List of automobile manufacturers of Japan

This is a list of current and defunct automobile manufacturers of Japan.

Major current manufacturers

Company Sub Brand Notes
Fuso (1932 –present)
Honda (1946–present) Acura
Isuzu (1853–present; spun off from IHI in 1916) UD Trucks (1935–present)

J-Bus (2002–present)

Mazda (1920–present) (5% Toyota) Following are the former sub brands of Mazda:
Autorama
Autozam
ɛ̃nfini
Eunos
Xedos
Mitsubishi (1873–1950; 1964–present) NMKV (2011–present)
Nissan (formerly Datsun) (1933–present) Infiniti (1989–present) Datsun (formerly Kaishinsha Motorcar Works) (1925–1986; 2013–2022)
Kaishinsha Motorcar Works (1911–1925)
Nissan Blue Stage (dealer network)
Nissan Red Stage (dealer network)
Subaru (formerly Nakajima Aircraft Company) (1945–present) (20% Toyota)
Suzuki (1909–present) (5% Toyota)
Toyota Motor Corporation (1937–present, engineers from Hakuyosha Co. (1912–1929) entered Toyota Industries Corporation after Hakuyosha's dissolution, spun off from Toyota Industries Corporation in 1937) Daihatsu (1907–present) Following are the former sub brands of Toyota:
Scion (2003–2016)
Toyota WiLL (2000–2005)
Hino (1910–present)
Lexus (1989–present)

Other manufacturers

  • Ales (see Otomo)
  • Asahi (1937–c.1939)
  • Aspark (2014–present)
  • Atsuta (1930s)
  • Autobacs (1947–present)
  • Auto Sandal (1954)
  • Art and Tech
  • BS Motor
  • Chiyoda (see Isuzu) (c.1932–1935)
  • Cony (1961–1966)
  • DATРЯюЗ
  • Dome (1975–present)
  • Fuji (1957–1958)
    • Cabin
  • Fuso
  • GLM (2010–present)
  • Gorham (1920–1922)
  • Hope
  • Humbee (1947–1962)
  • Isaka
  • Jiotto (1989–1992)
  • Kawasaki
  • Kunisue.
  • Kurogane (1935–1962)
  • Lila (1923–1927)
  • Meihatsu
  • Meiwa (1952–c.1956)
  • Mikasa (1957–1961)
  • Mitaka
  • Mitsui
  • Mitsuoka (1981–present)
  • Mizuno-shiki
  • Nikken
  • NJ (1952–1956)
  • Ohmiya
  • Ohta (1922; 1934–1957)
  • Otomo (1924–1927)
  • Prince (1955–1967)
  • Publica
  • Rintaku
  • Sanko
  • Showa Corporation
  • Sivax
  • Sumida (1933–1937)
  • Suminoe (1954–1955)
  • Tachikawa
  • Takeoka (1990–present)
  • Takuri (1907–1909)
  • Tama (1947–1951)[1]
  • TGE
  • Tommy Kaira (1996–1999)
  • Tsukuba (1935–c.1937)
  • Vemac
  • Yamaha
  • Yamata (1916)
  • Yanase (1964–1965)
  • Yoshida-shiki
  • Y&T (1994–c.1996)

See also

References and Notes

References
  1. ^ "Japan Electrifies the Gas Buggie" Popular Mechanics, March 1950, pp. 88–89.
Notes
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