MIZUNO RUNNING SHOES

'CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SPORTING GOODS AND THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS' IS MIZUNO'S PHILOSOPHY. FOUNDED IN 1906 BY RIHACHI MIZUNO AS A FAMILY RUN SPORTING GOODS STORE IN OSAKO INITIALLY SPECIALISING IN THE SUPPLY OF BASEBALL AND GOLF EQUIPMENT IMPORTED FROM THE USA, THEY SOON SOUGHT LOCAL FACTORIES TO SUPPLY THEM WITH HIGH QUALITY GOODS AND MARKETED THEM UNDER THE FAMILY NAME - MIZUNO, GIVING BIRTH TO THE MIZUNO BRAND.