ASICS
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| Public | |
| Traded as | TYO: 7936 |
| Industry |
Sportswear Sports equipment |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | Kihachiro Onitsuka |
| Headquarters | Kobe, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Kiyomi Wada (Chairman) Motoi Oyama (President) |
| Products |
Athletic shoes Apparel Sports equipment |
| Revenue |
 ¥247.7 billion (as of March 31, 2012) |
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¥19.6 billion (as of March 31, 2012) | |
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¥12.6 billion (as of March 31, 2010) | |
Number of employees | 5,937 (2013) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www.asics.com |
ASICS (アシックス Ashikkusu) is a Japanese multinational corporation athletic equipment company which produces footwear and sports equipment designed for a wide range of sports, generally in the upper price range. The name is an acronym for the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano[1] which translates as "a healthy soul in a healthy body". In recent years their running shoes have often been ranked among the top performance footwear in the market.[2][3][4]
History
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ASICS Ltd. began as Onitsuka Co., Ltd on September 1, 1949.[5] Its founder, Kihachiro Onitsuka, began manufacturing basketball shoes in his home town of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Soon after the range of sports activities widened to a variety of Olympic styles used throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s by athletes worldwide. Onitsuka became particularly renowned for the Mexico 66[6] design, in which the distinctive crossed stripes, now synonymous with the company brand, were featured for the first time. In 1977, Onitsuka Tiger merged with GTO and JELENK to form ASICS Corporation. Despite the name change, a vintage range of ASICS shoes are still produced and sold internationally under the Onitsuka Tiger label.
In its 2006 fiscal year, Asics generated 171 billion yen in net sales and 13 billion yen in net income. Sixty-six percent of the company's income came from the sale of sports shoes, 24% from sportswear, and 10% from sports equipment. Forty-nine percent of the company's sales were in Japan, 28% in North America, and 19% in Europe.
On July 12, 2010, ASICS bought the outdoor brand Haglöfs, for SEK1,000,000,000 ($128.7 million).[7]
On October 4, 2011, it was announced that ASICS will be the new official kit manufacturer for the Australian Cricket Team, replacing German manufacturer Adidas.[8]
Name
The name ASICS is an acronym of the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano[1] which translates to "healthy soul in a healthy body" which derives from Juvenal's aphorism mens sana in corpore sano or Thales' saying Νοῦς ὑγιὴς ἐν σώματι ὑγιεῖ.
Relationship with Nike
Nike, Inc., originally known as BRS, was founded to sell Onitsuka Tiger shoes in the US. When Phil Knight visited Japan in 1963 right before he graduated from Stanford University, he was impressed by Onitsuka Tiger shoes with their high quality but reasonable prices. He immediately visited the Onitsuka Tiger office and asked to be their sales agent in the USA. When Knight founded Nike, he headhunted engineers from Onitsuka and made early Nike shoes at the Asahi Corporation in Fukuoka, Japan.
Sponsorship
Gallery
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A pair of ASICS wrestling shoes, model Split Second V
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A pair of ASICS running shoes, model GEL-Kinsei
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A pair of ASICS Gel Kayano 15 shoes with some Betagel in yellow into the heel
See also
References
- 1 2 "About ASICS". ASICS America. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "Runner's World Crowns Asics Gel-Nimbus 9 "The World's Best Shoe!"". Runnersworld.com. 2007-11-02. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "Nike Air Pegasus 2006 is given the International Editor's Choice Award for 2006". Runnersworld.com. 2006-11-04. Archived from the original on 2006-11-05. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ Remy, Mark (2008-11-14). "The Prez-Elect Wears Asics". Dailyviews.runnersworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "Asics History". Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ↑ Mexico 66, Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66, Onitsuka Mexico 66 | Tiger Central
- ↑ Katsumura, Mariko (2010-07-12). "Japan's Asics buys Sweden's Haglofs for $128.7 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ Emmett, James (2011-11-04). "Asics partner with Cricket Australia – Sports Sponsorship news – Cricket Oceania". SportsPro Media. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
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