Yamaha Corporation
Yamaha Corporation's headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan | |
Native name | ヤマハ株式会社 (Japanese) |
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Romanized name | Yamaha kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (1887–1987) |
| Company type | Public |
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| Founded | October 12, 1887 |
| Founder | Torakusu Yamaha |
| Headquarters | 10-1, Nakazawacho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Takuya Nakata (president and Representative Executive Officer) |
| Products | Musical instruments, audio equipment |
| Revenue | ¥408.2 billion (2017) |
| ¥44.3 billion (2017) | |
| ¥46.7 billion (2017) | |
Number of employees | 28,112 (including temporary employees) (2017) |
| Subsidiaries | List
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| Website | yamaha.com |
| Footnotes / references | |
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha; /ˈjɑːməhɑː/; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha]) is a Japanese multinational 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.
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.