Private company

Onkyo

Onkyo Corporation was a Japanese consumer electronics company that specialized in premium home cinema and audio equipment, including AV receivers, surround sound speakers and portable devices.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1946Founded1
  • Industryelectronics1
  • HeadquartersOsaka1
  • Founded inMiyakojima Ward1
  • Websitewww.onkyo.com

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Onkyo Corporation was a Japanese consumer electronics company that specialized in premium home cinema and audio equipment, including AV receivers, surround sound speakers and portable devices. It was active as an independent company from 1946 to 2022, but remains active as a trademark brand under joint operation by Sharp Corporation and Voxx International.2

How it started

History

Onkyo was founded by Takeshi Goda in 1946 while he worked in sound at Matsushita Electric. It was renamed Osaka Onkyo in 1947. The company name changed from Osaka Onkyo K.K. to Onkyo Corporation in 1971.

The Integra amplifier series was introduced in 1969. In 1993, Onkyo acquired Lucasfilm's THX certification and then launched the first ever THX-certified AV consumer receiver.

In 2010, Onkyo restructured into a holding company called Onkyo Corporation with its operations split into sub-companies, with Onkyo Sound & Vision Corporation the name of the new entity in charge of design and manufacturing of audio products.

In March 2015, Onkyo purchased Pioneer Corporation's Home Electronics Corporation, which produces home cinema amplifiers, Blu-ray players and other AV products. In return, Pioneer took a 14.95% stake in Onkyo. The Ohtsuki family remained the largest shareholders of the company with an approximately 26% stake, just above Gibson Brands, with a 16.5% stake.

With the bankruptcy of Gibson in 2018, Onkyo's shares held by Gibson were sold.

From Wikipedia’s article on Onkyo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. 1946Founded Founded in Miyakojima Ward1

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