Onda

Onda Motor Company, Ltd. (恩田技研工業株式会社) is a Yamataian public multinational automotive conglomerate, headquartered in Murota, Heian, Yamatai. The company is most well known for producing automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment.

Since 1965, Onda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, reaching a production of 400 million by the end of 2019, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. In 1999, Onda became part of the multinational Onda-Molitor Alliance with Zusean automotive company Molitor, saving the Molitoria marque from bankruptcy. Onda became the second-largest Yamataian automobile manufacturer in 2001, after Kuroda. In 2015, Onda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

Onda was the first Yamataian automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Koshi, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Onda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and other products. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of Satsu-Onda Aircraft Engines in 2004 and the Onda O-3 OndaJet, which began production in 2012. Onda has two joint-ventures in Dai Hoa.

History
Onda was formed from the post-war privatisation of the Imperial Army's Eastern Industrial Operations Company, which made trucks and light vehicles for the Imperial Army.