Film studios
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9605
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Toei
Toei is the film production company founded in 1951 through a merger of Tokyo Film Distribution, Toyoko Eiga and Oizumi Eiga. It began making television programmes in 1958 and its group report describes planning and producing films for theatrical release, television, streaming and educational use, with studios in Tokyo and Kyoto. Toei lists 9605 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and its parent-level business is the film and video side of the group.
Ownership timeline of Toei
Where Toei 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
- T-Joy (2000)
- Toei Animation (1956)
- Toei Video (1970)
- Uzumasa Kyoto Village (1975)
Other brands in film studios, and who owns them
The 19 brands in film studios on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Disney, with 3; Toei has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 20th Century Studios | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lionsgate Films | Lionsgate | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Columbia Pictures | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Anime Limited | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Astro Shaw | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Studiocanal | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cineplex Pictures | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Studio Dragon | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
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.
🇯🇵 Toei 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; Toei 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 Toei?
The parent company of Toei is TOEI COMPANY, LTD., a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Toei Japanese?
Yes. Toei originated in Japan in 1951 and its owner, TOEI COMPANY, LTD., is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Toei still owned by TOEI COMPANY, LTD.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Toei is still owned by TOEI COMPANY, LTD. 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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