Kyocera (KYOCF) S-8 POS Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2008

Registration Statement No. 333-118678

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

KYOCERA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

KYOCERA CORPORATION

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Japan	None
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6 Takeda Tobadono-cho,

Fushimi-ku,

Kyoto 612-8501, Japan

(81-75-604-3500)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

KYOCERA 2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

Kyocera International Inc.

8611 Balboa Avenue

San Diego, CA 92123

(858) 576-2600

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Kyocera Corporation (the “Registrant”) files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 31, 2004 (File No. 333-118678) to deregister shares of the Registrant’s common stock relating to Stock Acquisition Rights issued under the Kyocera 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”).

A total of 90,000 shares were registered under the Registration Statement.

Of the 90,000 shares relating to Stock Acquisition Rights issued under the Plan, 53,500 shares were sold upon the exercise of such rights. The exercise period for the Stock Acquisition Rights issued under the Plan ended on September 30, 2008.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Kyoto, Japan on December 5, 2008.

KYOCERA CORPORATION
By:	/s/    MAKOTO KAWAMURA
Name:	Makoto Kawamura
Title:	President and Representative Director

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on December 5, 2008.

Signature	Title
Kensuke Itoh	Executive Advisor of the Board of Directors
* Noboru Nakamura	Chairman of the Board and Representative Director
* Yuzo Yamamura	Vice Chairman of the Board and Representative Director
* Naoyuki Morita	Vice Chairman of the Board and Representative Director
/s/    MAKOTO KAWAMURA Makoto Kawamura	President and Representative Director (Principal Executive Officer) (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/    MICHIHISA YAMAMOTO Michihisa Yamamoto	Director
* Isao Kishimoto	Director

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* Hisao Hisaki	Director
* Rodney N. Lanthorne	Director President of Kyocera International Inc. (Authorized Representative in the United States)
* John S. Gilbertson	Director
Tetsuo Kuba	Director
Tatsumi Maeda	Director
/s/    SHOICHI AOKI Shoichi Aoki	Executive Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
* By: /s/    MICHIHISA YAMAMOTO Michihisa Yamamoto
Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-118678)

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