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KOSÉ Corporation

Logo: KOSÉ Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese cosmetics and personal care company

Kosé Holdings Corporation (株式会社コーセーホールディングス, Kabushiki-kaisha Kōsē; stylized in all-caps as KOSÉ) is a Japanese multinational company that manufactures cosmetics, personal care products, and beauty products. It is headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo.2 Its shares trade on Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol 4922.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 11, 1948Founded1

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  • Ticker4922 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  • Industrypersonal care product1
  • HeadquartersNihonbashi1
  • Websitewww.kose.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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KOSE Headquarters
Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kosé Holdings Corporation (株式会社コーセーホールディングス, Kabushiki-kaisha Kōsē; stylized in all-caps as KOSÉ) is a Japanese multinational company that manufactures cosmetics, personal care products, and beauty products. It is headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo.2

Corporate structure

KOSÉ Corporation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • KOSÉ Corporation Nihonbashi
    • Tarte, Inc. Subsidiary · New York City
    • Decorté Owned · Japan
    • Sekkisei Owned · Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What KOSÉ Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was founded in 1946 by Kozaburo Kobayashi with his son as the principal chemist. In 1956, the company established Albion, a manufacturer of premium cosmetics. Kosé and L'Oréal of France signed an agreement for technological cooperation, a joint venture that lasted until 2001. The company expanded its international presence in Asia during the 1960s to the 1980s. The company's name was changed to its present one in 1991.

In 2000 it was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Kazutoshi Kobayashi, the founder's grandson, took over as the company's CEO in 2007. Under the leadership of the new CEO, Kosé introduced the Jill Stuart branded cosmetics after the company acquired global trademark rights for the brand in 2009. Kosé subsequently expanded into the European and North American markets when it acquired Tarte Cosmetics in 2014.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kosé, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • cosmetics
  • personal care product

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Dec 4, 2000Went public Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  2. Jun 11, 1948Founded Founded1

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