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Top 25 Pharmaceuticals companies based in Japan

RevenueBase identified 198 pharmaceuticals companies headquartered in Japan as of September 2026 and tracks 11,618 professional contacts across them, including 2,068 with verified work emails. Tokyo is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceuticals companies headquartered in Japan, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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198Companies
11,618Contacts tracked
2,068Verified emails
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The 25 largest pharmaceuticals companies based in Japan

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 198 pharmaceuticals companies based in Japan, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceuticals companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceTokyo, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202610001+1,491 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Daiichi Sankyo is an innovative global healthcare company contributing to the sustainable development of society that discovers, develops, and delivers new standards of care to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2Strong evidenceChuo-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20265,001-10,000816 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo, is a research-based pharmaceutical company with world-class drug discovery capabilities, including proprietary antibody…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBunkyo-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000494 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eisai’s Corporate Concept is “to give first thought to patients and people in the daily living domain, and to increase the benefits that health care provides.” Under this Concept…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4Indirect evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000418 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Philosophy The purpose of the Shionogi Group's corporate activities is, as expressed in the opening of its Company Policy, to "supply the best possible medicine to protect the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5Strong evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000339 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Strong evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000251 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd is a multinational company with a history of over 120 years, renowned for its fast-moving consumer goods and OTC drugs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000191 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8Indirect evidence大阪市中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000184 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“This is the official company page of Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9Strong evidence大阪市中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000170 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Group offers a wide variety of products in the fields of pharmaceuticals, air fresheners, nutritional supplements (dietary supplements), and daily…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Indirect evidence新宿区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000143 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11Indirect evidenceKadoma, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000122 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in Osaka in 1951, for over 70 years we have been dedicated to research, develop, manufacture, and distribute generic medicines to fulfill our Ikigai: Contribute to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12Indirect evidence港区虎ノ門, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChiyoda-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In keeping with the corporate philosophy “Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide” and the Otsuka values of Ryukan-godo (by sweat we recognize the way)…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14Strong evidence中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,00057 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PPD2015CROPPDPPD1985202112Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.“Thermo Fisher”4735 Awards -Top Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Services Provider in APAC 2023 (Awarded by Pharma Tech…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Indirect evidence新宿区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,00047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16Indirect evidenceTokyo, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As one of core operating companies of the Sumitomo Corporation Group, we contribute to enriching lives and the world through the improvement of the health and well-being by…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Indirect evidence新宿区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-50029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Strong evidenceNakaniikawa-gun, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-50023 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Fuji Chemical Industries is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Toyama, Japan, founded in 1946 and proudly celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Indirect evidence富山市, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,00020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Indirect evidence大阪市淀川区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,00019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,00016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Indirect evidence鳥栖市, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Strong evidence江東区, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“is a pharmaceuticals company based out of, Japan.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Strong evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-50014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SPERA PHARMA (SPERA) was spun out from Takeda Pharmaceuticals and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bushu Pharmaceuticals on July 1, 2017 in Osaka, Japan.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Pharmaceuticals companies based in Japan at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
17.8%Verified-email coverage
58.7Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
6.6%Largest-city concentration · Tokyo
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
38
11-50
36
51-200
34
201-500
34
501-1,000
14
1,001-5,000
30
5,001-10,000
7
10001+
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Japan, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Japan, over 198 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among pharmaceuticals companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Japan whose own description of what they do matches “pharmaceuticals companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names pharmaceuticals companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among pharmaceuticals companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Japan are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,068 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names pharmaceuticals companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many pharmaceuticals companies are there based in Japan?

RevenueBase identified 198 pharmaceuticals companies headquartered in Japan as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Daiichi Sankyo Japan, headquartered in Tokyo, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most pharmaceuticals companies?

Tokyo leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Jing (10) and Osaka (9).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,068 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 198 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.