Fashion career profile

Soshi Otsuki

Soshi Otsuki is a Japanese menswear designer and founder of Soshiotsuki. Born in Chiba in 1990, he graduated in menswear from Bunka Fashion College and also attended Coconogacco while studying there. He launched his label in 2015, using detailed tailoring and Japanese classical performing arts as continuing points of reference. After his second collection, he was shortlisted for the 2016 LVMH Prize and received the Tokyo New Designer Award in 2019. In 2025, Otsuki won the LVMH Prize, bringing the label wider international attention. The LVMH Prize profile describes his practice as translating Japanese traditions into contemporary fashion through craftsmanship and expert tailoring. His founder and creative-director role is scoped to Soshiotsuki’s menswear offer rather than treated as a role across unrelated houses. Education, label launch and awards are kept as separate, dated facts so the profile can be updated without rewriting an undifferentiated biography.

Role
Founder and Creative Director, Soshiotsuki
Nationality
Japanese
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