Yamaha Corporation
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Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha, /ˈjæməˌhɑː/; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha]) is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.
This article is about the music equipment manufacturer. For the mobility company that was spun off in 1955, see Yamaha Motor Company.
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Native name | ヤマハ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Yamaha kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (1887–1987) |
Company type | Public KK |
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Founded | October 12, 1887; 136 years ago (1887-10-12) |
Founder | Torakusu Yamaha |
Headquarters | 10-1, Nakazawacho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Takuya Nakata [jp], President and Representative Executive Officer |
Products | Musical instruments, audio equipment |
Revenue | ¥408.2 billion (2017)[1] |
¥44.3 billion (2017)[verification needed][1] | |
¥46.7 billion (2017)[verification needed][1] | |
Number of employees | 28,112 (including temporary employees) (2017)[1] |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | yamaha.com |
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It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.[2] The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., which started as an affiliated company but later became independent.