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Kirin: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Kirin (TSE: 2503) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 5 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

Kirin Holdings traces to a brewery founded by an American in Yokohama in 1869 and took its present corporate form in 1907. It is one of the two dominant Japanese brewers and has diversified into pharmaceuticals and health science, holding a majority of biotech company Kyowa Kirin.

Company facts

Legal name
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1907
Tickers
TSE: 2503
Wikidata
Q1052411
Website
www.kirinholdings.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

Kirin in numbers

Everything Kirin owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Kirin owns Tree of 5 brands under Kirin. Kirin Gogo no Kocha Kirin Hyoketsu Kirin Ichiban Kirin Lager Kirin Lemon

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Brand portfolio by category

Beverages (5)

Full portfolio, 5 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →

Acquisitions by Kirin

Acquisition announced

Kirin acquires Jamieson Wellness

Kirin Holdings agreed to buy Jamieson Wellness, the Canadian vitamin maker behind Jamieson, youtheory, Progressive and Smart Solutions, for C$45.75 a share in cash through a plan of arrangement. The price values Jamieson at about C$2.0 billion in fully diluted equity and C$2.5 billion in enterprise value, and extends a Japanese brewer's move into health products.

Value
C$2.5bn
Buyer
Kirin
Seller
public shareholders
Regulatory
None recorded

Brands Kirin no longer owns

Kirin controlled this brand in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Kirin owned it still shows why it no longer does.

BrandOwned untilOwner today
Four Roses Apr 2026 Gallo

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Kirin own?

Kirin owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Kirin Lemon, Kirin Lager, Kirin Ichiban, Kirin Hyoketsu and Gogo no Kocha.

Is Kirin a Japanese company?

Yes. Kirin is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1907.

Who owns Kirin?

Kirin is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2503 on the TSE.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] Jamieson Wellness Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Kirin in C$2.5 Billion Transaction — Jamieson Wellness Inc., Official press release, published 6 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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