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Two homes. One bridge.

Circle Kei Motors started with a simple fact: our founder grew up in both Japan and Hawaiʻi — fully bilingual, equally at home ordering ramen in Nagoya and grabbing plate lunch on Oʻahu.

Today the team is physically based in Nagoya, Japan — walking real auction floors, reading auction sheets in Japanese, and inspecting every vehicle in person before it ever touches a ship. Most importers buy blind from a computer screen. We're actually there.

On the Hawaiʻi side, our logistics partner on Oʻahu handles port pickup, registration and delivery — so the whole journey, Japan to driveway, stays in one set of trusted hands.

Evening street scene in Nagoya, Japan

The Team

Mechanics

Automotive mechanics who crawl under every vehicle before we bid. If it's not solid, we walk away.

Auction Specialists

Fluent in auction-sheet Japanese and the grading systems — we know exactly what we're buying.

Hawaiʻi Operations

Our Oʻahu partner handles port pickup, customs coordination, registration and island delivery.

Vehicles lined up at a Japanese auto auction
Kei van on a coastal road in Hawaiʻi

Our Mission

Bring Japan's best little vehicles to the islands — with honesty, transparency, and aloha. Why Hawaiʻi? Deep cultural trust in Japanese quality, mayjah farm and agriculture demand, and a beach-and-outdoor lifestyle that Kei vehicles were basically born for. 🤙

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