Yoshiaki Sugano - aka Sugano san

Named in honor of the Japanese artist Honami Koetsu, the company was started by Yoshiaki Sugano. A boxer, artist, sword maker and automotive executive, Sugano-san was a true renaissance man. His love of western classical music led him on a journey to improve the musicality of common phono cartridges. Through his experimentation he pioneered the use of high purity materials such as 6N copper and rare platinum iron magnets.

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For more than thirty-years, Koetsu has masterfully blended the highest purity technical materials with ones of natural beauty to create the most sought after cartridges in the world. Sugano-San's legacy is carried on by his son Fumihiko who apprenticed under his father to become a master cartridge maker.

 

Every Koetsu cartridge is hand made in Japan and inherently limited in nature. 

 

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MoFi Distribution, sister company of the legendary remastering label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, is proud to be the exclusive US distributor of Koetsu.