Mizuno is a Japanese sporting goods manufacturer founded in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno in Osaka, where the company remains headquartered. It began by selling baseballs and baseball gear and grew into one of Japan's largest sports equipment companies, producing golf clubs, running shoes, baseball gloves and bats, volleyball equipment, and apparel. In golf, Mizuno is best known for its forged irons, produced using its Grain Flow Forging process at a dedicated facility in Hiroshima; the MP and JPX iron families have a strong reputation among skilled players for their feel, and many tour professionals have played Mizuno irons even without endorsement contracts. In running, the brand's Wave plate cushioning technology underpins long-running shoe lines such as the Wave Rider, first released in 1997. Mizuno is also deeply embedded in Japanese baseball, supplying gloves and bats used throughout Nippon Professional Baseball and by many Major League players, and it is a major supplier of volleyball and table tennis equipment. The company is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and sells its products worldwide through regional subsidiaries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, with sports apparel and footwear complementing its equipment business.
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