SUKIYA Founder Kentaro Ogawa Passes Away; From Yoshinoya Employee to Building a Trillion-Yen Restaurant Empire

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Kentaro Ogawa, founder of SUKIYA, passed away after a myocardial infarction in January. He started ZENSHO in 1982 after leaving Yoshinoya, growing it into a trillion-yen restaurant empire. Despite past labor criticisms, he improved employee conditions and expanded internationally. ZENSHO Holdings achieved 1.1366 trillion yen in revenue in fiscal 2024, becoming Japan's first restaurant company to surpass this milestone.