{{Short description|Japanese food services company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Ichibanya Co., Ltd. <br /> 株式会社壱番屋 | logo = Logo of Japanese restaurant chain Coco Ichibanya.png | image = Headquarters_of_ICHIBANYA.JPG | image_caption = Headquarters | type = Public | traded_as = {{tyo|7630}} | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1978|1}}<ref>[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]</ref> | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Ichinomiya, Aichi | location_country = Japan | location = | locations = 1,476 (January 2019)<ref name="english profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/info/profile.html |title=Company Profile |publisher=Ichibanya Co., Ltd. |access-date= 9 February 2019}}</ref> | area_served = Japan <br /> United States <br /> China <br /> Taiwan <br /> South Korea <br /> Thailand <br /> Malaysia <br /> Hong Kong <br> Singapore <br> Philippines <br /> Indonesia <br /> India <br /> Vietnam <br /> United Kingdom | key_people = Toshiya Hamajima, president and representative director | industry = Foodservice | products = Curry rice <br /> Ankake Spaghetti | services = | revenue = {{increase}} ¥48.29 billion (2023) | operating_income = {{increase}} ¥3.61 billion (2023) | net_income = {{decrease}} ¥2.54 billion (2023) | aum = | assets = {{decrease}} ¥42.43 billion (2023) | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 775 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/index.html}}<br />{{URL|http://www.ichibanyausa.com}}<br />{{URL|https://ichibanyaindia.com/}}<br />{{URL|https://ichibanya.uk/}}<br />{{URL|https://www.ichibanya.com.cn/}} | footnotes = | intl = }}
{{nihongo|'''Ichibanya Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社壱番屋|Kabushiki gaisha Ichiban'ya}} is a Japanese food services company based in Ichinomiya, Aichi.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/24/business/corporate-business/coco-ichibanya-curry-restaurant-chain-india/| title = Coco Ichibanya restaurant chain plans to sell Japanese curry ... to India | date = 24 September 2019 | work = The Japan Times|first1=Ayaka|last1=Maki|first2=Shoko|last2=Oda}}</ref>
==CoCo ICHIBANYA chain== thumb|CoCo Ichibanya Curry House restaurant [[File:Katsu-curry 002.jpg|thumb|Katsu curry]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=ココ壱番屋日本のレストランのリスト|url=http://tenpo.ichibanya.co.jp/search/shop/pc/top.php|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-date=1 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201081551/https://tenpo.ichibanya.co.jp/search/shop/pc/top.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ココ壱番屋外国のレストランのリスト|url=http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/shop/search/pdf/overseas_store.pdf|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618002431/http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/shop/search/pdf/overseas_store.pdf|archive-date=18 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The chain used to have an outlet in Malaysia, however, due to lack of popularity and poor business, Ichibanya recently{{When|date=February 2025}} shut down the outlet. The Curry House chain is by far the company's largest business.
* Japan: 1,304 branches<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/info/profile.html|title = Company profile}}</ref>
'''Current International Locations (Total: 181)''' *China: 46 *Taiwan: 24 *Hong Kong: 9 *South Korea: 36 *Thailand: 27 *Philippines: 12<ref>[https://cocoichibanya.mugengroup.ph/branches/ Branches of CURRY HOUSE CoCo ICHIBANYA in the Philippines.]</ref> *United States (Hawaii, Guam, California, Texas): 11 *Indonesia: 10 *Singapore: 4 *Vietnam: 2 *United Kingdom: 2<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curry House Ichibanya UK Japanese Restaurant London WC2H|url=https://ichibanya.uk/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=www.ichibanya.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref> *India: 2<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tatsuro |first1=Miyazumi |title=Japanese-style curry chain ups ante in India |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Food-Beverage/Japanese-style-curry-chain-ups-ante-in-India |access-date=8 November 2022 |publisher=Nikkei Asia |date=3 November 2022}}</ref>
'''Former International Location (Total: 1)''' * Malaysia: 1
thumb|Curry from a Hawaii location
===Halal and vegetarian===
The company has a vegetarian menu consisting of plant-based curry, and two outlets offering halal options in Akihabara and Shinjuku.
== Pasta de Coco ==
The company also operates 25 restaurants in Japan under the name Pasta de Coco.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Kasey|last1=Furutani|url =https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/affordable-curry-chain-coco-ichibanya-now-serves-vegan-soup-curry-010820| title = Affordable curry chain Coco Ichibanya now serves vegan soup curry| date = 8 January 2020 | work = Time Out }}</ref> It sells a pasta dish which is a kind of spaghetti with starchy sauce known as {{nihongo|Ankake spaghetti|あんかけスパゲッティ|ankake supagetti}}. This dish is one of the distinctive foods of the Nagoya metropolitan area.<ref name="google finance">{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/finance?q=7630 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130161346/http://www.google.com/finance?q=7630 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2015 |title=ICHIBANYA CO., LTD. (Public, TYO:7630) |publisher=Google, Inc. |access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="pasta de coco">{{cite web |url=http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/pasta/index.html |script-title=ja:パスタでココ |publisher=Ichibanya Co., Ltd. |access-date=24 December 2010 |language=ja}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|CoCo Ichibanya}} * [http://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/index.html CoCo ICHIBANYA's official web site] * [http://www.ichibanyausa.com CoCo ICHIBANYA USA's official web site]
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Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Category:Companies based in Aichi Prefecture Category:Food and drink companies established in 1982 Category:Fast-food chains of Japan Category:Fast-food franchises Category:Japanese restaurants Category:Restaurants in Japan Category:1982 establishments in Japan Category:Japanese curry