Mizuno Corporation (ミズノ株式会社, 美津濃株式会社, MizunoKabushiki – gaisha ) is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company, founded in Osaka in 1960 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear for badminton, baseball, boxing, cycling, association football, gridiron football, futsal, golf, judo, rugby, running, skiing, athletics, swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.