Rokkomann

Rokkomann Inc.
Rokkomann Inc. was founded in 1962 in Japan, and was the owner of the Maya and El Maya brand names.

The Chordophones for these brands were initially made by Tahara, a company founded by Ryohei Tahara in Matsumoto, in the late 1960's. They did all of the Ukulele production branded Maya, (and probably the other brands), but the factory went bankrupt in the mid 1970's.

After this Rokkomann opened its own factory in Kobe calling it the Maya Guitar Company but it only made Guitars. This factory was destroyed in the Kobe Earthquake of 1995, and Rokkomann was forced into some kind of bankruptcy. However Rokkomann managed to survive those difficulties and is still going and still based in Kobe.

Asturias Guitars was also started in 1962, (though apparently they only started making Ukuleles in the early 2000's), and specialises in high quality hand built acoustic chordophones, primarily Guitars, but also Mandolins and Ukuleles. At some point, (probably after the bankruptcy issues), Asturias Guitars was taken over by Rokkomann

Asturias Ukuleles come in Soprano, Concert and Tenor scales, in a number of laminate and solid woods. It also appears that some of Asturias's best luthiers can make instruments under their own name, as well as working for Asturias, (not completely sure of the arrangement here), and that Rokkomann will then distribute these instrument too. Teruyuki Tashiro in the main person for Ukuleles making Soprano, Concert and Tenor scales, usually his logo is a stylized T but I have seen him use TT Cafe as well