Kobayashi Pharmaceutical: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (TSE: 4967) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan that owns 6 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical traces its origin to 1886, when Chubei Kobayashi opened a general merchandise and cosmetics store in Nagoya, and was incorporated in Osaka in 1919. After selling its wholesale business in 2008 it became a pure manufacturer of niche household products and over-the-counter medicines, with about 150 domestic brands and net sales of 165.7 billion yen in 2025, about 28 per cent of them overseas. It voluntarily recalled red yeast rice products in 2024.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (also Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Kobayashi Seiyaku)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan
- Founded
- 1886
- Tickers
- TSE: 4967
- Website
- www.kobayashi.co.jp/english/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in numbers
- Kobayashi Pharmaceutical owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 3 brands.[1]
Everything Kobayashi Pharmaceutical owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Kobayashi Pharmaceutical own?
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Ammeltz, Netsusama Sheet, Bluelet, Shoshugen, Sawaday and Itoyoji.
Is Kobayashi Pharmaceutical a Japanese company?
Yes. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and was founded in 1886.
Who owns Kobayashi Pharmaceutical?
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 4967 on the TSE.
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] Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Integrated Report 2026 — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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