| 1962-07-22 |
On July 22, 1962, opened 'Tonkatsu Hamakatsu' in Kajiyamachi, Nagasaki City. That was the beginning of everything. |
| 1962-07-22 |
On July 22, 1962, opened Nagasaki's first tonkatsu specialty store 'Hamkatsu' in Kajiyamachi. |
| 1962-07-22 |
Founded Tonkatsu Hamakatsu in Kajiyamachi, Nagasaki City. |
| 1964-03-07 |
Established Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. |
| 1968-11-17 |
Opened 'Kyodo Cuisine Annex Hamkatsu' (now Nagasaki Shippoku Cuisine Specialty Store 'Shippoku Hamkatsu'). |
| 1970-06-13 |
Established Hamkatsu Shoji Co., Ltd. (legal surviving company) with capital of 1.3 million yen. |
| 1973-04-01 |
Capital of 1 million yen, renamed to Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. in April 1973, and absorbed into Hamkatsu Shoji Co., Ltd. on March 1, 1979. |
| 1974 |
Expanded to the metropolitan area within 5 years of chain development. |
| 1974-08-13 |
Opened the first chain store focusing on 'Nagasaki Champon' (now 'Nagasaki Champon') and 'Gyoza' in Nagasaki City (Ringer Hut Nagasaki Shukucho Store). |
| 1975 |
Affected by the prolonged recession, Ringer Hut decided to re-enter around 2005 after seeing the situation. |
| 1977-12-01 |
Newly established Tosu Factory in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture. |
| 1978-09-01 |
Opened the North Kyushu Headquarters (renamed Fukuoka Head Office in March 1983) in Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| 1979 |
The first store was Nagasaki's Shukumachi 'Nagasaki Chammen'. |
| 1981-03-01 |
Started selling Nagasaki Sara Udon. |
| 1982 |
In 1977, expanded into the Fukuoka metropolitan area and unified store names under 'Ringer Hut'. |
| 1982-02-01 |
Established Tokyo Headquarters (renamed Tokyo Head Office in March 1988) in Shinjuku, Tokyo. |
| 1982-03-01 |
Merged with Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. (capital at the time: 95 million yen). |
| 1982-03-01 |
Changed the name of Hamkatsu Shoji Co., Ltd. to Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. |
| 1983-03-01 |
Relocated the Fukuoka headquarters to Mugino, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 1983-06-01 |
Established a new Saga factory in Higashiseibu Village, Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture |
| 1983-08-01 |
Renamed Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. to Ringer Hut Co., Ltd. |
| 1984-09-28 |
Opened the first Kanto area store (37th store overall) in Yono City, Saitama Prefecture (Omiya Bypass Yono Store). |
| 1985-06-08 |
Opened Ringer Hut's 100th store (Fukuoka Ohashi Store) in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 1986 |
Opened the first Kanto area store (37th store overall). |
| 1986-10-01 |
Listed on the Fukuoka Securities Exchange |
| 1987-03-01 |
Established Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. (current consolidated subsidiary) to construct and maintain stores within our group |
| 1988 |
Established Saga Factory. |
| 1988-02-01 |
Established Hamasho Co., Ltd. to develop a chain of |
| 1988-09-01 |
Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| 1989-08-01 |
Established a new Fuji Koyama Factory in Oyama Town, Sunto District, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| 1991-06-09 |
Ringer Hut's 200th store (Musashimurayama Store) opened in Musashimurayama City, Tokyo |
| 1993 |
Established Fuji Koyama Factory. |
| 1995-11-01 |
Opened Employee License Owner Store No. 1 (Kumamoto Kenjun Store) |
| 1996-03-01 |
Launched a shareholder benefit program |
| 1996-04-01 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| 1996-08-01 |
Opened Kansai Area No. 1 Store (Cumulative No. 225 Store) in Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture (Higashi-Osaka Nishizutsumi Store) |
| 1996-08-01 |
Opened Chukyo Area No. 1 Store (Cumulative No. 230 Store) in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture (Aichi Okazaki Store) |
| 1997-04-01 |
Opened Shopping Center (SC) No. 1 Store (Cumulative No. 243 Store) in Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture (Omura Jusco Store) |
| 1997-11-01 |
Established Dazaifu Factory in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture as a dedicated pork cutlet factory |
| 1998-08-01 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Nishikokubunji, Tokyo |
| 1999-02-01 |
Established Waka Lan Co., Ltd. to expand a suburban chain of Japanese-style restaurants |
| 1999-03-01 |
Registered Hama Katsu Co., Ltd.'s shares as over-the-counter securities with the Japan Securities Dealers Association |
| 1999-10-01 |
Started experimental introduction of new POS cash registers and store PCs at Fukuoka Kasuga Store, expanding the number of stores from December of Heisei 9 (1997) |
| 2000-05-25 |
Ringer Hut's 300th store (Mitaka Iguchi store) opened in Mitaka City, Tokyo |
| 2000-07-01 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2001 |
The 200th store opened. |
| 2001-02-01 |
To expand the business of udon specialty stores, established Soko Kashiko Corporation, transferred one udon specialty store from Wakaran Corporation, and two stores from our company |
| 2001-02-01 |
To expand the environmental development business within our group, acquired shares of Hamayuu Enterprise Corporation, and changed the company name to Ringer Hut Enterprise Corporation |
| 2001-06-01 |
Established Ringer Hut Information System Corporation to consolidate IT operations within our group |
| 2001-09-01 |
Established Ringer Hut Real Estate Corporation to consolidate location development operations within our group |
| 2001-11-01 |
Relocated the Fukuoka headquarters to Toyo, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and consolidated the headquarters functions of our group companies |
| 2002-02-01 |
Designated to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange |
| 2002-07-01 |
Declared "Low Price Declaration" and sold "Nagasaki Champon 380 yen" as the new price |
| 2003 |
Faced management deterioration due to the burst of the bubble, and aimed for re-growth through the NPS (New Production System) introduced by Kazu Hide Yonehama. |
| 2003-03-01 |
Merged with Hamakatsu Corporation (capital stock at merger: 558,400 thousand yen) (current Hamakatsu Business Division) |
| 2003-07-14 |
Opened Ringer Hut's 400th store (Yokohama Seya store) in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 2004-09-01 |
Merged Nagasaki Hamakatsu Corporation as the surviving company with Wakaran Corporation and Soko Kashiko Corporation |
| 2004-11-01 |
Opened Ringer Hut China No.1 store in Qingdao City |
| 2004-11-01 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| 2005-09-01 |
Dissolved Ringer Hut Real Estate Corporation (current Location Development Department) (liquidation completed on February 9, 2004) |
| 2005-11-01 |
Delisted from the Osaka Securities Exchange First Section |
| 2006-12-01 |
Merged with Nagasaki Hamakatsu Corporation (capital stock at merger: 146,500 thousand yen) |
| 2007-03-01 |
Merged with Recc Corporation and Ringer Hut Information System Corporation |
| 2007-03-28 |
Opened Ringer Hut's 500th store (Fukuoka Hashimoto store) in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 2008-02-14 |
Opened Tonkatsu Hamakatsu's 100th store (Fukuoka Daimyo store) in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 2008-09 |
Became president in September 2008. |
| 2008-09 |
Wagae returned as president and implemented reforms such as closing 50 unprofitable stores. |
| 2008-09-01 |
Transition to a holding company system |
| 2009 |
Switched all seven types of vegetables to domestic products, pursuing safety and security. |
| 2010 |
Went public on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2000. |
| 2010-03-01 |
Price revision for Nagasaki Champon and Nagasaki Sara Udon for the first time in 6 years, including tax, 450 yen |
| 2010-03-01 |
Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award as the first domestic vegetable production and utilization expansion excellent business operator for the initiative of contracted cabbage cultivation |
| 2010-09-01 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Ota Ward, Tokyo |
| 2011 |
'Tonkatsu Hamkatsu' also opened its first store in the Kanto area and is expanding nationwide. |
| 2011-04-01 |
Received the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries General Food Bureau Director's Award in the food industry CO2 reduction promotion measures |
| 2011-05-01 |
第17回優良外食産業表彰 国産食材安定調達部門 農林水産大臣賞受賞 |
| 2011-10-01 |
Acquired the 'Nagasaki Takoyaki Hamakatsu' business from Takoyaki Hamakatsu Co., Ltd. (now WAKARAN Co., Ltd.), a wholly owned subsidiary |
| 2012-01-01 |
Implemented the domestic production of all vegetables used across all Ringer Hut stores |
| 2012-04-01 |
Established a joint venture with a local company and Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd. to operate our business in Thailand, forming a consolidated affiliated company, Champion Foods Co., Ltd. |
| 2012-06-01 |
Opened the first Ringer Hut store in Thailand, 'Bangkok K-Village store,' in Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2012-09-01 |
Relocated Dazaifu Factory within Saga Factory site, consolidating production and logistics bases in Saga for western Japan |
| 2013-03-01 |
Signed a franchise agreement with Ringer Hut America Inc. to open the first store in the United States, 'Ringer Hut Saratoga Store' |
| 2013-07-01 |
Relocated the group headquarters to Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo |
| 2014-09-01 |
Made the ingredients of gyoza 100% domestically produced |
| 2014-10-01 |
Opened the first Japanese cuisine business (Rokkaku Hamakatsu) in Hawaii |
| 2014-12-01 |
Opened the 800th Ringer Hut store in Nara City (Ito-Yokado Nara Store) |
| 2015 |
Faced management difficulties around 2005. |
| 2015-11-01 |
Renewed the Ringer Hut brand logo |
| 2016-04-01 |
Opened GYOZA-LABO, a gyoza specialty store (Seven Park Ario Kashiwa Store) |
| 2016-04-01 |
Renewed the Hamakatsu brand logo |
| 2016-07-01 |
Opened the 900th Ringer Hut store in Minato Ward, Tokyo (Shimbashi Ekimae Store, introducing bar-style) |
| 2016-11-01 |
Increased capital to 9 billion yen through issuance of 4 million new shares |
| 2018-02-01 |
Opened the first EveryBowl store in Hiroo, Minato-ku. |
| 2018-03-01 |
Opened the first Tonkatsu Daigaku store in Kasukabe City (Aeon Mall Kasukabe). |
| 2018-03-01 |
Acquired a factory in Kitayama City, Kyoto Prefecture. |
| 2019-05-01 |
Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. merged its Fukuoka headquarters and Tokyo branch and moved its headquarters to Tama City, Tokyo. |
| 2019-09-01 |
Opened Ringer Hut 1000 (Haneda Airport Terminal 1) in Ota City, Tokyo. |
| 2019-10-01 |
10th anniversary of domestic sourcing of vegetables used by the Ringer Hut Group. |
| 2020 |
On the verge of the 60th anniversary of founding in 2020. |
| 2020 |
Rebuilt the business structure in response to the spread of COVID-19, aiming to expand demand for frozen champon. |
| 2020-09-01 |
All domestically sourced wood ear mushrooms used in all Ringer Hut stores are now standardized to organic JAS-certified products. |
| 2021 |
In 2021, a history panel B1 (728 mm x 1030 mm) for Nagasaki Shukumachi store. |
| 2021 |
Announced a new vision, 'Ideal Dining Declaration,' aiming for the ideal dining table. |
| 2021-02-01 |
Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. moved its headquarters from Tama City to Fuchu City, Tokyo. |
| 2021-04-01 |
Established a Nomination and Compensation Committee. |
| 2021-08-01 |
Announced Ringer Hut Vision 2030 'Ideal Dining Declaration – To Your Ideal Dining Table'. |
| 2022 |
Ringer Hut Group 60th Anniversary (Reiwa 4, 2022). |
| 2022 |
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ringer Hut Group. |
| 2022-04-01 |
Moved to the Prime Market following the Tokyo Stock Exchange market reorganization. |
| 2022-07-01 |
60th anniversary of the founding of the Ringer Hut Group. |
| 2023-07-01 |
Closed the original Tonkatsu specialty store 'Ham-katsu' due to building deterioration. |
| 2023-09-01 |
Absorbed and merged with Miyata Co., Ltd. |
| 2024-12-01 |
Received the GAP Japan Award 2024 from the Japan GAP Association. |
