Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Sekai was a USA brand that was bought out by Norco in late 1983, for the 1984 model year. Sakai was the Japanese house brand for Bloor Cycle of Toronto. There's no relation, other than the similairity of the brand name and, in some cases, the Japanese contract manufacturers they employed.
Thanks for clearing that up T-Mar and I knew it was the house brand from Bloor Cycle as you told me about that in the past but I thought I read somewhere the bikes (Sekai/Sakai) came from the same manufacturer in Japan but I could be wrong.