LY Corporation: brands it owns and its ownership tree
LY Corporation (TSE: 4689) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
LY Corporation is the Tokyo-listed company, code 4689 on the TSE Prime market, formed in October 2023 by an intra-group reorganisation that brought together Yahoo Japan Corporation and LINE Corporation. It is itself controlled: its integrated report names A Holdings Corporation as its parent, held 50.0% each by SoftBank Corp. and NAVER Corporation, with A Holdings owning 62.4% of LY and general shareholders 37.6%. It runs the Yahoo! JAPAN portal and the LINE messaging app and holds stakes in PayPay, ZOZO and ASKUL.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- LY Corporation (also LY Corp, LINEヤフー)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2023
- Tickers
- TSE: 4689
- Website
- www.lycorp.co.jp/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
LY Corporation in numbers
- LY Corporation owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 4 brands.[1]
Everything LY Corporation owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Ikyu.com
- LINE
- Yahoo! JAPAN
- ZOZOTOWN (51.4%)
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Brand portfolio by category
Internet & digital (4)
- Ikyu.com
- LINE
- Yahoo! JAPAN
- ZOZOTOWN (51.4%)
Full portfolio, 4 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does LY Corporation own?
LY Corporation owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Ikyu.com, LINE, ZOZOTOWN and Yahoo! JAPAN.
Is LY Corporation a Japanese company?
Yes. LY Corporation is headquartered in Japan and was founded in 2023.
Who owns LY Corporation?
LY Corporation is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 4689 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] LY Corporation Integrated Report FY2024 — LY Corporation, Annual report, published 19 November 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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