Corporate Profile

Company Name Yamaha Corporation
Headquarters 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Naka-ku,Hamamatsu Shizuoka 430-8650, Japan
Year of Foundation 1887
Date of Incorporation October 12, 1897
Paid-in Capital 28,534 million yen
Annual Sales 373,866 million yen (April 2010 - March 2011)
Board of Directors Mitsuru Umemura : President and Representative Director
Hiroo Okabe : Director
Motoki Takahashi : Director
Haruo Kitamura : Outside Director, Certified Public Accountant
Hiroyuki Yanagi : Outside Director, President and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

(as of June 24, 2011)

Corporate Auditors Hisashi Yabe : Full-Time Auditor
Fumio Umeda : Full-Time Auditor
Takashi Miyazawa : Outside Auditor
Hirohiko Ikeda : Outside Auditor
Executive Officers Hiroo Okabe : Managing Executive Officer
Motoki Takahashi : Managing Executive Officer
Tsutomu Sasaki : Senior Executive Officer
Masao Kondo : Senior Executive Officer
Yoshihiro Doi : Senior Executive Officer
Takuya Nakata : Senior Executive Officer
Masato Oike : Senior Executive Officer
Takashi Onoda : Executive Officer
Masahito Kato : Executive Officer
Wataru Miki : Executive Officer
Seiji Abe : Executive Officer
Masahito Hosoi : Executive Officer
Akira Iizuka : Executive Officer
Hirofumi Osawa : Executive Officer
Hiroshi Sasaki : Executive Officer
Yutaka Hasegawa : Executive Officer

(as of June 24, 2011)

Primary Businesses
  • ·Musical instruments (Pianos, Digital musical instruments, Wind instruments, String instruments, Percussion instruments, Educational musical instruments, Professional audio equipment, Soundproof rooms, Music schools, English-language schools, Music entertainment software, and Piano tuning)
  • ·AV/IT (Audio products and IT equipment)
  • ·Electronic devices (Semiconductors)
  • ·Others (Golf products, Automobile interior wood components, FA equipment, Accommodation facilities, and Sports facilities)
Number of Employees (Consolidated) 19,462 (Excluding average number of temporary employees: 7,354)

(as of March 31, 2011)

Number of Subsidiary Companies 89 (of which 78 are consolidated companies)

(as of March 31, 2011)

Number of affiliated companies 7

(as of March 31, 2011)

Number of pianos produced since 1900 6.15 million
Number of patents and utility models held 5,600 domestic
4,100 international, including 2,100 in USA

(As of March 2007)

Number of students enrolled in Yamaha Music Schools 710,000 students in more than 40 countries and regions

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