Yamaha

Yamaha, famous  for its motorbikes is actually started its business  to make musical instruments in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha(men who pioneered the western musical instruments in Japan).Started with a name Nippon Gakki Company, Limited , Torakusu Yamaha first made a reed organ and deliver it to the then Music Institute (today's Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).

Yamaha has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments (including pianos, "silent" pianos, drums, guitars, brass instruments, woodwinds, violins, violas, celli, and vibraphones), as well as a leading manufacturer of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances, specialty metals and industrial robots.

After world war 2 the company started to manufacture motorcycles.