History
| 1937 | In Nakanocho, Sanjo City (Niigata Prefecture), Yoshio Mizuno founds a company making replacement blades for wood planes. |
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| 1955 | Increasing use of electric power tools greatly reduces demand for wood planes. Demand proportionately increases for axes and broadaxes, which Mizuno was also previously making. |
| 1984 | Manufacturing moves to the newly-created Fujihira Industrial area in Ogibori, Sanjo City. |
| 1993 | Tetsujiro Inoue, a specialist in crafting sheet metal-bending pliers, comes to Mizuno from Katsushika (Tokyo), and begins a 13-year period of training other craftsmen to make them at Mizuno. |
| 2006 | Mizuno Industries starts producing and marketing sheet metal-bending pliers, under the “Tokyo Kazumitsu” brand. Yoshio Mizuno’s son Isao is awarded the official title of “Meister” by Niigata Prefecture. |
| 2012 | Isao Mizuno is further awarded the official title of “Traditional Craftsman” by the government of Japan. |
| 2021 | Isao Mizuno incorporated his buisiness and the trabe name was changed to Mizuno Factory Co.,Ltd. |
PROFILE
Isao Mizuno, Traditional Craftsman
Born 1941
2006 Awarded official title of “Meister” by Niigata Prefecture.
2012 Awarded official title of “Traditional Craftsman” by the government of Japan
Principal Instructor, Sanjo Metalworking Group.