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Translated By DeepL

Airwalk with 15-year-old Bunshiro.

Airwalk with 15-year-old Bunshiro.

AIRWALK〉 was born in California in 1986. Starting with skateboarding, the brand has released shoes that are linked to the mountain bike and BMX scenes, and has gained tremendous support from youth culture. In this day and age when there are so many choices of sneakers, how does AIRWALK look to the eyes of a teenager? He is 15 years old, born and raised in Tokyo. Born and raised in Tokyo, this 15-year-old wears "Airwalk" in his current life size.

  • Photo_changsu
  • Hair_Fumiya Ushiku
  • Model_bunshiro
  • Text_Showgo Komatsu
  • Edit_Yusuke Suzuki

The 90s as teenagers think of it, which is different from the media's point of view.

-This is Bunshiro's room. It's filled with figurines, manga, flyers, etc.

Bunshiro: I have a habit of collecting, and I want to arrange my favorite things without gaps. It would be great to be surrounded by things I like. I threw away all my textbooks in the eighth grade because I didn't want them in my room (laughs).

- (laughs). You didn't have any trouble?

Bunshiro: Classes were tough (laughs). But more than that, I didn't like having textbooks in this room (laughs).

-There are a lot of old figures and manga, but you like Showa culture.

Bunshiro: For example, in the case of manga, I started with "Fist of the North Star" and "Kinnikuman," and I also liked "Be-Bop High School" and "Kai! Otoko Juku. I read recent manga, but I like old manga more. This is also because of my father's influence.

-What is your sense of the culture of the 80s and 90s, as well as fashion and music?

Bunshiro: I feel fresh, just as people of that era felt fresh. It's not that it's good because it's old, but it's bad because it's old. Of course, there are things that are cooler today. Regardless of the era, what I honestly feel is good is good.

Introduced in 1990, the "Enigma" is synonymous with "Airwalk" along with the "Prototype" and "Velocity. Its outstanding hold, functionality, and durability have won the support of skaters around the world. In the early 1990s, it was a big hit in Japan as well, and it is a long-awaited revival of a classic model that was also known as a hard-to-find model.

AIRWALK "Enigma" ¥18,700
COLOR:BLUE
SIZE: 25.5, 26.5, 27.5, 28.5cm

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