(before 2006 known as the ) is a Japanese

keiretsu A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The ''ke ...

(association of businesses) centered on companies established by railway tycoon

Ichizō Kobayashi , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym , was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940-1941. Li ...

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings is a Japanese multinational company, multinational ''keiretsu'' holding company which owns Hankyu, Hankyu Corporation, the Hanshin Electric Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Toho, Toho Co., Ltd., and affiliate companies. On October ...

, H₂O Retailing and

Toho is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer an ...

. The keiretsu historically included

Sanwa Bank was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Osaka, which operated from 1933 to 2002. It merged with Tokai Bank to form UFJ Bank (now part of MUFG Bank). In the 1990s, it was the most profitable bank in the world, and second-largest in terms of ass ...

, now part of

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is a Japanese bank holding and financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. MUFG holds assets of around US$3.1 trillion as of 2016 and is one of the "Three Great Houses" of the Mitsubishi Group alongside Mitsubishi Corpor ...

, and is still closely linked to MUFG; it also has close ties with the

Fujisankei Communications Group , abbreviated FCG, is a keiretsu in Japan. In 1991, it was the fourth-largest media company in the world and the largest one in Japan. In the same year, the company's yearly revenue was $5 billion. Many of its affiliates are owned by Fuji Med ...

Ownership structures

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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group

, Inc. (January 15, 1906 - May 31, 1907: Mino-o Arima Railway Company, June 1, 1907 - February 3, 1918: Mino-o Arima Tramway Company, February 4, 1918 - September 30, 1943: Hanshin Kyuko Railway Company, October 1, 1943 - March 30, 1973: Keihanshin Kyuko Railway Company, April 1, 1973 - September 30, 2005: Hankyu Corporation, October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006: Hankyu Holdings, Inc.) **

Hankyu Corporation , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...

(December 7, 1989 - March 28, 2004: Act Systems, March 29, 2004 - September 30, 2005: A prepared company to separate Hankyu Corporation) ***

Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, manga, and Japane ...

**Hankyu Hotel Management Co., Ltd. *** Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., Ltd. **

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form the c ...

Co., Ltd. (June 12, 1899 - July 6, 1899: Settsu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) *Toho Company, Ltd. *Tokyo Rakutenchi Comopany, Limited * Hankyu Airlines Co., Ltd. *Takarazuka Stage Co., Ltd. *Takarazuka Eizo Co., Ltd. (

Takarazuka Eiga , shorter name is , is a film production company. The headquarters is in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Takarazuka Eizo produces films from Takarazuka Revue musical theater, which is inside the building Tokyo Takarazuka Theater now. Takarazuka Eizo Co. ...

) *Hankyu Bus Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Denen Bus Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Sightseeing Bus Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Facilities Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Taxi, Inc. *Hankyu Hanshin Express Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Bus Co., Ltd. *

Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railwa ...

Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Contents Link, Corp. **

Billboard JAPAN ''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Bi ...

''(with

Prometheus Global Media Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company. The company was formed in December 2009, when Nielsen Company sold its entertainment and media division to a private equity-backed group led by Pluribus Capital Management and ...

)'' *Hanshin Engineering Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Kensetsu Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Station Net Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Taxi Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Laisure Facilities Co., Ltd. *Hanshin Real Estate Co., Ltd. *Osaka Hanshin Taxi Co., Ltd. *Hankyu Hanshin Card Co., Ltd. *

Umeda Arts Theater is a Japanese theater located at Chayamachi Applause in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, operated by Umeda Arts Theater Co., Ltd. It opened in 1992. Umeda Arts Theater Co., Ltd. is a member of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group and a subsidiary of Hankyu Cor ...

Co., Ltd. *Umeda Center Building *FM KITA *OS Co., Ltd. *Osaka Shintetsu Toyonaka Taxi, Inc. *

Hokushin Kyuko Railway The is a line of Kobe Municipal Subway connecting Tanigami in Kita-ku, Kobe and Shin-Kobe in Chūō-ku, Kobe. The line has only these two stations. Formerly operated by the third-sector Hokushin Kyuko Railway (a subsidiary of Hankyu railway ...

Co., Ltd. *

Kansai Telecasting Corporation JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 ( UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdin ...

Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway is a railway operator in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its sole line, officially named the , operates as an extension of the Midōsuji Line of the Osaka Metro. The , established on 11 December 1967, is majorly owned by Hankyu. ''Kitakyu'', as it is ...

Co., Ltd. *

Kobe Electric Railway , often called , is a Japanese private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''priva ...

Co., Ltd. * Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. * Mori-Gumi Co., Ltd. *

Nose Electric Railway The , occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawanishi, where one can ...

Co., Ltd. *Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd.

H₂O Retailing Group

* H₂O Retailing Corporation (- September 30, 2007: Hankyu Department Stores, Inc.) **Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc. (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008: Hankyu Department Stores, Inc., now owns

Hankyu Department Store is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation. Stores *Umeda, Osaka - Main Store (''Honten'') **Hankyu Men's *Kobe **formerly Sogo Department Stores * Takarazuka * Kawanishi * Senri *Takatsuki, Takat ...

and

Hanshin Department Store is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation. Stores ;Hanshin Umeda :*13-13, Umeda Itchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan :*Access ::*Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Umeda Station ::*JR West: Osak ...

) *Hanshoku Co., Ltd. *

Persona A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional Character (arts), character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally ref ...

Co., Ltd.

Toho Group

Company, Ltd. *Tokyo Rakutenchi Comopany, Limited *Nippon Eiga Shinsha Co. *TOHO-TOWA Co., Ltd. *International Television Films, Inc. *

Toho Cinemas is a Japanese movie theater company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toho, Toho Co., Ltd. Overview Virgin Cinemas Japan Ltd. was founded by Japanese-American businessman Mark Yamamoto on September 12, 1997. Virgin Cinemas Trias Hisayama, ...

, Ltd. *OS Co., Ltd. *TOHO Dance Hall, Ltd.

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