Rakuten Group, Inc.

Japanese e-commerce company
Organization business Q973054
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Summary

Rakuten Group, Inc. is a business[1]. Rakuten Group, Inc. ranks in the top 0.51% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,778 views/month, #152 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rakuten Group, Inc. was a member of Internet Association[3].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[4].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. was a member of Computer & Communications Industry Association[5].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. is in the country of JP[7].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as holding company[11].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as online community[12].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Hiroshi Mikitani[13].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. is owned by Hiroshi Mikitani[14].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc. is owned by Japan Post Holdings[15].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Tamagawa[16].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[17].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Kobo Inc.[18].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Bank[19].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Card[20].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Securities[21].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Edy[22].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Communications[23].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Mobile[24].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Viki[25].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Payment[26].
  • Rakuten Group, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Rakuten Securities Holdings[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900IMXUCQKUL1H943[28]

  • Registered legal name: 楽天グループ株式会社[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: JP[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1997-02-06[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2019-09-16[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-04-07[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-04-07[38]

  • Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000412[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 0107-01-020592[41]

  • Other names: Rakuten Group, Inc.[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Holding[44]

  • Country: JP[45]

  • Began / founded: 1997-02-07[46]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e145f0d9-af57-4a19-85a5-9d2665c79942[47]

Body

Founding

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Hiroshi Mikitani[13]. Recorded inception include February 7, 1997[48] and 1997-02-06[49].

Identity

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '楽天グループ株式会社'}[50].

Leadership

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s director / manager is recorded as Hiroshi Mikitani[51].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Tamagawa[16], a chōchō[52], in Japan[53] and Tokyo[17], a metropolitan prefecture[54], in Japan[55], founded in 1868[56], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[57]. Subsidiaries include Kobo Inc.[18], a subsidiary company[58], in Canada[59], founded in 2009[60], headquartered in Toronto[61]; Rakuten Bank[19], a business[62], in Japan[63], founded in 2000[64], headquartered in Tamagawa[65]; Rakuten Card[20], a business[66], in Japan[67], founded in 2001[68], headquartered in Tokyo[69]; Rakuten Securities[21], a business[70], in Japan[71], founded in 1999[72], headquartered in Minato[73]; Rakuten Edy[22], a business[74], in Japan[75], founded in 2001[76], headquartered in Tokyo[77]; and Rakuten Communications[23], a business[78], in Japan[79], founded in 2000[80], headquartered in Tokyo[81].

Industry

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s industry is recorded as Internet industry[82].

Ownership

Owners include Hiroshi Mikitani[14], an entrepreneur[83], b. 1965[84], of Japan[85], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[86] and Japan Post Holdings[15], a holding company[87], in Japan[88], founded in 2006[89], headquartered in Kasumigaseki[90]. Rakuten Group, Inc.'s stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[91].

Why It Matters

Rakuten Group, Inc. ranks in the top 0.51% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,778 views/month, #152 of 29,529).[2] Rakuten Group, Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[92] Rakuten Group, Inc. is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[93]

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Class ancestry

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 3644-BD50-8A51-0B22-4B35
    Mobygames company id → 52535
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  2. 13w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Autonomous system number → 54058
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Company", "Rakuten::7jc9s"]
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