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Sports Drinks in Japan

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  • 34 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Japan
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 3317016
Sports drinks sales have declined in off-trade volume terms in 2025 with price increases leading to a drop in demand as consumers turned to more affordable alternatives. Record-breaking temperatures have had a mixed impact on demand with the extreme heat limiting outdoor activities but increasing the need for heatstroke prevention measures.

This report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2020-2025), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they legislative, distribution, packaging or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Reduced Sugar Sports Drinks, Regular Sports Drinks.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Sports Drinks market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 PERFORMANCE
  • Sports drinks sales hard hit by price increases
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Sales decline amidst price hikes
  • Demand drops as soaring temperatures limit outdoor activities
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Climate change could pose an ongoing threat to sales of sports drinks
  • Heightened role of sports drinks in heatstroke prevention
  • Increasing competition could challenge sports drinks
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Coca-Cola provides first update to the taste of Aquarius in 20 years
  • Pocari Sweat benefits from heatstroke awareness campaigns
CHANNELS
  • Vending remains the leading distribution channel despite challenges
  • E-commerce and convenience stores pick up share
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 7 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 8 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 9 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSOFT DRINKS IN JAPAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Rising prices put pressure on volume sales in 2025
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Price rises lead to a decline in off-trade volume sales of soft drinks in 2025
  • Functional soft drinks gain prominence
  • Innovation has become faster, riskier, and more culturally embedded
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Shrinking population likely to limit opportunities for volume growth
  • Healthy and natural products likely to attract more interest moving forward
  • Vending evolving as it looks to meet the needs of modern consumers
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Coca-Cola and Suntory continue to invest in product development and innovation
  • Nippon Del Monte finds success with new line of tomato juice
CHANNELS
  • Label-less products gain traction as online sales rise
  • On-trade volume sales continue to recover buoyed by interest in RTD tea
MARKET DATA
  • Table 13 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: Volume 2025
  • Table 18 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 19 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025
  • Table 20 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2025
  • Table 21 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 24 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 25 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 26 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 27 NBO Company Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 28 LBN Brand Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 29 NBO Company Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 30 LBN Brand Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 31 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 32 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 33 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 34 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 35 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 36 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 37 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 38 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format and Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 39 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 40 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 41 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 42 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 43 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 44 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 45 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 46 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 47 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 48 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
APPENDIX
  • Fountain sales in Japan
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources