| 1949-12 |
Founded: December 1949 |
| 1949-12 |
Founded Oden Kappo 'Sake House Genji' in Hirokoji, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1969-09 |
Established: September 1969 |
| 1969-09 |
Established Genji Corporation |
| 1989-02 |
Opened the first store of 'Shabu & Seafood Genji Main Store' (now 'Shabu & Crab Genji Main Store') in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1990-12 |
Opened 'Seafood Zanmai Genya' in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1992-05 |
Established headquarters in Muka-yama Town, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1995-12 |
Opened the first store of 'Yakiniku Ichiban Karubi' in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1997-06 |
Changed the company name from Genji Corporation to Monogatari Corporation |
| 1997-11 |
Relocated headquarters (current Toyohashi Forum Office) to Nishi Iwata, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1998-12 |
Opened franchise store 'Yakiniku Ichiban Karubi Hane-ten' in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2000-11 |
Established Tokyo headquarters in Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo |
| 2001-06 |
Opened the first store of 'Marugen Ramen' in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2005-11 |
Opened the first store of 'Nidaime Marugen' in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2005-12 |
Opened the first store of 'Okonomiyaki Honpo' in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 2006-07 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo |
| 2007-03 |
Opened the first store of 'Yakiniku King' in Nonoichi City, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| 2007-04 |
Reached 100 group stores domestically |
| 2008-03 |
Listed on Jasdaq Securities Exchange (Tokyo Stock Exchange Jasdaq (Standard)) (delisted in August 2010) |
| 2010-06 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2011-04 |
The number of domestic group stores has reached 200 |
| 2011-06 |
Designated to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2011-07 |
Established a noodle manufacturing factory 'Story Food Factory' in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2011-09 |
Yoshio Kobayashi appointed as Chairman and CEO, Yukio Kaji as President and COO |
| 2011-11 |
Established a local subsidiary, Story (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., in the People's Republic of China |
| 2012-05 |
Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and opened Tokyo Forum Office |
| 2012-06 |
Opened the first store of 'Sushi & Shabu-shabu Yuzu-an' in Machida City, Tokyo |
| 2012-10 |
Opened the first overseas store 'Guo Yuan' in Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
| 2013-11 |
Established Osaka Forum Office in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, and Fukuoka Forum Office in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 2014-12 |
The number of domestic group stores has reached 300 |
| 2015-03 |
Opened the first store of 'Aged Beef Yakiniku Nikugen' in Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| 2015-08 |
Opened the first store of 'Hokkaido Crab Okadaya Main Store' in Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
| 2016-01 |
Yoshio Kobayashi appointed as Chairman and CMO, Yukio Kaji as President, CEO, and COO |
| 2016-04 |
Established stores in all 47 prefectures of Japan |
| 2016-12 |
The number of domestic group stores has reached 400 |
| 2017-04 |
Established Nagoya Forum Office in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2017-07 |
Opened the first store of 'Aged Soy Sauce Ramen Cabeton' in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2018-07 |
Established 'Storyteller Corporation' in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2019-04 |
Opened the first store of 'Gyutan Daisuki Yakiniku Happy' in Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
| 2019-04 |
Established a liquid seasoning manufacturing factory 'Story Food Lab' in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2019-08 |
Domestic group store count reached 500 stores. |
| 2019-09 |
Opened the first 'Yakiniku King' store in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. |
| 2019-09 |
Liquidated the company 'Monogatari Hong Kong Ltd.'. |
| 2020-07 |
Shimanoya Ryōshi became President and CEO, Okada Masamichi became Senior Executive Officer, and Kato Ōno became Executive Vice President. |
| 2020-09 |
Shimanoya Ryōshi became Chairman, and Kato Ōno became President and CEO. |
| 2021-08 |
Opened the first 'Freshly Baked Karubi' store in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture. |
| 2022-04 |
Transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. |
| 2022-04 |
Domestic group store count reached 600 stores. |
| 2022-11 |
Opened the first 'Niku Niku Daibai' store in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. |
| 2023-05 |
Completed joint venture agreements related to PT. Prospect Motor, Kanematsu Co., Ltd., and PT. Agrapana Niaga Gemilang in Indonesia. |
| 2023-06 |
Opened the first 'Rich Chinese Noodle & Dumpling Marufuku' store in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture. |
| 2023-06 |
Opened the first 'Kajiya Coffee' store in Chōfu City, Tokyo. |
| 2023-07 |
Opened the first 'Yakitate KALBI' store in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
| 2024-05 |
Established the local subsidiary Monogatari Hong Kong Ltd. in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. |
| 2024-07 |
Moved the Tokyo Forum Office to Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (current address). |
| 2024-08 |
Domestic group store count reached 700 stores. |
| 2024-10 |
Opened the first 'Niku Niku Daibai' store in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. |
| 2024-10 |
Opened the first 'Ten Ten Tempura Specialty Store' in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. |
| 2026-01 |
Established the local subsidiary Storytellers (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand. |
| 2026-02 |
Opened the first 'Town Chinese Marufuku Restaurant' in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture. |
| 2026-02 |
The number of overseas group stores has reached 100. |
| 2026-03 |
Opened the first store of 'NIKU NIKU OH!! KOME' in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2026-04 |
Integrated the Teppanyaki restaurant 'HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE' in California, USA into the group. |
| 2026-05 |
Opened the first store of 'Niku Sanuki Mochiri Udon Genshijo' in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
