Morinaga: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Morinaga (TSE: 2201) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 10 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Morinaga & Co. is a Japanese confectionery and food maker. Its founder Taichiro Morinaga returned from the United States and opened Morinaga's Western Confectionery Shop on 15 August 1899; the business was incorporated in 1910 and took its present name in 1912. Headquartered in Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, it makes HI-CHEW, chocolate, biscuits, cocoa, frozen desserts and in Jelly drinks, reported consolidated net sales of ¥236.6 billion for the year to March 2026, and aims to become a wellness company by 2030. It bought the US mochi ice cream maker My/Mochi in 2026.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Morinaga & Co., Ltd. (also Morinaga & Co., Morinaga Seika, 森永製菓)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1899
- Tickers
- TSE: 2201
- Website
- www.morinaga.co.jp/company/english/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Morinaga in numbers
- Morinaga owns 10 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is food with 9 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside Japan.
Everything Morinaga 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
Food (9)
Full portfolio, 10 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Morinaga own?
Morinaga owns 10 consumer brands tracked here, including Morinaga Cocoa, Morinaga Milk Caramel, My/Mochi, Choco Monaka Jumbo, HI-CHEW and in Jelly.
Is Morinaga a Japanese company?
Yes. Morinaga is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1899.
Who owns Morinaga?
Morinaga is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2201 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] Morinaga & Co., Ltd. Corporate Profile 2026 — Morinaga & Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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