Company Profile
Message from the President
We established our company in 1947, the same year the Constitution of Japan came into force. At that time Japan was still under the occupation of the allied forces GHQ, and there was the shortage of many everyday goods in people's lives.
Under such difficult circumstances, the founder Yoshitaka Ishida began work on importing products such as fragrances which were expensive and valuable and the opposite of needs of the daily necessities for everyday life.
However, precisely because we were in such an era, we believe that it is fragrance that enhances the quality of human life and creates the function of life-enhancing feelings in an infinite positive spiral, and together with my uncle Takeo Ishida, the second generation, we have laid the foundation that continues to the present.
We now celebrate the 75th anniversary of our company in 2022 thanks to your continued patronage.
Looking toward the next 100 years, we expect to continue to contribute to an enriched social life as flavor professionals. We take in and absorb of the needs of the time, and reflect this back by bringing excitement to people through flavor, while striving for food safety and peace of mind.
Every person whose life is colored by flavor and fragrance can look to a fine future.
President & CEO Ryosuke Nakayama
We offer various aroma and flavor compounds as daily necessities for every person.
We contribute to people’s pleasure in life through fragrance and aroma.
We aim to be the number one trading company in our field (Flavor House) and support the optimal procurement and stable supply of flavors and fragrances in Japan.
- ◎ We respond to our customers’ needs for the right flavoring materials at the optimal time and in the required amounts.
- ◎ We maintain rigorous quality assurance standards to ensure the safety of our flavor and fragrance ingredients .
- ◎ We always seek and analyze the latest market information that enables optimal procurement for our customers.
Company History
- 1947 May 1st
- 2-chome, Dojima, Osaka-city Osaka Yoshitaka Ishida Established Seikodo Ishida Shoten.
- 1963 May 1st
- Reorganized as Seikodo Ishida Shoten
- 1980 May 1st
- Liaison office opened in Los Angeles
- 1986 March 21st
- Head office building relocated to a new building at Kyoumachibori Nishi-ku Osaka city Osaka
- 1987 July 31st
- President Yoshitaka Ishida was appointed Chairman of the Board and Takeo Ishida was appointed president and representative director
- 1989 Dec.
- Mie Factory completed
- 1990
- Affiated company Ishida Foods Cooperation established
- 1997
- 50th anniversary establishment
- 2006
- Signed agency agreement with Oxford in the UK Japan
- 2010 May
- Tokyo Branch moved to the current location in Meguro-Ku.
- 2011 Oct
- Completion of the new Mie plant and the hazardous goods warehouse
- 2012 Oct.
- Completion of refrigeration and freezers for dangerous goods
- 2014 Nov.
- FSSC 22000 Certification achieved.
- 2015 Jan.
- Ryosuke Nakayama appointed President and Representative Director
- 2020 Feb.
- Japanese citrus products obtain KOSHER certification
- 2021 July
- Introduced QR code inventory management system at Mie Plant
The established of Ishida Shoten
The founder, Yoshitaka Ishida, first spent his time at a Kobe trading company that was involved in imports and exports to Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
After that, he went to Tianjin, China, where he worked for a shipping company, staying in Tianjin for 5 years.
From there, he moved to Taiwan due to political change. At this time Takasago Industry Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) was recruiting and he decided to work for them there.
He was very active as the person in charge of imports and exports to Southeast Asia and Japan.
Eventually, he returned to Japan at the end of the war, and on May 1, Showa 22, he founded Seikodo Ishida Shoten in Dojima 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka, where he started a direct import and export business for food flavors and aromatic raw materials.
Founder Yoshitaka Ishida
Second generation Takeo Ishida
Founder Yoshitaka Ishida
Second generation Takeo Ishida
Company Profile
- Trad name
- Seikodo Ishida Co., ltd.
- Establishment
- 1963 May 1st
- Capital
- 10,000,000 Yen
- Osaka Head Office location
- 〒550-0003 1-15-9 Kyomachibori Nishi-ku Osaka city
Tel; + 81 6-6443-1921 Fax; +81 6-6441-5647 - Tokyo Branch Location
- 〒53-0063 1-6-17-7F Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Tel; +813 -3493-0140 Fax; +81 3-3493-0152 - Location of Mie factory
- 〒518-1145 1459-7 Aza Higashi-Akasaka Yasuba Iga city
Tel; +81 595-39-9007 Fax; +81 595-39-9008
Directors
- President ＆ CEO
- Ryosuke Nakayama
- Senior Managing Director
- Keiji Saito
- Managing Director
- Keiichiro Akeyama
- Auditor
- Hisako Nakayama
- Business description
- Direct import of food flavors and aromatic raw materials
- Location
- Tokyo Branch, Mie Factory, Los Angeles Representative Office
Access
Osaka Head Office location
〒550-0003
1-15-9 Kyomachibori Nishi-ku Osaka city
TEL 06-6443-1921
FAX 06-6441-5647
Tokyo Branch Location
〒153-0063
1-6-17-7F Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
TEL 03-3493-0140
FAX 03-3493-0152
Location of Mie factory
〒518-1145
1459-7 Aza Higashi-Akasaka Yasuba Iga city
TEL 0595-39-9007
FAX 0595-39-9008
