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ITO EN,LTD.

Ito En is Japan's leading tea company engaged in the manufacturing and sales of leaf tea (ryokucha, mugicha, oolong tea, etc.) and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea beverages, most notably its flagship 'Oi Ocha' green tea brand, which holds the Guinness World Record as the world's best-selling natural healthy RTD green tea. The company also operates Tully's Coffee Japan, a specialty coffee café chain with franchise operations across Japan, and has minority exposure to supplement sales in the US through Mason Distributors. Its competitive strengths lie in its vertically integrated supply chain spanning tea cultivation, processing, and nationwide direct-sales distribution, as well as strong brand equity built over more than five decades.

Market Cap
¥278B
US$1.77B
EV
¥284B
US$1.81B
Stock¥3,298▲+0.55%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
9.0
x
LTM EV/EBIT
12.0
x
LTM PER
64.5
x
LTM PBR
1.5
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-21.1%pt
10012
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Jun 2, 26Full-year FY2026/04 earnings announced
2Sep 2, 26Q1 FY2027/04 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
278BUS$1.77BMarket Cap74.2BUS$473M+ Debt63.6BUS$405M− Cash5.97BUS$38.0M− Inv. Sec.1.59BUS$10.1M+ NCI284BUS$1.81BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
401US$2.56B'22/4432US$2.75B'23/4454US$2.89B'24/4473US$3.01B'25/4498US$3.18B'26/4
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
30.1US$192M'22/429.9US$191M'23/433.6US$214M'24/431.7US$202M'25/430.2US$193M'26/4
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
12.9US$82.4M'22/412.9US$82.2M'23/415.7US$99.8M'24/414.2US$90.3M'25/43.47US$22.1M'26/4
Capital Structure
71%
29%
EquityD/E 0.41xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
99.9US$637M78.4US$500M'22/4108US$690M66.8US$426M'23/4114US$726M76.0US$485M'24/494.8US$605M73.1US$466M'25/481.2US$518M65.6US$419M'26/4
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 42.9%
1
Green Core Co., Ltd.
19.68%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
6.07%
3
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation (public interest foundation)
5.87%
4
Hachiro HONJO
2.70%
5
ITO EN,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.00%
6
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings,Ltd.
1.81%
7
Resona Bank, Limited
1.40%
8
Daisuke HONJO
1.22%
9
State Street Bank and Trust Company 505223
1.20%
10
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
0.94%
Management
13 officers
Hachiro HONJO
Director, Honorary Chairman
Aug 1964 Established Nihon Family Service Co., Ltd., Director Aug 1966 Established Frontier Seicha Co., Ltd., Director May 1969 Changed company name to Ito En, Ltd. May 1969 Managing Director Jun 1970 Senior Managing Director May 1978 Director, Vice President Apr 1987 Representative Director, Vice President May 1988 Representative Director, President Jul 2002 Chairman of the Board, ITO EN (North America) INC. May 2009 Representative Director, Chairman May 2011 Representative Director, Chairman, Chichiyasu Co., Ltd. Jun 2012 Chairman of the Board, ITO EN Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd. Nov 2015 Chairman of the Board, ITO EN (Hawaii) LLC May 2024 Director, Honorary Chairman (current)
1940-08-31
Daisuke HONJO
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Apr 1987 Joined the Company Jul 1990 Director May 1997 Managing Director May 2000 Senior Managing Director Jul 2002 Representative Director, Vice President May 2009 Representative Director, President (current) Feb 2015 Chairman of the Board, Distant Lands Trading Co. May 2019 Executive Officer (current)
1963-10-07
Shusuke HONJO
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer; CDO; in charge of Marketing Headquarters; in charge of Group System DX Headquarters; General Manager, Sales Headquarters
Apr 1994 Joined the Company Jul 2003 Director May 2005 Managing Director May 2008 Senior Managing Director May 2010 Director, Vice President Aug 2014 Representative Director, Vice President (current) May 2018 General Manager, Sales Headquarters (current) May 2019 Executive Officer (current) May 2021 CDO (current) May 2022 In charge of Marketing Headquarters (current) Feb 2024 Representative Director, Tully's Coffee Japan Co., Ltd. (current); Representative Director, Chichiyasu Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Group System DX Headquarters May 2025 In charge of Group System DX Headquarters (current) May 2026
1967-09-27
Etsuhisa NAKANO
Director, Managing Executive Officer; CSO; in charge of CSR & D Headquarters; General Manager, Manufacturing Headquarters; General Manager, SCM Headquarters
Mar 1989 Joined the Company May 2010 General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Headquarters Jul 2010 Director May 2014 Managing Director May 2015 General Manager, Regional Distribution Sales Headquarters May 2019 Director (current); Managing Executive Officer (current); General Manager, Production Headquarters May 2022 In charge of Logistics Headquarters May 2023 CSO (current) May 2026 General Manager, SCM Headquarters (current); General Manager, Manufacturing Headquarters (current); in charge of R&D Headquarters (current)
1966-06-27
Shigeru KAMIYA
Director, Managing Executive Officer; CLO; in charge of General Planning Department, Group Management Promotion Department, Supply Chain Strategy Department and Group Purchasing Department; Special Assignment
Mar 1982 Joined the Company May 2012 Executive Officer; General Manager, Regional Mass Retail Sales Headquarters Jul 2014 Director May 2016 Managing Director May 2019 In charge of Regional Distribution Sales Headquarters; Director (current); Managing Executive Officer (current) May 2021 General Manager, Tokyo & Chiba Regional Sales Headquarters May 2022 In charge of Regional Mass Retail Sales Headquarters May 2023 In charge of General Planning Department (current) May 2024 Special Assignment (current) May 2025 In charge of Group Management Promotion Department (current); in charge of Supply Chain Strategy Department (current); CLO (current); in charge of Group Purchasing Department (current) May 2026
1959-09-15
Yosuke Jay Oceanbright HONJO
Director, Executive Officer; in charge of U.S. Business
Mar 1992 Joined the Company May 2001 President & CEO, ITO EN (North America) INC. (current) Jul 2002 Director (current) May 2006 CEO, Mason Distributors, Inc. (current) Feb 2015 CEO, Distant Lands Trading Co. (current) Nov 2015 CEO/COO, ITO EN (Hawaii) LLC (current) May 2023 Executive Officer, in charge of U.S. Business (current)
1966-11-29
Atsushi HIRATA
Director, Managing Executive Officer; CHRO, CFO; in charge of Internal Control; General Manager, Administration Headquarters
May 1988 Joined the Company May 2010 Executive Officer May 2012 General Manager, Administration Headquarters May 2014 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Headquarters May 2016 General Manager, Administration Headquarters (current) May 2019 Managing Executive Officer (current); in charge of Internal Control (current) Jul 2020 Director (current) May 2022 In charge of Compliance May 2023 CHRO (current) May 2025 CFO (current)
1963-07-25
Hideo TAKANO
Director
Apr 1977 Joined Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Apr 2006 General Manager, General Affairs Division, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Apr 2009 Director and Secretary General, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Apr 2012 Managing Director, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Oct 2015 Executive Managing Director, Japan Retail Association Nov 2015 Chairman, Japan Folk Craft Technique Preservation Association (general incorporated foundation) Jun 2016 Standing Advisor, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry May 2019 Advisor, Japan Retail Association (current) Jul 2020 Director, Ito En (current)
1951-07-25
Keiko ABE
Director
Jun 1994 Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo Apr 1996 Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Apr 2008 Research Advisor, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (currently Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology) Apr 2010 Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Jun 2010 Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2022 Director, Ito En (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd. (current)
1947-03-08
Kiyoshi KONDO
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Aug 1989 Joined the Company May 1999 General Manager, South Tokyo Sales Department May 2002 General Manager, Third Sales Promotion Department May 2009 General Manager, Vending Machine Department May 2012 General Manager, Internal Audit Office May 2014 General Manager, Regional Sales Management Headquarters May 2019 General Manager, Sales Management Headquarters May 2020 Executive Officer May 2022 Advisor Jul 2023 Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current)
1962-02-10
Yuichi USUI
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Oct 1976 Joined Metropolitan Police Department Feb 1994 Deputy Commander, 7th Riot Police Unit, Metropolitan Police Department Oct 2005 Chief, Personnel Division No. 2, Metropolitan Police Department Feb 2010 Chief, Community Affairs Division, Metropolitan Police Department Apr 2011 Joined Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Personnel & General Affairs Department Apr 2012 Executive Officer; General Manager, CSR Promotion Department, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 Managing Executive Officer, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. Apr 2015 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. Apr 2018 Director, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Representative, Usui Office (current) Jul 2018 Director, Ito En Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Ohsho Food Service Corporation (current) Jul 2023 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current)
1951-09-23
Hitoshi YOKOKURA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1992 Joined Asahi Shinwa Audit Corporation (currently Azsa LLC) Mar 1995 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Jan 2002 Opened Yokokura CPA Office Dec 2007 Registered as Attorney-at-law (Tokyo Bar Association); joined Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa Law Offices (currently Anderson Mori & Tomotsune) Apr 2014 Partner Attorney, Waseda Legal Commons Law Office (current) Jul 2017 External Auditor, Minori Audit Corporation Jun 2020 Outside Director, Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Ito En May 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2023 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current)
1969-05-30
Yoshihiko OKUDA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Mar 1976 Joined Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2004 Deputy Judge, Fukuoka National Tax Tribunal Jul 2006 Deputy Head, Kokura Tax Office Jul 2009 Professor, Professional Education Department, National Tax College Jul 2013 Head, Kanoya Tax Office Apr 2015 Head, Yokohama Branch, Tokyo National Tax Tribunal Apr 2017 Head, Takamatsu National Tax Tribunal Mar 2018 Assigned to Office of the Commissioner, National Tax Agency Jun 2018 Registered Certified Tax Accountant Mar 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Milbon Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2024 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current) Jun 2026 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Tokyo Enesys Co., Ltd.
1957-08-20
Large Shareholding Reports
Green Core Co., Ltd.
2026-04-23
19.03%→19.31%
Annual report (as of 2026-04-30): 19.68%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-09-01
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Apr 2027
EDINET
2026-07-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2025 – Apr 2026
EDINET
2026-04-23
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-03-02
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Apr 2026
EDINET
2025-12-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2025 – Apr 2026
TDnet
2025-09-01
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Apr 2026
EDINET
2025-07-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2024 – Apr 2025
TDnet
2025-03-03
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Apr 2025
EDINET
2024-12-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2024 – Apr 2025
TDnet
2024-09-02
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Apr 2025
EDINET
2024-07-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2023 – Apr 2024
EDINET
2024-03-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
EDINET
2023-12-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Aug 2023 – Oct 2023
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2023-09-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: May 2023 – Jul 2023
EDINET
2023-07-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: May 2022 – Apr 2023
EDINET
2023-03-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Nov 2022 – Jan 2023
EDINET
2022-12-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-09-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-07-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-09-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-07-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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