Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.

Japan^{no source}

Brands controlled

Years	Brand	How	Source
1929–1981	Ibanez	owns	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Eras as owner

3 eras under this owner. One owner can span several plants, so “owned by Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.” is not one thing either.

Years	Line	Plant
1935–1966^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}	Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco)	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)
1966–1970^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}	Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco)	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified)
1969–1981^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}	Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige)	FujiGen

Sources

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1
Wikipedia: wiki/Hoshino Gakkigraded community
- "1929: The Hoshino company starts Hoshino Gakki Ten Inc."Ibanez, owns, 1929–1981
- "1969: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts to use the FujiGen… factory"Era: Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige), 1969–1981
2
特集！Ibanezインタビュー！～歴史編～ (Ibanez interview: history)graded community
- 昭和4年（1929年）には別会社として星野書店から独立したのですがIbanez, owns, 1929–1981
3
Ibanez (Ibanez Wiki)graded community
- The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez é Hijos guitars from Spain.Ibanez, owns, 1929–1981
4
Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd. Company Historygraded secondary
- By 1929, Hoshino established its own musical instruments company, Hoshino Gakki Ten,Ibanez, owns, 1929–1981
5
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanezgraded community
- "After the Tama factory stopped manufacturing guitars in 1966"Era: Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco), 1935–1966
- "After the Teisco String Instrument factory closed in 1970"Era: Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco), 1966–1970

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