Lion: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Lion (TSE: 4912) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 9 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Lion Corporation is a Japanese maker of toothpastes, toothbrushes, laundry and dishwashing detergents, soaps and over-the-counter medicines. It dates its foundation to 30 October 1891, when Tomijiro Kobayashi established T. Kobayashi & Co. in Kanda, Tokyo, and the present company was formed in 1980 by the merger of Lion Dentifrice and Lion Fat and Oil. Headquartered in Taito-ku, Tokyo and listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, it operates subsidiaries in South Korea and China and joint ventures in Thailand and Malaysia with local partners SAHA and Lam Soon, and has made oral healthcare the top priority of its Vision2030 plan.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Lion Corporation (also Lion Corp, ライオン, Lion Japan)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1891
- Tickers
- TSE: 4912
- Website
- www.lion.co.jp/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Lion in numbers
- Lion owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 5 brands.[1]
Everything Lion 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
Full portfolio, 9 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Lion own?
Lion owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including CLINICA, SYSTEMA, LOOK, TOP, KireiKirei and Mama Lemon.
Is Lion a Japanese company?
Yes. Lion is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1891.
Who owns Lion?
Lion is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 4912 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] Lion Integrated Report 2025 — Lion Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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