Dr. Recella Group to Create New Value by Making Kuro Fooding Group a Subsidiary
Dr. Recella Group, known for its additive-free skincare and diverse businesses contributing to beauty, health, and the global environment, has acquired Kuro Fooding Group as a subsidiary as of January 30, 2026. This acquisition aims to maximize business synergies, promote universal employment for people with disabilities, and strengthen global expansion, leveraging Kuro Fooding's expertise in universal business and French cuisine, including its Paris restaurant.
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Dr. Recella (Headquarters: Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka; Representative Director and President: Tetsuya Okusako) supplies cosmetics to 3,451 aesthetic salons nationwide (*1). Based on the concept of "creating skin that doesn't need foundation," the company develops and wholesales additive-free (*2) skincare cosmetics, operates mail-order businesses, and engages in a wide variety of other ventures that contribute to beauty, health, and the global environment, including food, fitness, day services, children's centers, and beekeeping.
(*1) As of the end of February 2026
(*2) Does not use five ingredients: petroleum-based synthetic surfactants, parabens (preservatives) and other ingredients designated for old labeling, synthetic fragrances, synthetic colorants, and mineral oil.
Dr. Recella Group (Headquarters: Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka; Representative Director and President: Tetsuya Okusako) has now made Kuro Fooding Group (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Osaka; Representative Director: Isao Kuroiwa), which operates Kuro Fooding Co., Ltd., General Incorporated Association FUKURO, NPO SDGsLABO, and LUCKY SALR, a subsidiary as of January 30, 2026.
With this acquisition, Kuro Fooding Group will become part of Dr. Recella Group. However, Isao Kuroiwa will continue to serve as the Representative Director of Kuro Fooding Group, aiming to develop universal businesses where employees with disabilities (referred to as "casts") can demonstrate their individual abilities and work with brilliance.
Background
Dr. Recella, with its management philosophy of "contributing to beauty, health, and the global environment" and its corporate message of "making both people and the earth happy," operates a wide range of businesses in addition to its main beauty business, including a food business that delivers additive-free, low-sugar foods, and a welfare business.
Our company has actively promoted the employment of people with disabilities for some time, and our representative also had a strong desire to expand opportunities for people with disabilities to thrive. However, specific working methods in each business and the establishment of a safe working environment posed challenges due to a lack of specialized know-how and system development.
On the other hand, Kuro Fooding Group, led by Representative Isao Kuroiwa, who has been developing universal businesses (welfare for people with disabilities) in restaurants for many years, held the philosophy of "spreading the concept of universal restaurants throughout Japan and creating more places where casts (staff with disabilities) can demonstrate their individual abilities and work with brilliance." However, they believed that their current business scale limited their ability to spread this philosophy nationwide.
As a result of the alignment of these two companies' aspirations, after a business alliance starting in February 2025, a share transfer agreement was concluded on January 30, 2026, leading to Kuro Fooding Group's participation in Dr. Recella Group.
Future Outlook
By combining Dr. Recella's philosophy of "contributing to beauty, health, and the global environment" with Kuro Fooding Group's universal business-centered collaboration in food, welfare, education, and agriculture, we aim to strengthen mutual cooperation, primarily in the beauty, food, welfare, and agriculture businesses, and achieve the following synergistic effects:
■ Maximization of Business Synergy
By integrating Dr. Recella's management foundation and sales channels with Kuro Fooding Group's established universal business know-how and professional French culinary skills and restaurant management expertise, we aim to enhance the quality of existing businesses, create new value, and achieve further development.
■ Promotion of Universal Business
We will expand the scale of universal business throughout the entire Dr. Recella Group to make the employment of people with disabilities a standard in Japan, thereby accelerating our contribution to society.
■ Strengthening Global Expansion
Using the Paris store operated by Kuro Fooding Group's overseas subsidiary LUCKY SALR (a French corporation) as a base, we will promote the expansion of Dr. Recella Group's beauty business in France, disseminating Japanese hospitality and high quality to the world.
About Kuro Fooding Group
Kuro Fooding Group, guided by the philosophies of "customers' joy is our joy" and "the joy of working universally," operates a wide range of businesses centered on "universal business (welfare for people with disabilities)," where both people with and without disabilities can thrive without discrimination.
Representative Director Isao Kuroiwa is a chef who trained in renowned French restaurants. Leveraging his culinary skills and restaurant management know-how, he is dedicated to the ideal of "spreading the concept of universal restaurants throughout Japan."
Currently, out of approximately 80 staff members in the group involved in cooking, confectionery making, and customer service, about 50 are "casts" (staff with disabilities) who are actively demonstrating their individuality and thriving.
Their businesses include restaurant operations, managing three French restaurants in Osaka, including "Le Clos," and "Le Clos Y," which is listed in the Michelin Guide in Paris. They also offer catering and bridal services. As part of their welfare business, they operate the confectionery workshop "Le Clos Labo Kyoto" and "Value Labo Fukurou," which offers work experience at their own restaurants.
Furthermore, in November 2021, they opened "Kaizuka Ibuki Village," an SDGs resort in Kaizuka City, Osaka Prefecture, themed "Agriculture, Welfare, Accommodation, and Food," promoting activities that link food, welfare, education, and agriculture.
The group is expanding its business both domestically and internationally, aiming to realize a society where diverse individualities can shine.
Company Overview
Dr. Recella Co., Ltd.
Date of Establishment: June 1996
Representative: Tetsuya Okusako, Representative Director and President
Head Office Location: 1-7-17 Higashinakajima, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Business Activities: Development, domestic and international wholesale, and mail-order sales of cosmetics, beauty equipment, and health foods; welfare/health support/childcare business; food business; environmental business; agricultural production; direct aesthetic salons/academy education/clinic management
Group Website: https://www.dr-recella.com/
Kuro Fooding Group
Date of Establishment: October 11, 2002
Representative: Isao Kuroiwa, Representative Director
Head Office Location: 2-3-22 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Business Activities: Management of French restaurants (3 in Osaka, including 1 for restaurant weddings, and 1 in Paris, France); catering business; support for overseas expansion and promotion of Japanese products and traditional crafts leveraging its network with France; food and beverage consulting and collaboration business supporting restaurant openings and management
Corporate Website: https://fooding.co.jp/
What is Dr. Recella?
Since its establishment, Dr. Recella has strived to create products that "contribute to beauty, health, and the global environment" with the desire for "safe, effective, and environmentally friendly products for people and the earth." Currently, we do business with 3,451 aesthetic salons nationwide (*3), and the number of case studies totals 92,731 (*3).
"ADS" won first place for three consecutive years (2012-2014) in the "Cosmetic General Election" surveyed by Beauty Economy Newspaper. Additionally, "ADS," "Recella Diva," and "AQUA VENUS" were inducted into the Hall of Fame, winning awards for three consecutive years in the BEST BEAUTY ITEM Facial category. It is a skincare brand continuously chosen by aestheticians, who are beauty professionals. In addition to products exclusively for aesthetic salons, we also offer general sales of "AQUA VENUS," a home care brand loved by a wide range of ages, "cocochia," which features daily necessities made from natural materials, and "VI PLANTE," an additive-free (*4) makeup brand.
(*3) As of the end of February 2026
(*4) Does not use five ingredients: petroleum-based synthetic surfactants, parabens (preservatives) and other ingredients designated for old labeling, synthetic fragrances, synthetic colorants, and mineral oil.