The Capricorns played on a keyboard from what Japanese company that his headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan?
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The Capricorns The Capricorns were an indie rock band consisting of Heather Lynn and Kirsten Nordine, both of whom sing and play keyboards, with Lynn also playing tambourine. They formed their band in the spring of 2000, playing on vintage Casio keyboards purchased at garage sales. They write pop songs which one of their labels described as combining "infectious hooks with 'dear diary' lyrics". They are originally from Grayslake, Illinois.
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Casio Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (カシオ計算機株式会社 , Kashio Keisanki Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and commercial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Its products include calculators, mobile phones, digital cameras, electronic musical instruments, and digital watches. It was founded in 1946, and in 1957 released the world's first entirely electric compact calculator. Casio was an early digital camera innovator, and during the 1980s and 1990s, the company developed numerous affordable home electronic keyboards for musicians.
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Tamron Tamron Co., Ltd. (株式会社タムロン , Kabushiki-gaisha Tamuron ) is a Japanese company manufacturing photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Tamron Headquarters is located in Saitama City in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan.
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Japan Aviation Electronics Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. (日本航空電子工業 , Nihon Kōkū Denshi Kōgyō ) is a Japanese corporation specializing in the manufacture and sales of electrical connectors such as high speed LVDS, HDMI, PCI express, high density, micro coaxial, and Board to board connectors. It also makes systems equipment  and aerospace products . With headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, JAE is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (). The company has a capital of 10.69 billion yen and had net sales of 137.6 billion yen (consolidated) for the year ended March 31, 2009, employing 5,707 people worldwide. The largest stockholder is NEC, with 24.53%.
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System Sacom System Sacom (システムサコム ) , also known as System Sacom Sales Corp., is a Japanese company which sells electronic devices. They are more notable for their past, in which they developed video games. In the eighties, they mainly published games for computers, but they changed focus to home consoles in the nineties. Its head office is located in Tokyo.
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Epics (company) epics Inc. (株式会社epics , Kabushiki gaisha epics ) is a Japanese video game software developer located in Tokyo, Japan. Originally established as “GEN CREATIVE HOUSE CO., LTD.” in February 1987, changed company name to “G-Artists Inc.” in March 1991, then to “epics Inc.” on June 2006.
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Teisco Teisco (テスコ) was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable musical instruments from 1948 until 1969, and now the brand is owned by Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (河合楽器製作所; Kawai Gakki Seisakusho). The company produced guitars as well as keyboard instruments, microphones, amplifiers and even drums. Teisco products were widely exported to the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Ace Tone Ace Electronic Industries Inc., or Ace Tone was a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, including electronic organs, analogue drum machines, and electronic drums, as well as amplifiers and effects pedals. Founded in 1960 by Ikutaro Kakehashi with an investment by Sakata Shokai, Ace Tone can be considered an early incarnation of the Roland Corporation, which was also founded by Kakehashi. Ace Tone began manufacturing amplifiers in 1963.
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Fender Jaguar Bass The Fender Jaguar Bass is an electric bass guitar manufactured in Japan and China by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
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Technics (brand) Technics (テクニクス , Tekunikusu ) is a Japanese brand name of the Panasonic Corporation for audio equipment. Since 1965 under the brand name, Panasonic has produced a variety of hi-fi products, such as turntables, amplifiers, receivers, tape decks, CD players and speakers for sale in various countries. It was conceived for a line of high-end audio equipment to compete against brands such as Nakamichi.
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SMC Corporation SMC Corporation (SMC 株式会社 , SMC Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese TOPIX Large 70 company founded in 1959, which specializes in pneumatic control engineering to support industrial automation. SMC develops a broad range of control systems and equipment, such as directional control valves, actuators, and air line equipment, to support diverse applications. SMC's head office is located in Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The company has a global engineering network, with technical facilities in the United States, Europe and China, as well as Japan. Key production facilities are located in China and Singapore, and local production facilities are in United States, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, India, Korea and Australia.
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Vestax The Vestax Corporation was a Japanese musical instrument, turntable and audio equipment firm founded by Hidesato Shiino in 1977. The company started by designing and manufacturing electronic guitars. In the 1980s, Vestax produced multitracks recorders and later move to making DJ mixers, professional turntables, compact disc players and signal processors. Debt troubles lead to the company's bankruptcy at the end of 2014.
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Shimano Shimano, Inc. (株式会社シマノ , Kabushiki-gaisha Shimano ) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of cycling components, fishing tackle, and rowing equipment. It produced golf supplies until 2005 and snowboarding gear until 2008. Headquartered in Sakai, Japan, the company has 32 consolidated subsidiaries and 11 unconsolidated subsidiaries. Shimano's primary manufacturing plants are in Kunshan, China; Malaysia; and Singapore.
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Orion Electric Orion Electric Co., Ltd. (オリオン電機株式会社 , Orion Denki Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese consumer electronics company which was established in 1958 at Osaka, Japan. It is based in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Original products manufactured were transistor radios, radio cassette recorders, car stereos, and music centers. One of the world's largest OEM television and video manufacturers that mostly supply to major-brand OEM customers today, Orion produces six million televisions and twelve million DVD players and TV combo units each year. Most products are usually manufactured in the factories of Thailand.
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Kakko (instrument) The kakko (羯鼓 or 鞨鼓 ) is a Japanese double-headed drum. One way in which the "kakko" differs from the regular taiko drum is in the way in which it is made taut. Like the Shime-Daiko and "tsuzumi", the skin of the heads are first stretched over metal hoops before they are placed on the body, tying them to each other and tightening them making them taut. "Kakko" drums are usually laid on their sides on stands so that it can be played with sticks called "bachi" on both heads. Kakko drums have been used in taiko ensembles, but they are also used in older Japanese court music called gagaku.
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Nichicon Nichicon Corporation (ニチコン株式会社 , Nichikon Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a manufacturer of capacitors of various types and applications and is one of the largest manufacturers of capacitors in the world, headquartered in Karasuma Oike, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 1950, it separated from the Nii Works Co., established itself as Kansai-Nii Works and finished its first factory by 1956. In 1961, they adopted the Nichicon name and have been using it, or a variant thereof, ever since.
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Murata Manufacturing Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (株式会社村田製作所 , Kabushiki-gaisha Murata Seisakusho ) is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic components, based in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto.
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East Japan Railway Company East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 , Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a major passenger railway company in Japan and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本 , Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon ) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Thumb-shift keyboard Thumb-shift keyboard (親指シフト , oyayubi shifuto ) is a keyboard design for inputting Japanese sentences on word processors and computers. It was invented by the team of Fujitsu in the late 1970s and released in 1980 as a feature of the line of Japanese word processors the company sold, named OASYS, to make Japanese input easier, faster and more natural. It is popular among people who input large quantities of Japanese sentences, such as writers, playwrights, lawyers and so on, because of its ease of use and speed. The rights regarding the use of this design were transferred to Nihongo Nyuuryoku Consortium (Japanese Input Consortium), a technology sharing cooperative of interested companies, in 1989. It is referred to as an example of keyboard layout in Japanese Industrial Standards.
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Sanyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (三洋電機株式会社 , San'yō Denki Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese major electronics company and formerly a member of the Fortune Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo had over 230 subsidiaries and affiliates. Sanyo was founded by Toshio Iue.
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Nakamichi Nakamichi Corp., Ltd. (株式会社中道 , Kabushiki-Gaisha Nakamichi ) is a Japanese consumer electronics brand that originated in Japan and gained a name from the 1970s onwards for innovative and high quality audio cassette decks.
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Mitutoyo Mitutoyo Corporation (株式会社ミツトヨ , Kabushiki Kaisha Mitsutoyo ) is a Japanese multinational corporation specializing in measuring instruments and metrological technology, headquartered at Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa.