Roland Corporation

Japanese audiovisual equipment company
Organization business Q848490
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Summary

Roland Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,371 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Roland Corporation was a member of SD Association[3].
  • Roland Corporation is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Roland Corporation is in the country of JP[5].
  • Roland Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Roland Corporation's instance of is recorded as musical instrument manufacturing company[7].
  • Roland Corporation's instance of is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[8].
  • Roland Corporation's instance of is recorded as kōkai gaisha[9].
  • Roland Corporation's founder is recorded as Ikutaro Kakehashi[10].
  • Roland Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Hamamatsu[11].
  • Roland Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Boss Corporation[12].
  • Roland Corporation's Commons category is recorded as Roland Corporation[13].
  • Roland Corporation's industry is recorded as software industry[14].
  • Roland Corporation's industry is recorded as musical instrument maker[15].
  • April 18, 1972 marks the founding of Roland Corporation[16].
  • 1972-04-18 marks the founding of Roland Corporation[17].
  • Roland Corporation's location of formation is recorded as Osaka[18].
  • Roland Corporation's official website is recorded as http://www.roland.com[19].
  • Roland Corporation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roland Corporation[20].
  • Roland Corporation's product or material produced is recorded as electronic musical instrument[21].
  • Roland Corporation's product or material produced is recorded as Roland V-Accordion[22].
  • Roland Corporation's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3060'}[23].
  • Roland Corporation's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[24].
  • Roland Corporation's legal form is recorded as T417[25].
  • Roland Corporation's name in kana is recorded as ローランド[26].
  • Roland Corporation's owner of is recorded as Boss Corporation[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): 529900GYAB2BWXGR1S20[28]

  • Registered legal name: ローランド株式会社[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: 1972-04-18[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2026-06-09[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-06-09[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-06-09[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[39]

  • Registration authority: RA001075[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 6080401010213[41]

  • Other names: Roland Corporation[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Roland Corporation's founder is recorded as Ikutaro Kakehashi[10]. Recorded inception include April 18, 1972[16] and 1972-04-18[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as Osaka[18].

Operations

Roland Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Hamamatsu[11]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Boss Corporation[12].

Industry

Industries include software industry[14] and musical instrument maker[15].

Ownership

Products include electronic musical instrument[21] and Roland V-Accordion[22].

Why It Matters

Roland Corporation ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,371 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . roland.com. Retrieved . roland.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → FE89-3743-A2E5-9D09-78B3
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  2. 9w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ror id → 0259jb220
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  3. 21w ago · MineoBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Roland Corporation
    Founder → Ikutaro Kakehashi
    Official website → http://www.roland.com
    Aliases → —
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