Italian Tomato

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Italian Tomato Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社イタリアントマト
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Itarian Tomato
Founded1977;46 years ago (1977)
Headquarters Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan
Key people
Nobuhiro Ozawa
(president)
Revenue¥100 million
Number of employees
133 (2020)
Parent Key Coffee
Bandai Namco Holdings
Divisions Italian Tomato Asean Sole
Website www.italiantomato.co.jp

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

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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

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