Sukiya Gyudon Beef Bowl Restaurant Operator’s Founder Dies of Heart Attack at 77

The Yomiuri Shimbun

11:03 JST, April 7, 2026

Kentaro Ogawa, founder and chairman of Zensho Holdings Co., which operates restaurant chains such as the gyudon beef bowl chain Sukiya, died of heart attack on Monday. He was 77.

Ogawa was the company’s first president and had served as chairman since June last year.