Yamaha Corporation
Yamaha Corporation's headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan | |
Native name | ヤマハ株式会社 (Japanese) |
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Romanized name | Yamaha kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (1887–1987) |
| Company type | Public |
| Founded | October 12, 1887 |
| Founder | Torakusu Yamaha |
| Headquarters | 10-1, Nakazawacho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Takuya Nakata (president and Representative Executive Officer) |
| Products | Musical instruments, audio equipment |
| Revenue | ¥408.2 billion (2017)[1] |
| ¥44.3 billion (2017)[1] | |
| ¥46.7 billion (2017)[1] | |
Number of employees | 28,112 (including temporary employees) (2017)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | List
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| Website | yamaha.com |
| Footnotes / references [3][2] | |
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha; /ˈjɑːməhɑː/; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha]) is a Japanese multinational musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.
It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.[4]
The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., which started as an affiliated company but has been spun-off as its own independent company.
- ^ a b c d Annual Report 2017 Archived 6 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Yamaha Group Companies".
- ^ "Yamaha Corporate Profile".
- ^ Fosler-Lussier, Danielle (2020). Music on the Move. University of Michigan Press. p. 123.