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() is a Japanese company that designs, develops and markets a range of car audio, hi-fi home and personal audio, and amateur radio ("ham") equipment. ==History== Established in 1946 as the Kasuga Radio Co. Ltd. in Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in 1960 the company was renamed Trio Corporation. In 1963 the first overseas office was founded in Los Angeles, California, USA.〔(Kenwood Corporation / Company History )〕 In the early 1960s, Trio's products were rebranded by the Lafayette Radio Company, with a focus on the on citizens' band radio. An importer of Japanese-made electronics RadioShack was A&A Trading Co., and a bilingual Japanese-speaking manager from there, William "Bill" Kasuga partnered with George Aratani and Yoichi Nakase to establish a company that would be the exclusive importer of Trio products.〔"Entrepreneur Bill Kasuga Courage Helped Him Bring Music To The Public's Ears", by Patrick Seitz, Investor's Business Daily, 3/21/2011 () (alternate link: ())〕 The name Kenwood was invented by Kasuga as being the combination of "Ken", a name common to Japan and America that had been tested and proven acceptable to American consumers in the name of Kenmore appliances, and "Wood", referring to the durable substance as well as suggesting a relation to Hollywood, California.〔 The brand recognition of Kenwood eventually surpassed that of Trio's, and in 1986 Trio bought Kenwood and renamed itself Kenwood. George Aratani was the first chairman of Kenwood USA Corporation and succeeded by Kasuga.〔 Kenwood merged with JVC in 2008 as JVC Kenwood. Kenwood introduced its Sovereign line of components in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenwood Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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