Akebono Brake Industry

Automotive, Motorcycle, Railway & Industrial Braking Systems · Chuo, Tokyo

Akebono Brake Industry researches, manufactures and sells brakes and related components. Automotive products include floating and opposed-piston disc brakes, drum brakes and friction materials, and the company also supplies brakes for motorcycles and railway rolling stock. It develops electric brakes and sensor products that draw on its brake vibration-analysis technology.

Industrial applications include drum brakes for forklifts, disc brakes for rough-terrain cranes, automotive air-conditioning components, agricultural equipment and heavy-duty trailers. The group also runs an aftermarket business for replacement products and had 5,096 consolidated employees as of March 2026.