Butterfly History
On December 19 th, 1920 a young euntrapanuer known as Hikosuke Tamasu founded Tamasu Co Ltd, modernly known as Butterfly. This was the beginning of a company career which is almost unique in table tennis.
The company founder Tamasu was a renowned international for Japan at his time. He fulfilled his dream of a lifetime when half a century ago he made his hobby his profession. At that time he could hardly imagine that he would make Butterfly the leading brand worldwide.
Ten years ago H. Tamasu appointed his son Kimihiko Tamasu new managing director who now carries the company based on the Butterfly company philosophy.
Rubbers and blades are certainly Butterfly's main products. But also in other fields, such as textiles, accessories, tables etc. Butterfly offer a wide range of high quality equipment. Quality and service come first is Butterfly's motto.
The table tennis industry is obviously aware of the decreasing number of players. Tamasu: still table tennis is an attractive game for kids and adolescents. Associations, clubs, industry but also professional clubs and players are asked to stop this negative trend.