Kirin: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Kirin (TSE: 2503) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 6 consumer brands.[1]
Kirin Holdings traces to a brewery founded by an American in Yokohama in 1869 and took its present corporate form in 1907. It is one of the two dominant Japanese brewers and has diversified into pharmaceuticals and health science, holding a majority of biotech company Kyowa Kirin.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1907
- Tickers
- TSE: 2503
- Wikidata
- Q1052411
- Website
- www.kirinholdings.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Kirin in numbers
- Kirin owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 6 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside Japan.
Everything Kirin owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Kirin own?
Kirin owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Kirin Lemon, Four Roses, Kirin Lager, Kirin Ichiban, Kirin Hyoketsu and Gogo no Kocha.
Is Kirin a Japanese company?
Yes. Kirin is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1907.
Who owns Kirin?
Kirin is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2503 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] Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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