Company milestone · 1920
The company was founded in Hiroshima as Toyo Cork Kogyo. Its first mark, from about 1920, arranged the letters T and C within an outline shaped like the blade of a cork crusher. [3] [4]
Mazda Logo
Archive record · not confirmed as the current logo.
Logo files, variants & history · SVG, PNG · updated 2 mo ago
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Brand profile
About Mazda
Automotive company
Mazda is an automotive company headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan. Its logo archive includes both symbol and wordmark designs, which can have different version histories.
Jujiro Matsuda founded the company on 30 January 1920 as Toyo Cork Kogyo, a cork maker. It started producing vehicles in 1931 and formally adopted the Mazda name in 1984. The name comes from Ahura Mazda and, according to the company, also derives from Matsuda’s name.
Mazda established a corporate identity system in 1974 built on three elements: a corporate symbol, the Mazda typeface and Mazda Blue.
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Mazda logo files at a glance
Mazda has 6 downloadable files in SVG, PNG in this archive. 1 logo record is catalogued; that is not the number of verified redesigns.
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Files & downloads
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Brand heritage
Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
Mazda’s corporate and product marks from about 1920 to the 2025 symbol and wordmark, as listed in Mazda’s history of marks and symbols. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Logo milestone · 1928
Following the change of company name from Toyo Cork Kogyo to Toyo Kogyo, a new mark enclosed the Japanese character 工 (kō, “manufacturing”) in a circle; employees called it the “Maru-Kō mark”. [3]
Logo milestone · 1931
With its first vehicle, the Mazda-Go Type-DA three-wheeled truck, Mazda used a mark combining the product name Mazda with the three diamonds of Mitsubishi, its sales distributor at the time. [3]
Logo milestone · 1936
When it switched to direct sales of its three-wheeled trucks, Mazda adopted a mark combining three Ms for “Mazda Motor Manufacture” with Hiroshima City’s emblem; shaped like wings, it became known as the “emblem of wings”. [3]
Logo milestone · 1959
A stylised letter m replaced the emblem of wings and was used across all products, one year before Mazda launched its passenger cars. [3]
Logo milestone · 1975
Mazda adopted a corporate symbol as the centrepiece of the corporate identity system it had set up in 1974. [3]
Logo milestone · 1991
Mazda introduced a new product emblem whose forms evoke wings, a sun and a halo. [3]
Logo milestone · 1997
Mazda established its brand symbol, an M evoking soaring wings, to reunify its brands under the Mazda name; the previous corporate symbol was repositioned as the corporate mark. [3]
Visual identity milestone · 2015
The marks were redrawn with a metallic look suggesting a three-dimensional symbol; the corporate mark received a grey gradient and the corporate blue was refined. [3]
Visual identity milestone · 2018
The corporate mark was redefined as a wordmark, with its metallic texture aligned to that of the brand symbol; the basic rule became to use the wordmark and brand mark together. [3]
Logo milestone · 2025-10-29
Mazda introduced a new symbol and wordmark on its corporate website. The company explicitly says the new and existing symbols coexist according to the medium and location; the older symbol was not declared universally retired. [1]
Research sources
- New brand symbol and wordmark ↗ · Mazda, 2025-10-29 · accessed 2026-09-08
- Company outline ↗ · Mazda · accessed 2026-09-08
- History of Mazda marks and symbols ↗ · Mazda · accessed 2026-09-25
- Mazda ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Dates not verifiedStatus unverified
Mazda logo Monochrome rendition · Community reproduction
Monochrome community vector reproduction from Simple Icons. The SVG is a sanitized drawing copy and PNGs are generated renditions, not official press-kit masters. The collection date is not the logo’s introduction date.
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All 1 logo record for Mazda
- Mazda logo Monochrome rendition · Community reproduction (this page)
Colour sample
Rendition colours
Black (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #000000
- RGB
- 0, 0, 0
Text contrast on white21:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black1.11:1 · Fail
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
Mazda says the 1991 product emblem evokes the symbol of Ahura Mazda, the origin of the company’s name, through wings, a sun and a halo.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Researched typography noteMazda’s 1974 corporate identity system combined the corporate symbol with a Mazda typeface and Mazda Blue. In 2018 the corporate mark was redefined as a wordmark, and the wordmark introduced in 2025 has what Mazda calls a modern style.
Logo lettering can differ from a brand’s corporate typefaces.
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Frequently asked
Can I use the Mazda logo?
Download for identification, news and comparison. Commercial use needs the owner's permission. This page never grants a licence. Always check the owner's brand guidelines.
When did Mazda change its logo?
1928: Following the change of company name from Toyo Cork Kogyo to Toyo Kogyo, a new mark enclosed the Japanese character 工 (kō, “manufacturing”) in a circle; employees called it the “Maru-Kō mark”. 1931: With its first vehicle, the Mazda-Go Type-DA three-wheeled truck, Mazda used a mark combining the product name Mazda with the three diamonds of Mitsubishi, its sales distributor at the time. 1936: When it switched to direct sales of its three-wheeled trucks, Mazda adopted a mark combining three Ms for “Mazda Motor Manufacture” with Hiroshima City’s emblem; shaped like wings, it became known as the “emblem of wings”. 1959: A stylised letter m replaced the emblem of wings and was used across all products, one year before Mazda launched its passenger cars. 1975: Mazda adopted a corporate symbol as the centrepiece of the corporate identity system it had set up in 1974. 1991: Mazda introduced a new product emblem whose forms evoke wings, a sun and a halo. 1997: Mazda established its brand symbol, an M evoking soaring wings, to reunify its brands under the Mazda name; the previous corporate symbol was repositioned as the corporate mark. 2025-10-29: Mazda introduced a new symbol and wordmark on its corporate website. The company explicitly says the new and existing symbols coexist according to the medium and location; the older symbol was not declared universally retired. [1] [3]
What file formats are available for the Mazda logo in this archive?
Available file formats: SVG, PNG. Dimensions, source and usage conditions are listed for each file below.
Visual neighbours
No close visual matches
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Provenance
Source & evidence
Simple Icons community reproduction (github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons · icons/mazda.svg), checked by an AI-assisted process; an editor has not reviewed it.
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Technical provenance
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- Source
- github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons · icons/mazda.svg
- Source date
- 2026-09-08
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- Originality
- Community vector reproduction; not an official master
- SHA-256
- ba9d61581758bacdce3c116e08f6513bb0761c9823881cf7b862591c38e3ccf3
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SimilarLogo. “Mazda logo record.” Updated 2026-09-08. https://similarlogo.com/brand/mazda/
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2026-09-08Mazda: source-attributed artwork and PNG/SVG renditions added.
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