Kuwahara Bmx. A Japanese bicycle company manufacturing both bicycles and parts. The company was started as a small family business in Osaka, Japan in 1918 by Sentarō Kuwahara (桑原仙太郎).[1] With his wife and eight children, he began a local bicycle parts wholesale. In 1925, Kuwahara began to export bicycles and parts to Russia, China and Southeast Asia, closing the business from 1940 to 1945 during World War II.[2] 1959 saw the first delivery of Kuwahara bikes to the USA. Sentaro Kuwahara died the following year, with his son Masao taking his place.
