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Minoru Yoneyama (米山 稔, Yoneyama Minoru, 15 October 1924 – 11 November 2019) was a Japanese businessman who founded the sports-equipment company Yonex, one of the world's top producers of tennis and badminton rackets as well as golf clubs.
Nov 16, 2019 · This was one of Minoru Yoneyama’s guiding words with which he truly lived by during his 70 year career. He lived and breathed blue and green until his peaceful passing on November 11, 2019. Yoneyama founded what is now known as Yonex in 1946 in his hometown of Tsukayama in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
In 1946, just after the end of World War II, Yonex marked its beginnings as Yoneyama Company, Ltd. founded by Minoru Yoneyama, a producer of wooden floats for fishing nets. Yoneyama’s wood-crafting business thrived until modern advancements - namely plastic floats - forced the company out of the business.
Nov 19, 2019 · Minoru Yoneyama, founder of Japanese equipment maker Yonex, passed away last week in Japan at the age of 95. The Badminton World Federation would like to extend its deepest sympathies and condolences to the Yoneyama family.
Nov 16, 2019 · TOKYO -- Minoru Yoneyama, a former prisoner of war who founded Japanese sports equipment maker Yonex, a favorite among pro tennis players, died on Saturday at the age of 95.
YONEX Founder Minoru Yoneyama begins manufacturing and selling wooden products in Niigata Prefecture, Nagaoka City. Minoru's father passed away in the war and left Minoru a single woodworking motor which he had received from his mother.
How Minoru Yoneyama Built Yonex. from a Single Motor into a Global Tennis Force. Yonex continues to shape tennis history as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. By Chris Oddo. © Yonex.
