List of origins of the company name
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With the list of origins of the company name, I disentangled the origin which the thing such as "a relation with an aim, the society which founder mind, an idea wanted to be you and should aim" at when it was attached in the company name of the company was loaded with and did it in a list of.
I describe the meaning put in some logo mark. As for the logo mark of the Japanese company, it is received 多々見 the case that a "family coat of arms" "name" became ancestors [1].
Table of contents
Origin of the company name of each company
Vowel series
- Art moving center
- For words of "the A row", I do that it is moving primary occupation company called "the moving that is artistic" (art) clearly to appear in the first of the telephone book. The idea to assume "the 0123" and a soaring number logo mark is lucky and colonizes as a moving brand [1].
- Eyeful
- I combined the initial of the word with five mind of the Affection "love" Improvement "effort" Faithfulness "faithful trust" Unity "harmony unity" Liveliness "vigor" with "eyeful (AIFUL)". The logo mark is red heart [1].
- Audi
- Because family name "horch" of founder August ホルヒ suggests German "horchen" meaning "I hear it", I am associated with the words that translated this into Latin more [2].
- AOKI Holdings
- I am associated with "Aoki" at the time of the establishment of a business, and, in A, in Ambition (big will), O, in Organization (organization), K, in Knowledge (knowledge, ability), I, will of Innovation (innovation) is put [1].
- AKITA PUBLISHING
- The company name of "AKITA PUBLISHING" known as an origin of publication of "the weekly boy champion" comes from a family name of Sadao Akita of the founder.
- ACOM Co., Ltd.
- The coined word that combined an initial of the "Moderation" "moderation" with "ACOM Co., Ltd." (ACOM) Confidence "trust" Affection "love."
- Ajinomoto
- "Ajinomoto" The brand name of the taste seasoning which asked Saburosuke Suzuki for sodium glutamate which I discovered it, and とは Kikunae Ikeda extracted from kombu for the second generation that was the founder, and was developed. In addition, ∞( infinite) is incorporated in A of the company badge logotype [1].
- Earth Chemical Co., Ltd.
- I was renamed to "Kimura laboratory" as "Kimura chemistry" in establishment, 1925 in 1892 and, in 1964, was renamed to a current company name. It comes from the trademark of the insecticidal liquid that sale was started in 1929 with "the ground" of the company name.
- Arusu Corporation
- Izumiya
- Wada source Saburo of the founder loaded it with a wish so that it was from the one paragraph of "the spring (woman of the summary shop) of Jacob" of the Bible John Gospel in "the spring which sprang out of the live water" [1].
- Isetan
- Because "the Iseya Tanji drapery" which put を together was called "Tan Ise" "again at the source Ise", the company name said the name of the rice wholesale dealer which name and Kosuge of Tanji Kosuge of the founder went to a son-in-law with "Isetan", too.
- ICHIBANYA
- I come from "a curry house, here, the first" of the Kansai dialect [1].
- Ikkyu
- The name "Ikkyu" of the flat coated re avian bar dog that Masafumi Mori of the president kept became the company name [1].
- Itoham
- It comes from the name of the founder. A square emblem is the design which combined a star with Itoham "i", and i becomes colored royal blue [1].
- Ito-Yokado
- "Sheep sinter temple" (how about for eight days) which Toshio Yoshikawa of the founder founded in Tokyo, Asakusa is the source of the company. I did in combination "a sheep sinter temple" with "Ito" of Yuzuru Ito who was a nephew of Yoshikawa with "Ito-Yokado".
- Willcom
- An initial of Wireless IP Local Loop. I load it with a meaning to realize the future when a will to provide the communication service that WILL is more comfortable, and has high convenience, wireless communication realize it through wireless communication (Communication) [1].
- AOC Holdings, Inc.
- I take an initial of the English company name "ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, LTD" of Arabian Oil [1].
- Ezaki Glico
- I intended to make use of nutrient glycogen included in the broth of the oyster for the health of the child, and Toshikazu Ezaki of the founder devised it. He saw the figure which the child who ran a race in the open space of the Shinto shrine put up both hands, and reached the goal well, and he was convinced of this with a symbol of the health, and "he was born" on the get married mark of the logo mark [1]
- S. T.
- Than "assume service (SERVICE) and trust (TRUST) for the society a creed the product best (SUPER TOP) thing" in the management philosophy of "S" and "T" took the initial, and said with "S. T.". In addition, "the chick" of the company's emblem expresses aliveness, さわやかさ, faithfulness, humility and a posture to challenge to always turn to the top, and to walk [4].
- HMV Japan
- An initial of His Master' s Voice. I did what the dog which lost the master listened attentively to in a voice of the master blown into to a record player with nostalgia for the name [1].
- ENTERBRAIN, INC.
- I was named in hope of becoming the brain of the entertainment in various fields. As for what change に in "I" of the logo mark, a meaning to provide surprise is loaded entertainment with [1].
- NTT DOCOMO
- docomo spells an initial of Do Communications Over The Mobile Network (positive, rich communication to be realized in a movement communications network) [1].
- OSG OSG
- Okuma
- I take the family name of the founder that founder "Eiichi Okuma" founded the Okuma noodles machine firm in 1898. Because came out of Saga to Nagoya of the noodles production center that Eiichi of the founder resigned from a policeman and sold a noodle making machine; the head office in the present location [1].
- Okuwa
- It comes from the name of Isamu Okuwa of the founder. The company badge logo mark imaged a white dove, and puts "O" and "K" of OKUWA together.
- AUTOBACS SEVEN
- By one character has a meaning in a logo of AUTOBACS. A=Appeal appeal, U=Unique are unique and take T=Tire tire, O=Oil oil, B=Battery battery, A=Accessory accessories, C=Car audio car audio, the initial of the S=Service service. The Cali Fall near orange which is the color of the background expresses American reclamation mind [1].
- Okamura Corporation
- From Yokohama-shi Okamura who is a place of establishment of a business.
- Okumura Corp.
- I take a family name of Tahei Okumura who is the founder in 1907 [1].
- Orix ORIX
- I left a sound of "orient" (ORIENT) of "Orient Leasing" of the old company name and put "X" (X) which meant "ORIGINAL" (original) and flexibility and variety to mean originality in it together.
I KA row
- Kao
- When "Kao Corporation" was born in 1890, the moon of the emblem was born as the beauty and a mark of the cleanliness. It was the waning moon which turned to the right, but I prayed for prosperity than brightness toward the new moon being an old moon from the full moon, and brightness was checked first in 1943 in the month of the upper limit of the turning left that rose [1].
- CAPCOM
- It is the abbreviation of the word "capsule computer" which I devised against "a personal computer" [1].
- Kahoku Shinpo Press
- An origin of publication of local paper "Kahoku Shimpo-sha" of the Tohoku district around Miyagi. I am it from words to despise Tohoku that the origin of company name and title returns to "a change of the title in "Hebei" in order to show "Shirakawa and to the north pile 100 sentences" (the north has only the value of one mountain 100 sentences from Seki of Shirakawa) and northeastern guts looked down" upon and wants there to be it for a northeastern pride.
- Calbee
- As for the origin of "Calbee" of the snack cake maker, calcium and "the B" are coined words of vitamin B1 [1].
- Canon
- I devise 35 millimeters of domestic first four Caleb lane shutter camera "perception non (KWANNON)" at "the spirit machine optics research institute" which is a forerunner in 1934. It was changed the name as a brand in "Canon (CANON)" in the next year. In English of "a model, a standard, the sacred book" had a meaning, and became the company name in 1936. Unique C jumping inward at the tip of the character is adopted from this point in time [1].
- Kyodo Printing
- Hakubunkan printing office and a pure beauty temple merged and assumed it a company name with all a joint (collaboration) wish to grow up [1].
- Kii country shop bookstore
- The name of the firewood and charcoal wholesale dealer which the birthplace of founder Moichi Tanabe ran was "a Kii country shop". There is that I opened a bookstore in a part of the site by an opening without inheriting business [1].
- The sun (Japan Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium)
- It was touched Historical Memoirs of Cima Qian that Eiichiro Ueyama of the founder was own motto with "the sun" of the brand name by the golden chicken which meant "the best" saying "do not become after a cow when you became a leader in a small group".
- KURARAY
- The establishment of a business original company name "Kurashiki rayon." By business diversification except the fiber, I adopted "re" of "a storehouse" (クラ) and the rayon of Kurashiki and assumed it "KURARAY".
- Cleanup
- In about 1960 when the word "strong batting trio" of the baseball was popular, as for the sink, kitchen counter, gas stand of the company, it was thought by the brand name of the meaning to be the strong batting trio of the kitchen, and I omitted a trio, and it was than a good point of the nuance of a word in "Cleanup". As for the company name at the time of the establishment of a business, it is the existing company name "Inoue dining table" via "Inoue Kogyo" in 1983 [8].
- Kureha
- It comes from establishment of a business place, Kurehacho, Toyama-shi of former parent company "Kureha Spinning". Kureha in itself has nothing to do with Tomiyama.
- KDDI
- The company names were united by Daini Denden (DDI), KDD Co., Ltd. (KDD), three mergers of mobile communication (IDO) in Japan Co., Ltd., too [1].
- Kenwood
- Kenwood is the British place name, and "a forest of Kent" means. It was founded as "Kasuga radio electric equipment firm" in postwar period, and the company name assumed the brand "a trio" taking advantage of product export to the United States, too. Called the company which a trio was three brothers-in-law, and established have a meaning. However, in the foreign countries, it was 2 brands of the trio in Kenwood, Japan using earthenware brand "Kenwood" which I sold of the American agency because "the trio" had been already used as a trademark in the United States. I changed the company name with Kenwood in 1986 [8].
- KOMERI
- It is a rice dealer at the time of the establishment of a business of 1952. It is an origin of current company name KOMERI that I add "利" of "Riemon" of the name, and assumed "米利商店" [1].
I SA row
- Sapporo Breweries
- "A Bureau of Development beer brewery" of the establishment begins in 1876. It becomes the name at the present in connection with a birthplace name in 1964. The mark of the star is called サッポロシャイニングスター in the polestar [1].
- SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL
- I do "参" and two characters of "the sky" with a company name from "possible し (the saint originally helps with the order of all things and principle (sky) and harmony of human being society (ground)) where inscription く possible ければ namely 以 becomes nature and 参 in 化育 of the nature" in "the moderation" of the Confucian sacred book four Chinese classics.
- Sun Telephone vision
- An independent TV station of Hyogo. With "sun" (SUN) of the company name, "S" of the Utsumi, Seto, Hyogo side and "N" on the prefecture Sea of Japan side adopted an initial of "U" of the unit (UNIT) which joined two together.
- Suntory
- Family name of Torii new Jiro of the founder and sun =SUN are compounds of red cue ball = sun =Sun of "the red cue ball port" which is the origin product of the company [1].
- SANYO Electric
- The Inoue age man of the founder named it it towards the global company beyond three seas of the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean. Inoue age man was a younger brother of Sachinosuke Matsushita-in-law and was a managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial [8].
- Jeff com
- The company name Jeff com (JEFCOM) assumed an initial of Japan Electric Future COMmunicationk of the meaning "that I wanted to talk with the electric future" about a coined word [the source required].
- Citizen Watch
- The company name at the time of the establishment of a business is "尚工舎時計研究所", and what I attached to the brand of the watch released in 1924 with "Citizen" (citizen) begins. Shinpei Goto who had friendship named the founder. I express "a citizen" in English, and "a citizen" is a meaning of "be got close to a citizen".
- Sharp
- I come from establishment of a business product ever lady sharp pencil "常備芯突鉛筆". In other words, to be sharp; a meaning [1] of "is sharp".
- Shachihata
- Kinzo Funahashi who is the founder is founded as "Funahashi firm" in Nagoya-shi. The trademark of "many years ink pad" which the company released was "the Japanese flag" at first, but I receive indication that there is not it for a trademark and I use "a killer whale" of Nagoya-jo Castle which is a symbol of Nagoya in a trademark and release the Japanese flag as "a killer whale flag mark". I change a company name of it to "Shachihata Industrial" in 1941 and become the current company name in 1999.
- ジャパネット たかた
- It comes from a family name of Akira Takada of the founder saying "a net does Japan".
- Shogakukan
- 創業当初、小学校向けの教育図書の発行を主な業務としていたことで「小学館」である。
- 住友スリーエム
- 3Mと「住友電工」「日本電気」の合弁会社として昭和35年に設立された。3Mは、ミネソタの鉱山工業会社の意味のMinnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.の頭文字を取っている[8]。
- セイコーホールディングス
- 「精工舎」(せいこうしゃ)に由来。
た行
- ちふれ化粧品
- 旧社名は「東京実業株式会社」。「ちふれ」の由来は、同社と提携関係を結ぶ全国地域婦人団体連絡協議会(ぜんこくちいきふじんれんらくきょうぎかい。地婦連=ちふれん)の頭文字からきている。
- 電通 dentsu
- 旧社名の「日本電報通信社」を略したものを現在の社名としている。
- 東通
- テレビ制作会社の『東通』とは、旧社名の「東京通信機工事」を略したもの。
- トステム
- 旧社名「トーヨーサッシ」が昭和59年から使用していたブランド名TOSTEMを事業拡大に合わせ平成4年「トステム」として社名に採用した。TOSTEMは、TOTAL SYSTEMの略である。大正12年「妙見屋商店」として創業、妙見菩薩の「妙見」を社名とした[8]。
- トヨタ自動車
- 創業家の豊田は「とよだ」と読む。個人的企業から脱するために、当初はカタカナの「トヨダ自動車」とする計画でいたが、ブランドマークの公募で選ばれた中島種夫のデザインが濁音の無い『トヨタ』であった。姓名判断で画数が良かったこと、また、個人名から離れる趣旨になることから、第一号の車名「トヨタ号」とし社名も「トヨタ」にて登録した[8]。
- トリンプ・インターナショナル
- Triumph(勝利、ドイツ語では「トリウムフ」)から。日本法人は発音しやすく「トリンプ」を正式名とした。
な行
- 日本アイ・ビー・エム
- 昭和12年に設立された日本法人社名は「日本ワットソン統計会計機械」であった。その後2度の改称により昭和34年に現在の社名となった。IBMは、International Business Machines Corp.の頭文字を取っている[8]。
- 日本ビクター(現・JVCケンウッド)
- ビクターの社名由来は、エジソンのフォノグラフに対して「勝利者」であるという意味、トレードマークの蓄音機ホーン形状がV字形である、命名者のエルドリッジ・ジョンソンの友人名と諸説あるが定かではない。日本ビクターは、ビクター・トーキング・マシン社(現・RCA)の子会社「日本ビクター蓄音機」として昭和2年にできた。昭和20年に今の社名となり、戦後日本企業として再スタートしている。VHS方式のビデオ生みの親としても世界的に知られる。モデルとなった犬は、ニッパーという名前の実存する犬だった[8]。
は行
- ファンケル
- 「ファイン」(fine)と「ケミカル」(chemical)を合わせた造語。または「不安を蹴る」の語呂合わせ。
- ブシロード
- 「カードファイト!!ヴァンガード」などで知られる『ブシロード』は、創業者の木谷高明がブロッコリー時代に開発したメディアミックス作品「熱風海陸ブシロード」から由来。また「武士道」の意味も込められている。
- ブリヂストン
- 創業者の石橋姓を英語で直訳し「ストーンブリッジ」と考えたが語呂合わせが良くなかったので、ブリヂストンと逆にした。ルーツは、地下足袋を製造していた「日本足袋」(現在のアサヒコーポレーション)のタイヤ部から昭和6年に福岡県久留米市にて独立して出来た会社である[8]。
- ブラザー工業
- 21歳で家業を継いだ安井正義が6男4女の力を合わすべく「安井ミシン兄弟商会」に大正14年に「安井ミシン商会」を改称。国産化ミシン第1号を昭和3年に会社名の「兄弟」から「ブラザー」ブランド名で販売開始した。昭和36年タイプライターの生産と多角化により翌年現社名となる。「ブラザー」ではなく、ミシンを使う女性の「シスター」ブランドとしたかったがすでに商標登録されていて使えなかった[8]。
ま行
- マルエツ
- 創業当初の社名は「魚悦商店」で、社紋が「○」に「悦」だったことから社名も「マルエツ」とした。
- 三越
- 1603年に「越後屋」として創業。1904年に「三越呉服店」に改称。社名は「越後屋」の「越」と創業家の「三井」の姓からの「三」を採っている。
- ミトロイ
- メガネドラッグ
や行
- ヤンマー
- 農作業用機械のエンジンメーカーとして創業された山岡発動機工作所のエンジンのブランド名がその後社名となった。豊作を意味する昆虫トンボの親玉である「オニヤンマ」から「ヤンマー」と長音を付け親しみやすくしている[8]。
ら行
- りそなホールディングス・りそな銀行
- ラテン語の「Resona」(共鳴する、響き合う)に由来。
わ行
脚注
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm 北原登志喜・加藤康博『日本のロゴ』成美堂出版、2007年10月20日、ISBN978-4-415-30264-5
- ^ 御堀『アウディの矜持』、25頁。
- ^ デザインマネジメントのケーススタディ、p69、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ エステー公式サイト「会社情報」より。
- ^ リクナビ2014、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ 「由来.jp」、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ オルファ株式会社、誕生秘話、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 本間之英『誰かに教えたくなる社名の由来』講談社、2007年3月20日、ISBN978-4-06-281097-5
- ^ 花園工具株式会社「会社情報」、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ 『カーグラフィック』2013年5月号「昂ぶるトリノ フィアット・グループのいま」
- ^ 不二越「企業情報」、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ マックス株式会社、社名の由来、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ 「みんから2011年3月23日」、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ リョービ「会社案内」、2013年7月5日閲覧
- ^ デザインマネジメントのケーススタディp83、2013年7月5日閲覧
参考文献
- 北原登志喜・加藤康博『日本のロゴ』成美堂出版、2007年10月20日、ISBN978-4-415-30264-5
- 各社公式ホームページ
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