What does the name of Motoi Oyama's company stand for?
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Motoi Oyama Moruary 2, 1951) is a Japanese businessman specializing in footwear. After graduating from Department of Commerce of Osaka City University, in January 1982 he joined ASICS where he worked ever since. In July 2001 he became President of ASICS Europe, and between June 2004 and February 2008 held senior manager positions at the central ASICS offices. On February 8, 2008, he was appointed as ASICS President, and in April 2011 also became its Chief Executive Officer.
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ASICS ASICS (アシックス , Ashikkusu ) (stylized as asics) is a Japanese multinational corporation athletic equipment company which produces footwear and sports equipment designed for a wide range of sports, generally in the upper price range. The name is an acronym for the Latin phrase "anima sana in corpore sano" which translates as "a healthy soul in a healthy body". In recent years their running shoes have often been ranked among the top performance footwear in the market.
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Anritsu Anritsu Corporation (アンリツ株式会社 , Anritsu Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese multinational corporation in the telecommunications electronics equipment market. A global pioneer for producing the world's first wireless telephone network, Anritsu's revenue numbers near US$782 million.
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Nomura Holdings Nomura Holdings, Inc. (野村ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese financial holding company, and a principal member of the Nomura Group. It, along with its broker-dealer, banking and other financial services subsidiaries, provides investment, financing and related services to individual, institutional and government customers on a global basis with an emphasis on securities businesses.
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Mitsuoka Mitsuoka Motors (光岡自動車 ) is a small Japanese automobile company. It is noted for building unique cars with unconventional styling, some of which imitate British vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s. It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars, like the Nissan March, and replacing various aspects of the bodywork with its own custom designs. It has also produced a sports car, the Orochi.
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Marutsu Denpa Marutsu Denpa (株式会社マルツ電波 , Kabushiki-gaisha Marutsu Denpa ) is a company in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, in operation since May 1, 1947. Their products include consumer electronics, computers, electronic components, tools, and other related hardware.
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Enix Enix Corporation (株式会社エニックス , Kabushiki-gaisha Enikkusu ) was a Japanese video game publisher that produced video games, anime and manga. Enix is known for publishing the "Dragon Quest" series of role-playing video games.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (東京都交通局 , Tōkyō-to Kōtsū-kyoku ) , also known as Toei (都営 ) , is a bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metro.
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Maruhan Maruhan Co., Ltd. (株式会社マルハン , Kabushiki gaisha Maruhan ) is a Japanese entertainment company with headquarters in Kyoto and Tokyo. The company operates several entertainment facilities such as pachinko parlors, bowling alleys, golf driving ranges, cinemas and more.
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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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Kaiyodo Kaiyodo (海洋堂 , "Kaiyōdō" ) is a Japanese company which manufactures figurines and garage kits. Its headquarters is in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. While the company mostly focuses on anime related characters, it recently has acquired other licenses, e.g. King Kong, and some Godzilla characters.
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Stanley Electric Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. (スタンレー電気株式会社 , "Sutanrē Denki Kabushiki-gaisha") is a Japanese company, producing electric light sources. Stanley has 36 consolidated subsidiaries, three associated companies, 23 factories in eight countries, offices in 17 countries and over 13,000 employees.
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MediaWorks (publisher) MediaWorks, Inc. (株式会社メディアワークス , Kabushiki-gaisha MediaWākusu ) was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their "Dengeki" (電撃 , meaning "electric shock") brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as "Dengeki Daioh", and "Dengeki G's Magazine", along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. They mainly catered to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering such topics as anime, light novels, manga, plastic modelling, and visual novels. However, MediaWorks had published three magazines targeted towards females—"Comic Sylph", "Dengeki Girl's Style", and "Character Parfait"—but each one was a special edition version of another magazine. MediaWorks ran yearly contests for original novel and manga submissions, such as the light novel Dengeki Novel Prize contest.
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Kemco Kemco Corporation (株式会社ケムコ , Kabushikigaisha Kemuko ) (abbreviated from original title Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd., located in Seika, Kyoto, Japan.
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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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Toei Company Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社 , Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha ) (pronounced "toe ay") is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for anime, live action dramas known as tokusatsu which use special visual effects, and historical dramas (jidaigeki). It is a member of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is one of Japan's Big Four film studios.
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Ordet (company) Ordet Co., Ltd. (株式会社Ordet (オース) , Kabushiki-gaisha Ōsu ) is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 2007 by ex-Animation Do director Yutaka Yamamoto and other staff. The company’s name, “Ordet,” means “the word” in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. The company initially served as a subcontractor before producing their first fully solo work, an OVA episode of "Black Rock Shooter", which aired in the spring of 2010. This was followed up with an 8-episode series that aired on noitamina from February 2, 2012 to March 22, 2012.
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Monotaro MonotaRO Co., Ltd., is a Japanese e-Commerce company of industrial supply products based in Hyogo, Japan. The company was named to Forbes Asia "Best Under A Billion" list in 2013.
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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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Mochida Pharmaceutical Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (持田製薬株式会社 , mochida seiyaku kabushiki gaisha ) is a Japanese pharmaceutical company.
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Rikuo Motorcycle Rikuo Internal Combustion Company 陸王 (Rikuō Nainenki Kabushiki kaisha ) was one of the first motorcycle manufacturing companies in Japan. In the early 1930s Rikuo operated under the license and name of Harley-Davidson, using their tooling, and later under the name Rikuo until 1958. Harley-Davidson themselves did not publicize this Japanese connection because the Japanese were helped in developing mass-production techniques by the introduction of this factory into Japan just prior to the Second World War. The
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Sora Ltd. Sora Ltd. (有限会社ソラ , Yūgen kaisha sora ) is a Japanese video game developer founded by Masahiro Sakurai, a former employee of HAL Laboratory. The company was notable for developing "Super Smash Bros." video games and "Meteos". Its division, Project Sora, developed "".