Young Talents from Tokyo,
Test Your Wings in the World.

○ One applicant can submit multiple design sketches.
(Designs incorporating kimono fabric can also be submitted for the Susainable Fashion Design Award 2025.)
○ The same design sketches can be used to apply in both categories.

○ One applicant can submit multiple design sketches.
(Designs incorporating kimono fabric can also be submitted for the Susainable Fashion Design Award 2025.)
○ The same design sketches can be used to apply in both categories.

*If you have difficulty filling in the application form or downloading the format of the documents to be submitted, please contact the secretariat.

*The secretariat will contact those who pass the examination.

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  Head JudgeKatsuhiko HibinoPresident of Tokyo University of the Arts Director of Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art Director of Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto Council Member of Tokyo Arts and Culture Council

  He completed his graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1984. He received the Grand Prix at the Japan Graphic Exhibition in 1982 and the ADC Awards Grand Prix in 1983. He exhibited at the Sydney Biennale in 1986 and the Venice Biennale in 1995. In 1999, he was awarded the Mainichi Design Award Grand Prix. In 2015, he received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in the Art Promotion Division by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. In April 2022, he was appointed President of Tokyo University of the Arts.

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  Vice Head JudgeYumiko HaraFashion director

  In 1970, Hara took part in the launch of An An magazine and began working as a stylist in 1972. For about 40 years since 1973, she has covered the Paris prêt-à-porter collections and reported on them for newspapers. Her diverse activities include serving on the selection committee for fashion-related awards as a fashion director, lecturing, and supervising kimono-related events.

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  JudgeYuriko OdaRepresentative Director of NPO WheeLog! / Representative Director of NPO PADM

  Due to a progressive muscle disease, she uses an electric wheelchair. She is involved in advocacy activities for developing new drugs for ultra-rare diseases and manages the development of the collaborative barrier-free map "WheeLog!". As a former non-disabled person who is now disabled, she aims to make Japan a welfare-advanced nation. She has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the 7th Japan SDGs Award (Prime Minister's Award from the SDGs Promotion Headquarters), the Global Innovator Award at Expo 2020 Dubai, and the Minister's Commendation for Barrier-Free Initiatives from MLIT.

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  JudgeYusuke TakahashiCFCL Inc. / Representative and Creative Director

  He was born in Tokyo in 1985. After graduating from Bunka Fashion Graduate University in 2010, he joined Miyake Design Studio Co., Ltd. In 2013, he became a designer for ISSEY MIYAKE MEN. In 2020, he founded CFCL, which stands for "Clothing For Contemporary Life." In 2021, he received the 39th Mainichi Fashion Awards Newcomer Award (2021), the Shiseido Sponsorship Award, and FASHION PRIZE OF TOKYO 2022. From VOL.4 (AW2022) onwards, his collection has been announced on the Paris Fashion Week official schedule.

Free Category Workshop
Lecturer

Yoshinari Nishio

Born in Nara Prefecture in 1982, he is an artist and an associate professor at the Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts. He specializes in social sculpture and performance art. He develops domestic and global projects focusing on the relationship between attire and communication. He also runs the fashion brand "NISHINARI YOSHIO." He has an upcoming publication titled "Inner Rupture of Attire" (Sayusha).

For those who passed the first screening, through workshops with persons with disabilities,
We will brush up the design based on the user's perspective and needs.
First of all, for the first screening, please design with flexible ideas and apply.

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