1985 Born in Tokyo.

Moved to Europe after Graduating

2008 Nakazato was the youngest Japanese to graduate

from the Fashion Department Master’s Course Royal Academy
of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
Awarded the Innovation Award by Ann Demeulemeester for
his Master’s Course graduation collection. Participated
Won award atInternational Talent Support (ITS) Fashion
Competition held in Italy, in both 2008 and 2009. Shoe
designs created during his study at the Royal Academy
were put into the Antwerp Mode Museum (MoMu)

2010 Presented his first menswear runway show in Tokyo’s

Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Began costume design with
costumes for female vocalist Fergie, during The Black
Eyed Peas World Tour and Lady Gaga during a visit in
Japan.

2012 Chosen for Mercedes-Benz Presents Designer and presented

the Mercedes-Benz Japan Fashion Week’s Show.

Founded Yuima Nakazato Co., Ltd.

2015
Appointed costume designer for theater production, SUPER
LOSERZ SAVE THE EARTH.

2016 Selected as an official guest designer for Paris Haute

Couture Fashion Week. The second Japanese designer to be
chosen in history.

“imagine and create the future of humans”

 Post[human]ism

The world of Yuima Nakazato extends to the Post Human.

His guides come from Space, trapped in a stellar vortex
that confuses the male with the female.
Nakazato constantly combines the most recent technology
and craftsmanship in his process of creation. A union
between the technological world and the use of manual.
Nakazato is an emerging brand who is dedicated to
experiment with new materials and has numerous
references to robotics and cyber aesthetics by
leveraging transparencies and neon.

“theatre is fashion”
Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts Masters Course Final Presentation
Autumn Winter 2009-10
Autumn Winter 2012-13 to Spring Summer 2017
Autumn Winter 2017-18 [Free]dom
 Mallika Mookerjee

Contemporary Fashion Project

Fashion Marketing & Communication
2017