Fashion career profile
Tomo Koizumi
Tomotoka Koizumi, known professionally as Tomo Koizumi, is a Japanese fashion and costume designer. He established his own label in 2011 while still a university student, after a boutique owner selected one of his dresses. His practice grew from early work as a stylist and costume assistant into costume design and made-to-order fashion. Bright colour, exuberant volume and bold silhouettes became recurring signatures across both his runway collections and costumes. Koizumi’s first runway show took place in New York in February 2019, bringing his independently developed work to an international audience. In 2020 he was named a finalist for the LVMH Prize. The LVMH profile identifies Japan as his nationality and workplace and links to his official site and Instagram. Available sources describe him as a university student when the label began but do not establish a completed degree, so this profile records that distinction without inventing an educational qualification or a separate fashion-house appointment.
- Role
- Founder & Designer, Tomo Koizumi
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Age
- 37
- Label founded: TOMO KOIZUMI, 2011Koizumi launched his own brand while a university student after a boutique owner selected one of his dresses. · LVMH Prize
- Runway debut: New York, February 2019The LVMH Prize records New York as the location of Koizumi's first runway show. · LVMH Prize
- LVMH Prize: Finalist, 2020Koizumi was a finalist in the 2020 LVMH Prize. · LVMH Prize
- Costume work: Costume designer; earlier stylist and costume assistantThe LVMH Prize profile describes Koizumi's transition from styling and costume assistance to costume design. · LVMH Prize
- Design signature: Bright colour and bold silhouettesLVMH identifies these as signatures of Koizumi's made-to-order collections and costumes. · LVMH Prize
- 2011 — Launches own label as a university studentA boutique owner selects one of Koizumi's student-made dresses and prompts the label's start.
- 2019 — Presents first runway show in New YorkKoizumi's first runway presentation takes place in February.
- 2020 — Named LVMH Prize finalistThe designer is selected as a finalist for the 2020 prize.