Company Profile
Company Profile
| Company name | TENTAKAKU Co., Ltd. |
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| Representative | Kurihara Kiyoshi (Representative Director and President) |
| Address | 1555-1 Hibari, Imizu-Shi, Toyama, 939-0351 Japan |
| Tel | +81-766-56-9988(Representative) |
| Capital | JPY 30,400,000 |
| Established | August 24th 1993 |
| Number of Employees | 100 employees |
| Business Line | Ramen restaurant management, Chinese noodles manufacturing, Online shopping, Event Exhibition, Franchise Business (overseas) |
Company history
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| Store development | Main events | |
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| 1992 | November Established Ramen Restaurant in Kanazawa City |
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| 1993 | December • Opened Kosugi Branch (then became the head office) Started selling Toyama Black Soy Sauce Ramen |
August Established ZATORA Limited |
| 2003 | April Established Toyama Black Menya Iroha Note: Started selling "Toyama Black" and "White Shrimp" Note: It was the first time to officially use "Toyama Black" as store name and menu name since then. November • Opened CiC branch in Toyama Station (directly-managed branch) |
January Exhibited "Shinsousui Ramen" at the Toyama Ramen Festival and became topic of conversation December Management innovation plan was approved by Toyama governor |
| 2005 | January Entity Conversion to TENTAKAKU Co., Ltd October Started selling Black and White Ramen online |
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| 2006 | March Established first store outside the prefecture (run for 3 years) in "Hamamatsu Bengara Yokocho" |
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| 2007 | September Opened Tokyo Odaiba restaurant "Ramen Kokugikan" (run for 1 year) |
Note: A series of television interviews focused on Odaiba restaurant; Toyama Black had a big breakthrough since then. |
| 2008 | October Opened EAON Kahoku branch in Ishikawa Prefecture (run for 6 years) |
May Odaiba store was introduced in NHK "Kaitai-Shin Show" |
| 2009 | January • Opened Kyoto Ekibiru Branch (directly-managed branch) April • Opened Ebina VinaWalk Branch (directly-managed branch) |
April Started selling "Cup Noodle" and "Baby Star Ramen" nationwide via Circle K Sunkus May Champion at 1st Tokyo Ramen Show 2009 (Sold 4041 bowls in 3 days) Media rushed |
| 2010 | March Opened Matto branch in Ishikwaa (run for 7 years) December Opened Toyama Prefecture Tonami Branch (run for 3 years) |
June Received Special Achievement Award from Toyama Prefecture Tourism Federation October Received the "Toyama Prefecture Governor's Award" from the Toyama Prefecture Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation November Champion at 2nd Tokyo Ramen Show, the 2nd successive championship Record: 13,355 bowls in 5days |
| 2011 | July Opened Singapore branch (run for 2 years) September Opened Ikebukuro Tobu branch (run for 1 year) |
June Joint Event opened in China, Beijing, Japan Ramen in Yokocho (for 6 months) October Appeared on NTV "World Assumption News Special" November Champion at the 3rd Tokyo Ramen Show, the 3nd successive championship Record: 14,585 bowls in 5 days |
| 2012 | June Opened Los Angeles branch (run for 2 years) October Opened 2nd Los Angeles branch (run for 2 years) |
April Owner Kiyoshi Kurihara attended a TV Tokyo's show called "Poverty escape strategy of love" as an expert June Received the "Toyama Director of Sightseeing and Local Development" Award November Joint the 4th Tokyo Ramen Show. Achieved 4 consecutive victories as Toyama team Record: 14,645 bowls in 5days |
| 2013 | March • Opened Hong Kong Branch (1st restaurant FC) July Opened Musashi Koyama branch in Tokyo (run for 2 years) |
February Joint "Iron Chef" event in Indonesia for 17 days Collaborated with Mr. Chen Kenichi November Live on NHK show "Tensai Telebi Kun" |
| 2014 | June • Opened Wuhan branch in China (FC) |
November Champion at 6th Tokyo Ramen Show 2014 Record: 10,999 bowls in 5 days |
| 2015 | April Opened Shanghai branch (FC) • Opened Wuhan 2nd branch (FC) October • Opened Akihabara branch in Tokyo(company directly managed restaurant) November Opened Shanghai 2nd branch (FC) |
July Appeared on TV Tokyo "Future Century Zipangu" December Released collaborative product with Lawson Frequently develop new products 2-3 times a year |
| 2016 | March Opened Thai branch in Bangkok (FC) April • Opened Toyama Airport branch (company directly managed restaurant) July Opened Shanghai 3rd branch (FC) December Opened Taiwan 1st branch (FC) Opened Shanghai 4th branch (FC) |
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| 2017 | September • Opened Shanghai 5th branch (FC) December • Opened Hanoi Branch in Vietnam (FC) |
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| 2018 | August • Opened Foshan Branch in China (FC) • Opened Matsuyama Avenue Branch in Ehime Prefecture (FC) September • Opened Thai 2nd branch (FC) |
October Recognized as the largest store in 10 consecutive years at the 10th Tokyo Ramen Show (this time we sold Halal Ramen) Note: The efforts to make Halal Ramen are broadcast live on NHK nationwide, and the same news continues to be transmitted many times later. December "Toyama Black" Ramen started selling at the event of 260 Kagetsu Arashi stores nationwide. |
| 2019 | January Opened Changzhou Branch in China (FC) June • Opened Taoyuan Airport Branch in Taiwan (FC) December • Opened Taoyuan Airport 2nd branch in Taiwan(FC) |
March Started selling Toyama Black Noodle Cup nationwide via Sanyo Foods. April Produced menu for No1 [KU:] Ramen Izakaya Bar, Moscow Also introduced in the Aero Aircraft Magazine |
| The symbols marked " • "are existing branches. |