Private company

Yamagiwa Corporation

Logo: Yamagiwa Corporation, Yuusaku Kamekura ( ja:亀倉雄策 , 1915 - 1997), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Yamagiwa Corporation is a former Japanese company, 1923-2011, based in Hatchōbori.1 It was founded in 1946 in Kanda-ku by Hirofumi Yamagiwa.1 It ceased to exist in 2018.1

株式会社YAMAGIWA(ヤマギワ、英: YAMAGIWA Corporation)は、照明や家具を製造・販売している日本の企業。電子部品用セラミックの大手メーカー・MARUWAの完全子会社である。2 From the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 24, 1946Founded1
  • Industryindustrial manufacturing, retail, wholesale1
  • HeadquartersHatchōbori, Japan1
  • Founded inKanda-ku1
  • Legal formprivately held company1
Yamagiwa Livina 2007
Photo: Kure, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons4

The story

Founded by Hirofumi Yamagiwa on Dec 24, 1946, in Kanda-ku.1

Leadership

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Board members and other officers (1)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 21, 2011Succeeded by YAMAGIWA Corporation1

Former names

  • Yamagiwa Electric Co., Ltd.Feb 5, 1952 to Feb 20, 19791

Timeline

  1. Apr 19, 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Aug 21, 2011Renamed Name changed to 神田不動産開発株式会社1
  3. 1998New chief executive Tetsu Konagaya becomes CEO1
  4. Feb 21, 1979Renamed Name changed to Yamagiwa Corporation1
  5. Feb 21, 1979Renamed Name changed to ヤマギワ株式会社1
  6. Aug 26, 1971New chief executive Hyōgo Konagaya becomes CEO1
  7. Sep 1, 1970Renamed Name changed to ヤマギワ電気株式会社1
  8. Feb 5, 1952Renamed Name changed to Yamagiwa Electric Co., Ltd.1
  9. Feb 5, 1952Renamed Name changed to 山際電気株式会社1
  10. Nov 19, 1949New chief executive Toshio Yamagiwa becomes CEO1
  11. Dec 24, 1946Founded Founded in Kanda-ku1
  12. May 1937Renamed Name changed to 合資会社山際電気商会1
  13. Nov 19, 1923New chief executive Hirofumi Yamagiwa becomes CEO1