Private company
Tamasu
Logo: Tamasu Co., Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Japanese sports equipment company
Tamasu (株式会社タマス, Kabushiki-gaisha Tamasu) is a major table tennis apparel and equipment supplier using the brand name Butterfly, based in Japan with offices in Moers, Germany (Tamasu Butterfly Europe), Shanghai (Tamasu Butterfly China) and Seoul (Tamasu Butterfly Korea). The company was founded in 1950 in Yanai city, Japan, by Hikosuke Tamasu, a Japanese table tennis player at the time. Butterfly sponsors top players and coaches in different countries such as USA, Korea, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, and many more.2 It employed 130 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersTokyo1
- Websitewww.butterfly.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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Tamasu (株式会社タマス, Kabushiki-gaisha Tamasu) is a major table tennis apparel and equipment supplier using the brand name Butterfly, based in Japan with offices in Moers, Germany (Tamasu Butterfly Europe), Shanghai (Tamasu Butterfly China) and Seoul (Tamasu Butterfly Korea). The company was founded in 1950 in Yanai city, Japan, by Hikosuke Tamasu, a Japanese table tennis player at the time.2
Timeline
- Dec 19, 1950Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.butterfly.co.jp1
- X (Twitter)x.com/butterfly_japan1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/BUTTERFLY.JPN1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCNS54eBDG2Tvq2IpG-jAn7g1
- WikipediaButterfly (brand)
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1473163
Sources
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- 1WikidataTamasu on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTamasu on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsTamasu logo by Tamasu Co., Ltd., Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsTamasu photo by Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0