Pilot Corporation
- Country
- JP
- Founded
- 1918
- Manufacturer site
- www.pilot.co.jp
Japanese writing-instrument manufacturer based in Tokyo; the company dates its founding to 1918. Alongside fountain pens it develops oil-based ballpoints with Acro ink, gel pens (G-2, Juice) and erasable FriXion products. The ergonomic Dr. Grip series, launched in 1991, is one of its longest-running lines and has spawned oil-based, gel, mechanical-pencil and multifunction variants.
4 models in the catalogue
The catalogue holds only models that passed the legend rubric — the list below is not the brand’s full range.
Sources
- PILOT LIBRARY — ドクターグリップ20年の歴史 · manufacturer · accessed 2026-08-11
- PILOT — プレスリリース: シャープペンシル『THE Dr.GRIP』発売 (2022-11-28) · manufacturer · accessed 2026-08-11
- パイロットコーポレーション — 会社情報 · manufacturer · accessed 2026-08-11