- CEO
- Masatou Hosokai
- Full Time Employees
- 876
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- 3-6-1, Ogawa Higashi-machi Tokyo TY Japan 187 8611
- IPO Date
- Sep 21, 1962
- Business
- First Baking Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells a broad range of bakery and confectionery products in Japan, including various breads such as sliced bread, roll bread, savory breads, sweet breads, and specialty items like Pokémon Bread, Precure Bread, One-Bite Wraps, Apple Rings, Large Danish pastries, and感動あんぱん; Japanese and Western sweets; cookies and biscuits; as well as engages in real estate leasing of land and buildings. The company operates through three main divisions—bread, Western and Japanese confectionery, and others—and distributes its products primarily through supermarkets, convenience stores, and other retail channels across Japan from facilities including its headquarters and factories in Kodaira, Takasaki, Kinomachi, Kodaira, and Osaka Airport, with sales offices in Yokohama, Niigata, Nagoya, and Okayama. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, First Baking employs 1,417 staff on a standalone basis and 1,714 on a consolidated basis as of December 2024, listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market under ticker 2215 with subsidiaries including Three Star Confectionery Co., Ltd. for cookies and OEM baked goods production, and First Logistics Co., Ltd. for product distribution. Recent developments include the reintroduction of its shareholder benefit program and determination of 2025 benefit contents, executive changes such as personnel transfers announced on November 14, 2025, alongside new product launches like the standard-flavored "Reminiscence Agepan" on December 1, 2025, Christmas-limited packaging for six items including Apple Rings from December 1 to 25, 2025, Pokémon Piece designs and mini steamed cakes in late 2025, cheese-focused series, collaborations with popular curry chain "100-Hour Curry," and ongoing releases such as QBB Cheese Almond Bread and regional ingredient breads.