Takigawa History
From founding to the present, we will introduce the history of Takigawa over 80 years by chronological table.
| 1931.February | Company founder (and first president) Takashi Takigawa established Takigawa Shouten, a wholesale store for hairdressing products, in Kanzaki-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka-shi. |
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| 1939.July | Expanded to Tokyo |
| 1950.October | Relocated to newly built office in Asakusa Misujicho, Taito-ku |
| 1952.July | Reorganized as Takigawa Shouten Co., Ltd. with capital of ¥3 million |
| 1960.October | “Takigawa General Catalogue” published |
| 1962.March | Completed construction of new head office in Asakusa Misujicho, Taito-ku |
| 1970.July | Company founder Takashi Takigawa passed away. Koichi Takigawa became new president. |
| 1972.May | “’72 1st Annual Takigawa Trade Fair, Hanei no-ki” event held for dealers |
| 1973.May | Announcement of launch of esthetics business start of operations |
| 1974.October | “’74 1st Annual Takigawa Beauty Fair” held for barbers and beauty salons |
| 1975.October | “Takigawa Shinjuku Beautrec” opened (salon development and esthetics business division) |
| December | “Takigawa Izu Beautrec” opend (training and recreation facility) |
| 1977.March | “Takigawa Nagoya Beautrec” opend (currently Nagoya Branch) |
| 1979.January | introduced yearly appointment system for managers |
| May | Company name changed from “Takigawa Shouten Co., Ltd.” to “Takigawa Co., Ltd.”. Construction completed of current head office building located at 3-2-1 Motoasakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
| September | “’79 TISA 1st Annual National Managers Conference” (management seminar) held |
| 1980.March | Launch of newsletter “THE BEAUTREC” |
| 1982.July | “Takigawa Distribution Center”opened |
| November | Osaka Branch start operation |
| 1984.August | Begin of hairdressing and beauty cultural exchange between Japan and China |
| November | Sapporo Branch start operation |
| 1986.April | Established “Takigawa Esthetic Academy” |
| September | “1st Intensive Study Program for Beauticians” held at Izu Beautrec |
| November | “Pelloro Nail Art Gallery” opened |
| 1987.April | “1st Annual Takigawa Golf Jamboree (competition) ’87” held. |
| 1988.May | Construction completed of new “Takigawa Izu Beautrec” |
| June | “Intensive Study Program for Beauticians” reopened as “Takigawa Beauty College” |
| 1990.February | Introduced CI. Corporate mark and logo have changed |
| 1991.January | “Celebration for Young Hair stylists of Tomorrow” held |
| 1993.July | Construction completed of 2nd Takigawa head office building |
| 1998.March | Construction completed of Takigawa “Esthetic Hall” |
| September | Established “Takigawa Nail Academy” |
| 1999.October | Start issueing “Beauty Gallery”（ product catalog） |
| 2001.May | “Distribution Center” moved to Shiohama, Ichikawa-shi |
| July | 70th anniversary |
| September | Introduced e-partnership (EDI) |
| 2004.June | Koichi Takigawa became a chairman, Masahide Takigawa became a president of the company. |
| 2005.February | 300th edition of newsletter “THE BEAUTREC” issued |
| 2008.January | FIOLE division became a separate company as “FIOLE COSMETICS CO., LTD.” |
| August | With its 19th volume, total copies of Beauty Gallery published over 4.5 million. |
| 2009.February | Celebration of 100th anniversary of company founder’s birth |
| December | Published “BEAUTY BOX” |
| 2010.February | The Beauty Galleries issued a total of 5 million copies |
| March | 30th anniversary of newsletter “THE BEAUTREC” |
| October | Inven ion of “TAKI-NET”（ online order system） |
| 2013.May | Mutsuko Takigawa became a president of the company. |
| July | Takigawa Scholarship Program ' The First Summer School ' held |
| 2014.March | Osaka branch relocated to Minamisemba Chuo-ku, Osaka |
| 2017.April | Koichi Takigawa received ' Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Pays with Rosette Award ' . |
| August | Nagoya branch relocated to Sakae Naka-ku, Nagoya |
| October | ' The 5 years' record of Takigawa Scholarship Program ( no repayment ) for future's barbers and hair dressers' issued. |
| 2018.April | Renovated the showroom in one of three office buildings in Tokyo Headquater. |
| 2020.October | Ex-chairman Koichi Takigawa passed away. |
| 2021.February | 90th anniversary. |
| 2021.August | Fukuoka Branch office was launched. |
