In the US, we think of Sanyo as a late-comer to the import party. Most of us had never heard of the brand until around 1970. But the brand is a good deal older than that. I was very surprised to learn that Sanyo was in fact one of the earliest players in the Japanese transistor radio business in the 1950s. They are one of the few brands that Sony sold its early transistors to. And you can see them, oval shaped and stamped "Sony" in the picture below. Though the Sanyo name wasn't known here, their products were. The popular Channel Master transistor radios were made by them.

Any radio that says "Transistorized" on the front is all right with me! And what a beauty this one is. It features underpainted plastic on the right side over the dial, and a most interesting grille that appears to be chromed steel or something--and has what looks like a faint pink anodizing on it. This is the Sanyo 6C-3 model and it's 5 5/8" wide.

Sanyo's special relationship with Sony continued through the 1980s when Sanyo was one of the few manufacturers to whom Sony licensed the Betamax VCR technology.