Roland founder

Roland founder

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Ikutaro Kakehashi, 82-year-old founder of Japanese electronic music instruments maker Roland Corp., answers reporters' questions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, after he was named a recipient of a technical Grammy award for contributing to the development of MIDI technology.

Kakehashi, Roland founder and music pioneer, dies at 87

Kakehashi, Roland founder and music pioneer, dies at 87

Undated photo shows Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Japanese electronic musical instruments maker Roland Corp., in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where he established Roland in 1972. Kakehashi died on April 1, 2017, at the age of 87, people close to him said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Roland to rev up quiet GLM EV

Roland to rev up quiet GLM EV

Junichi Miki (L), chief executive officer of major electronic musical instrument maker Roland Corp., and Hiroyasu Koma, president of Kyoto-based electric vehicle developer GLM Co., pose next to GLM's Tommykaira ZZ electric sports car in Tokyo on June 2, 2015. Roland has developed a sound system for the model that provides engine revving sound effects for drivers unsatisfied with quiet EVs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Roland returns to Tokyo bourse

Roland returns to Tokyo bourse

Roland Corp. CEO Junichi Miki strikes the bell in a ceremony to celebrate the Japanese electronic musical instrument maker's relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the bourse in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2020.

Roland returns to Tokyo bourse

Roland returns to Tokyo bourse

Roland Corp. CEO Junichi Miki (C) attends a ceremony to celebrate the Japanese electronic musical instrument maker's relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the bourse in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2020.