As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2003
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                                                 Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM F-6
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
                          AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

                             YAMAHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
   (Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

                               YAMAHA CORPORATION
                   (Translation of issuer's name into English)

                                      JAPAN
            (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

                      DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
             (Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

                                Sixty Wall Street
                            New York, New York 10005
                                 (212) 602 3761
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   depositary's principal executive offices)

                      Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
                                 ADR Department
                                Sixty Wall Street
                            New York, New York 10005
                                 (212) 602 3761

    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

    Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes               Toshiyuki Arai, Esq.
           White & Case                  Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
          7-11 Moorgate                   515 South Flower Street, 15th Floor,
          London EC2R 6HH                     Los Angeles, California 90071
            England                                  United States
        +44 20 7600 7300                            +1 213 683 6000

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     It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466:  |_|   immediately upon filing.
                                                                       |_|   on (Date) at (Time).
     If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box : |_|

                                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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           Title of Each Class of                Amount to be         Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum          Amount of
        Securities to be Registered               Registered         Aggregate Price Per    Aggregate Offering     Registration Fee
                                                                            Unit*                Price**
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American Depositary Shares evidenced by
American Depositary Receipts, each American    100,000,000 ADSs             $5.00               $5,000,000              $404.50
Depositary Share representing one (1) share
of common stock of Yamaha Corporation
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*    Each unit represents 100 American Depositary Shares.
**   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the
     basis of the maximum  aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of receipts  evidencing  American
     Depositary Shares.

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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until
the Registrant shall file a further amendment which  specifically  states that this  Registration  Statement shall thereafter become
effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective
on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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                                                                PART I
                                                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

     The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt ("ADR" or "American  Depositary  Receipt") included
as Exhibit (A) to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

                                                     Cross Reference
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Item Number and Caption                                       Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt Filed
                                                              Herewith as Prospectus
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1.     Name and address of depositary                         Introductory Article

2.     Title of American Depositary Receipts and              Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center
       identity of deposited securities

       Terms of Deposit:

       (i)    The amount of deposited securities              Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right
              represented by one unit of American             corner
              Depositary Shares

       (ii)   The procedure for voting, if any, the           Articles number 14, 15, 17 and 18
              deposited securities

       (iii)  The collection and distribution of              Articles number 6, 13, 14, 17 and 18
              dividends

       (iv)   The transmission of notices, reports and        Articles number 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18
              proxy soliciting material

       (v)    The sale or exercise of rights                  Articles number 13, 14, 17 and 18

       (vi)   The deposit or sale of securities               Articles number 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18
              resulting from dividends, splits or plans
              of reorganization

       (vii)  Amendment, extension or termination of the      Articles number 20 and 21
              Deposit Agreement

       (viii) Rights of  holders of  American  Depositary     Article number 12
              Receipts to inspect the  transfer  books of
              the  depositary  and the list of holders of
              American Depositary Receipts

       (ix)   Restrictions upon the right to deposit or       Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 23
              withdraw the underlying securities

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       (x)    Limitation upon the liability of the            Articles number 17, 18, 19 and 21
              depositary

3.      Fees and Charges                                      Articles number 9 and 23

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Item 2.  AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Public reports furnished by issuer                            Article number 12


     The Company furnishes the United States Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission") with certain public reports and documents required by foreign
law or otherwise under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
These  reports  can be  inspected  by holders of  Receipts  and copied at public
reference  facilities  maintained by the Commission  located at Judiciary Plaza,
450 Fifth Street, N.W. (Room 1024),  Washington D.C. 20549, and at the principal
executive office of the Depositary.


                                     PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.  EXHIBITS

          (a)  Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of Deposit Agreement among Yamaha
               Corporation  (Yamaha Kabushiki Kaisha) (the "Company"),  Deutsche
               Bank Trust Company  Americas,  as depositary (the  "Depositary"),
               and all  owners  and  holders  from  time  to  time  of  American
               Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the "Deposit  Agreement"),
               including  the  Form of  American  Depositary  Receipt,  is filed
               herewith as Exhibit (a).

          (b)  Any other  agreement to which the  Depositary is a party relating
               to the  issuance of the  American  Depositary  Shares  registered
               hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities  represented
               thereby. Not Applicable.

          (c)  Every  material  contract  relating to the  deposited  securities
               between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities
               in  effect  at  any  time  within  the  last  three  years.   Not
               Applicable.

          (d)  Opinion  of White & Case,  counsel to the  Depositary,  as to the
               legality of the securities  being  registered.  Filed herewith as
               Exhibit (d).

          (e)  Certification under Rule 466. Not applicable.

          (f)  Powers of Attorney  for certain  officers and  directors  and the
               authorized  representative  of  the  Company.  Set  forth  on the
               signature pages hereto.

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Item 4.  UNDERTAKINGS

          (a)  The  Depositary  hereby  undertakes  to  make  available  at  the
               principal  office of the  Depositary  in the United  States,  for
               inspection by holders of the American  Depositary  Receipts,  any
               reports  and  communications  received  from  the  issuer  of the
               deposited   securities   which  are  both  (1)  received  by  the
               Depositary  as the holder of the  deposited  securities,  and (2)
               made  generally  available  to  the  holders  of  the  underlying
               securities by the issuer.

          (b)  If  the  amounts  of  fees  charged  are  not  disclosed  in  the
               prospectus,  the  Depositary  undertakes  to  prepare a  separate
               document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the
               service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of
               such fee  schedule  without  charge to anyone upon  request.  The
               Depositary  undertakes  to notify  each  registered  holder of an
               American Depositary Receipt thirty (30) days before any change in
               the fee schedule.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that all the  requirements
for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this  Registration  Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in
London, England, on June 10, 2003


                              Legal  entity  created  by the  agreement  for the
                              issuance  of  American   Depositary  Receipts  for
                              Registered   Shares  of  common  stock  of  Yamaha
                              Corporation

                              By:  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
                                   As Depositary




                              By: /s/ CLARE BENSON
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                  Name:   Clare Benson
                                  Title:  Vice President




                              By: /s/ MARK DOWNING
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                Name:   Mark Downing
                                Title:  Vice President


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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  Yamaha
Corporation  certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe that all the
requirements  for  filing  on  Form  F-6  are  met  and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in Hamamatsu, Japan on May 9, 2003.



                               Yamaha Corporation



                               By: /s/ SHUJI ITO
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                  Name:   Shuji Ito
                                  Title:  President and Representative Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby  constitutes and appoints Tokihisa Makino and Fumio Umeda,  jointly
and severally,  his/her true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting  unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act and  thing  requisite  and  necessary  to be done  in and  about  the
premises,  as fully to all intents and  purposes as he/she  might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents,  or their or his substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons
in the following capacities on May 9, 2003.

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                         Signature                                                    Title
/s/ SHUJI ITO
--------------------------------------------                 President, Representative Director and Chief Executive
Shuji Ito                                                    Officer

/s/ KATSUHIKO KISHIDA
--------------------------------------------                 Senior Managing Director
Katsuhiko Kishida

/s/ KUNIHIRO MAEJIMA
--------------------------------------------                 Managing Director
Kunihiro Maejima

/s/ MASATADA WACHI
--------------------------------------------                 Managing Director
Masatada Wachi

/s/ NORIYUKI EGAWA
--------------------------------------------                 Managing Director
Noriyuki Egawa

/s/ TSUNEO KUROE
--------------------------------------------                 Director, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial
Tsuneo Kuroe                                                 Officer

/s/ MITSURU UNEMURA
--------------------------------------------                 Yamaha Corporation of America
Mitsuru Unemura                                              (Authorized Representative in the United States)

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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number

(a)      Form of Deposit Agreement
(d)      Opinion of White & Case,  counsel to the  Depositary,  as to the
         legality  of the securities to be registered