Yagyu

Corporate Philosophy Our company adopts a very rare “100% direct sales method” in the hair and beauty scissors industry. By always facing our customers (users) directly, we strive to be a manufacturer that can accurately respond to market needs. Management Policy All employees maintain cost consciousness and work to eliminate all waste, striving for thorough cost reduction. We avoid individual discounting by sales staff and aim to conduct simple and sound business activities. Company Overview Company Name: Yagyu Co., Ltd. Representative: President and CEO Matsuo Yagyu Business Activities: Manufacturing and sales of hair and beauty scissors Head Office: 2-17-24 Hirokoshinkai, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture 737-0112 TEL: (0823) 71-8416 FAX: (0823) 71-8538 Toll-free: 0120-22-8416 Established: February 1990 (reorganized from sole proprietorship Yagyu Planning) Capital: 10 million yen Tokyo Branch: Estate Jingu-mae 202, 4-26-35 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 TEL: (03) 3796-3080 FAX: (03) 3796-3081 *For those requiring services at the Tokyo branch, please contact the Hiroshima head office in advance. About Patents Our company has acquired many patents to develop Yagyu’s unique scissors from the perspective of scissors users. This scope extends not only domestically but also to patents in America and Europe, serving as proof of our innovative scissors development. We will continue to develop innovative and excellent products based on new ideas. About Our Hiroshima Factory Yagyu’s head office factory is located in Kure City in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture. This region faces the Seto Inland Sea with a mild climate and was once a city with a naval port where the battleship Yamato, said to be the largest in history, was built. After the dissolution of the navy following the war’s end, it has developed as one of the Chugoku region’s leading industrial cities in the “manufacturing industry.” Yagyu’s history began when our founder and president, Matsuo Yagyu, pursued the development of “screws that don’t loosen.” Hair and beauty scissors used by professionals in the field differ from stationery scissors in that they open and close thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of times. The key component is the “fulcrum = screw part.” [Photo] Drilling (drilling holes for screw parts): Since we produce various types in small lots, we reset jigs each time. Due to the significantly higher number of opening and closing operations, the screw serving as the fulcrum needed to be relatively easy to replace. However, when replacement becomes possible, the problem of “loosening” arises. Based on years of barber experience, the development of the “freely adjustable, loosening-resistant split screw” became the origin of Yagyu scissors. [Photo] Welding: Welding the blade material and handle parts together. Our company logo is modeled after this “free split screw.” Yagyu Co., Ltd. logo and “Leox” brand logo for Yagyu products Split screw with spring inserted after cutting the screw in half [Photo] Polishing: The blade is polished into clam-shell edges or sword edges, which are synonymous with Yagyu. Over the past 30 years, we have particularly focused on the screw part, pursuing “easy cutting,” and have acquired numerous patents. Japanese hair has characteristics of being “thick, hard, and abundant” worldwide, and “Japanese hair and beauty scissors” require a quite high level of finish. [Photo] Polishing: The entire surface is finished to a mirror shine. The polishing process occurs consistently throughout, not only before and after blade sharpening but also during the finishing stage. Even under such conditions, Yagyu scissors have earned recognition for being “sharp,” “fatigue-resistant,” and “easy to use.” Please try Yagyu’s hair and beauty scissors, where most processes are performed by hand. [Photo] Back pressing: In hair and beauty scissors manufacturing, “back pressing” is a very important process. It is entirely manual work and determines the final finish, making it the most delicate process.