Advancing Tokyo as a Global Fashion Capital
Alongside Paris, Milan, New York, and London

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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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  JudgeShihoko OkudaBuyer, ReStyle, Women’s & Children’s Products Department, 2nd MD Group, Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd.

  Joined Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd. in 2017. After gaining experience in sales and as an assistant buyer for ReStyle on the 3rd floor of the main building, she became the buyer for International Creators in 2023. She assumed her current role in April 2026.

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  JudgeYuriko OdaRepresentative Director, NPO WheeLog / Representative, NPO PADM (Patients Association for Distal Myopathies)

  A person with severe disabilities who uses an electric wheelchair, she was diagnosed with distal (GNE) myopathy in 2002 and multiple sclerosis in 2013. In 2017, she launched the user-generated barrier-free map "WheeLog!" She has received numerous domestic and international awards, including being named a Global Innovator at Expo 2020 Dubai and receiving the Japan SDGs Award (Prime Minister's Award). In 2025, she was a speaker at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF). She also serves on various committees, such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Committee for Promoting Pedestrian Mobility Using ICT and the Tokyo Metropolitan Welfare Town Development Council. She seeks to advance Japan as a welfare leader from the perspective of people living with rare diseases and wheelchair users.

Free Category Workshop
Lecturer

Yoshinari Nishio

Born in Nara Prefecture in 1982, he is an artist and a 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.

○ One applicant can submit multiple design sketches.
(Designs incorporating kimono fabric can also be submitted for the Susainable Fashion Design Award 2026.)
○ 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 2026.)
○ 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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