Submission of the Semiannual Report for the 129th Term (FY 2027 March Term)
Reiho Leather Co., Ltd. submitted the semiannual report for the 129th term (FY 2027 March term).
Kyowa Leather Co., Ltd.
共和レザー株式会社KYOWA LEATHER CLOTH CO., LTD.Alias
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Basic information
- Head office
- 1876 Higashimachi, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 430-8510, Japan
- Chief executive
- Mikio Hanai
- Capital
- 1,810,000,000 (18 100 million)
- Employees (non-consolidated)
- 708 people
- Employees (consolidated)
- 1,393 people
- Start date
- 1935-08-01
- End date
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Websites
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Business
Manufacture of various synthetic resin productsManufacture, processing, and sale of synthetic leather
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| エシカル合皮ブランド Sobagni(ソバニ) | ||||||||
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| Nanya Kyowa Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
| TOHO SENI CO., LTD. | ||||||||
| 北米にKYOWA NORTH AMERICA, INC. | ||||||||
| 南亞共和塑膠(南通)有限公司 | ||||||||
| 東宝繊維株式会社 |
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Network
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History
Established Kyowa Leather Co., Ltd. by merging four companies: Fuji Leather Cloth Co., Asahi Leather Co., Dai Nippon Leather Co., and Japan Imitation Leather Co., on August 1, 1935 (Showa 10)
Established Kyowa Leather Cross Co., Ltd. in August Showa 10 through the merger of four companies: Fuji Kaku, Asahi Leather, Dai Nippon Leather, and Japan Gikō.
Merged four companies: Fuji Leather Co., Asahi Leather Co., Dai Nippon Leather Co., and Nippon Imitation Leather Co., to establish Kyowa Leather Co., Ltd.
Established Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. through the merger of four companies: Fuji Kakufu, Asahi Leather, Dai-Nippon Leather, and Nihon Gikaku.
Established Tokushima Factory in Satoura Village, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture (now Naruto City)
Established Tokushima Factory in Sato Hara Village, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture (now Naruto City) in June Showa 17.
Tokushima Factory established in Satoura-son, Itano-gun, Tokushima Prefecture (currently Naruto City).
Started manufacturing vinyl chloride leather
Started manufacturing polyvinyl chloride leather in January Showa 24.
Began manufacture of poly vinyl chloride leather.
Established Nankai Rubber Co., Ltd. (formerly Nankai Teknauto Co., Ltd.) and transferred the Tokushima Factory to it
Established Nankai Engineering Co., Ltd. (formerly Nankai Rubber) in November Showa 25 and transferred part of the ownership of Tokushima Factory.
Established Nankai Gomu (previously Nankai Technart Co., Ltd.); transferred ownership of part of the Tokushima Factory.
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in September Showa 36.
Listed shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Became the first factory in Japan to be authorized for JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) marking for vinyl leather
Obtained JIS mark usage permission for polyvinyl chloride leather for the first time in Japan in January Showa 37.
Became the first company in Japan to gain permission to use the JIS mark on poly vinyl chloride leather.
Started manufacturing urethane synthetic leather
Started manufacturing polyurethane synthetic leather in September Showa 38.
Began manufacture of polyurethane synthetic leather.
Started manufacturing wallpaper
Started manufacturing wallpaper in November Showa 38.
Began manufacture of wallpaper.
Established Tenryu No. 1 Factory in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Established Tenryu Factory No. 1 in Hamamatsu City in December Showa 43.
Established Tenryu Factory #1 in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Established Tenryu No. 2 Factory in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Established Tenryu Factory No. 2 in Hamamatsu City in May Showa 49.
Established Tenryu Factory #2 in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Established Kobe Kyosho Co., Ltd. (formerly Kyore Co., Ltd.)
Established Kyowa Kōshō Co., Ltd. (formerly Kyowa Kōshō Co., Ltd.) in July Showa 49.
Established Kobe Kyosho Co., Ltd. (previously Kyowle Co., Ltd.).
Relocated headquarters from Sumida Ward, Tokyo to Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Moved headquarters from Sumida Ward, Tokyo to Hamamatsu City in September Showa 53.
Relocated headquarters from Sumida Ward, Tokyo to Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Established Shinshiro Factory in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture
Established Shinshiro Factory in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture in May Showa 56.
Established Shinshiro Factory in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture.
Started manufacturing TPO
Started manufacturing TPO products in December Showa 59.
Started manufacturing TPO products.
Established Fukuda Factory in Fukuda Town, Fukui District, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Established Fukuhagi Factory in Fukuhagi Town, Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Iwata City) in May Showa 60.
Established Fukude Factory in Fukude-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Iwata City).
Established Asaba Factory in Asaba Town, Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture
Established Asaba Factory in Asaba Town, Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Fukui City) in July Heisei 1.
Established Asaba Factory in Asaba-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Fukuroi City).
Constructed a technology center
Built a technology center in May Heisei 3.
Built the Technical center.
Constructed the head office administration building
Constructed headquarters office in September Heisei 5.
Built the Headquarters Office.
New capital of 1.81 billion yen through public offering of shares
Increased capital to 181 million yen in March Heisei 9 (through public offering of shares).
Increased capital to 1.81 billion yen through public stock offerings.
Obtained ISO 14001 environmental management system certification for the entire company
Obtained ISO 14001 environmental management system certification in June Heisei 12.
Entire company acquired ISO14001 environmental certification.
Acquired all shares of Japan Gravure Industry Co., Ltd.
Acquired all shares of Japan Gravure Co., Ltd. in April 2001.
Acquired all shares of Nihon Gravure Co., Ltd.
Obtained ISO 9001 quality management system certification
Obtained ISO9001 quality management certification in October 2001.
Acquired ISO9001 product quality control certification.
Established Kyowa Support and Service Co., Ltd.
Established Kyowa Support & Service Co., Ltd. in December 2001.
Established Kyowa Support & Service Co., Ltd.
Established South Asia Kyowa Plastic (Nantong) Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate)
Established Nantong Kyowa Plastics Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate) in July 2003.
Established Nanya Kyowa Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd., an equity-method affiliated company.
Established Kyowa Plastic (Langfang) Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate)
Established Langfang Kyowa GSK Plastics Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate) in April 2004.
Established Kyowa-GSK Plastics (Langfang) Co., Ltd., an equity-method affiliated company.
Constructed QA Center
Constructed QA Center in January 2008.
Built the QA center.
Water-based urethane synthetic leather received the Manufacturing Environment Parts Award hosted by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Received the
Won an award in the "Monozukuri" environmental parts division (sponsored by Nikkan-Kogyo Shimbun) for Kyowa Leather Cloth's water-based urethane synthetic leather.
Made Kyowa Plastic (Langfang) Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
In October 2011, Kyowa GSK Plastics (Langfang) Co., Ltd. was changed to a consolidated subsidiary.
Changed Kyowa-GSK Plastics (Langfang) Co., Ltd. to a consolidated subsidiary.
Commercialization of decorative film for automotive interior use for China
In March 2014, began commercial sales of decorative automotive interior films for the Chinese market.
Began commercial sales of decorative automobile interior films in the China market.
Received Shizuoka Prefecture Governor's Award for contributions to proper industrial waste disposal
In May 2014, received the Shizuoka Prefecture Governor's Award for proper industrial waste disposal at the factory.
Won an award from the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture for meritorious deed in the proper disposal of industrial waste.
Commercialization of roof decorative film developed jointly with automobile manufacturers
In April 2015, jointly launched a roof decorative film with an automaker.
Brought a decorative roof film product to market in collaboration with an automotive manufacturer.
Nankai Technorat Co., Ltd. merged with Japan Gravure Industry Co., Ltd. and Kyore Co., Ltd., and changed its trade name to Kyowa Life Techno Co., Ltd.
In July 2018, Nankai Technology Co., Ltd. merged with Japan Gravure Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Koshō Co., Ltd. to start business as Kyowa Life Techno Co., Ltd.
Nankai Technart Co., Ltd. merged with Nihon Gravure Co., Ltd. and Kyowle Co., Ltd. and are now doing business as Kyowa Life Techno Co., Ltd.
Established Safety Human Resources Dojo on the premises of Tenryu No. 1 Factory
In April 2020, established a safety and health training facility at the Tenryu Factory No. 1.
Established the Safety Personnel Training Facility at Tenryu Factory #1.
Installed solar power generation at Asaba Factory (reducing approximately 170 tons of CO2 annually)
In March 2021, introduced solar power generation at Asaba Factory.
Introduced solar power generation at the Asaba Factory.
Launched EC site Ethical Leather "Sobagni"
In June 2021, launched the
Opened the "Sobagni" ethical leather EC website.
Established KYOWA NORTH AMERICA, INC. in North America
Established KYOWA NORTH AMERICA, INC. in October 2021.
Established KYOWA NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Obtained IATF 16949 certification at Tenryu No. 2 Factory
Obtained IATF16949 certification at Tenryu Factory No. 2 in September 2025.
Obtained IATF16949 certification (Tenryu Factory No. 2)
Acquired IATF16949 Certification (Tenryu Factory #2).
Acquired all shares of Toho Textile Co., Ltd.
Acquired all shares of Toho Seni Co., Ltd. in April 2026.
Acquired all shares of TOHO SENI CO., LTD.
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News
Submission of the Semiannual Report for the 129th Term (FY 2027 March Term)
Personnel Transfer
Details of the personnel transfer are provided by directing you to the linked information.
Change of Executive Officer Responsibilities
Change of Executive Officer Responsibilities
Regarding Organizational Restructuring
We are providing information about the organizational restructuring. Please see the link for details.
Kyoei Leather Announces Organizational Restructuring
Kyoei Leather Co., Ltd. announced an organizational restructuring. See the linked page for details.
Kyoei Leather Announces Changes to Executive Officer Responsibilities
Kyoei Leather Co., Ltd. announced changes to executive officer responsibilities on October 1, 2026. See the company's official website for details.
Kyowa Leather Cloth Makes Donation to Support Victims of Kumamoto Earthquake
Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. made a donation to support people affected by the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake. The earthquake occurred on July 28 and was designated a severe disaster on August 7. The company hopes for a swift recovery in the affected areas.
Support for Those Affected by the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, 2026, and the disaster was designated as a severe disaster on August 7. Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. made a donation to affected people through the Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The company hopes for an early recovery in the affected areas.
Personnel Changes at Kyowa Leather Cloth
A news item published on September 1, 2026, concerns personnel changes at Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. See the linked page for details.
Changes to Executive Officer Responsibilities at Kyowa Leather Cloth
Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. announced changes to its executive officers’ responsibilities effective September 1, 2026. See the separate notice for details.
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Public records
National Tax Agency basic information9080401001465
Source: National Tax Agency Corporate Number Publication Site, basic three items
- Trade name
- 共和レザー株式会社
- Trade name (kana)
- キョウワレザー
- Name in English
- Corporation type
- 301
- Address
- 〒430-0822 静岡県浜松市中央区東町１８７６番地
- Postal code
- 4300822
- Prefecture code
- 22
- City code
- 138
- Address outside Japan
- Prefecture in English
- City in English
- Address outside Japan in English
- Corporate number assignment date
- 2015-10-05
- Update date
- 2024-01-10
- Change date
- 2024-01-09
- Registry closure date
- Reason for registry closure
- Successor corporate number
- Details of the change
- Latest record
- 1
- Excluded from search
- 0
- Processing type
- 12
- Correction type
- 0
- Trade name image ID
- Address image ID
- Sequence number
- 3480277
METI gBizINFO9080401001465
Source: gBizINFO (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
- Corporate number
- 9080401001465
- Trade name
- 共和レザー株式会社
- Trade name (kana)
- キョウワレザー
- Trade name (alphabet)
- Registry closure date
- Reason for registry closure
- Registered address
- 静岡県浜松市中央区東町１８７６番地
- Postal code
- 4300822
- Prefecture
- 静岡県
- Prefecture code
- 22
- City or district
- 浜松市中央区
- City code
- 138
- Street address
- 東町１８７６番地
- Organisation type
- 301
- Processing type
- 12
- Correction type
- 0
- Status
- Representative
- 取締役社長執行役員 花 井 幹 雄
- Capital
- 1810000000
- Employees
- 753
- Employees (male)
- 598
- Employees (female)
- 155
- Business summary
- Website URL
- Year founded
- Business category
- E:製造業
- Date established
- Unified government qualification - grade
- Unified government qualification - business items
- Update date
- 2024-01-10
- Key information
- 9080401001465
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Sources & updates
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