Going to France after graduation from MODE GAKUEN
TOKIO KUMAGAï ABC DESIGN, Design Assistant, Paris, France
1985
TOKIO KUMAGAï INTERNATIONAL, Chief Designer, in charge of shoes, women’s wear, men’s tops and accessories World’s Top 10 Shoe Designer on French magazine “GLAMOUR”
1988
First collection at Tokyo Fashion Week as a TOKIO KUMAGAI brand designer
1991
Founding of STIL Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan
1992
First YOICHI NAGASAWA collection
Mainichi Fashion Award New Designer Prize
Direction of MUJI for 10 years, boosted sales from 30 billion to 120 billion yen
1993
First NO CONCEPT BUT GOOD SENSE collection
1996
Presentation of YOICHI NAGASAWA at ATMOSPHERE, PARIS (AW 1996-97)
Selling on LECLAIREUR, colette, JOYCE, etc
Direction of “POWER FLOWER” (TOKYO STYLE Co., Ltd.)
Direction of “CRAVENETTE” (SRI Sports Limited, DUNLOP)
First YOICHI NAGASAWA collection at Paris Fashion Week (SS 1997)
Becoming a member of the French Fashion Association
1997
Uniform design for Japan Asia Airline
1998
License contract with ITOCHU CORP. for NO CONCEPT BUT GOOD SENSE
2000
General Produce of ecology brand “SELF + SERVICE” (Aeon Co., Ltd.)
2002
Direction and produce of “NEWBALANCE”
2004
Uniform design for Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.
Direction of “double wrap” (SANEI-INTERNATIONAL Co., Ltd.)
Mainichi Fashion Award Grand-prix
Collection at China Fashion Week as an invited designer by the Chinese government
Collection at Nagoya Fashion Week as an invited designer
2005
Becoming a professor of fashion design at Kanazawa College of Art
Produce of “Tabi” (ACE Co., Ltd.), women’s travel bags
2006
General produce of “TOPVALU” (Aeon Co., Ltd.)
2007
General produce of the art gallery and luxury product shop “SHINA” (TAKIHYO Co., Ltd.)
2010
General produce of “TOPVALU Premium” (Aeon Co., Ltd.)
2011
Produce of “crocs” shoes (Crocs, Inc.)
2012
Produce of children’s clothing business for Chinese market (F.O.INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.)
2016
General produce of “& green life” (Aeon Co., Ltd.)
2017
Becoming a professor emeritus at Kanazawa College of Art
2019
Becoming a department chairman of “Fashion Creation” at Professional Institute of International Fashion
2021
Becoming an academic dean of “Fashion Creation” at Professional Institute of International Fashion
Exhibitions and art activities
1990
Costume design for the awarded film “Yumeji” by the director Seijun Suzuki
1994
Costume design for the film “Gekashitsu” by the director Tamasaburo Bando
Exhibited the art object made from artificial turf MA-1 at Tokyo Gas Living Gallery
1999
Exhibition “PANTALON – affaires de liberte” at Printemps, Paris
2000
Exhibition “KONIKA BOTANIC GARDEN”
2002
Exhibition “YOICHI NAGASAWA – EGO FUGAL” at Kobe Fashion Museum
2004
Exhibition “HAIR TRANSFER” at Shiseido Gallery, Paris
2006
Exhibition “YOICHI NAGASAWA – METAMORPHOSIS” at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Exhibition “YOICHI NAGASAWA new works” at Kobe Fashion Museum
2008
Exhibition “Fear and Madness” at SHINA gallery, Kyoto
2010
Lecture at “Marunouchi Executive course”, Kwansei Gakuin University