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company_logo = Image:Ricoh logo.png |
foundation = Tokyo, Japan (1936) |
location = Tokyo, Japan |
key_people =  Masamitsu Sakurai, President, CEO & COO |
num_employees = 75,100 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2005) |
revenue = Image:Green up.png 1,814 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005) |
industry = Electronics, Imaging |
products = Imaging solutions, Networking input/output systems, Network system solutions, Others |
homepage = Ricoh Global|

}} Template:Nihongo (Template:Tyo) or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established on 6 February 1936 as Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd.

Ricoh produces electronic products, primarily cameras and office equipment such as photocopiers, fax machines and printers. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, the company grew to become the largest copier manufacturer in the world. During this time, Ricoh acquired Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, Rex-Rotary, Monroe, and Nashuatec. Although the Monroe brand was discontinued, products continue to be marketed worldwide under the rest of these brand names.

Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ricoh was the primary manufacturer of Pitney-Bowes copiers. They have also manufactured copiers for Toshiba, fax machines for AT&T and Omnifax, as well as a wide variety of equipment for numerous other companies. Currently, Ricoh still manufactures duplicators for AB Dick.

In 2003 Ricoh purchased naming rights to the CNE Coleseum (now know as Ricoh Coliseum) in Toronto, Canada.

In 2005 Ricoh gave over £10 million to Coventry City Football Club to help complete the club's stadium. Accordingly now titled the Ricoh Arena, the stadium hosts various reminders company's generosity, ranging from 100ft signs on the roof to centimetres long logos on match day programmes.