1925. That was the time when Western music and drums arrived at Japan.
Eiichi Nakata, a founder of Sakae. established the company "Sakae Rhythm Inc".

Since then, for more than 80 years, Sakae has just concentrated on creating the finest drums for other companies, such as Yamaha.

In 2008 the original brand Sakae Drums was launched.

Shells, a core part of drums and hardwares are newly developed. and even procedure of finishing and assembling were improved. All parts are manufactured and assembles by expert craftsmen.

The S-shaped logo stands for the company name Sakae. They use it with wishing prosperity of both musicians and music industry since "Sakae" means prosperity in Japanese.