Ringer Hut Co., Ltd.

On July 22, 1962, 'Tonkatsu Hamkatsu' opened in Kajiyamachi, Nagasaki City. That was the beginning of everything.

On July 22, 1962, Nagasaki's first tonkatsu specialty store 'Hamkatsu' opened in Kajiyamachi.

Founded Tonkatsu Hamakatsu in Kajiyamachi, Nagasaki City.

Established Hamkatsu Co., Ltd.

Opened "Local Cuisine Annex Hamkatsu" (now Nagasaki Shippoku Cuisine Specialty Store "Shippoku Hamkatsu").

Established Hamkatsu Trading Co., Ltd. (the legal surviving company) with capital of 1.3 million yen.

Capital of 1 million yen, renamed to Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. in April 1973, and absorbed into Hamkatsu Trading Co., Ltd. on March 1, 1979.

Expanded to the metropolitan area within 5 years of chain development.

Opened the first chain store focusing on "Nagasaki Champon" (now "Nagasaki Champon") and "Gyoza" in Nagasaki City (Ringer Hut Nagasaki Shukucho Store).

Affected by the prolonged recession, Ringer Hut decided to re-enter around 2005 after seeing the situation.

Newly established Tosu Factory in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture.

Opened the North Kyushu Headquarters (renamed Fukuoka Headquarters in March 1983) in Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

The first store was 'Nagasaki Chammen' opened in Shukumachi, Nagasaki City.

Started selling Nagasaki Sara Udon.

In 1977, expanded into the Fukuoka metropolitan area and unified the store name to 'Ringer Hut'.

Opened Tokyo Headquarters (renamed Tokyo Main Office in March 1988) in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Merged with Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. (capital of 95 million yen at the time of merger).

Changed the name of Hamkatsu Trading Co., Ltd. to Hamkatsu Co., Ltd.

Relocated the Fukuoka headquarters to Mugino, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Established a new Saga factory in Higashiseibu Village, Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture

Renamed Hamkatsu Co., Ltd. to Ringer Hut Co., Ltd.

Opened the first Kanto area store (37th store overall) in Yono City, Saitama Prefecture (Omiya Bypass Yono Store).

Opened Ringer Hut's 100th store (Fukuoka Ohashi Store) in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Opened the first Kanto area store (37th store overall).

Listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange

Established Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. (current consolidated subsidiary) to construct and maintain stores within our group

Established Saga Factory.

Established Hamasho Co., Ltd. to develop a chain of

Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange

Established a new Fuji Koyama Factory in Oyama Town, Sunto District, Shizuoka Prefecture

Ringer Hut's 200th store (Musashimurayama Store) opened in Musashimurayama City, Tokyo

Established Fuji Koyama Factory.

Opened Employee License Owner Store No. 1 (Kumamoto Kenjun Store)

Launched a shareholder benefit program

Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo

Opened Kansai Area No. 1 Store (Cumulative No. 225 Store) in Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture (Higashi-Osaka Nishizutsumi Store)

Opened Chukyo Area No. 1 Store (Cumulative No. 230 Store) in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture (Aichi Okazaki Store)

Opened Shopping Center (SC) first store (Cumulative No. 243 Store) in Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture (Omura Jusco Store)

Established Dazaifu Factory in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, as a dedicated tonkatsu factory

Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Nishi-Kokubunji, Tokyo

Established Waka Ran Co., Ltd. to expand a suburban chain of Japanese-style restaurants

Registered Hamakatsu Co., Ltd.'s shares as over-the-counter securities with the Japan Securities Dealers Association

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)

Ringer Hut's 300th store (Mitaka Iguchi Store) opened in Mitaka City, Tokyo

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

The 200th store opened.

To expand the business of udon specialty stores, established Sokokashiko Corporation, transferred one udon specialty store from Wakaharan Corporation and two stores from our company

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

Established Ringer Hut Information System Corporation to consolidate IT operations within our group

Established Ringer Hut Real Estate Corporation to consolidate location development operations within our group

Relocated the Fukuoka headquarters to Toyo, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, consolidating the headquarters functions of our group companies

Reclassified to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange

Declared a

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.

Absorption and merger of Hamakatsu Co., Ltd. (capital stock at the time of merger: 558,400 thousand yen) (current Hamakatsu Business Division)

Ringer Hut's 400th store (Yokohama Seya Store) opened in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Absorption and merger of Nagasaki Hamakatsu Co., Ltd. as the surviving company with Wakaharan Co., Ltd. and Soko Soko Co., Ltd.

Ringer Hut China No. 1 Store opened in Qingdao City

Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Dissolution of Ringer Hut Real Estate Co., Ltd. (current Land Development Department of our company) (Liquidation completed on February 9, 2004)

Delisted from the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange

Absorption and merger of Nagasaki Hamakatsu Co., Ltd. (capital stock at the time of merger: 146,500 thousand yen)

Absorption and merger of Recc Co., Ltd. and Ringer Hut Information System Co., Ltd.

Ringer Hut's 500th store (Fukuoka Hashimoto Store) opened in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Tonkatsu Hamakatsu 100th store (Fukuoka Daimyo Store) opened in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Became president in September 2008.

Wagae returned as president and implemented reforms such as closing 50 unprofitable stores.

Transition to a holding company system

Switched all seven types of vegetables to domestic products, pursuing safety and security.

Went public on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2000.

Price revision for Nagasaki Champon and Nagasaki Sara Udon for the first time in 6 years, including tax, 450 yen

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 cultivation of cabbage

Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Ota Ward, Tokyo

'Tonkatsu Hamkatsu' also opened its first store in the Kanto area and is expanding nationwide.

Received the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries General Food Bureau Director's Award in the Food Industry CO2 Reduction Promotion Measures

17th Excellent Food Service Industry Award – Domestic Ingredient Stable Procurement Division – Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award

Acquired the 'Nagasaki Teppanyaki Hamakatsu' business from the wholly owned subsidiary Teppanyaki Hamakatsu Co., Ltd. (now WAKARAN Co., Ltd.)

Implemented the domestic production of all vegetables used across all Ringer Hut stores

Established a joint venture with a local company and Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd. to operate our business in Thailand, forming a related company under the equity method, Champion Foods Co., Ltd.

Opened the first Ringer Hut store in Thailand, 'Bangkok K-Village Store,' in Bangkok, Thailand

Relocated Dazaifu Factory within Saga Factory premises, consolidating production and logistics bases in Saga for western Japan

Signed a franchise agreement with Ringer Hut America Inc. to open the first store in the United States, 'Ringer Hut Saratoga Store'

Relocated the group headquarters to Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo

Made the ingredients of gyoza 100% domestically produced

Opened the first Japanese cuisine business (Rokkaku Hama Katsu) in Hawaii

Opened the 800th Ringer Hut store in Nara City (Ito-Yokado Nara Store)

Faced management difficulties around 2005.

Renewed the Ringer Hut brand logo

Opened GYOZA-LABO, a gyoza specialty store (Seven Park Ario Kashiwa Store)

Renewed the Hamakatsu brand logo

Opened the 900th Ringer Hut store in Minato Ward, Tokyo (Shimbashi Station Front Store, introducing bar-style)

Increased capital to 9 billion yen through the issuance of 4 million new shares

Open a new business format EveryBowl Store No.1 in Hiroo, Minato Ward

Open a new business format Tonkatsu University Store No.1 in Kasukabe City (AEON Mall Kasukabe)

Acquisition of Kyoto Factory (Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture)

Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. merged its headquarters in Tokyo with its Fukuoka headquarters and relocated to Tama City, Tokyo

Open Ringer Hut No.1000 Store (Haneda Airport Terminal 1 Passenger Terminal Building) in Ota Ward, Tokyo

10th anniversary of using domestically produced vegetables by Ringer Hut Group

On the verge of the 60th anniversary of founding in 2020.

Rebuilt the business structure in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection, aiming to expand demand for frozen Champon.

Unify all domestically produced Kikurage mushrooms used in all Ringer Hut stores with those certified by JAS Organic

In 2021, a history panel B1 (728 mm x 1030 mm) for Nagasaki Shukumachi store.

Announced a new vision, "Ideal Dining Declaration," aiming for the ideal dining table.

Ringer Hut Development Co., Ltd. moved its headquarters from Tama City, Tokyo to Fuchu City, Tokyo

Established Nomination and Compensation Committee

Ringer Hut Vision 2030 'Declaration of Ideal Dining ~ Toward Your Ideal Dining Table ~' announced

Ringer Hut Group 60th Anniversary (2022).

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ringer Hut Group.

Transferred to the 'Prime Market' following the reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market

60th anniversary of Ringer Hut Group

Closed the original Tonkatsu specialty store 'Hamakatsu' due to building deterioration

Absorbed Miyata Co., Ltd.

Received the Japan GAP Association 'GAP Japan Award 2024'