Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Focus was a Japanese brand owned by Marui, a Japanese trading company with roots in the shoe industry. They reportedly diversified into bicycles circa 1963 with their Orions brand. In the USA they are better known for their SR and Shogun lines of bicycles and their Tioga line of ATB tyres, components and accessories. Like most Japanese trading companies, Marui did not own a factory that manufactured product but relied on contractors. There's no surprise to see Focus bicycles being manufactured by Araya, as they they were also a prime source for the SR sister brand.
Thanks for the update, there is so little info on these, I'm grateful for every scrap of info I can get. I'm really enjoying the one I got from Iowhat. It has a couple small stickers on it that I was going to remove until he told me their history, I knew right then they had to stay as they had been there almost since the bike was new.