Tamiya Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of sundry electronic products and model automobiles
Tamiya Iemon (伊右衛門), a main character in Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, an animated horror anthology television series
They are usually found on well-engineered kits such as those by Tamiya and Bandai who have employed them for a long time.
The highly detailed styrene body was that of a Ford F-150 Stepside pickup, itself a carryover from an earlier Tamiya Ford F-150 model based on the SRB-chassis (Special Racing Buggy).