About
800+ locations, six countries. Karaoke since 1990.
From a ramen shop to 800+ locations.
One bowl in 1967, when the Koshidaka Group began. The first karaoke room came in 1990. Then hundreds more across the world. The chairs got better. The philosophy never changed.
- 1967
It started with ramen
Koshidaka opens in Gunma. A hand-pulled ramen shop, nothing more. The company that becomes Japan's #1 karaoke brand starts by feeding people. The microphone comes later.
Joshu Ramen · Gunma
Joshu Ramen · Gunma
- 1990
OYKOT opens
Twenty-three years in, Koshidaka reads the trend and opens its first karaoke location, OYKOT ("Tokyo," spelled backward). Not a stage. A private room you book with your people.
OYKOT · Tokyo backwards
OYKOT · Tokyo backwards
- 1993
The first Karaoke Manekineko
The first branch under the Manekineko name opens, built around family-friendly fun. The 招き猫 lucky cat takes its place at the door, paw up, beckoning you in.
Store #1
Store #1
- 2004
One hundred locations
One hundred locations across Japan. Manekineko is a household name now, one of the country's biggest karaoke brands. Just getting warmed up.
100 and counting
100 and counting
- 2011
Manekineko goes to Korea
The first location outside Japan opens in Seoul. "Anyone can sing" gets its first translation. Same promise, same result.
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
- 2017
Five hundred rooms
"Let's go to Manekineko" is now an everyday sentence. As ordinary as "let's go to dinner."
500 rooms
500 rooms
- 2022
Six hundred and counting
New cities, new rooms, same energy. Next stop: the first U.S. mainland location, on Sawtelle.
600 and beyond
600 and beyond
The scale, with receipts.
- 0159
Years of Koshidaka
Founded 1967 in Gunma, Japan
- 02800+
Locations worldwide
Japan · Korea · Malaysia · Thailand · Indonesia · now the U.S.
- 03100,000+
Songs in the catalog
English · Japanese · Spanish · Chinese
