Cimar guitars were sometimes associated with Hoshino Gakki. History Hoshino Gakki is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama drums brand names (Gakki means musical instrument company Hoshino Gakki own the Ibanez brand name but do not own the Cimar brand name. Ibanez (ˈaɪbænɛz or /aɪˈbænɛz/ is a Guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya Aichi, Japan. The Cimar guitars were not produced by Hoshino Gakki. Hoshino Gakki contracted Cimar to produce low end guitars based on Cimar guitar designs which resulted in the "Cimar by Ibanez" logo and the appearance of "Cimar by Ibanez" guitars in some Hoshino Gakki Ibanez catalogues [1].