Company Profile
| Name | OHMORIYA CO., LTD. |
| Head office | 1-1-60 Nishikujo, Konohana-ku, Osaka, 554-0012, Japan |
| Foundation | April 1927 |
| Establishment | March 1955 |
| Capital | 814.34 million yen |
| Representative | Tatsuro Inano |
| Sales | 18,060million yen (fiscal year ended September 30, 2020) |
| Number of employees | 371 |
| Business description Manufacture and sale of | (1) Seaweed products and other seaweed-derived products (2) Seasoned powders “Furikake” / Dried seasonings for green tea over cooked rice “Ochazuke” / Dried seasonings for soups, etc., |
New head office
Our new head office was completed in August 2021.
Locations
- Osaka head office
- Tokyo branch
- Sendai sales office
- Nagoya branch
- Okayama branch
- Hiroshima office
- Fukuoka office
- Fukuoka plant
- Hirokawa plant
- Kansai logistics centerer
Subsidiary:
OHMORIYA SHANGHAI TRADING CO., LTD.
Awards, certifications, and stock listing
Ohmoriya is the only seaweed manufacturer listed on a stock exchange in Japan.
| February 1962 | Received the Osaka Prefectural Governor’s Award for Product Excellence. |
| March 1966 | Received the Fisheries Agency Commissioner’s Award for product excellence. |
| October 1966 | Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award for Product Excellence. |
| May 2003 | ISO9001:2000 version certified. |
| December 2004 | Listed on JASDAQ Stock Exchange Co., Ltd. |
| 2020 | “Bari Bari Shokunin” received the 39th Excellent Food Hit Award by The Japan Food Journal. |
History
| March 1955 | Ohmoriya Co., Ltd. was established in Ono-cho, Fukushima-ku, Osaka City with a capital of 4.5 million yen for the purpose of manufacturing and selling processed nori. Yoshinori Kusunose was the company’s first president. |
| July 1955 | Completed construction of new factory and raw material warehouse in 16-cho, Fukushima-ku, Osaka. |
| September 1956 | Moved head office to 16-cho, Fukushima-ku, Osaka. |
| February 1962 | Received the Osaka Prefectural Governor’s Award for Product Excellence. |
| April 1964 | Appointed Yoshiko Kusunose as president. |
| March 1966 | Received the Fisheries Agency Commissioner’s Award for Product Excellence. |
| May 1966 | Completed construction of new head office in Noda, Fukushima-ku, Osaka. |
| October 1966 | Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award for Product Excellence. |
| October 1969 | Opened Tokyo Representative Office (current Tokyo Branch). |
| June 1970 | Completed construction of Fukuoka Plant in Yamato-cho, Yamato-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| April 1971 | Opened Fukuoka Sales Office in Fukuoka City to develop sales channels in Kyushu area. |
| January 1972 | Completed construction of Osaka Distribution Center in Konohana-ku, Osaka. |
| June 1973 | Completed second phase expansion of Fukuoka Plant. |
| June 1976 | Completed construction of new Tokyo branch building in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. |
| November 1977 | Appointed Koji Inano as president. |
| October 1979 | Relocated Osaka Distribution Center to Yamaguchi-cho, Nishinomiya City, and changed name to Kansai Logistics Center. |
| January 1980 | Relocated Osaka Factory to Nishikujo, Konohana-ku (closed in July 1989). |
| September 1980 | Started manufacture and sales of “Shirasu Furikake”. |
| November 1985 | Completed third phase expansion of Fukuoka Plant. |
| November 1986 | Completed construction of Ohmori Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. Kyushu Plant (currently Our Hirokawa Plant) as a processing seaweed manufacturing plant exclusively for our company. |
| February 1989 | Established sales headquarters system in order to strengthen the sales system, divided into five regions across Japan, and introduced a block system. |
| July 1989 | Established Special Sales System in order to strengthen sales of commercial products. |
| October 1990 | Renamed head office sales department the Osaka branch. |
| June 1993 | Started manufacture and sales of new Ochazuke nori assortment series. |
| March 1994 | Started manufacture and sales of “Ryokuoyasai Furikake”. |
| June 1995 | Registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and issued over-the-counter shares. |
| April 1998 | Merged with Ohmori Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. |
| March 1999 | Moved Special Sales Division to the former Osaka Distribution Center in Nishikujo, Konohana-ku. |
| March 1999 | Started manufacture and sales of Ochazuke-tei. |
| November 2000 | Acquired ISO9002 certification, an international standard for quality assurance. |
| July 2001 | Started manufacture and sales of “Osuimono-tei”. |
| May 2003 | ISO9001:2000 version certified. |
| December 2004 | Listed on JASDAQ Stock Exchange Co., Ltd. |
| February 2005 | Started manufacture and sales of “Shjijimi Wakame Soup”. |
| August 2008 | Started manufacture and sales of “KariKari Ume” series. |
| April 2010 | Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange (JASDAQ market) following the merger of the JASDAQ Securities Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| April 2013 | Appointed Ryuhei Inano as president. |
| July 2013 | The Osaka Securities Exchange’s merged its cash-equity trading platforms with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (JASDAQ market) as a business combination and market integration. |
| June 2017 | Appointed Tatsuro Inano as president. |
| May 2018 | Nishinomiya laboratory changed its name to Kansai laboratory. |
| October 2018 | Integrated Special Sales Division with Sales Division. |
| August 2021 | Completed construction of new head office building and moved to 1-1-60 Nishikujo, Konohana-ku, Osaka City (current location) |