Italian Tomato

Italian Tomato Co., Ltd[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese restaurant and cafe chain headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

This article is about the restaurant chain. For the variety of tomato, see Roma tomato.
Italian Tomato Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社イタリアントマト
Kabushiki-gaisha Itarian Tomato
Founded1977 (1977)
HeadquartersShinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan
Key people
Nobuhiro Ozawa
(president)
Revenue¥100 million
Number of employees
133 (2020)
ParentKey Coffee
Bandai Namco Holdings
DivisionsItalian Tomato Asean Sole
Websitewww.italiantomato.co.jp

History

Namco bought the Italian Tomato restaurant chain in 1986. Under Namco control, the store has been featured as a background in the Namco arcade and video console game hits Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament; the front of the store can be found in Ling Xiaoyu's stage, which is themed like an amusement park. Also, a cameo of this restaurant appeared in the Nintendo Family Computer RPG Rasāru Ishii no Childs Quest.

In 2005, Namco sold the majority share of Italian Tomato to Key Coffee, Inc. (キーコーヒー株式会社, Kīkōhī Kabushiki-gaisha, ), a food distributor and cafe operator. Since Namco, now Bandai Namco Games is a significant minority shareholder.

Notes
  1. Japanese: 株式会社イタリアントマト Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Itarian Tomato

References
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