Who is the founder of a Japanese clothing brand and also co-founded Billionaire Boys Club with Pharrell Williams?
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Billionaire Boys Club (clothing retailer) Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream is an American and Japanese clothing retailer featuring two lines of clothing established by Pharrell Williams and Nigo, founder of clothing label BAPE. The lines consist of T-shirts, polos, sweatshirts, knits, denim, suits and shirts; outerwear in leather, down, cotton, and technical fabrics; hats, sneakers, underwear, socks and accessories. The items are produced in very limited quantities and are usually sold for high prices.
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A Bathing Ape A Bathing Ape (ア・ベイジング・エイプ , A Beijingu Eipu ) (or BAPE) is a Japanese clothing brand founded by Nigo in Ura-Harajuku in 1993. The brand specializes in men's, women's and children's lifestyle and street wear, running 19 stores in Japan, including Bape Stores, Bape Pirate Stores, Bape Kids Stores, Bapexclusive Aoyama, and Bapexclusive Kyoto. The Kyoto store also includes Bape Gallery, a space used for various events and art shows sponsored by Bape. There are also stores located in Hong Kong, New York City, London, Taipei, China, Bangkok and Singapore.
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Iron Heart Iron Heart is a Japanese based clothing company that was founded in 2003 that focuses on classic American style workwear, with a particular emphasis on motorcycle appropriate clothes. Iron Heart is a division of The Works, Inc., founded and operated by Shinichi Haraki and based in Hachioji, Japan. Currently, Iron Heart products are sold online and in retail stores in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia/New Zealand.
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Perry Ellis (brand) Perry Ellis is a clothing brand owned by Perry Ellis International and founded by designer Perry Ellis.
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DJ Honda Katsuhiro Honda (本田勝裕 , Hōnda Katsuhiro , born 1965) , better known by his stage name DJ Honda, is a Japanese DJ, record producer and entrepreneur.
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Kazuma Ieiri Kazuma Ieiri (家入 一真 , Ieiri Kazuma , born December 28, 1978) is a Japanese internet entrepreneur, founder and director until 2011 of the "paperboy" company, and founder of the "studygift" fundraising site. He stood for election as governor of Tokyo in 2014, running an online campaign and obtaining 1.8% of the vote.
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SK-II SK-II (pronounced S-K-Two) is a Japanese prestige beauty brand launched in 1980. It is owned by Procter & Gamble and is sold and marketed as a premium skin care solution in East Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. One of its main competitors is the long established fellow Japanese company Shiseido. Shisedo originated in the south of Japan and then moved to the north after a factory fire. SK-II claims the active ingredients can make skin younger and marketing supports claims of visible improvements within one month.
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Ksubi ksubi is an Australian fashion label, co-founded by Gareth Moody, Dan Single and George Gorrow. Founded in 1999, the label can be found in premium doors across Australia, North America and Europe.
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Rock and Republic Rock & Republic is an American jeans brand founded by Michael Ball in 2002. Ball is a cyclist who gained design experience by creating his cycling team's uniforms. Rock & Republic's line of jeans and casual wear "VB Rocks" is designed by singer Victoria Beckham.
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Tommy Hilfiger (company) Tommy Hilfiger, formerly known as Tommy Hilfiger Corporation and Tommy Hilfiger Inc., is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures upper market apparel for men, women and children, and a wide range of licensed products such as footwear, accessories, fragrances and home furnishings. The company was founded in 1985, and today is sold in department stores and over 1400 free-standing retail stores in 90 countries. In 2006, private equity firm Apax Partners acquired Tommy Hilfiger for approximately 1.6 billion, and in May 2010, PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) (then known as Philips van Heusen) bought the company. Daniel Grieder was appointed CEO in July 2014, while founder Tommy Hilfiger remains the company’s principal designer, leading the design teams and overseeing the entire creative process. Global sales in retail through the brand in 2013 were US $6.4 billion, and $6.7 billion in 2014.
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Burusera Burusera (ブルセラ ) is a paraphilia, specifically a sexualized attraction to the underwear or school uniforms of girls or young women. It is a word of Japanese origin, coined by combining "burumā" (ブルマー ) , meaning bloomers, as in the bottoms of gym suits, and "sērā-fuku" (セーラー服 ) , meaning sailor suit, the traditional Japanese school uniforms for schoolgirls. Burusera shops sell girls' used school uniforms, panties and other fetish items.
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Bank Band Bank Band (バンク バンド ) is a Japanese band formed by Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi.
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Hiroshi Mikitani Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史 , Mikitani Hiroshi ) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and the founder, chairman and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Rakuten Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft. According to "Bloomberg Businessweek", as of August 2017, Mikitani is worth $7.1 billion.
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Keishi Kameyama Keishi Kameyama (亀山 敬司 , Kameyama Keishi , born 1960/61) is a Japanese billionaire businessman, chairman of the internet company DMM.com, who made his initial fortune in pornography.
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Renzo Rosso Renzo Rosso (born 15 September 1955) is an Italian fashion entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Jeans Genius" by Suzy Menkes, he is the President of OTB Group, the parent company of Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Paula Cademartori, Viktor & Rolf, Staff International (manufacturer and distributor of DSquared², Just Cavalli, Maison Margiela, Marni and Vivienne Westwood), and Brave Kid (manufacturer and distributor of Diesel Kid, Dsquared², John Galliano Kids, Marni and Trussardi Junior). Founder of the Only The Brave Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, Rosso is also the President of Red Circle investments; the Diesel Farm in Marostica, Veneto; the Pelican Hotel in Miami; and Bassano Virtus 55 S.T., the professional soccer club of his hometown Bassano del Grappa, Veneto.
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Baby Phat Baby Phat is an American apparel brand developed by model and entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons in 1999. The brand is the high-end line of Russell Simmon's Phat Fashions LLC label, and is carried in mid-market department including Macy's and Dillard's. The label is credited for catering to female urban wear in a market predominately geared toward men. In 2004, the label's parent company was acquired by Kellwood Company for $140 million.
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Nigo Nigo (ニゴー , "Nigō" , born on December 23, 1970) is a Japanese fashion designer, DJ, record producer and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the urban clothing line A Bathing Ape (Bape). He is the DJ of the Japanese hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz.
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Masatoshi Ito Masatoshi Itō (伊藤 雅俊 , Itō Masatoshi , born 1924) is a Japanese billionaire businessman.
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Billionaire Boys Club The Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) was an investment-and-social club organized by Joseph Henry Gamsky, also known as "Joe Hunt", in southern California in 1983. It was originally simply named "BBC"; the initials of a business named the Bombay Bicycle Club, a restaurant Gamsky had frequented in his earlier years while growing up in Chicago.
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Band of Outsiders (clothing brand) Band of Outsiders is a London based clothing label, founded in Los Angeles by Scott Sternberg in January 2004. Since 2015, the menswear brand is owned by the Belgian fashion fund CLCC. and has been relaunched with a new team.
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Michael Kors (brand) Michael Kors Holdings Limited is an American luxury fashion company that was established in 1981 by designer Michael Kors. The company is known for apparel, footwear, watches, handbags and other accessories. As of 2015, Michael Kors Holdings has more than 550 stores and over 1500 in-store boutiques in various countries.
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Startup! "Startup!" (Japanese スタートアップ！) is a Japanese-language song, and the sixth Japanese single, by South Korean boy band Boyfriend from their 6th Japanese single album of the same name. The single was released physically on May 28, 2014.