Citigroup to sell Y186.5 bln in retail Samurai bonds

TOKYO, June 12 (Reuters) - Citigroup (C.N) is raising 186.5 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in its first yen bond sale to Japanese households in eight years, documents filed with Japanese financial authorities showed on Thursday.

Citigroup's three-year Samurai bond will come with a 2.66 percent coupon. The bond will be sold to individual investors from June 13-30.

It is the largest Samurai bond sale so far this year.

Samurai bonds are yen bonds issued in Japan by non-Japanese entities. (Reporting by Rika Otsuka)