# List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers

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)
* 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)
* 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, 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)
* Nagasawa (Osaka—Established in 1976)
* 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)
* 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
* Araya, a manufacturer of bicycle rims and of the Focus bicycle brand
* 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)
* 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)