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KANSAI YAMAMOTO is a Japanese fashion brand founded in 1971 by designer Kansai Yamamoto. That same year, Yamamoto became the first Japanese designer to hold a fashion show in London, establishing an international profile with avant-garde designs incorporating elements of Japanese culture, including kabuki. Guided by the idea that he wanted to prove that beautiful things from Japan could resonate both in Japan and around the world, the brand has developed apparel, fashion accessories, and everyday clothing that reinterprets graphics from its archives. Since 2020, a creative team carrying on Yamamoto’s intentions has continued the brand.

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I wanted to prove that beautiful things from Japan could resonate both in Japan and around the world.

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9 brands
Founded
1984-2022
1984 Sub-brand
KANSAI Profumo
Clothing

A mass-market casualwear line for women

KANSAI Profumo is a brand line developed as casualwear for women while retaining KANSAI’s

KANSAI Profumo is a brand line developed as casualwear for women while retaining KANSAI’s distinctive character. The official product page identifies it as a casual line that brings KANSAI’s aesthetic into everyday clothing, and it has continued to offer shirts, jackets, knitwear, dresses, and other items. It is a license-based derivative line that connects the main brand’s expression with everyday women’s apparel.

2022 Sub-brand
KANSAIMAN
Clothing

A core line in the current men’s collection carrying on the legacy

KANSAIMAN is the menswear line within a brand family that carries on Kansai Yamamoto’s cre

KANSAIMAN is the menswear line within a brand family that carries on Kansai Yamamoto’s creative work. The official brand list of KANSAI SUPER STUDIO presents it as an independent brand alongside KANSAI YAMAMOTO, with a focus on jackets that draw on Kiryu’s traditional techniques. Unlike SUPER LADY by KANSAI YAMAMOTO, which handles everyday clothing for women, it connects Kansai’s spirit of “Basara” with menswear and craftsmanship.

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KANSAI BIS
Clothing

A functional everyday-wear line extending to adult women

KANSAI BIS has been developed as a womenswear line carrying on the spirit of Kansai Yamamo

KANSAI BIS has been developed as a womenswear line carrying on the spirit of Kansai Yamamoto. Its main distributor presents it as a brand offering modern, functional styling for women in their 30s to 50s. Historically, it has also been documented as a diffusion line of the 1980s and 1990s, serving to extend the avant-garde character of the main line into everyday clothing for adults.

- Sub-brand
KANSAI SELECTION
Wallets

A licensed line extending into the gift sector

KANSAI SELECTION is a gift-oriented line within the KANSAI family, developed under a licen

KANSAI SELECTION is a gift-oriented line within the KANSAI family, developed under a licensing agreement with Kansai Super Studio. The licensing operator presents it as an independent brand that carries on the brand heritage of Kansai Yamamoto and offers products with gifting in mind. Unlike the main brand, which centers on apparel, it serves to extend the brand’s presence into fashion accessories and the gift sector.

- Sub-brand
KANSAI YAMAMOTO BIS COLLECTION
Clothing

A women's clothing collection line for department stores

KANSAI YAMAMOTO BIS COLLECTION is an independent women's clothing collection line bearing

KANSAI YAMAMOTO BIS COLLECTION is an independent women's clothing collection line bearing the KANSAI YAMAMOTO name. The same name is listed as an ongoing women's clothing brand in gf.S's official brand information and store directories. Unlike the formalwear offerings of KANSAI YAMAMOTO FEMME and the casualwear offerings of SUPER LADY, it is positioned as a commercial line sold in women's clothing departments at department stores and specialty stores.

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KANSAI YAMAMOTO FEMME
Clothing

A line specializing in formalwear for women

KANSAI YAMAMOTO FEMME is a women’s formalwear line bearing the KANSAI YAMAMOTO brand name.

KANSAI YAMAMOTO FEMME is a women’s formalwear line bearing the KANSAI YAMAMOTO brand name. Kansai Super Studio and Konaka Futata have continued to develop the line, and in 2024 the studio’s project “Mirai+α” produced new products. While SUPER LADY focuses on everyday casualwear, this line is positioned specifically for women’s formalwear.

- Sub-brand
KANSAI YAMAMOTO HOMME
Clothing

A licensing line for men

KANSAI YAMAMOTO HOMME is a men’s licensing line bearing the KANSAI YAMAMOTO name. Disclosu

KANSAI YAMAMOTO HOMME is a men’s licensing line bearing the KANSAI YAMAMOTO name. Disclosure materials from companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange have consistently treated it as a licensed brand in the men’s footwear field, while major retail pages have also introduced it as a men’s casual line produced by Kansai Yamamoto. While KANSAIMAN carries the current men’s successor collection, this line was a derivative name through which the brand expanded into the men’s market via licensed products.

- Sub-brand
M'ID KANSAI YAMAMOTO
Clothing

A women's casual line extending into everyday wear

M'ID KANSAI YAMAMOTO is a casual line that carries forward the KANSAI YAMAMOTO aesthetic w

M'ID KANSAI YAMAMOTO is a casual line that carries forward the KANSAI YAMAMOTO aesthetic while developing women's clothing that is easy to incorporate into everyday life. On official retailer pages, it continues to offer products under an independent brand name, and it is also listed in gf.S's brand directory as a KANSAI YAMAMOTO-related women's clothing brand. With operations and product names distinct from SUPER LADY, it is positioned as a license-based line that expands into everyday wear.

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SUPER LADY by KANSAI YAMAMOTO
Clothing

An accessible line focused on women’s everyday wear

SUPER LADY by KANSAI YAMAMOTO is a casual line that extracts colors and graphic elements f

SUPER LADY by KANSAI YAMAMOTO is a casual line that extracts colors and graphic elements from Kansai Yamamoto’s creations and reworks them for women’s everyday wear. Official brand materials describe it as an independent brand created by staff who carry on the DNA of KANSAI YAMAMOTO. It is positioned as an accessible line that extends the main brand’s avant-garde expression into more everyday women’s wear.

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