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Kozue Akimoto

Kozue Akimoto is a Japanese fashion model whose street style, runway work and design collaborations connect Tokyo fashion with an international audience.

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Overview

Name in Japanese: 秋元梢
Based in: Tokyo, Japan
Work: Fashion model and design collaborator
Modeling debut: 2009
Early milestone: Japan representative in a 2011 Hermès advertisement
Paris runway debut: Olympia Le-Tan, 2015

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How it started.

Kozue loved clothes long before modeling became a job. In a Tokyo Weekender interview, Kozue recalled visiting Harajuku with pocket money as a child. Salon work led to photo shoots, then an agency approached them. Their professional modeling debut came in 2009.

Finding a place in fashion.

An appearance in a 2011 Hermès advertisement became an early milestone. Curious about fashion beyond Japan, Kozue began visiting Paris Fashion Week and attracted street-style photographers. In 2015, Olympia Le-Tan invited Kozue onto the Paris runway. Kozue also appeared on a Vogue Japan cover that year.

Making things with friends.

The 2018 photo book kozue 2017-2018 brought together photographs, art and writing by friends to document life around Kozue’s 30th birthday. More recent collaborations include Tom Wood’s Chiyu rings and Tabio socks, with Kozue helping shape both products and imagery.

Creditschronological, newest first

Design collaborations

2026Kozue Akimoto × Tabio, fourth collectionCollaborator and visual director
2025Tom Wood × Kozue Akimoto: ChiyuJewelry collaborator
2024Kozue Akimoto × Tabio, third collectionCollaborator and visual director

Publishing and video

2025OPEN THE BOX, iHerb JapanGuest
2024Tokyo Weekender Vol. 5Cover model and interview subject
2018kozue 2017-2018Photo book creator and subject
2018Isle of DogsVoice performer

Awards

The BoF 500Joined the Business of Fashion’s selection of people shaping the global fashion industry in 2018.

Quotes

I love my job where I can think about how to style, express and just be involved with fashion.Kozue Akimoto, Tokyo Weekender

From the November 29, 2024 interview “Kozue Akimoto: Self-Styled”: https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/kozue-akimoto-self-styled/

Trivia

Kozue is the second daughter of sumo champion Chiyonofuji Mitsugu.
Kozue earned a diving license in Okinawa and describes time underwater as meditative.
The Chiyu collaboration grew out of a finger cast; its name is the Japanese word for healing.
Kozue told Vogue Japan that Kunichi Nomura invited them to try voice acting in Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs.