History: 2011–2020

2011–2020

Feb. 2011 Established ZENSHO (THAILAND) CO., LTD. to operate Sukiya in Thailand.
May. 2011 Established Zensho Spin-Off Preparation Co., Ltd. (currently Sukiya Co., Ltd.).
Oct. 2011 Shifted to a holding company structure to start global business development and changed the corporate name from Zensho Co., Ltd. to Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd.
Changed the corporate name from Zensho Spin-Off Preparation Co., Ltd. to Zensho Co., Ltd. (currently Sukiya Co., Ltd.).
Established ZENSHO FOOD DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. to operate Sukiya in Mexico.
Dec. 2011 Established GFF CO., LTD. to expand manufacturing function.
Mar. 2012 Established ZENSHO FOODS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. to operate Sukiya in Malaysia.
Apr. 2012 Established Zensho Business Service Co., Ltd. to promote employment of challenged persons and to support their self-reliance.
Oct. 2012 Established Zensho Clean Energy Co., Ltd. to conduct power generation business using natural energy sources and to supply and sell the electricity.
Nov. 2012 Acquired Maruya Co., Ltd. (currently JOY MART CO., LTD.) to enter retail business.
Jan. 2013 Established Zensho Rice Co., Ltd. in the manufacturing and sales business to sell brown and milled rice.
Apr. 2013 Established Zensho Taiwan Co., Ltd. to operate Sukiya in Taiwan.
Established PT. ZENSHO INDONESIA. to operate Sukiya in Indonesia.
May. 2013 Acquired Pocino Foods Company in the U.S. to expand business and manufacturing function.
Oct. 2013 Acquired Maruei Co., Ltd. (currently JOY MART CO., LTD.) to expand retail business.
Dec. 2013 Established Nihon Retail Holdings, Co., Ltd. to oversee retail business.
Jan. 2014 Acquired Kaigo Service Kagayaki Co., Ltd. (currently Kagayaki Co., Ltd.) to enter the nursing care business.
Jun. 2014 Zensho Co., Ltd. (currently Sukiya Co., Ltd.) split off Kita-Nihon Sukiya Co., Ltd., Kanto Sukiya Co., Ltd., Tokyo Sukiya Co., Ltd., Chubu Sukiya Co., Ltd., Kansai Sukiya Co., Ltd., Chu-Shikoku Sukiya Co., Ltd, and Kyushu Sukiya Co., Ltd. as successor companies, to establish a local community-based restaurant management structure.
Aug. 2014 Acquired Owariya Co., Ltd. (currently JOY MART CO., LTD.) to expand retail business.
Oct. 2014 A Dining Co., Ltd. succeeded restaurant business and fast-food business from Zensho Co. Ltd. (currently Sukiya Co., Ltd.) by absorption-type split, to enable Zensho Co. Ltd. to concentrate, expand and further develop the Sukiya business.
Jan. 2015 Established Zensho USA Corporation to oversee Americas business.
Feb. 2015 Established Zensho Factory Holdings Co., Ltd. to oversee production department.
Apr. 2015 Established ZENSHO CooCa Co., Ltd. to introduce original e-money.
May. 2015 Established Kagayaki Nursery Facilities Co., Ltd. to operate in-house nursery facilities.
Jun. 2015 Acquired Mizushita Farm Co., Ltd. to expand livestock business.
Jul. 2015 TAG-1 Co., Ltd. succeeded restaurant business by absorption-type split and Zensho Café Co., Ltd. succeeded fast-food business by business transfer from A Dining Co., Ltd. to expand the business as a specialty restaurant.
TR Factory Co., Ltd. succeeded manufacturing business of frozen pizza, etc. from Tolona Japan Co., Ltd. by absorption-type split, to streamline the operation through separation of the sales and manufacturing functions.
Jan. 2016 Established ZENSHO VIETNAM CO., LTD. to operate Sukiya in Vietnam.
Apr. 2016 ZENSHO ICHIBAN MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. acquired fast-food business to expand it in Malaysia.
Jul. 2016 Established Katsuan Co., Ltd. to expand fast-food business.
Sep. 2016 Kyubeiya Co., Ltd. and Setoudon Co., Ltd. succeeded fast-food business from A Dining Co., Ltd. by absorption-type split to expand the business as a specialty restaurant.
Nov. 2016 Acquired Royalhouse Ishioka Co., Ltd. and Senior Support Co., Ltd. to expand the nursing care business.
Established Zensho China Holdings Co., Ltd. to oversee China business.
Acquired Fujita Cooperation Co., Ltd. (currently JOY MART CO., LTD.) to expand retail business.
Apr. 2017 Established Zensho Insurance Service Co., Ltd. to operate non-life insurance agency services.
May. 2017 Established Olive Hill Co., Ltd. to expand restaurant business.
Jun. 2017 Established Nihon Kaigo Holdings Co., Ltd. to oversee the nursing care business.
Jul. 2017 Acquired NYEREG Co., Ltd. to expand the nursing care business.
Dec. 2017 Atack Co., Ltd. (currently JOY MART CO., LTD.) succeeded retail business by absorption-type split to expand it.
May. 2018 Established ZENSHO JAPANESE RESTAURANT COMPANY PTE. LTD. to expand fast-food business in Singapore.
Aug. 2018 Established ZENSHO (PHILIPPINES), INC. to operate Sukiya in Philippines.
Oct. 2018 Established ZENSHO HONG KONG CO., LTD. to operate Sukiya in Hong Kong.
Nov. 2018 Acquired Advanced Fresh Concepts Corp. to enter take-out sushi business in USA. Acquired I Medicare Co., Ltd. to expand the nursing care business.
Jan. 2019 Established Nihon Restaurant Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Zensho Global Restaurant Holdings Co., Ltd.) to oversee restaurant business.
Feb. 2019 Established ZENSHO SOUTH EAST ASIA HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. to oversee Southeast Asia business.
Established ZENSHO HOLDINGS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. to oversee Malaysia business.
May. 2019 Acquired TCRS Restaurants Sdn. Bhd. to expand fast-food business in Malaysia.
Jun. 2019 Established JinZai Co., Ltd. to realize a society where people can co-exist with various international human resources.
Aug. 2019 Converted Jolly-Pasta Co., Ltd. into a wholly owned subsidiary by the share exchange (Delisted).
Dec. 2019 Established Zensho Europe Holdings B.V. to oversee Europe business.
Acquired Worldfood To Go, S.L. to enter take-out-sushi business in Spain.
Feb. 2020 Converted Coco’s Japan Co., Ltd. into a wholly owned subsidiary by the share exchange (Delisted).
Mar. 2020 Sukiya Honbu Co., Ltd., as the surviving company, merged with nine regional Sukiya companies, as the dissolving companies, to streamline Sukiya management.
Changed the corporate name from Sukiya Honbu Co., Ltd. to Sukiya Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020 Established Zensho Store Support Co., Ltd. to promote employment of challenged persons and to support their self-reliance.
Aug. 2020 Acquired Seiun Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. to enter brewing business.