Maker record
Miyazawa
Miyazawa Model Co. is a Japanese model and hobby wholesaler. Its range includes domestic and imported plastic model kits and accessories, craft materials, miniature cars, radio-controlled models, railway models, toy guns, and figures and collectible toys. A specialist reference also identifies Miyazawa-branded tinplate toys and railway models from the 1960s to the 1980s, as well as anime character figures. The company’s present business is wholesale distribution rather than a single-model product line.
- Founded
- 1947
- Countries
- Japan
- Locations
- Kudan Minami, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0074, Japan
- Founders
- Kiyoshi Miyazawa
The story of Miyazawa
The history of Miyazawa is rooted in the post-war era of Japan. Established in 1947 in Tokyo, Japan by Kiyoshi Miyazawa, the brand emerged as a manufacturing company specializing in model trains. Over the years it diversified its operations into a variety of model toys with an emphasis on exceptional detail and accuracy. A fun fact about this brand is that Miyazawa was one of the pioneer toy manufacturers to incorporate the use of plastic in their models, which was a game-changer in the mid 20th century toy industry in Japan.