Company
| VISION | Provide the impression with Niche Top. |
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| MISSION | Support world behind the scenes with technology advance, and contribute to prosperity. |
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Company Profile
| Head Offce |
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| President & CEO | Taro Harada |
| Established | August 1947 |
| Share Capital | 97 million yen |
| Stockholder’s Equity | 1.7 billion yen |
| Total area of factories/offices | Site Area 12,775㎡ / Building Area 10,646㎡ |
| Business Description | Manufacturing and sales of lamps for photographic lighting, LED lighting fixtures, fishing vessel lights, and high-brightness lighting bulbs.
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| Employees | 112（until 31 March, 2026） |
| Sales Volume | 2,500,000,000 yen（until 31 Mar, 2026） |
| Main Banks | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation(Kinshicho branch) / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (Komagome branch) |
| Board of Directors and Auditor |
President / CEO Taro Harada Vice President Shinji Harada (President of KOTO Electric（Tangshan）Co., LTD ) Auditor Akir Okamoto |
Company History
| 1947 | Established a head office and factory in Fukagawa, Koto-ku,Tokyo and began manufacturing of large incandescent lamps for cinemato-graphic lighting. |
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| 1956 | Develops and starts the manufacture of hermetic seals for transistors and rectifiers. |
| 1957 | Moved head office and factory to Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo due to business expansion. |
| 1961 | Established the Urawa plant to start mass-production of hermetic seals and to meet the increasing export demand for large lamps. |
| 1965 | Established Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd. in Ukima, Kita-ku, Tokyo as a plant for manufacturing hermetic seals. |
| 1966 | Moved head office to Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo and concentrated all to manufacturing at Urawa plant. |
| 1970 | Moved Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd. to Aoki, Kawaguchi and established Kyushu Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. in Kikuchi, Kumamoto. |
| 1974 | Developed and started manufacturing of hermetic seals for quartz crystal. Developed aircraft display lamps and started manufacturing and developing halogen lamps for the fisheries. |
| 1976 | Established a sales company, Ocean Lamp Co.,Ltd, to meet increasing sales of halogen lamps for the fisheries industry. |
| 1977 | Merges Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd, and Kyushu Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. reorganized them as the head office/Urawa Plant, Kawaguchi Plant and Kumamoto Plant. |
| 1979 | Developed and started manufacturing of metal halide lamps. |
| 1983 | Developed and started manufacturing of 20kw halogen lamps for film and stage lighting and underwater metal halide lamps. |
| 1987 | Developed compact arc metal halide lamps for stage and studio lighting.The international sales division of hermetic seals gains independent of Koto and forms Wakoh Corporation.Koto’s 40th anniversary celebration with share capital doubled to 72million yen. |
| 1988 | Established Koto Bunkogen Co.,Ltd. to meet the increasing need for new technology in light sources for spectral analysis in the photometering field. Ocean Lamp Co.,Ltd. changes its name to Koto Luminous Corporation. |
| 1989 | Established an office in Sanwamachi, Sashima-gun, Ibaraki to develop and manufacture light souces for spectral analytical |
| 1997 | In line with its merger with ADLT Corporation(USA), Koto Luminous Co.,Ltd. renames itself as Venture Lighting Japan,Inc. and starts the manufacture and sales of retail lighting systems. In line with business expansion, Koto moves the Lamp Division from Urawa office to Ibaraki while relocates the Hermetic Seals Division of the Kawaguchi office to Urawa. |
| 2001 | Signed an exclusive contact with GE Lighting(USA) for marketing Koto’s products in US and Europe and as a result, Koto closes down it’s office – Koto Corporation- in US. Koto’s Hermetic Seals Division obtains ISO 9001 certification. |
| 2003 | The Metal Surface Processing Group of Hermetic Seals Division (Kawaguchi factory ) obtains ISO14001 certification.The Domestic Sales division of the Specialty Lamp Division gains independent of Koto Electric and forms Koto Lighting Co.,Ltd. Venture Lighting Co.,Ltd. changes its name to Koto Luminous Co.,Ltd. |
| 2005 | Koto Electric Co., Ltd merges with Koto Luminous Co., Ltd to form Koto Electric Co., Ltd. Established Koto Electric(Tanshan)Co.,Ltd in Tanshan city, Hebei province, China. |
| 2009 | Koto establishes a Lighting Division in the Urawa office. Relocated the head office registration from Saitama City in Saitama Prefecture to Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2018 | Established KOTO Electric North America, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 2021 | Moved Urawa Factory to Kawaguchi Factory. |
Base Introduction
Head Office / Tokyo Sales Office
2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-Ku,Tokyo 110-0012 Japan
- TEL. 81-3-5808-1755 / FAX. 81-3-5808-1760
- ・Tokyo Sales Office
- TEL. 81-3-5808-1850 （Domestic Studio Sales Division）
- TEL. 81-3-5808-1912 （Overseas Studio Sales Division）
- TEL. 81-3-5808-1913 （Commercial Facility Division）
- TEL. 81-3-5808-1911 （Marine Sales Division）
- FAX. 81-3-5808-1910 （For all Sales Division）
| Kawaguchi Plant | 4-14-2 Aoki, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0031, Japan
TEL. 81-48-255-5211 / FAX. 81-48-256-5623 Access Map (click here) |
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| Kumamoto Plant | 988 Fujita, Kikuchi, Kumamoto 861-1309, Japan
TEL. 81-968-25-4144 / FAX. 81-968-25-4145 Access Map (click here) |
| Ibaraki Office | 1279-2 Owada Koga, Ibaraki, 306-0111, Japan
TEL. 81-280-76-8710 / FAX. 81-280-76-8715 Access Map (click here) |
Group Enterprises
KOTO Electric（Tangshan）Co., LTD.
KOTO Electric（Tangshan）Co., LTD. was established on December 13th, 2005, as a self-owned company, in Tangshan City High-Technology Development Zone. Manufacturing plant consists of 2 buildings. At the first building, fishing lamps and studio lamps are mainly produced and the second building is used as an equipment remodeling ground and a temporary material warehouse.
| Location | No.287, Huayan North Road,Tangshan High tech Industrial Park, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China TEL. 86-315-3852233 |
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| Representatives | President Shinji Harada |
| Establishment | December 13th, 2005 |
| Share Capital | USD2,950,000 |
| Total area | Area 18,813㎡ / Building Area 9,207㎡ |
| Business Description | Production and sales for fishing lamps, studio lamps, and their accessories and devices. |
| Employees | 102（in the end of Dec, 2025） |
| Sales | CNY35,100,000 (in the end of Dec, 2025) |
| Management system standards | ISO9001 (2018) |
| Officers | President Shinji Harada
Vice President Suguru Ito General Manager/Director Li Guogang Director Yu Yao Director Keisuke Tsuji Executive secretary Norimasa Ishikawa |
KOTO Electric North America, Inc.
| Location | 7401 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Unit 29 North Hollywood, CA 91605 TEL：818-308-6347 |
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| President | Taro Harada |
| Establishment | 2018 |
| Business Description | It is the local subsidiary established by KOTO Electric Co., Ltd. in Hollywood, LA. KOTO NA deals studio & stage lamps and fishing lamps, mainly as an agency. |
| Company Policy | VISION Provide the impression with Niche Top.MISSION Support world behind the scenes with technology advance, and contribute to prosperity. VALUE ・Contribute to the Society with the ideas. ・Keep in mind the prosperity together. ・Live together in the region and the earth. ・Take it as an opportunity at change of society. ・Challenging will lead the conviction. ・No Team welfare, No impression. |
| Website | www.koto-usa.com |
KOTO NSI Co., Ltd.
| Origin of the company | KOTO Networks ＆ Systems Integrated Corporation |
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| Location | 2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-ku Tokyo 110-0012 |
| Establishment | Feb 2nd, 1987 |
| Share Capital | JPY12,000,000 |
| Business description | Expanding device business by asset management (including leasing), and mainly by purchasing and selling device products |
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