Ever since our founder, Genichi Kawakami, established Yamaha Motor in 1955, it has been our mission to give you Kando with our products and our services. What is Kando? Let us explain.
Our Foundation
"I want to try to manufacture motorcycle engines." It was from these words spoken by Genichi Kawakami (Yamaha Motor's first President) in 1953, that today's Yamaha Motor Company was born.
Yamaha in Europe
We took on the challenge of competing in Europe - the historical home of motorsport. From then on, Yamaha’s motorcycle imports were handled by importers in each country throughout the continent.