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Honda company history in brief

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Founder

Born in Hamamatsu, in the Shizuoka prefecture of Japan, in 1906, Soichiro Honda’s father owned a blacksmith's shop and repaired bicycles as a side-line. Soichiro Honda left elementary school in April 1922 at the age of fifteen and joined Art Shokai as an apprentice in Tokyo. Here, Mr. Honda worked hard to extend and deepen his understanding of automobile engineering and amazed everyone by the extent of his expertise. One day in September 1946, Soichiro Honda came across a generator engine designed for a wireless radio from the former Imperial Army. When Mr. Honda saw it, he was immediately inspired with an idea. It was a moment of destiny. Moving forward with grit and relentless determination, Soichiro Honda established Honda Motor Co. Ltd, on September 24, 1948, in Itaya-cho, Hamamatsu.

From developing a race engine and establishing Honda car’s racing laboratories, bringing the Honda team to the Isle of Man Races, to eventually launching Honda car’s first mini passenger automobile - the N360, the first of several iconic Honda models. Soichiro Honda began to share

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Honda

Japanese multinational manufacturing company

This article is about the multinational corporation. For other uses, see Honda (disambiguation).

Logo since 2000

Headquarters in Minato, Tokyo

Native name

本田技研工業株式会社

Romanized name

Honda Giken Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic

Traded as

IndustryManufacturing
FoundedHamamatsu, Japan (October 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10), incorporated 24 September 1948; 76 years ago (1948-09-24))
FounderSoichiro Honda
Headquarters

Minato, Tokyo

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Japan

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Products
Revenue¥14.95 trillion (2022)[1]

Operating income

¥871.2 billion (2022)[1]

Net income

¥707.0 billion (2022)[1]
Total assets¥23.97 trillion (2022)[1]
Total equity¥10.77 trillion (2022)[1]
Owners

Number of employees

204,035 (2022)[2]

  • United States: 18,322
  • Brazil: 7,593
  • Thailand: 7,556
  • India: 7,350
  • Vietnam: 5,461
  • Mexico: 4,891
  • Canada:
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    History

    Trajectory of Challenges

    Aiming to bring smiles to people’s faces.
    Read Honda’s history of daring to challenge quality,
    technology, and speed, that no-one else thought was possible.

    Honda Takes on Brave Challenges
    with Dreams and Passion

    With 34 associates and 1 million yen in capital, Honda started out as a small town factory in Hamamatsu. The company ran with passion toward its dream. After the launch of the Cub F-Type, business grew rapidly with its unique sales network and excellent motorcycle products. Honda gained a firm position in the motorcycle industry after the Super Cub C100 became a hit in Japan and the U.S., and the company participated in the Isle of Man TT races.

    Unique Product that Proved
    “Good Products Know No National Boundaries”

    The Super Cub C100 (1958)

    Following the words of Soichiro Honda, “Make something that can fit in the hand,” the company pursued a motorcycle size and functional design that would be easy for anyone to handle. The new model was epoch-making, and many new innovations were incorporated w

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