What is "orix"

, styled as ORIX, is a financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan. It is also known as the majority owner of the Orix Buffaloes baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Orix offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment and retail banking, commodities funds and securities brokering. In addition to expanding its offerings, Orix has also expanded globally, offering financial services in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Northern Africa. Divisions include Japan-based Orix Auto Leasing Corporation, which operates in other countries through subsidiaries such as Orix Auto Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Orix is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.