Pearl Izumi is a company that produces sports apparel. With origins in Tokyo, Japan over 50 years ago, it began to be seen in the US around 1981 and is now formally known as Pearl Izumi USA, Inc. It has sponsored many bicycling teams, including the 1984 USA Olympic team.
The Pearl Izumi Tour Series is Britain's leading televised cycle race Series, with highlights of every round shown on ITV4. In 2013 The Pearl Izumi Tour Series will celebrate its fifth year of unique, team based competition, with ten top teams battling it out at eleven venues for the right to be crowned the best team in Britain.