TripicalMidbooster

helleaux! I thought I should introduce myself now that I've finally joined. I think I've been lurking since 2021 (!) but in late 2022 suffered a stroke which paralyzed me. however, I've been working to recover ever since, and this year started wearing my old clothes again. can't really work on fading jeans right now (I like pre-lawsuit "fake" levi's repros with the arcs) but I also love jackets so I'm committed to this t-back FW 46-47 for now. the rest is very old polo.

so I was curious about this because all these listings use the same pic of a guy in a mask wearing this jacket, so searching the image brings up this IG post: https://www.instagram.com/takuya.kimura_tak/p/CeTgrw8rPPD/ Takuya Kimura is a famous JPN actor/member of boyband SMAP. This post is from 2022 though. So maybe both brands are copies of CSF/CSF-esque denim pieces made by the same factory to sell online to SMAP fans who want to dress like Kimura...? https://www.instagram.com/takuya.kimura_tak/p/C0qP6JwLmhf/ he seems to wear CSF-adjacent stuff enough that the listings are using his pics. but idk if they're just copying a scf/sc he wore because I found this: https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/t1155552342?conversionType=YahooAuction_DirectSearch which is a non-wonky 507 also made by muramasa and commanding bids. there are bidding wars for most of these muramasa/kiwami pieces so there must be some larger demand beyond SMAP fans. the 507 patch says "East Osaka City, Osaka" so maybe it's just an osaka shop/factory that has no internet presence outside JPN circles but with enough domestic reach for a celebrity to wear it....