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Kuwahara

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Japanese bicycle company

Kuwahara Company (桑原商会, Kuwahara Shōkai) is a Japanese bicycle company manufacturing both bicycles and parts. The company was started as a small family business in Osaka, Japan in 1918 by Sentarō Kuwahara (桑原仙太郎). With his wife and eight children, he began a local bicycle parts wholesale.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Kuwahara Company (桑原商会, Kuwahara Shōkai) is a Japanese bicycle company manufacturing both bicycles and parts.2

Products and brands

Kuwahara made number of all-terrain/mountain bikes. These bikes were released in sizes referred to based on their frame size (small, medium, large, extra large).

Butte: 1987

Shasta:

Cascade:

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M3.5 ParkWay

M3.6 ParkWay

Lynx: 1990, 1991, 1992,

Cheetah: 1990, 1991,

Ranger: 1989,

Lion: 1989, 1990, 1991

Cougar: 1989, 1990, 1991,

Puma: 1989

Panther: 1989

Jaguar: 1989

Tiger: 1990, 1991,

Leopard: 1990,

Gepard: 1990,

A-Pacer: 1992,

C-Pacer: 1991, 1992,

U-Pacer: 1992,

X-Pacer: 1990, 1991, 1992

Hi-Pacer: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,

Pacer: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,

Oncilla: 1991, 1992,

Maragay: 1991, 1992,

Carbo-Titan: 1991,1992

Marten: 1992,

Badger: 1992,

Weasel: 1992,

Mountain Tandem: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Road Tandem: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Kuwahara Thread, MTBR https://www.mtbr.com/threads/classic-kuwahara-mtbs.513225/

Kuwahara 1989 Catalogue http://kuwahara-family.brieger.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kuwahara-1989.pdf

Kuwahara 1990 Catalogue https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/12520-2/Kuwahara90.pdf

Kuwahara 1991 Catalogue https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/12526-2/Kuwahara91.pdf

Kuwahara 1992 Catalogue https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/12530-2/Kuwahara92.pdf

From Wikipedia’s article on Kuwahara (bicycle company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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Sources

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