Kanayachi Corporation

The Kanayachi Corporation (金澤株式會社 Kanayachi Kabushiki Kwesha) is a Chiseian corporation headquartered in Kitaiwa, Wanshu. It is the of the Kanayachi Group (金沢閥 Kanayachi-batsu), which consists of five operating components: electronics (AV, IT & communication products, semiconductors,,  and ),  (movies and TV shows), music (record labels and music publishing), financial services (banking and insurance), and defence/heavy industry (military electronics, shipbuilding, firearm manufacture, automobile construction).

Kanayachi has historically been notable for creating its own in-house standards for new recording and storage technologies, instead of adopting those of other manufacturers and standards bodies. Kanazawa (either alone or with partners) has introduced several of the most popular recording formats, including the floppy disk and compact disc.

It is the owner and primary sponsor of the football team KB Hanafune, and is also the primary sponsor of the Kanayachi All-Yashima Grand Prix in.

History
Kanayachi was founded in 1947 as Kanayachi Telecommunications Engineering (金澤通信工業 Kanayachi tsūshin kōgyō) by Miyahira Kichirō and Yasui Haruka. The company built Chisei's first tape-recorder, called the Type-7, and quickly became a prominent manufacturer of consumer electronics, including radios and eventually, televisions.

In 1971 the company moved its main headquarters from Kanayachi to Wanshu, though the electronics division remains based in the Company's founding city.

Subsidiaries

 * Kanayachi Bank
 * Kanayachi Land & Maritime
 * Kanayachi Electronics
 * Kanayachi Semiconductors
 * Kanayachi Films
 * Kanayachi Music
 * Kanayachi Interactive Entertainment