{{Short description|Japanese tire manufacturing company}} {{multiple issues| {{Update|date=October 2019}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2019}} }} {{Use American English|date=March 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Toyo Tire Corporation | trade_name = Toyo Tires | native_name = {{ruby-ja|TOYO TIRE|トーヨータイヤ}}株式会社 | native_name_lang = ja | romanized_name = ''TŌYŌ TAIYA kabushiki gaisha'' | former_name = Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd (until 2019) | logo = Toyo Tire logo.svg | logo_size = | image = Toyo Tire Corporation headquarters (resized).jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = The company headquarters building in Itami | type = [[Public company|Public]] [[kabushiki gaisha|KK]] | traded_as = {{TYO|5105}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|1945|08|01}} | location = [[Itami]], [[Hyogo]], Japan | key_people = Takashi Shimizu<br /><small>([[Chairman#Public corporations|CEO]])</small> | industry = [[Automotive]] | products = [[Tire|Motor vehicle tires]]<br />Industrial rubber products<br />[[Automotive parts|Rubber automotive parts]] | area_served = Global | revenue = {{increase}} [[Japanese Yen|JPY]] 497 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2022) | net_income = {{increase}} [[Japanese Yen|JPY]] 48 billion (FY 2022) | num_employees = 12,804 (consolidated, as of December 31, 2018) | homepage = {{URL|https://www.toyotires-global.com/}} | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toyo-rubber.co.jp/english/company/data/ |title=Corporate Data |publisher=Toyo Tires |access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/5105:JP-toyo-tire-&-rubber-co-ltd |title=Company Profile |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref> }}
{{nihongo|'''Toyo Tire Corporation'''|{{ruby-ja|TOYO TIRE|トーヨータイヤ}}株式会社|TŌYŌ TAIYA Kabushiki-gaisha}}, commonly known as '''Toyo Tires''', is a multinational [[tire]] and [[rubber]] products company based in [[Itami]], [[Japan]]. The company owns and operates eight factories in [[Asia]], [[North America]], and [[Europe]] and distributes tires and [[automotive]] components through fourteen sales companies throughout the world.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
Its lines of business are manufacturing and marketing of car tires, industrial rubber and [[synthetic resin]] products, soft and rigid [[polyurethane]] products, waterproof sheets, anti-vibration rubber for automotive parts, [[seat cushion]]s, and [[sporting goods]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} Its tire brands are Toyo, Nitto, and Silverstone.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
Toyo Tires posted net sales of 497B [[Japanese yen]] for [[fiscal year]] 2022. It is the eleventh largest tire company in the world based on 2022 revenue.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
==History== {{Expand section|history from founding until present-day. Until the hereby indicated date, a timeline lacking [[WP:CITATIONS]] existed in this article; content from it may be restored as [[WP:PROSE]] from article history if accompanied by [[WP:RELIABLE]] sources|date=November 2025|small=no}} The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://autoemc.net/blog/where-are-toyo-tires-made/|title= Where Are Toyo Tires Made? |publisher=Auto EMC|date= September 3, 2022}}</ref> expanded to the [[United States]] as ''Toyo Tire USA Corporation''. In 1999, ''Nitto Tire North America'' was established.
==Sponsorship== Toyo has sponsored off-road [[Trophy Truck]] drivers including [[Robby Gordon]], [[Kyle LeDuc]], BJ Baldwin, [[Tavo Vildósola]], [[Gus Vildósola]], Andy McMillin and Bryce Menzies. As well as rally and stunt driver [[Ken Block]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Baja 500 Win by Tavo Vildosola |url=https://www.toyotires.com/races-and-places/wins/2016-baja-500 |access-date=2025-12-20 |website=Toyo Tires |language=en}}</ref>
Meanwhile, Nitto has sponsored the [[King of the Hammers]] rock crawling race, and drifting drivers [[Vaughn Gittin Jr.]] (since 2013), [[Chelsea DeNofa]] (2017-2024), [[Ryan Tuerck]] (2019-2024), [[Fredric Aasbø]] (2020-2024), and Adam LZ (2021-2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=KYLE LEDUC AND RYAN BEAT WIN PRO4 AND PR02 IN CRANDON! |url=https://www.toyotires.com/races-and-places/wins/2021-cor-leduc-and-beat-win-in-crandon/ |access-date=2025-12-20 |website=Toyo Tires |language=en}}</ref>
In [[1988 Australian Touring Car season|1988]], Toyo began an exclusive sponsorship deal with legendary Australian [[Rallying|rally]] and [[Touring car racing|touring car]] driver [[Colin Bond]] who was running a [[Ford Sierra RS500]] in the [[Australian Touring Car Championship]]. Using largely experimental tyres as at the time Toyo were relatively new to making [[Racing slick]] tyres compared to their opposition (in Australian touring car racing the other tyre manufacturers of the time were [[Dunlop Rubber|Dunlop]], [[Bridgestone]], [[Yokohama Rubber Company|Yokohama]], [[Pirelli]] and [[Avon Technologies|Avon]]), Bond would finish 3rd in the championship in [[1988 Australian Touring Car Championship|1988]] as well as winning the [[Amaroo Park Raceway|Amaroo Park]] based [[AMSCAR]] series. He then teamed with {{F1|1980}} [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Champion and former [[Colin Bond Racing|Network Alfa]] team mate [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] to finish 3rd in the [[1988 Tooheys 1000]] at [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Bathurst]] before finishing 2nd outright in the [[Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship]]. After a lean year in [[1989 Australian Touring Car season|1989]], Bond and the Toyo's returned to prominence in the [[1990 Australian Touring Car Championship]], winning the [[Lakeside International Raceway|Lakeside]] and [[Mallala Motorsport Park|Mallala]] rounds of the 8 round series to eventually finish the title in 4th place. Bond continued to run Toyo tyres on his teams cars (the Sierra's were followed in [[1993 Australian Touring Car season|1993]] by [[Toyota Corolla (E100)|Toyota Corolla Seca AE93]]'s) until shutting his team down at the end of 1993. Bond and team mate John Smith had placed 3rd and 2nd respectively in the Corolla's in the [[1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship|1993]] [[Australian Super Touring Championship|Australian 2.0 Litre Championship]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
The company has also sponsored the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] mixed martial arts promotion from 2006 to 2008 and later since 2011.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
Since 2012, the company has been sponsoring [[Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Series]], an [[Ontario]]-based [[Formula Ford]] racing series.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
==Gallery== {{Gallery|width=180| Toyo tyre.jpg|Formula Drift car with Toyo Tires in [[Long Beach, California]] | Toyo Open country Tire.jpg|A Toyo Open Country A/T | Toyo Proxes R39A.jpg|A Toyo Proxes R39 on a [[Mazda Demio]] | 7 Robby Gordon 2018 Road America SST.jpg|Robby Gordon's Toyo-sponsored truck at the 2018 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road | City-Race-Rdam-2013-DSC 0207.jpg|Vaughn Gittin's Nitto-sponsored car at a 2013 drifting event }}
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==External links== * [https://www.toyotires-global.com/ Toyo Tires Global] {{in lang|en}} {{Portal bar|Japan|Companies}}
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