Tenryu Holdings Co., Ltd.

Tenryu Holdings Co., Ltd. (天龍ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company headquartered in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, and the parent of the Tenryu Group. Its official site describes the group as a top manufacturer of vehicle seats for buses and railways. The company was established on 2 July 1946 and, on 1 October 2009, changed its trade name from the former Tenryu Kogyo to its present name, becoming the group's holding company. The holding company's stated business is the management and administration of operating companies that handle seats and various interior products for buses, rail vehicles and ships, as well as composite products such as FRP. Its main operating subsidiary, Tenryu Kogyo Co., Ltd., produces bus, rail-vehicle and ship seats and bus interiors, and also works in chemical and transport-equipment parts. Other group companies cover composites (Tenryu Composite), construction and greening (Tenryu Construction), general freight (Nagara Transport), transport-equipment parts (Tenryu Co.), and equipment maintenance and industrial-waste services (New Tensan). As of 31 March 2026 the holding company reported 13 employees, capital of 100 million yen, and fiscal 2025 sales of 904 million yen. Its representative director and president is Akira Fukunishi. The company's corporate motto emphasizes putting customers first, first-class quality, and cooperation. Its main banks are Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (Gifu Branch), Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (Kakamigahara Branch), Juroku Bank (Head Office) and Gifu Shinkin Bank (Head Office), and its fiscal year ends on 31 March. The group has undergone structural change in recent years: in July 2021 it transferred its aircraft business, Tenryu Aero Component Co., Ltd., to ShinMaywa Industries by selling all shares. The official site also notes a capital reduction in October 2022 and changes of representative director and president in 2021 and 2022. In September 2025 the group announced a new catchphrase ahead of its 80th anniversary.

The origins of the Tenryu Group date to the establishment of the company on 2 July 1946. Over the postwar decades it developed into a manufacturer of seats and interior products for buses, rail vehicles and ships, and expanded into related fields such as FRP and composite products, transport-equipment parts, construction and freight. On 1 October 2009 the company changed its trade name from the former Tenryu Kogyo Co., Ltd. to Tenryu Holdings Co., Ltd., reorganizing itself as the holding company of the Tenryu Group. Under this structure, the operating businesses were placed in subsidiaries: Tenryu Kogyo handles seats and interiors as well as chemical and transport-equipment parts; Tenryu Composite handles FWP and FRP products and solar water heaters; Tenryu Construction handles building work, maintenance, repair and environmental greening; Nagara Transport handles haulage, vehicle maintenance and moving; Tenryu Co. handles transport-equipment parts, sheet-metal work, processing and assembly; and New Tensan handles equipment maintenance, industrial-waste treatment, medical seats and specified dispatching. The group also operated an aircraft business through Tenryu Aero Component Co., Ltd., which handled parts processing, assembly and aircraft seats. On 1 July 2021, Tenryu Holdings sold all shares of Tenryu Aero Component to ShinMaywa Industries, transferring the aircraft business out of the group. The official site records further corporate events: a change of representative director and president announced on 1 October 2021, an office relocation announced in June 2021, a further change of representative director and president announced on 24 June 2022, and a reduction in stated capital announced on 1 October 2022. In September 2025 the group announced a new catchphrase ahead of its 80th anniversary, signaling a continued emphasis on its long history in vehicle seating and interiors. As of 31 March 2026 the holding company reported 13 employees, capital of 100 million yen and fiscal 2025 sales of 904 million yen, with Akira Fukunishi serving as representative director and president. In July 2026 the company announced the passing of its former representative director, chairman and president, Norio Fukunishi.

• Company established.

• Changed trade name from former Tenryu Kogyo to Tenryu Holdings Co., Ltd., becoming the group's holding company.

• Announced office relocation.

• Sold all shares of Tenryu Aero Component Co., Ltd. to ShinMaywa Industries, transferring the aircraft business.

• Announced change of Representative Director and President.

• Announced reduction in stated capital.

• Announced a new catchphrase ahead of the 80th anniversary.

• Announced the passing of former Representative Director, Chairman and President Norio Fukunishi.

Holding company of a group positioned as a top manufacturer of vehicle seats for buses and railways, with diversified operations in composites, construction, transport and maintenance.

• Bus, rail vehicle and ship seats

• Bus interiors

• FWP products, FRP products, solar water heaters

• Molded parts, vacuum-formed parts, SMC molded parts, transport-equipment parts

• Building work, maintenance, repair, environmental greening

• Haulage, vehicle maintenance, moving

• Transport-equipment parts, sheet-metal work, processing, assembly

• Equipment maintenance, industrial-waste treatment, medical seats, specified dispatching

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