About NISHIKAWA Archery
The distinctive legacy of “Made in Japan” by decades
It is our aim to carry the spirit of these brilliant achievements to the next stage.
SAKURA SH-02 is the latest and the first “Made in Japan” riser in this decade.
N’s Concept
<One of the Best for You>
We constantly strive to create new products and think outside of the box.
Yoshihisa Nishikawa is a craftsman who always try to give his "will" a shape.
Sachio Hongo has long supported the archery industry.
Prompted by a strong desire to manufacture universally-friendly archery bow, they were engaged in product development.
Some people criticized us for creating archery tools without much consideration and not understanding how hard that sport is.
Some people refused to even have a meeting with us, because our company used to be just a small local factory.
We, however, never gave up our passion for producing an ultimate bow riser for archers.
We have pursued a bow riser which elevate the potential of the archer in accordance with changes in the times and in clients’ needs.
We are dedicated to the development of products that have higher performances than the required grade.
“We generated new value through our challenge. ”
Of course, failures were unavoidable and inevitable in the development process, but even at that time, we were encouraged by many people’s support and our unwavering belief to go beyond our own limits.
NISHIKAWA ARCHERY now really started to take off.
And it is YOU who inspires our new out-of-the-box thinking and drives us to engage in new challenges, go beyond our own limits, and experience new potential.
One of the Best for “You”
N’s History
FORMULA
NISHIZAWA, as one of the main manufacturers of recurve bows, was always in pursuit of the goal of perfect performances.
They released world's first archery bow riser which had a lower pivot point construction. The well-balanced new concept has been acclaimed worldwide, achieving fantastic results in international competitions.
RIZER X
“Pride for being imitated, technology no one can imitate”
Accuracy and durability. Confident of the performance which meets the demand of top archers aiming to be in a podium of international competitions, N products has achieved many Japanese records.
SH-02
“Just one single shot makes you sure of its technological capabilities.”
We succeeded in creating a surprisingly silent bow, responding to needs of top archers.
Our mission is to support archers aiming to be the top in international competitions, by developing of products with the best technological capabilities.
Our Manufacturing Process
Our risers are milled using one of the most advanced milling machines in the world, so as to achieve supreme accuracy. Let us introduce some of the machines we use to produce our products.
DMG MORI. CO., LTD. NTX1000 2nd Generation
Multi-axis CNC lathe capable of combined machining.
This machine can make the product body smoother and more sophisticated.
YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION VARIAXIS j-600/5X
This is a simultaneous 5-axis machining center designed to be able to cut complex parts.
The finishing process of SH-02 is done by this machine.
YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION CO2 Laser Cutting Mazak Super Turbo-X48
This laser-cutting machine cuts out plate-shaped parts such as clicker plates.
President’s Message
I had always been interested in archery, but there was no opportunity to play in my school days. A few years after graduation, adjusting to a new work environment, I came across an unexpected opportunity to play. That’s when I found the joy of being involved in archery and became increasingly fascinated by it.
Gradually, however, I felt awkward as playing.
Why don’t we have Made-in-Japan archery bows?
I had a vivid memory of the Olympians who proudly used Made-in-Japan archery bows in the Olympic Games. A member of the archery federation that I had got involved in told me that all Japanese manufacturers had already withdrawn from the archery product market.
My fellow of archery club was complaining to me about the stress caused by archery bow risers. Foreign-made archery bow risers were not necessarily applied to the Japanese (or Asians) physique, since they were tailored to fit foreign people with a relatively larger physique.
With determination and passion, as a manufacturer I began with a strong commitment to overcome this issue.
Reviving Made-in-Japan Products
With our motto, “We have to present archery tools that suit the Japanese body shape”, we prototyped by watching and imitating, but the first unit turned out to be a total flop.
I really appreciate that many people understood our passion to revive Made-in-Japan products and continued supporting us.
The realization of Made-in-Japan products began, thanks to Nishikawa Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. and others who cooperated with development.
Development of SH-02
High-end models, inheriting supreme technology of NISHIZAWA Archery.
Manufacturing Made-in-Japan archery bow risers and delivering them to customers is a source of great pleasure for us.
Please take a look at our exclusive products, created by craftsmen, and feel the sense of pride and technological achievement in their work.
Lastly, we would like to express our appreciation to all the people who cooperated with our reviving Made-in-Japan projects. We will continue to strive to produce products which will not disappoint the expectations of customers.
Representative Director
Yoshihisa Nishikawa
