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
Alps
Amanda (Tokyo)
American Eagle, later Nishiki (U.S. brand, manufactured by Kawamura Cycle)
American Star
Amuna (written "AMVNA", manufactured by Matsumoto Cycle, Sendai)
A.N. Design Works (Core Japan, Tokyo)
Apollo (a Canadian brand manufactured by Kuwahara, marketed by Fred Deeley Imports of Vancouver)
Araya
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Asuka (Nara)
Azuki (a sub-brand of West Coast Cycle, see Nishiki)
Baramon (Kurume)
Bianchi (certain models manufactured in Japan)
Bridgestone (variously marketed as Anchor, C.Itoh, Kabuki)
Cateye (famous for cycling accessories, manufacture exercise bikes)
Centurion
Cherubim (Machida, Tokyo)
Crafted (Fukui)
Deki
Diamond Back
Elan
Emme Akko (Miyako)
Focus (Araya)
Fuji
Fury
Ganwell (Kyoto)
Hirose (Kodaira, Tokyo)
Holks
Honjo (Tottori)
Ikesho
Iribe (Nara)
Kabuki, see Bridgestone
Kalavinka (made by Tsukumo, Tokyo)
Kawamura Cycle, Kobe, Japan (manufactured Nishiki and Azuki brands)
Kusano Engineering (Tokyo)
Kuwahara
Lightning (made by Inazuma Cycle)
Lotus
Maruishi
Marukin (White Sails) apparently a subsidiary of Hodaka Corp.
Mikado
Miyata
Kiyo Miyazawa (Tokyo)
Miyuki (Tokyo)
Mizutani (ミズタニ自転車株式会社) (Tokyo) (Established in 1924)(http://www.mizutanibike.co.jp/)
Nagasawa
Nakagawa (Osaka)
Nakamichi
Nishiki (U.S. brand, earlier as American Eagle, manufactured by Kawamura)
Noko
Ono
Panasonic / National
Pegasus (Chofu, Tokyo)
Peugeot (certain models manufactured in Japan)
Pie
Polaris
Project M (Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
Puch (certain models manufactured in Japan)
Raizin (Kiryu, Gunma)
Raleigh / Rampar (certain models manufactured in Japan)
Ravanello (made by Takamura, Tokyo)
Reminton
Royal Norton
Royce Union
San Rensho (3Rensho)
Sannow
Schwinn (certain models manufactured in Japan, e.g., Voyageur, World models)
Sekai
Sekine
Shimazaki (Tokyo)
Shimano
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
Suteki, a brand marketed by Sears, manufactured by Panasonic.
Takara
Tano
Terry
Toei (Kawaguchi, Saitama)
Tokyobike
Toyo
Tsunoda (Nagoya, Japan — also manufactured Lotus brand)
Tubagra
Univega
Vigore (Kyoto)
Vlaams
Vogue (made by Orient, Kamakura)
Zebrakenko
Zunow (Osaka)
List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
