Torakusu Yamaha
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Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 Yamaha Torakusu; April 20, 1851, Kii province – August 8, 1916) was a Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation.
Yamaha was a watchmaker who built his first portable reed organ in 1887. Then , he became the president of Nippon Gakki Co. (later renamed the Yamaha Corporation)it makes yamaha motorcycles and musical instruments.
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