Mizuno Corporation
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Mizuno Crista, the Osaka head office
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Textile |
| Founded | April 1, 1906 |
| Founder | Rihachi & Rizo Mizuno |
| Headquarters | Suminoe, Osaka, Japan |
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Key people
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Masato Mizuno (Chairman) |
| Products |
Clothing, Sportswear, Footwear, Sports equipment |
| Revenue | JPY 148,703,000,000 (2010) |
| JPY 1,406,000,000 (2010) | |
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Number of employees
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5,368 (2013) |
| Website | mizuno |
Mizuno Corporation (ミズノ株式会社, 美津濃株式会社 Mizuno Kabushiki-gaisha?) (: ) is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company, founded in Osaka in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear, for golf, tennis, baseball, volleyball, football, running, rugby, skiing, cycling, judo, table tennis, badminton, boxing and athletics.
Mizuno was founded in 1906 as Mizuno Brothers Ltd by Rihachi Mizuno and his younger brother Rizo, in Osaka. The shop sold western sundries, including baseballs, and then in 1907 began to sell order-made athletic wear. In 1910 the shop moved to Umeda Shinmichi and its name was changed to Mizuno Shop. In 1913 the firm began to manufacture baseballs and gloves. In 1933 Mizuno presented Star Line, the first Japanese made golf clubs. By 1935 its golf club showroom was the world's largest. In 1941 the company name was changed to Mizuno Co., Ltd, and has remained the same since. The first American factory was established in Los Angeles, under the denomination American Mizuno in 1961.
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