The common commercial, or Japanese, persimmon, Diospyros kaki, is a rich source of carotenoids. In connection with this laboratory's interest in alterations of carotenoids of processed fruits, good sources of some of the more unusual carotenoid pigments were needed. It was considered possible that the persimmon is a good source of some of these pigments. This paper reports data on the composition of the carotenoid pigment mixture of this fruit.