List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers

This is a list of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers — as well as brands with models manufactured in Japan.

Japanese Bicycle Brands and Manufacturers

  • 3 Rensho
  • Amanda (Tokyo)
  • Amuna (written "AMVNA", manufactured by Sendai-based Matsumoto Cycle)
  • A.N. Design Works (Core Japan, Tokyo)
  • Araya
  • ARES
  • Asuka (Nara)
  • Baramon (Kurume)
  • Campania
  • Cherubim (Machida, Tokyo)
  • Crafted (Fukui)
  • Deki
  • Doppo, by Simworks
  • Elan
  • Emme Akko (Miyako)
  • Focus (a mid-1980s brand produced by Araya) [1]
  • Fuji
  • Fury
  • Ganwell (Kyoto)
  • Hirose (Kodaira, Tokyo)
  • Holks
  • Honjo (Tottori)
  • Ikesho
  • Iribe (Nara)
  • Kabuki, see Bridgestone
  • Kalavinka (made by Tsukumo, Tokyo)
  • Kaze and Kaze Race Bicycles
  • Kobe limited, Kobe, Japan
  • Kusano Engineering (Tokyo)
  • Kyoso (Tokyo)
  • Level (Tokyo—Established in 1980[2])
  • Lightning (made by Inazuma Cycle)
  • Makino Cycle
  • Maruishi
  • Marukin (White Sails) apparently a subsidiary of Hodaka Corp.
  • Mikado
  • Kiyo Miyazawa (Tokyo)
  • Miyata Japon (introduced by Miyata in 2011,[3] produced at its factory in Chigasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture )
  • Miyuki (Tokyo)
  • Mypallas
  • Mizutani (ミズタニ自転車株式会社) (Tokyo) (Established in 1924)[4]
  • Nagasawa (Osaka—Established in 1976[5])
  • Nakamichi
  • Noko
  • Ono
  • Panasonic
  • Pegasus (Chofu, Tokyo)
  • Pie
  • Polaris
  • Project M (Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
  • Raizin (Kiryu, Gunma)
  • Ravanello (made by Takamura, Tokyo)
  • Reminton
  • Rinsei Lab (Tochigi—Established in 2012[6])
  • Royal Norton
  • Royce Union
  • San Rensho (3Rensho)
  • Sannow
  • Sekai
  • Sekine
  • Shimazaki (Tokyo)
  • Shogun
  • Silk
  • Skyway
  • Smith
  • Soma
  • SR (Sakae Ringyo), purchased later by Mori Industries, merged with Suntour
  • Suntour, purchased later by Mori Industries, merged with SR
  • Takara
  • Tano
  • Terry
  • Toei (Kawaguchi, Saitama)
  • Tokyobike
  • Toyo
  • Tsunoda (Nagoya, Japan — also manufactured Lotus brand)
  • Tubagra
  • Vigore (Kyoto)
  • Vlaams
  • Vortex star ( usmans)
  • Vogue (made by Orient, Kamakura)
  • Zebrakenko
  • Zunow (Osaka)

Manufacturers

  • Alps Bicycle Industrial Co., Ltd., associated with Uchikanda Bicycle Shop in Tokyo from 1918 until its closure in 2007; specialized in made-to-order touring bicycles and equipment[7]
  • Araya, a manufacturer of bicycle rims and of the Focus bicycle brand[8]
  • Bridgestone (variously marketed as Anchor, C.Itoh, Kabuki)
  • CatEye (famous for cycling parts and accessories; also manufactures exercise bikes)
  • Kawamura Cycle, Kobe, Japan (manufactured Nishiki and Azuki brands for an American company)
  • Kuwahara, headquartered in Osaka and producer of both bicycle brands and parts
  • Miyata (has produced both domestic- and foreign-brand bicycles since the 19th century)
  • Otomo (produced several OEM bikes for different brands)
  • Panasonic Cycle Technology, Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary
  • Shimano (produces bicycle parts)

Foreign Brands Manufactured in Japan

  • American Eagle, later Nishiki (a line of bikes manufactured for export into the US by Kobe-based Kawamura Cycle Company from 1965 until 1989; owned by WCC, West Coast Cycle)
  • American Star (a brand manufactured in Japan in the 1960s and early 1970s[9])
  • Apollo (a Canadian brand manufactured by Kuwahara, marketed by Fred Deeley Imports of Vancouver)
  • Azuki (a line of bikes manufactured for export into the US by Kobe-based Kawamura Cycle Company; owned, along with the Nishiki line, by WCC or West Coast Cycle)
  • Bianchi (certain models manufactured in Japan)
  • Centurion (manufactured in Japan for export into the US by American company Western States Import Company or WSI; the brand and base of manufacture were consolidated with WSI's other brand Diamond Back in 1990 until the company's closure in 2000.)
  • Diamond Back (manufactured in Japan for export into the US by American company Western States Import Company or WSI between 1979 and 1984; consolidated with WSI's other brand Centurion in 1990 until the company closed in 2000.)
  • Peugeot (certain models manufactured in Japan)
  • Puch (certain models manufactured in Japan)
  • Raleigh Bicycle Company (certain models manufactured in Japan by Bridgestone in the early 1980s)
  • Suteki, a brand marketed by Sears and manufactured by Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary Panasonic Cycle Technology
  • Le Tour (manufactured in Japan for the American Schwinn company)
  • Lotus (manufactured by Nagoya-based Tsunoda Bicycle Corporation for an American company from 1980 until the end of the decade)
  • World Traveler (road bike manufactured for Schwinn by Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary Panasonic Cycle Technology in the 1970s)
  • World Voyager (touring bike manufactured for Schwinn by Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary Panasonic Cycle Technology in the 1970s)
  • Univega (an American brand manufactured in Japan from the 1970s until the late 1980s)

See also

References

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  2. ^ "会社概要". LEVEL マツダ自転車工場｜究極のオーダーメイド自転車. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "MIYATA: Japanese road bicycle legend re-born | CyclingIQ". 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ mizutanibike
  5. ^ "Nagasawa - Classic Japanese Bicycles". Classic Japanese Bicycles. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. ^ "RINSEI LAB | BUILDER". RINSEI LAB. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ "ALPS bicycles".
  8. ^ "Bikecorp's Secrets to Success | Bicycling Australia". Archived from the original on 2014-08-28.
  9. ^ "Everything Bicycles - : No Search Results".
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