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- Founder
- Tomoyoshi Nishiyama, President
- # of Restaurants
- 1,230 *Including 25 overseas outlets (As of Jan. 31, 2011)
- # of employee
- 525 (As of Dec. 31, 2010)
| History | |
|---|---|
| 1987 June | Established as Kokudo Shinpan Co., Ltd., real estate business |
| 1996 January | Entered restaurant businesses and opened Yakiniku Ichiba “Shichirin” |
| 1997 October | Changed store name from "Shichirin" to "Gyu-Kaku" |
| 1997 November | Opened the first franchised restaurant |
| 1998 April | Changed corporate name to REINS INTERNATIONAL INC. |
| 2000 March | Opened a shabu-shabu restaurant, ONYASAI |
| 2000 July | Opened TORIDEN Kamameshi and Skewered Dishes |
| 2000 December | Registered the shares with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and listed on the OTC market in Tokyo. |
| 2001 July | Opened Gyu-Kaku in United States, the first one outside of Japan |
| 2002 February | Obtained 100% share of Red Lobster Japan Co., Ltd. |
| 2002 August | Opened the first Gyu-Kaku in Taiwan |
| 2003 July | Opened REINS' 1000th restaurant |
| 2004 December | Opened the first Gyu-Kaku in SIngapore |
| 2006 December | Opened the first Gyu-Kaku in Indonesia |
| 2010 December | Opened the first Gyu-Kaku in Hong Kong |
| 2011 September | Opened the first Gyu-Kaku in Canada |
| * REX Holdings, Reins' parent company, implemented a management buyout (MBO) in 2006 and took the company private in 2007. * Reins sold 100% share of Red Lobster Japan Co., Ltd. off January 2011. |