Fujimoto | About Us
1960
Our founder Minobu Fujimoto, started repairing and also replicating western casted irons by using his forging skills in the small workshop next to his house. Utilizing his small forging machine for knifes making, Minobu hammered out each and every iron head and ground them to shape, all learning by his eyes. This ancient technique later develops into a crafting method called “Hizukuri”, which is now used for our hand made putters.
1968
Establishes Fujimoto Golf Equipment Manufacturer and began taking OEM production works for small and major domestic brands. This is the beginning of Fujimoto Gikoh today.
1988
The three sons of Minobu, Katsuya (current President), Yoshito (current Senior Managing Director) and Takeki (current Managing Director) joins the business, bringing more momentum for expansion.
2002
This year was the turning point for the small family business to grow into a medium size enterprise as the grandsons of Minobu had now joined the business. The small operation in the small workshop, not only grew in size but also grew a strong family bond that stretched into 3 generations. The company name also became the current Fujimoto Gikoh Co., Ltd. from Fujimoto Golf Equipment Manufacturer. “Gikoh is a Japanese term to describe a manufacturer that is specialized in a certain field.
2008
The company started to receive jobs from major brands to create one-off custom gears for their sponsoring professionals. This made the Fujimoto name spread rapidly throughout the touring professionals in Japan and brought many major OEM and tour support works to the company. Takeo Ozaki, which is one of the famous Ozaki brothers in the Japanese tournaments had also signed partnership with the company to manufacture all his iron and wedges throughout his professional career.
2010
The company relocated its factory to its current location and had also welcomed a new family member Takeru, whom eventually expands the company in more technical aspects with the three-dimensional club design and in-house CNC machining station.
2015
First official company brand FG-Believer was launched this year, incorporating many intricate designs targeting the Japanese domestic market. The FG-Believer heads are stocked in many custom fitting shops across Japan.
2020
Today, the small family business has grown much larger and prominent. Fujimoto Golf, was established at the end of 2017 with the mission of creating the best forged heads with all the resource the company has. After so many years, the factory has brought back the annealing process, which was once left behind to keep up with the quantities and lead-time from several OEM works. We are committed to deliver you the best feel that a forged iron head can ever give.
