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Nike x One Piece collection brings Devil Fruits to sneakers and streetwear in Japan

Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2026
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One Piece sets sail for global domination with a Nike collection inspired by the manga and anime’s superpowers.

Global, Japan, USA
(Air Max • anime • cool • events • fashion • manga • Monkey D. Luffy • Nike • One Piece • shirts • shoes • sneakers • sportswear • straw hat pirates • t-shirts)

Tokyo security guard’s famous station tape font becomes official custom Nike streetwear

Elliot Hale
Aug 1, 2026

Upgrade your wardrobe with custom clothes featuring the iconic font of a Shinjuku Station legend.

Japan
(art • calligraphy • clothes • COK • fashion • font • graphic design • Mr. Sato • Nike • Nike Shinjuku • packing tape • shinjuku • Shuetsu Sato • SNJO • streetwear • tape • Tokyo • typography)

Cherry blossoms blooming on new sakura Air Jordans from Nike【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2025

Japanese NBA player collaborates on design that features another symbol of good luck besides sakura.

Japan
(Air Jordan • basketball • cherry blossoms • fashion • Nike • Rui Hachimura • sakura • shoes • sneakers • sports)

Nike releases izakaya sneakers in Japan【Photos】

Oona McGee
Aug 19, 2022

New Nike Air Force 1 Mid release is an homage to Japanese drinking taverns.

Japan
(cool • drinking • drinking culture in Japan • fashion • food • izakaya • Japanese food • Nike • Shoe • shoes • sneakers • Tanuki • taverns • Tokyo • Trunk Hotel)

Nike takes over Cross Shinjuku Vision’s giant screen with 3D sneakers… and cat paws

Shannon
Mar 28, 2022

The popular 3D screen isn’t just for cats anymore.

Japan
(3D ad • Air Max • Air Max 1 • anniversary • cool • Cross Shinjuku Vision • Nike)

Nike’s new anime mecha sneakers look Gundam awesome【Video, photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2021

A new type of shoe for fans of skateboarding footwear and Gundam Unicorn.

Japan
(anime • cool • fashion • Gundam • Gundam Unicorn • Nike • robots • shoes • skateboarding • sneakers • Unicorn Gundam • video)

Nike’s newest addition to ISPA sneaker line blends Japanese tradition and contemporary style

Ingrid Tsai
Aug 30, 2021

Throwback to the ’90s? Nah, let’s throwback to the 15th century.

Japan
(BUAISOU • cool • design • fashion • Nike • shoes • sneakers • Tokushima)

Nike commercial about gender inequality in Japan receives backlash online【Video】

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2021

New clip points out facts about football, baseball, and sumo in Japan…but not all Japanese are behind it.

Japan
(commercials • Japanese commercials • Japanese students • Naomi Osaka • Nike • sexism • sport • sportswomen • Sumo • videos • women • YouTube)

Nike commercial addresses bullying and racism in Japan, riles up debate online【Video】

SoraNews24
Dec 1, 2020

Video gets more dislikes than likes, proving just how much Japanese society needs to watch this right now.

Japan
(bullying • commercials • football • foreigners in Japan • Japanese • Japanese commercials • Japanese students • Naomi Osaka • Nike • racism • soccer • sport • sportswomen • videos • YouTube)

Air Wagashi: New Nike Air Max sneakers are the delicious kicks we’ve all been waiting for

Oona McGee
Oct 18, 2019

Limited-edition footwear inspired by traditional Japanese confectionery.

Global
(cool • design • fashion • Japanese sweets • Japanese tea ceremony • Nike • shoes • sneakers • style • tea ceremony • wagashi)

Naomi Osaka slams reporters who ask her to speak in Japanese with new Nike commercial

Oona McGee
May 27, 2019

Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.

Japan
(commercials • Japanese • Japanese commercials • katsudon • Naomi Osaka • Nike • sport • sportswomen • tennis • videos • YouTube)

Mock-up Nike x Dragon Ball shoes look so awesome, we wish they were real

Kay
Feb 5, 2018

These designs that combine Nike sneakers with Dragon Ball look so cool, it’s hard to believe they’re not actual products!

Europe
(art • design • Dragon Ball • Nike • sneakers)

NBA star collaborates with Sony and Nike to create awesome PlayStation-themed basketball shoes

Koh Ruide
Jan 29, 2018

Designed to look like PlayStation’s signature DualShock 4 controller, wearing these will surely up your game.

USA
(collaboration • NBA • Nike • playstation • shoes • Sony • YouTube)

Nike Air Mo’ Money sneakers with Japanese text and yen symbols are the coolest kicks around

Oona McGee
Jan 12, 2018

People in Japan are scrambling to get their hands on these limited-edition Mo’ Yen sneakers.

Japan
(cool • fashion • mo money • Nike • shoes • sneakers • street culture • yen)

Pigeon that looks like a Nike shoe spotted in Japan

Master Blaster
Apr 30, 2017

Has the clothing brand has done the unthinkable and permeated the lucrative animal kingdom market?

Japan, USA
(animals • clothing • funny • Nike • pigeon • symbols)

Fans use Nike customisation service to create awesome Pokémon Sneakers

Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2016

The Pikashoe is one of more than a hundred creatures currently being captured in the colourful sneaker Pokédex.

Japan
(anime • fashion • gamers • games • gaming • manga • Nike • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sneakers)

12 tabi split-toe sneakers to add a ninja flair to your casual everyday wear

Oona McGee
Apr 24, 2016

The iconic split-toed tabi boot steps out of the ninja scene and into the world of sneakers in this roundup of awesome footwear designed for the street.

Culture, Japan
(Converse • cool • fashion • Nike • Ninja • shoes • sneakers • tabi)

New cherry blossom sneakers from Nike feature real images of sakura in five awesome designs

Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2016

Enjoy the hanami cherry blossom viewing experience just by looking at your feet this spring.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers • sportswear • spring)

Sakura sneakers, in three different varieties, now on sale from Nike 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2016

These cherry blossom kicks will tell the whole world your feet are ready for spring.

USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers)

Nike’s wild new shoes for China may bless you with prosperity, will definitely get you attention

Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2015

Shoemaker Nike owes its success as much to the marketing that backs its footwear as the science behind it. But as one of the biggest athletic apparel companies on the planet, the Nike swoosh is hardly a rare sight these days, so if the Oregon-based company really wants to catch people’s eyes, it has to get a little more flamboyant with its designs.

That’s as true in emerging markets as it is in established ones, which is why Nike’s new pair of kicks made especially for China might be the wildest the company has ever made, and come packed with all sorts of imagery meant to make sure fortune smiles on theirs wearers while everyone is looking at their feet.