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Takara Holdings Inc (Takara) is a holding company that coordinates and controls the management of all its group companies. The group comprises Takara Shuzo Group, Takara Bio Group and Takara Healthcare. The Takara Shuzo group offers alcoholic beverages and seasonings; the Takara Bio group develops biomedicals and the Takara Healthcare group provides health foods such as fucoidan, developed with Hokkaido Gagome kombu kelp extracts. Takara offers shochu, sake, light-alcohol refreshers, wine, whisky, Chinese alcoholic beverages, raw alcohol, seasonings, gene, cell therapies, and health foods, among others. It operates along with its subsidiaries in Japan, the US, China and Europe. Takara is headquartered in Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Headquarters
Japan
Address
20 Naginataboko-Cho, Shijo-dori Karasuma Higashi-iru, Shimogyo, Kyoto, 600-8688
Website
www.takara.co.jp
Telephone
81 75 2415130
No of Employees
5,720
Industry
Business and Consumer Services
Ticker Symbol & Exchange
2531 (TYO)
Revenue (2025)
$2.5B
8.7%
(2025 vs 2024)
EPS
XYZ
Net Income (2025)
XYZ
-27.8%
(2025 vs 2024)
Market Cap*
$2.7B
Net Profit Margin (2025)
XYZ
-33.6%
(2025 vs 2024)
* As of and is in US$
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Products and Services
| Products | Services | Brands |
|---|---|---|
| Takara Shuzo | Gene Therapy for Cancer | CereAAV |
| Alcoholic Beverages | Contract Research Services | SonuAAV |
| Raw Alcohol | AAV Vectors Manufacturing services | |
| XYZ | ||
| XYZ | ||
| XYZ |
History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
| Year | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers | In April, the company acquired Takara Bio Inc. |
| 2026 | Regulatory Approval | In February, the company's subsidiary Takara Bio Inc receives the US and the EU Marketing authorization approval for Waskyra, a gene therapy Manufactured using RetroNectin. |
| 2024 | Plans/Strategy | In October, the company announced its plans on acquiring shares in Japanese food wholesalers to strengthen overseas Japanese food wholesaler network. |
Competitor Comparison
| Key Parameters | Takara Holdings Inc | Suntory Holdings Ltd | Asahi Group Holdings Ltd | Kirin Holdings Co Ltd | Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | China |
| City | Shimogyo | Osaka | Sumida-Ku | Nakano-Ku | Qingdao |
| State/Province | Kyoto | Osaka | Tokyo | Tokyo | Shanghai |
| No. of Employees | 5,720 | 41,628 | 28,173 | 31,144 | 29,257 |
| Entity Type | Public | Private | Public | Public | Public |
Key Financial Charts
Sales Growth
Net Income Growth
Executives
| Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutsumi Kimura | Director; President | Executive Board | 2018 | 63 |
| Masanao Suzuki | Executive Officer - Personnel Department; General Manager - Personnel Department; General Manager - Takara Shuzo International Co Ltd; General Manager - Takara Shuzo Co Ltd; Director | Executive Board | 2023 | 62 |
| Kei Sato | Director; General Manager - Business Management Department; Executive Officer | Executive Board | 2024 | 55 |
| Naoki Shibuya | Senior Managing Executive Officer | Senior Management | - | - |
| Mineo Kawashima | Executive Officer | Senior Management | - | - |
| Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2026 | XY |
| Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2026 | XY |
| Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2026 | XY |
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