Shimano Inc.

Akira Nago

Masakazu Iwabuchi

Tomoya Deguchi

Seiji Myojo

Akira Niitsuma

Takeshi Ikuta

Shouji Nakagawa

Miho Suzuki

Shingo Aoki

Jun Tabuse

Shunsaku Asaka

Fishing reel

Fishing reel spool

A dual-bearing reel comprises a reel main body, a spool, a spool shaft, an adjusting member, and an operation lever. The adjusting member is attached to the reel main body. The adjusting member adjusts a braking force with which a rotation of the spool shaft is braked. The operation lever is attached to the adjusting member such that the operation lever extends in a radial direction.

Dual-bearing reel

A dual-bearing reel includes a brake that brakes a spool, and a mode selector that selects a braking mode according to a rotational position of an operating element. The operating element is supported by a support shaft, which is biased toward one side, from a center of a major axis of a projection of the operating element in the axial direction of the spool, so as to be turnable about a position separated from a center of an external portion on the side having an opening for attaching/detaching the spool. The angular range of the rotational position of the operating element is 90&#xb0; or less on each side of a line connecting the support shaft and the center of the external portion, starting from a position in which a line extending from the support shaft toward the center of the major axis opposes the center of the external portion.

Fishing reel portion

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Osaka, Japan

Akira Nago