Nanaola (Nanao Radio Co., Ltd. - NRC)
1050 Shimomeguro, 4-chome, Meguro-ku
Tokyo

Nanaola is a brand of transistor radios and related products manufactured in Japan from the late 1950's to at least the early 1970's.  Most models were manufactured by the Nanao Radio Co., Ltd..

Other brands manufactured by the Nanao Radio Co., Ltd. include Clari-Vox, Continental, Coray, Faraday, Gruen, International, Linmark, Magnasonic, NRC, Startone, Sun Mark, Viscount, York, and Zenith.

Nanao Radio Co., Ltd. used Japan Code 506.

Early Nanaola brand models were imported to the USA by:

Mitsui & Co.
530 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY  (1959)

Apparent partnership with MMA (Manufacturers Marketing Association) regarding distribution of Nanaola radios under the brand "MMA" in the U.S.

Toshiba also produced models using the Nanaola brand.  There is one known travel clock radio model 8NC-123 produced by Toshiba Audio Industrial Co., Ltd. in the late 1960's.  This subsidiary of Toshiba is listed as the manufacturer/distributor of the Nanaola brand in a 1971 list found in the November 1971 issue of Electronic Servicing magazine.