Discman was the product name given to
Sony's first
portable CD player, the D-5 (North America and various other countries)/D-50, which was the first on the market in 1994, and adopted for Sony's entire portable
CD player line. In Japan, all Discman products are referred to as "CD Walkman" and the name was adopted worldwide in 2000 along with a redesigned "
Walkman" logo.