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Japanese Rice

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -14.4% this quarter, so Japanese Rice is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 17% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +8 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£206K/yr128K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Japanese Rice against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Japanese Rice is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Japanese Rice market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Japanese Rice 128K times last year and spent an estimated £206K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 128K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £206K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
128K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.4%
Conversion, latest week
9.7%
Market size, estimated
£206Ka year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
japanese rice91K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.58.

Listings sell for £16.58 on average, from £1.49 to £47.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £16.58 that is £4K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.58inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.49–£47.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£8K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within Rice, Pasta & Pulses. It carries 794 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#28in Rice, Pasta & Pulses
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
794per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
66 months

Products

Top Japanese Rice products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£10K£21K£31K£41K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • Yutaka34%
  • 神明17%
  • Emma Basic13%
  • Yume Nishiki8%
  • あかふじ6%
  • ‎Hyakushoichiba Co4%

Demand

Japanese Rice search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Japanese Rice search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • japanese rice91K/yr
  • short grain rice21K/yr
  • koshihikari rice6K/yr
  • japanese short grain rice3K/yr
  • rice japanese3K/yr
  • japonica rice2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Japanese Rice

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Taste-Overall19%+0.80

really bad taste

You taste different

Plastic taste

Quality-Overall14%−0.11

Disappointing quality

Poor quality, unedible

Lower quality than before

Value For Money13%+0.76

expensive

Bit pricey

Expensive

Size-Overall6%−0.04

This bag is massive

short by 1/4

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.07

False Advertising

Misled product description

Love

Taste-Overall29%+0.80

Fantastic creamy rice

Absolutely Delicious

The natural taste of the rice is pleasant

Quality-Overall16%−0.11

Good quality

It is certainly good quality rice

good quality sushi rice

Value For Money13%+0.76

GREAT PRICE

Value for money

Great value

Cooking Instructions8%+1.01

Easy to cook following the simple instructions

cooks great and and has a lovely taste

Cooks well in the cooker

Baking7%+0.54

It was the best pudding rice ever

It makes a nice rice pudding

Made a delicious rice pudding with condensed milk in the slow cooker, just like ambrosia, most yum

FAQ

Common Japanese Rice questions

Answered from the same tracked data.