企業情報

History of XEBIO

July 1973 Established as Sansuits Co., Ltd.
August 1979 Trade name changed to Sankyo Co., Ltd.
November 1979 With the theme of fashion and sports, first large-scale store of XEBIO opened in former Nagasakiya Building in Fukushima Prefecture.
November 1983 Suburban sports store “Top Sports Namiki” opened in Koriyama City.
October 1984 Suburban Men’s clothing store “Sankyo Asaka” opened in Koriyama City.
November 1985 Suburban single casual wear store “Men’s Capa Kuwano”opened in Koriyama City.表挿絵
November 1987 Trade name changed to XEBIO Co., Ltd.
April 1988 Store registered at Japan Securities Dealers Association, Tokyo District.
May 1990 Development of new head office completed at 3-7-35 Asahi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.
May 1990 Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
July 1990 Opened our first suburban golf specialty store “XEBIO Sports Katsuta (currently Xebio Sports Hitachinaka)” in Katsuta City (currently Hitachinaka City), Ibaraki Prefecture.
April 1991 Acquired 100% of the shares of Resort Hotel Bandai Co., Ltd. (currently Seiryozen Co., Ltd., consolidated subsidiary).
October 1992

XEBIO Business Service Co., Ltd Motomiya Distribution Center (Total floor area 21,120 sq. m.) completed.

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December 1992

Suburban large complex “Super Sports XEBIO Izumi-Chuo Sendai” (3300 sq. m., one floor) opened in Sendai. Six other new mega stores opened simultaneously.

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September 1995 Listing changed to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
June 1996 Concluded Business Alliance Agreement with British apparel retailer Next Corporation.
November 1999

Opened nature-themed “Super Sports XEBIO Sapporo Dome Tsukisamu” with the largest retail space within the country of about 8,250 sq. m..

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March 2002 “XEBY” is abolished and merged into sports category.
July 2004 XEBIO Business Service Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) is established.
April 2005 Acquired 100% of shares of Victoria Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary), and acquired 100% ownership.表挿絵
August 2005 XEBIO Insurance Services Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) established.
June 2006

Established XEBIO Card Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary).

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July 2008 XEBIO Navigators Network Co.,Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) founded.
October 2008 Acquired shares of Golf Partner Co., Ltd. through a takeover bid, and made it consolidated subsidiary. (Owned 95.5% of shares.)
April 2009 Acquired total ownership of Golf Partner Co., Ltd. by simple share exchange.
June 2010

Japan’s largest hands-on sports mall “Super Sports XEBIO Dome Tsukuba Gakuen-higashi Odori Avenue” opened.

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May 2011 Established integrated sports marketing company “X Sports Marketing Inc”.
February 2012 Established “Saibyao (China) Gymnastic Goods Co., Ltd. (賽標 体育用品有限公司)” in Shanghai with Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
April 2012 Korean joint venture company “XEBIO Korea Co., Ltd” established.
June 2012

Grand opening of first overseas store “Super Sports XEBIO Shanghai Pudong” was held.

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March 2013 Second overseas store “Super Sports XEBIO Euljiro, Seoul” established in Seoul, Korea.
December 2013 Transfer agreement reached with Transview Holdings Singapore for the golf equipment business. On-site overseas business management company is established in Singapore.
October 2015 Transition to a pure holdings company completed. 6 core companies placed under XEBIO Holdings Co., Ltd.
February 2016 Opened Japan’s first PGA TOUR certified golf store.
April 2018 Changed the company name of Xebio Korea Co., Ltd to Golf Partner Korea Co., Ltd.
May 2018 Opened the first Golf Partner Korea store, Golf Partner Wille New City Store.
April 2022 Shifted from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to a revision of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s market classification.