Tōhatsu
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | 1922 |
| Seat | Itabashi , Tokyo |
| management | Isami Hyūga |
| Number of employees | 527 |
| sales | 30 billion yen (€ 192 million) |
| Website | www.tohatsu.co.jp |
| As of March 31, 2008 | |
Tōhatsu KK ( Japanese ト ー ハ ツ 株式会社 , Tōhatsu Kabushiki kaisha , English Tohatsu Corporation ) is a Japanese company based in Itabashi , Tokyo , which became known as a motorcycle manufacturer and today produces outboard motors and fire pumps.
history
In 1922, the Takata Motor Institute ( 高田 モ ー タ ー 研究所 , Takata Mōtā Kenkyūsho ) was founded to advance motor development in Japan , first irrigation pumps and from September 1927 rail vehicles were produced. In 1932 the company was renamed into the stock company Takata Motor Seisaku KK ( タカタモーター製作株式会社) and 1939 in Tō kyō Hatsu Doki KK (where Hatsudoki the Japanese word for motor), under its abbreviation Tohatsu generators were manufactured for the Japanese army.
In October 1949 the company started manufacturing portable fire pumps, in April 1950 motorcycles and in October 1956 the production of outboard motors started.
Motorcycle manufacturing
After the Second World War , Tōhatsu developed two-stroke motorcycles from 49 to 199 cc and became the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan. The most famous motorcycle model was the Runpet Sport, presented in 1961 . their single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 50 cm³ displacement developed 6.8 hp at 10,800 rpm. A racing version with a displacement of 49 and 125 cc, both with two-cylinder two-stroke engines, was also offered. Alfredo Rosenthal achieved 6th place with the 125 Tohatsu at the 1962 Motorcycle World Championship at the Argentine Grand Prix . Tohatsu was nevertheless a "hopelessly conservative company" under its president Hideo Hirahima, which did not understand how to exploit the motorcycle boom and had to initiate bankruptcy proceedings in February 1964. The racing machines and machine tools were taken over by Racing Motor Cycles, the motorcycle developers and technicians from Tōhatsu were recruited by Bridgestone , who quickly gained a foothold in the motorcycle industry.
In 1972 the reorganized company was renamed to today's Tōhatsu KK
Web links
- Tōhatsu website (Japanese, English)
- Different models of Tohatsu
Individual evidence
- ^ A b History of the Company. In: Tōhatsu. Retrieved May 27, 2015 .
- ^ A b Roger Hicks: The international encyclopedia motorcycles. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02660-0 , p. 467.
- ↑ Maurice Buela: Continental Circus. 1949-2000. Heel Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-89365-782-7 , p. 169.
- ↑ Joachim Kuch, Jürgen Gaßebner: Honda. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01887-X , p. 16.
- ↑ Roger Hicks: The international encyclopedia motorcycles. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02660-0 , p. 468.