Mazda Motor Corporation
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Mazda's headquarters in Fuchū, Hiroshima
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Native name
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マツダ株式会社 |
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Romanized name
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Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha |
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| Traded as | : OTC Pink: |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 30 January 1920 |
| Founder | Jujiro Matsuda |
| Headquarters | 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchū, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Seita Kanai (Chairman) Masamichi Kogai (President and CEO) |
| Products | 1,202,489 units (2016) Automobiles Light Trucks Engines |
| Revenue |
 ¥3.4 trillion (FY 2016) |
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¥22.6 billion (FY 2016) |
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 ¥13.4 billion (FY 2016) |
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| Owner |
Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.3%) The Master Trust Bank of Japan (4.7%) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2.2%) |
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Number of employees
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46,398 (2016) |
| Website | mazda.com |
Coordinates: 34°22′37″N 132°30′03″E / 34.3770577°N 132.5008222°E
Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社? Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha), commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide. In 2015, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.
Mazda's website states its name derived from the Zoroastrian name of God in the Avestan language (Modern Persian: اهورا مزدا-Sanskrit: असुर मेधा [Asura-Medhā]). Ahura Mazda is the name of God in Zoroastrian. The company states:
The name was also associated with Ahura Mazda (God of Light), with the hope that it would brighten the image of these compact vehicles.
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