Opened first restaurant, "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya," in Nishi-Biwajima-cho in outskirts of Nagoya.

Completed chain head office and plant in Bisai, Aichi Prefecture.

Opened first FC member restaurant in Inazawa-Kounomiya, Aichi Prefecture.

Launched Bloom System (goodwill system for employees who want to start up their own business).

Established Ichibanya Co., Ltd.

Completed new office building and plant in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture.

Opened 100th restaurant (Gifu Kagashima restaurant).

Opened 200th restaurant (Koriyama Zukei restaurant).

Established CoCo ICHI HAWAII, INC., as overseas base.

Opened restaurants in all 47 prefectures in Japan.
Opened 300th restaurant (Toyohashi Iwata restaurant).

CoCo ICHI HAWAII, INC., opened CoCo Ichibanya as first overseas base restaurant in Oahu, Hawaii.

Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award.

Opened 400th restaurant (Naka-ku Shimin-Kaikanmae restaurant).

Opened 500th restaurant (Tobata No. 3 Bypass restaurant).

Opened 600th restaurant (Minokamo Kawai restaurant).

Completed Tochigi plant.

Began offering company's stock through over-the-counter trading.

Opened 700th restaurant (Minami-ku Yoshino-cho restaurant).

Transferred all shares of overseas base CoCo ICHI HAWAII, INC.
Said company became franchisee.
Opened 800th restaurant (Nagano Kawanakajima restaurant).

Opened "Pasta de CoCo" Ichinomiya Mitsui restaurant, a new type of restaurant specializing in ankake spaghetti (spaghetti dressed with liquid starch).

Opened "Menya CoCo Ichi" Ichinomiya Ekimae restaurant, a new type of restaurant specializing in curry udon.

Opened 900th restaurant (Kanazawa Morinosato restaurant).

Began listing shares in Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Second Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

Established and invested in House Curry CoCo Ichibanya Restaurant Inc. in Shanghai.

Opened Shanghai Zhongshan Park "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya" in Shanghai as first restaurant in China.

Opened 1000th restaurant (Naka-ku Kannai Bashamichi restaurant).

Changed logo of "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya."
Changed interior and exterior designs of restaurants.
Established Ichibanya Corporate Behavior Charter.

Began listing shares in First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and First Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

Invested in Taiwan Curry House Restaurant Inc.

Opened Taipei Hankou "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya" in Taipei as first restaurant in Taiwan.

Acquired ISO 9001:2000 certification at all plants (Aichi, Tochigi, and Saga).

Opened 1100th restaurant (Okayama Shimonakano restaurant).

Constructed Central Kitchen in Shanghai, China.

Established and invested in Curry House Korea Corporation, in South Korea.

Celebrated company's 30th anniversary.

Opened Gangnam "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya" in Seoul as first restaurant South Korea.

Opened "Kayusaryo Kassai" (Sakae Gas Building) restaurant, a new type of restaurant specializing in rice porridge.
Invested in Ichibanya Midwest Asia Co.,Ltd., in Thailand.

Established and invested in ICHIBANYA MIDWEST ASIA CO., LTD. in Thailand.
Opened Esplanade Rachada "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya" in Bangkok as first restaurant in Thailand.

Opened 1200th restaurant (Iizuka Kayanomori restaurant).

Established and invested in US subsidiary ICHIBANYA USA,INC.

Established and invested in Hong Kong subsidiary ICHIBANYA HONG KONG LIMITED.

Opened "Nikkui Tei" Konan Akadoji restaurant, a new type of restaurant specializing in Hamburger steak.

Opened Crocodile center "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya" in Kowloon as first restaurant in Hong Kong.