{"id":388,"date":"2017-10-04T20:12:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:09:34","slug":"hirotaka-kawai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/hirotaka-kawai\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirotaka Kawai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-113957520\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1141470110\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_444530064\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover box-shadow-4 dark\" style=\"padding-top:40%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Kawai Pianos Company\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kawai-Pianos-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_444530064 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-113957520 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 25px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-522973669\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-253421880\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"nav-wrapper\"><ul class=\"nav nav-uppercase nav-horizontal nav-size-large nav-line-bottom text-center nav-center\"><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/timeline\/\">Timeline<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/our-philosophy\/\">Our Philosophy<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/koichi-kawai\/\">Koichi Kawai<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/shigeru-kawai\/\">Shigeru Kawai<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/ryuyo-grand-piano-factory\/\">Ryuyo Grand Piano Factory<\/a><\/li><li class=active><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/hirotaka-kawai\/\">Hirotaka Kawai<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/kentaro-kawai\/\">Kentaro Kawai<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/kawai-today\/\">Kawai Today<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/kawai-heritage\/\">Heritage<\/a><\/li><li class=><a href=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/company\/awards\/\">Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-1831713798\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-214136945\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1416887835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-1 dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hirotaka1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Hirotaka Kawai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hirotaka1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hirotaka1-374x450.jpg 374w, https:\/\/kawaius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hirotaka1-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1416887835 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-106482357\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"thin-font\">Continuing The Legacy<\/h1>\n<p><em>&#8220;At Kawai, the quest for perfection is not just an ideal\u2026 but a duty.&#8221; &#8211; Hirotaka Kawai<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 1989, the presidency of the company was passed to Shigeru&#8217;s son, Hirotaka Kawai.\u00a0 Hirotaka began with a pledge to carry on the &#8220;commitment to excellence&#8221; established by his father and grandfather.\u00a0 Early in his tenure as president, Hirotaka invested tens of millions of dollars to incorporate advanced robotics into the production process.\u00a0 He then took production outside Japan for the first time with the launch of Kawai America Manufacturing and the acquisition of the Lowrey Organ Company, followed by the founding of Kawai Asia Manufacturing in Malaysia in 1991 and the establishment of Kawai Finishing in the United States in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he oversaw the development and introduction of Kawai&#8217;s internationally-acclaimed RX Series Artist Grand Pianos.\u00a0 And, most recently, he continued to strengthen Kawai&#8217;s worldwide manufacturing presence with the establishment of Karawan \u2013 Kawai&#8217;s &#8220;Japanese manufacturing facility&#8221; 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