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History

1978
January

Opened the first restaurant, "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Nishi-Biwajima-cho, in outskirts of Nagoya.

1981
January

Launched the Bloom System (goodwill system for employees who wish to start up their own business).

1982
July

ICHIBANYA CO.,LTD. was established.

1983
July

Aichi Plant completed.

1994
May

Opened restaurants in all 47 prefectures in Japan.
Opened the 300th restaurant (Toyohashi Iwata restaurant).

June

CoCo ICHI HAWAII, INC., opened CoCo ICHIBANYA as the first overseas base restaurant in Oahu, Hawaii.

1997
October

Saga Plant completed.

1999
August

Tochigi Plant completed.

2000
February

Began offering company's stock through over-the-counter trading.

2004
March

Began listing shares in the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Second Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

September

Opened Shanghai Zhongshan Park "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Shanghai as the first restaurant in China.

December

Opened the 1000th restaurant (Naka-ku Kannai Bashamichi restaurant).

2005
May

Began listing shares in the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and First Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

September

Opened Taipei Hankou "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Taipei as the first restaurant in Taiwan.

2008
March

Opened Gangnam "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Seoul as the first restaurant South Korea.

August

Opened "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" Esplanade Ratchada store in Bangkok as the first restaurant in thailand.

2010
June

Opened Crocodile center "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Kowloon as the first restaurant in Hong Kong.

2011
February

Opened Palm Plaza Torrance "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in California as the first restaurant in the mainland of the United States.

September

Opened 313@somerset "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Orchard as the first restaurant in Singapore.

2013
January

Certified as the largest curry restaurant chain in the world by the Guinness World Records™

Guinness World Records™ is a registered trademark of Guinness World Records Limited.

December

Opened Grand Indonesia Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Jakarta City as the first restaurant in the Indonesia.

2014
January

Opened ICHIBANYA MUSEUM in Kiyosu city, Aichi.

2015
February

Opened 1 Utama Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Petaling Jaya as the first restaurant in Malaysia.

March

Opened Estancia Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Pasig as the first restaurant in Philippines.

December

Became a consolidated subsidiary of HOUSE FOODS GROUP INC. by take-over bid.

2017
September

Opened Halal Akihabara Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Tokyo as the first Halal CoCo ICHIBANYA restaurant.

2018
August

Opened Landmark 81 Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Ho Chi Minh City as the first restaurant in Viet Nam.

December

Opened Leicester Square Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in London as the first restaurant in UK.

2020
February

All plants (Aichi Plant, Saga Plant, Tochigi Plant) are FSSA22000 certified.

August

Opened Cyber Hub Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" in Haryana as the first restaurant in India.

October

Acquired a plant factory from AGP CORPORATION.

December

Acquired 100% ownership of Daikoku Shoji CO.,LTD.

2022
April

Transition to Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market and Nagoya Stock Exchange Premier Market.

2023
March

Acquired 100% ownership of Takei CO.,LTD.

December

Acquired 100% ownership of LFD JAPAN CO.,LTD.

2025
January

Acquired 100% ownership of KOZOU Co.,Ltd.

May

Opened Guam Donki Store "CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA" as the first restaurant in Guam.

December

Acquired 100% ownership of GAKU Co.,Ltd.

2026
March

Acquired 100% ownership of me Co.,Ltd.