Takeoka Logo: Meaning and History

The Takeoka logo is a wordmark: the company name タケオカ自動車工芸 written in dark blue Japanese characters on white. Takeoka is a Japanese maker of microcars based in Toyama.

Takeoka Logo

The Takeoka emblem has no picture or shield. It is the name alone, in a flat, squared typeface. The first four characters, タケオカ, are katakana and read “Takeoka”. They are followed by the kanji 自動車工芸, which mean automobile craft, so the Takeoka symbol spells out the full Japanese company name, Takeoka Jidōsha Kōgei. The letters are a single dark blue on a plain white background, with no outline or shading.

The Takeoka badge is the wordmark itself, so the Takeoka car logo has no separate symbol to pair with the name. This page offers the Takeoka logo PNG with a transparent background, which suits a wide, thin design like this one.

Takeoka Logo History

The Takeoka logo history on this page covers the current design, which has been in use since 2014. It is a blue wordmark in the same squared lettering, shown below.

Takeoka History

Takeoka Auto Craft Co. Ltd., known as Takeoka, is a Japanese automobile manufacturer that specializes in microcars. The company was founded in 1981 in Toyama, and on October 1, 1982, it was registered as a yūgen gaisha, a Japanese limited company. Its Japanese name is 有限会社タケオカ自動車工芸.

Production of small cars began in 1990 under the brand name Takeoka. In 1998 the range was expanded to include electric cars. One of its models is the Takeoka Milieu.