After working for Suzuki Shoten, a pre-war conglomerate, Choji Fujiwara founded Hiroshima Nenshi (Twisted Yarn) Company Limited in 1927. The company would become the predecessor of Hironen. It was during a time when Japan was experiencing chaos as historical financial panic broke out around the country. Since then, the company surmounted a host of misfortunes; Hironen prevailed through WWII, and overcame various depressions and challenges thanks to the efforts and perseverance of Choji Fujiwara and his colleagues. Hironen’s history is the history of the textile industry in Japan, which revealed its beginnings in the first half of the 20^th century.