02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
TOJIRO grew from Fujitora’s post-war metalworking into a knife specialist. Its factory combines pressing, heat treatment, grinding, sharpening and hand finishing in Tsubame-Sanjo.
Sources · previous brand research
- 1953
Fujitora begins the manufacturing story that becomes TOJIRO.
- 1996
The DP three-layer series receives Japan’s Good Design recognition.
- Today
Core processes remain together in Tsubame-Sanjo.



