Nihon Goraku Bussan
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| Founded: 1960-05-31 | ||
| Merged with: Rosen Enterprises (1965-07-15)[1] | ||
| Merged into: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | ||
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Nihon Goraku Bussan (日本娯楽物産株式会社, lit. Japanese Amusement Products Company, Inc.[2]) was a successor to the distribution arm of Service Games, Japan, incorporated on the same day as Nihon Kikai Seizou (the manufacturing arm) in Japan. It was operated by Richard Stewart[3].
The company's history is not fully understood, however it is thought to have been and traded as Uta Matic[4][5]. Nihon Goraku Bussan's main source of income appears to have been distributing jukeboxes on behalf of Rock-Ola, at one point employing 600 people[6][7], and being the largest distributor of its type in Japan[8].
Despite originally being split in 1960, Nihon Goraku Bussan would acquire Nihon Kikai Seizo (trading[9][10][5] as "Sega, Inc.") in June 1964. This now bigger[11] Nihon Goraku Bussan would merge with Rosen Enterprises to create Sega Enterprises, Ltd. on July 15, 1965[1][8][12].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cash Box, "August 14, 1965" (US; 1965-08-14), page 354
- ↑ https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/tag/dick-stewart/
- ↑ Cash Box, "June 24, 1961" (US; 1961-06-24), page 53
- ↑ Cash Box, "September 3, 1960" (US; 1960-09-03), page 50
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cash Box, "August 11, 1962" (US; 1962-08-11), page 317
- ↑ Cash Box, "March 27, 1965" (US; 1965-03-27), page 52
- ↑ Billboard, "March 20, 1965" (US; 1965-03-20), page 53
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cash Box, "September 18, 1965" (US; 1965-09-18), page 67
- ↑ File:Trademark Sega Reg Nº 749358 1963-05-14 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf
- ↑ File:Trademark Sega Reg Nº 749420 1963-05-14 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf
- ↑ Cash Box, "August 15, 1964" (US; 1964-08-15), page 366
- ↑ Billboard, "October 9, 1965" (US; 1965-10-09), page 59
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