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Genichi Kawakami (川上 源一, Kawakami Gen'ichi, January 30, 1912 – May 25, 2002) was the president of the Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1983. He is often credited with the international success of Yamaha and was also widely influential as a community music educator.
May 28, 2002 · Genichi Kawakami, who insouciantly combined the delicate notes of the piano and the earsplitting roar of the motorcycle to create the Yamaha empire, died on Saturday at a hospital near Hamamatsu,...
May 29, 2002 · Genichi Kawakami, the man who made Yamaha a household name around the world through an odd mix of musical instruments and motorbikes, died Saturday in Hamamatsu, Japan, the industrial city where...
May 27, 2002 · Genichi Kawakami, former president of Yamaha Corp., died of old age at a hospital in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon, according to his family. He was...
“Broadminded” is the word that describes Genichi Kawakami, the founder of Yamaha Motor. A man of strong character possessing a decisive management style unconstrained by convention, Kawakami recognized early on the importance of raw materials and metalworking, and was himself an engineer with uncommon fervor.
Jun 6, 2002 · Yamaha's president, Genichi Kawakami, having captured an enviable slice of the American market, was now after a more elusive prize: the sort of status that went with a Steinway piano. And not...
Genichi Kawakami was the first son of Kaichi Kawakami, the third-generation president of Nippon Gakki (musical instruments and electronics; presently Yamaha Corporation). Genichi studied and graduated from Takachiho Higher Commercial School in March of 1934.
