| 1908 | Established Musical instrument sales division of Hoshino Shoten(=bookstore) |
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| 1929 | Established Hoshino Gakki Ten Inc.(=the future Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.) |
| 1935 | Began to manufacture stringed instruments in Nagoya |
| 1955 | Constructed the current building of "Hoshino Gakki Ten" at N0. 3-22, Shumokucho, Higashiku, Nagoya |
| 1962 | Established TAMA Seisakusho Inc.(=the future Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd.) for electric guitars & guitar amplifiers |
| 1971 | Acquired Elger Co.,(=the future Hoshino(U.S.A.)Inc.) in Pennsylvania U.S.A. |
| 1976 | Constructed Seto Distribution Center in Seto City, Aichi |
| 1980 | Changed the name of "Elger Co.," for "Hoshino(U.S.A.)Inc." |
| 1981 | Established
Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.(based on Hoshino Gakki
Ten Inc.) Established Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd.(based on TAMA Seisakusho) |
| 1982 | Established Hoshino Gakki Hanbai Co., Ltd. for domestic business, in Aichi, Japan |
| 1986 | Established Hoshino Gakki Hanbai Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office |
| 1987 | Established Hoshino Los Angeles office |
| 1988 | Constructed new Factory of Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd. in Seto City, Aichi Established Hoshino Gakki Hanbai Co., Ltd. Osaka Office |
| 1990 | Established Hoshino(U.S.A.)Inc., Los Angeles Branch |
| 1999 | Established
Europe Representative Office in Frankfurt,
Germany Constructed new annex to the building of Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. |
| 2000 | Constructed new annex to the building of Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd. |
| 2002 | Acquired
Serlui b.v. in the Netherlands Established Guangzhou Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd. for manufacturing of percussion instruments & accessories Established Korea Representative Office |
| 2003 | Relocated Europe Representative Office to Uithoorn, Netherlands |
| 2004 | Began to manufacture in Guangzhou Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd. |
| 2005 | Relocated L.A. Office Established Qingdao Representative Office in China |
| 2006 | Relocated head office of Hoshino Gakki Hanbai Co., Ltd. to Seto City, Aichi |
| 2007 | Changed the company name of Serlui b.v. to Hoshino Benelux b.v. Established Ibanez guitar development center in Owariasahi City, Aichi |
| 2008 | 100th anniversary of inauguration of business |
| 2009 | Established Guangzhou Representative Office in China Merged Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. and Hoshino Gakki Mfg. Co., Ltd. together |
| 2010 | Relocated Seto Distribution Center to Owariasahi City, Aichi Changed the office name of Seto Distribution Center to Sango Distribution Center |
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