Ricoh

Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company
Organization business Q178778
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Ricoh

Summary

Ricoh is a business[1]. Ricoh ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ricoh was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Ricoh was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[4].
  • Ricoh was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance[5].
  • Ricoh was a member of SD Association[6].
  • Ricoh was a member of Camera & Imaging Products Association[7].
  • Ricoh is in the country of Japan[8].
  • Ricoh is in the country of JP[9].
  • Ricoh's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • Ricoh's instance of is recorded as enterprise[11].
  • Ricoh's instance of is recorded as public company[12].
  • Ricoh's founder is recorded as Kiyoshi Ichimura[13].
  • Ricoh's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[14].
  • Ricoh's child organization or unit is recorded as Ricoh (United States)[15].
  • Ricoh's child organization or unit is recorded as Ricoh France[16].
  • Ricoh's child organization or unit is recorded as RICOH Czech Republic[17].
  • Ricoh is part of Natur-Aktien-Index[18].
  • Ricoh's Commons category is recorded as Ricoh[19].
  • Ricoh's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[20].
  • Ricoh's stock exchange is recorded as Euronext[21].
  • Ricoh's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[22].
  • Ricoh's industry is recorded as electronics[23].
  • 1936 marks the founding of Ricoh[24].
  • 1936-02-05 marks the founding of Ricoh[25].
  • Ricoh's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[26].
  • Ricoh's official website is recorded as https://jp.ricoh.com/[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300HFIB2GRUMDID72[28]

  • Registered legal name: 株式会社リコー[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: JP[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1936-02-05[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-11-29[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-11-11[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-11-11[38]

  • Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000412[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 0108-01-012579[41]

  • Other names: Ricoh Company, Ltd.[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Ricoh's founder is recorded as Kiyoshi Ichimura[13]. Recorded inception include 1936[24] and 1936-02-05[25]. Ricoh's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[26].

Identity

Ricoh is part of Natur-Aktien-Index[18].

Operations

Ricoh's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[14]. Subsidiaries include Ricoh (United States)[15], a business[44], in United States[45], founded in 1936[46], headquartered in Malvern[47]; Ricoh France[16]; and RICOH Czech Republic[17], a business[48], in Czech Republic[49], founded in 1993[50], headquartered in Prague[51].

Industry

Ricoh's industry is recorded as electronics[23].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Tokyo Stock Exchange[20], Euronext[21], and OTC Markets Group[22]. Products include software[52], photocopier[53], and single-lens reflex camera[54].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Ricoh include Ricoh Cup[55], a recurring sporting event[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 2000[58].

Why It Matters

Ricoh ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[2] Ricoh has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Ricoh is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for Ricoh include Ricoh Cup[55], a recurring sporting event[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 2000[58].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [13] . ricoh.com. Retrieved . ricoh.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . ricoh.com. Retrieved . ricoh.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . nai-index.de. Retrieved . nai-index.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . wi-fi.org. Retrieved . wi-fi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [6] . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [7] . cipa.jp. Retrieved . cipa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [52] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  27. [53] . wikidata.org.
  28. [54] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [55] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [56] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [57] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [58] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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