MOONSTAR

Moonstar’s core children’s footwear line, centered on supporting the healthy development of children’s feet and serving a broad range from babies to kids. Built around four core functions, it offers a range of domestically produced models and models designed for specific uses, with options suited to different ages and situations. Unlike SUPERSTAR, which specializes in running, and Ni-mo, which focuses on the sensibilities of girls, it prioritizes support for foot development and continues to be offered through specialty stores and direct retail channels.

Comfort shoes that continue to support women as they walk, based on the idea of caring for the feet through shoes worn every day. They are designed for everyday wear according to distinctive criteria that include heel stability, soft materials, flexibility, lightness, and attention to slipping. While SPORTH caters to comfort needs across a broad range of women, EVE is positioned around everyday wear comfort and walking stability, supporting women’s everyday footwear needs.

Established in 1987, this was Moonstar’s first walking shoe brand in Japan and its core line, dedicated to refining walking performance. After three years of development and approximately 50,000 km of walking tests, it has pursued walking shoes designed for Japanese people. While gently extends this technology into everyday business settings, WORLD MARCH serves as the core of walking functionality itself, with the brand’s strongest focus on walking.

A line of comfort shoes for women launched in 1988, it has addressed foot pain, bunions, and foot fatigue. With the slogan “Shoes women want to wear,” it has continued researching foot shape, lifestyles, and materials. Its scope is broader than EVE’s, and unlike sugata, it is not limited to pumps, but is positioned to support women’s everyday lives more broadly. It is developed as a long-running MoonStar line that places comfort at the heart of women’s footwear.

A junior line launched in 2001 to respond to children’s desire to run fast, drawing on Moonstar’s history of sports shoes. Building on a body of sports shoe development dating back to the 1950s, it has developed functions centered on its distinctive Power Spring to support running ability. Whereas Carrot focuses on supporting foot growth, this line is positioned to provide strong support for the experience of running itself, such as at sports days and in physical education.

A line centered on the vulcanization process, which can be carried out at only a very limited number of factories in Japan, and foregrounding skilled handwork and beautiful silhouettes. Within Moonstar’s lifestyle e-commerce site, 810s focuses on curating everyday functionality, while this line plays a stronger role in conveying the value of the manufacturing process itself. Whereas RALY, another line in the same family, explores shifts in the impression of court shoes, FINE VULCANIZED clearly emphasizes domestic production and quality craftsmanship.

A business line of leather shoes that emphasizes softness and stability to reduce stress on the feet. Its proprietary insole and outsole designs address the strain associated with commuting, prolonged walking, and changing weather conditions. Whereas WORLD MARCH supports walking in general, this line concentrates its functionality in leather shoes for work and serves a role specifically tailored to business settings. Practicality as footwear for everyday work is at its core.

A line of pumps developed for working women, with a role in supporting proper walking and posture while serving work and special occasions. Within Moonstar’s range of comfortable footwear for women, SPORTH addresses comfort across a broad range, whereas sugata focuses on the pump form and is positioned for use in settings such as commuting and ceremonies. In recent years, it has continued to develop variations that build on the pump format, including side-gore boots.

A lifestyle-oriented line from Moonstar that extends from professional use to everyday use. It reworks shoemaking know-how developed in specialized fields into everyday tools, serving as everyday footwear for adults rather than shoes designed for specific purposes such as school or work. The current framework also includes PRACTICAL and ADD PARTS. While SKOOLER rebuilds the school-shoe archive, 810s has the role of bringing the functions of specialized fields into everyday life.

A craft-oriented series built around the ideal shoe envisioned by artisans, produced in small batches of a few dozen pairs at a time at a factory in Saga for approximately 30 years. Within Moonstar, it places a greater emphasis on handwork, combining supple leather, rounded forms, the stitch-down construction method, a lasting process, and a proprietary sole. It is positioned as everyday footwear designed to be worn naturally over time. Separate from the mass-production lines, it serves to carefully demonstrate what shoes should be at their core.

A line of shoes for girls, created to respond to elementary school girls’ desire to “become cute.” It accommodates a wide range of styles—from sporty, cool, and pop to girly—and covers everything from school commutes to days off. Whereas SUPERSTAR supports running, Ni-mo is positioned as children’s footwear that foregrounds visual enjoyment and everyday wear. Within the girls’ category, it serves a role that balances sensibility and practicality.

A new line that gives form to Moonstar’s idea of “shoes that feel just right,” making In Use’s philosophy more concrete through everyday footwear. Centered on simple design, comfort for urban wear, and the use of recycled materials, it is suited to commuting and city walks. While In Use is a collection spanning a wide range of everyday footwear, ROAMY expresses that philosophy one pair at a time and serves as an entry point to footwear suited to contemporary life.

Leather sneakers that focus on traditional shoemaking techniques passed down at leather shoe factories, presenting Moonstar’s comfort shoes in a new style. Incorporating elements of the DUS construction method and factory archives, this line centers on structures derived from leather shoes and adapts them for everyday wear, whereas SPxx combines sportswear with leather-shoe techniques. Against the backdrop of the shoemaking expertise of the Saga factory, it foregrounds domestic manufacturing.

Junior shoes created with the hope of supporting children in a variety of situations, featuring a unique function in which the SKL on the sole activates when the wearer pushes off. The design gives form to the spike-like action used when running, supporting activities such as sports days, physical education, and club activities. While SUPERSTAR supports the desire to run fast, SKLSHOTER draws out movement through its gimmick and playful spirit, taking a different approach to sports for juniors.

A spin-off line that inherits WORLD MARCH’s technology while emphasizing the look of men’s dress shoes and all-weather performance. It features breathable waterproofing, abrasion-resistant rubber, water-repellent leather, and Ag+ antibacterial and deodorizing properties, while building on walking performance to meet the needs of commuting and sudden changes in the weather. If WORLD MARCH is the core line for walking, gently serves to smoothly connect those functions to everyday business settings and offers broader practicality.

Work shoes jointly developed by women farmers, female university students, and companies, originating with the Agricultural Women’s Project in Fukuoka Prefecture. The developers wore prototypes at worksites, researched production and distribution, and refined the shoes before bringing them to market. Designed to support not only agricultural work but also work in flower shops and zoological and botanical gardens, as well as outdoor activities, they occupy a role within MoonStar’s workwear range specializing in outdoor work and shaped by the needs of women in the field. Unisex variations are also offered, maintaining a broad range of uses.

A line that brings together the “ingenuity for the people who use them” that Moonstar has cultivated over many years in everyday footwear for commuting, school, shopping, and exercise. It includes revivals of Basket and Jaguar-style models, and is distinct from groups dedicated to specific uses such as school shoes, sports, and work, serving the practical needs of everyday life. ROAMY is a derivative line that gives this approach concrete form in each individual shoe, while In Use, as its parent line, accommodates a broad range of everyday use.

Made in Japan sneakers, crafted one pair at a time at the Saga factory, combine expertise in sports shoe development with manufacturing techniques for leather comfort shoes. They prioritize lasting comfort and a close connection with the foot. Following the lineage of SPORTH, they place greater emphasis on functionality within the sneaker context. They represent Moonstar’s technical foundation for products designed for long-term use and take an approach suited to everyday life.

Launched as a new product line designed to complement lifestyles regardless of gender or generation, it proposes comfort and playfulness in an era of blurred boundaries. It combines recycled and eco-friendly materials with functional features such as Absolen and rubber shanks, bringing together fashion appeal and environmental consideration. Rather than focusing on crossing conventional categories, it is positioned to convey social relevance and everyday utility at the same time, and continues to release new products in 2026.

A line reconfigured for contemporary lifestyles based on the archive of school shoes Moonstar has produced. While retaining the memory of school shoes such as the Jaguar series, it revises the materials and soles to make them more suited to urban wear, with a stronger school-shoe heritage than In Use’s everyday footwear proposals. Whereas 810s brings expertise from specialized fields into everyday life, SKOOLER serves to reinterpret the memory of school shoes for life today.

A line that closely examines design and details, translating accumulated knowledge into classic court shoes. Offered entirely in black, it is designed to highlight differences in material texture and construction. While FINE VULCANIZED demonstrates the value of the vulcanization process, RALY explores shifts in the impression created by classic formats within the same lifestyle category. By limiting its visual expression, it reveals differences in form and detail.