KR HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Message from the Leadership

Chief Executive Officer

Susumu Mochizuki

Since its founding in 1974 as a group company in Osaka Gas, KR HOLDINGS CORPORATION has kept on challenging of contributing to society through foods, in accordance with its corporate culture of "simple honesty and diligence."
In 2005, we became independent from the Osaka Gas Group. We have been a member of the Create Restaurants Holdings group and been playing a role in developing suburban stores since June 2015.

As of December 1, 2018, we have changed the name of the company to KR HOLDINGS CORPORATION and have begun to take steps to become a multi-brand food company.
The business environment surrounding food service industry is becoming increasingly uncertain.

Within this context, we will build a business model that responds to environmental change with focus on the suburban road side, by making good use of the "sticking with the locale" know-how we have cultivated over many years in the suburban road side business and the brand development know-how of the Create Restaurants Group.
While taking on new challenges, we keep in mind to maintain a long-lasting business relationship with our motto of "sticking with the locale" making each store count.

KR HOLDINGS CORPORATION will continue to take on challenges by always thinking of our customers and treasures the heart of "chisō (treating)" in preparing them.

Business Overview

We operate over 100 outlets in total, the core business being our mainstay format of Japanese chain restaurant "Kagonoya," coupled with specialty restaurant business, restaurants located inside highway service areas, as well as overseas outlets.
The first "Kagonoya" outlet opened in Takarazuka (Hyōgo prefecture) in 1993. The outlets are primarily located at suburban roadside in the Kansai region of Kyōto, Osaka, Kobe and have steadily expanded into the Tokyo Metroplitan area as welll as Tokai region. Kagonoya is a restaurant where one can enjoy "seasonally authentic Japanese food and shabu shabu" in a "relaxing Japanese ambience" modeled after a modern day inn ("hatago."). The nature of it being a chain restaurant notwithstanding, we aim for each store to realize "omotenashi" in line with the usage of the customers of the locality.

Shabu shabu and sukiyaki specialty restaurant "Kagonoya Honten," Kyomachi-ya udon "Fūfuya," authentic Chinese restaurant "Shato Hanten" and other specialty restaurants aiming for fine quality are the starting point of our company's "quality" and "omotenashi (hospitality)." Furthermore, the merging of the brand development capability of specialty restaurants and store operating capabiity at Kagonoya has led to the opening of outlets inside highway service areas.

It is not simply about pursuing greatness in scale of the individual businesses. It is about ensuring each stores is able to deliver the "best gochiso-sama" to the customers. We think that it is ultimately about the collection of stores characterized by such a quality.

Company Overview

Company Name	KR HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Representative	Susumu Mochizuki
Head Office	19F Pacific Marks Esaka, 9-1 Toyotsu-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka-fu
Year of Establishment	1991
Capital Stock	100 million yen
Board Members	Chief Executive Officer：Susumu Mochizuki Director：Takeshi Furukawa Director：Genta Ohuchi Director：Akira Shimamura Auditor: Hirofumi Morimoto
Shareholder	creat restaurants holdings inc.(99.87％)・others
Fiscal Year	February
Number of Outlets	119 outlets (February 2019)
History	April 1991：Established Kinrei Corporation (antecedent company) July 1993：Opened first outlet of Kagonoya in Takarazuka September 2000：Became listed on the JASDAQ Stock Exchange (Delisted in December 2005 due to a take-over bid) December 2005：Opens Kagonoya in Kyodo, first outlet in Kanto region August 2011：Opens first franchised store of Kagonoya in Bangkok, Thailand June 2015：Enters into capital partnership with create restaurants holdings inc.
Contact	81-6-6170-1590
URL	http://www.food-kr.com/

Modeled after a lodging referred to as "hatago" (inn) alongside the highway in the old days. Our customers utilize us for various purposes such as for daily use, celebration, and memorial services.

It is a coffee shop of "Peace of Mind" where the concept of Kamikochi in Nagano is relaxing at ease. You can enjoy freshly brewed coffee and delicious dishes in the relaxing space.

Aside from sukiyaki and shabu shabu, you can also enjoy a traditional Japanese course dish. Please experience a superb time in a profound and folkish ambience.

Once you pick your choice of fresh fish from the tank installed in the restaurant, consult us for the cooking method! Uoza is a lively Japanese seafood restaurant that conjures up an image of the fish market.

"The no.1 treat enjoyed within an ambience reminiscent of a traditional Kyōto style wooden abode is the ""broth."" Our popular dish is a vibrant-colored Kyōto style udon made with abundant seasonal ingredients."

With a menu that maximizes the natural taste of the ingredients. Introducing a new style of Kagonoya where you can enjoy "delicious snacks and alcoholic beverages."

Shato Hanten is a restaurant started by Maachii Hakushō, a cooking specialist of Chinese food, in Mita, Tokyo in 1965. We will deliver the "heart and taste" of this to our customers.

A "Japanese restaurant where you can feel at ease." We welcome our guests with food such as healthy black rice and firm & silky Kyōto-style udon made with our full heart.

Q.Hobby: Eating around(I love anything, Japanese, Western, and Chinese food), Reading history novels.
Q.Future Goal: I would like to enjoy delicious local cuisine, relax in the hot springs, and make a tour of temples and shrines across the country without worrying about time.
Q.Favorite Food: Dishes using fresh fish
Q.Favorite Quote: "Forward-looking, Upward-looking, Outward-looking"
When you are in trouble, you cannot see anything if you look down and your vision becomes narrower.
I try to look up and look forward in the face of hardship.