Yamaha Corporation

This article is about the music equipment manufacturer. For the mobility company that was spun off in 1955, see Yamaha Motor Company.
Yamaha Corporation
Native name
ヤマハ株式会社 (Japanese)
Yamaha kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyNippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (1887–1987)
Company typePublic KK
FoundedOctober 12, 1887 (137 years ago) (1887-10-12)
FounderTorakusu Yamaha
Headquarters10-1, Nakazawacho, Naka-ku,
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Takuya Nakata [jp], President and Representative Executive Officer
ProductsMusical instruments, audio equipment
RevenueIncrease ¥408.2 billion (2017)[1]
Increase ¥44.3 billion (2017)[verification needed][1]
Increase ¥46.7 billion (2017)[verification needed][1]
Number of employees
28,112 (including temporary employees) (2017)[1]
Subsidiaries
List
[2]
Websiteyamaha.com
Footnotes / references
[3][2]

Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha, /ˈjɑːmɒˌhɑː/; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha]) is a Japanese 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.

  1. ^ a b c d Annual Report 2017 Archived 6 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Yamaha Group Companies".
  3. ^ "Yamaha Corporate Profile".
  4. ^ Fosler-Lussier, Danielle (2020). Music on the Move. University of Michigan Press. p. 123.