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The Japanese Big Four are the large motorcycle manufacturing companies of Japan:

Notes

Zuehlke 2007, p. 14.
Pashley 2008, p. 11.
Cycle World 1984, p. 24.
Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008), Japan's Motorcycle Wars: An Industry History, UBC Press, pp. 112–116, 197–211, ISBN 978-0-8248-3328-2
Sakiya, Tetsuo (1982), Porter, Timothy (ed.), Honda Motor: the men, the management, the machines, Kodansha, ISBN 978-0-87011-522-6
Frank, Aaron (2003). Honda Motorcycles. MotorBooks International. ISBN 978-0-7603-1077-9. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
"Twist the Throttle: Suzuki". Discovery Channel. Discovery Communications, LLC. Archived from the original (Video) on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
Kawasaki Museum, Kawasaki as "Kawasaki Motorcycle Co. LTD." Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
"Yamaha 125YA-1". 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology. Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013. This model was Yamaha's first motorcycle and the starting point for Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

Pashley, Tony (2008), How to Build Motorcycle-engined Racing Cars, Veloce Publishing, ISBN 9781845841232, Competitive engines are manufactured by the big four Japanese companies: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha.
"Harley talks to Big Four, Looks to Triumph", Cycle World, 23 (1), January 1984, The enactment of the import tariff ... hasn't kept the two sides -- Harley-Davidson and Japan's Big Four manufacturers--from talking to each other... met with representatives of Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki to discuss possible alternatives to the tariff.
Zuehlke, Jeffrey (2007), Supercross, Motor Mania Series, Lerner Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-8225-9014-9, retrieved 2016-10-18

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