List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers explained

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

• List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies
• List of Australian bicycle brands and manufacturers

External links

• 1984 Centurion Catalog, U.S.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bikecorp's Secrets to Success | Bicycling Australia . 2015-05-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828160658/http://bicyclingaustralia.com.au/2013/03/bikecorps-secrets-success . 2014-08-28 .
2. Web site: 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 . 27 August 2021.
3. Web site: MIYATA: Japanese road bicycle legend re-born | CyclingIQ . 5 April 2023 .
4. http://www.mizutanibike.co.jp/ mizutanibike
5. Web site: Nagasawa - Classic Japanese Bicycles . Classic Japanese Bicycles . 13 July 2023.
6. Web site: RINSEI LAB BUILDER . RINSEI LAB . 27 August 2021.
7. Web site: ALPS bicycles .
8. Web site: Bikecorp's Secrets to Success | Bicycling Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828160658/http://bicyclingaustralia.com.au/2013/03/bikecorps-secrets-success . 2014-08-28 .
9. Web site: Everything Bicycles - : No Search Results .