Mizuno

Mizuno Corporation
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 8022
IndustrySports equipment
FoundedApril 1, 1906; 118 years ago (1906-04-01)[1]
FounderRihachi & Rizo Mizuno
HeadquartersSuminoe, Osaka, Japan
Key people
Akito Mizuno [jp] (President)[2]
Products
RevenueJPY 148,703,000,000 (2010)[3]
JPY 1,406,000,000 (2010)[3]
Number of employees
5,368 (2013)
Websitemizuno.com
Mizuno Wave Ibuki 2, trail running shoe
Mizuno Wave Ultima 11 running shoe

Mizuno Corporation (ミズノ株式会社, legally 美津濃株式会社, Mizuno Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 8022) is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company, founded in Osaka in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear for table tennis, badminton, golf, baseball, mixed martial arts, association football, gridiron football, futsal, judo, rugby, running, skiing, athletics, swimming, tennis, handball and volleyball.