Ichibanya Explained

Ichibanya Co., Ltd.
株式会社壱番屋
Type:Public
Foundation:[1]
Location City:Ichinomiya, Aichi
Location Country:Japan
Locations:1,476 (January 2019)[2]
Area Served:Japan
United States
China
Taiwan
South Korea
Thailand
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Singapore
Philippines
Indonesia
India
Vietnam
United Kingdom
Key People:Toshiya Hamajima, president and representative director
Industry:Foodservice
Products:Curry rice
Ankake Spaghetti
Revenue: ¥48.29 billion (2023)
Operating Income: ¥3.61 billion (2023)
Net Income: ¥2.54 billion (2023)
Assets: ¥42.43 billion (2023)
Num Employees:775
Homepage:



is a Japanese food services company based in Ichinomiya, Aichi.[3]

CoCo ICHIBANYA chain

ICHIBANYA Co., Ltd. owns the top curry rice restaurant chain in Japan, Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA or usually just CoCo ICHIBAN or CoCo ICHI. The chain owns both direct and franchise restaurants in a total of thirteen countries: United States, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Japan and India.[4] [5] The chain used to have an outlet in Malaysia, however, due to lack of popularity and poor business, Ichibanya recently shut down the outlet. The Curry House chain is by far the company's largest business.

Current International Locations (Total: 175)

Former International Location (Total: 1)

Halal and vegetarian

The company has a vegetarian menu consisting of plant-based curry and two outlets offering halal option in Akihabara and Shinjuku.

Pasta de Coco

The company also operates 25 restaurants in Japan under the name Pasta de Coco.[9] It sells a pasta dish which is a kind of spaghetti with starchy sauce known as . This dish is one of the distinctive foods of the Nagoya metropolitan area.[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.ichibanya.co.jp/comp-en/history.html#:~:text=January%2C%201978,cho%2C%20in%20outskirts%20of%20Nagoya. History | ICHIBANYA CO.,LTD. Company Information - CoCo壱番屋
  2. Web site: Company Profile . Ichibanya Co., Ltd. . 9 February 2019.
  3. News: Coco Ichibanya restaurant chain plans to sell Japanese curry ... to India . 24 September 2019 . The Japan Times.
  4. Web site: ココ壱番屋日本のレストランのリスト.
  5. Web site: ココ壱番屋外国のレストランのリスト. 26 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130618002431/http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/shop/search/pdf/overseas_store.pdf. 18 June 2013. dead.
  6. Web site: Company profile.
  7. Web site: Curry House Ichibanya UK Japanese Restaurant London WC2H. 2020-12-02. www.ichibanya.uk. en-GB.
  8. News: Tatsuro . Miyazumi . Japanese-style curry chain ups ante in India . 8 November 2022 . Nikkei Asia . 3 November 2022.
  9. News: Affordable curry chain Coco Ichibanya now serves vegan soup curry. 8 January 2020 . Time Out .
  10. Web site: ICHIBANYA CO., LTD. (Public, TYO:7630) . https://web.archive.org/web/20150130161346/http://www.google.com/finance?q=7630 . dead . 30 January 2015 . Google, Inc. . 24 December 2010.
  11. Web site: http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/pasta/index.html . ja:パスタでココ . Ichibanya Co., Ltd. . 24 December 2010 . ja.