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Brand profile
Kobashi Studio
Tokyo atelier making handmade solid-brass key hooks, jewelry and leather goods on decades-old machinery with Japanese artisan craft.
TokyoOrigin
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Kobashi Studio
Brass hardware, not clothing
The core output is handmade solid-brass accessories — key hooks, wallet chains, buckles, rings — with leather goods, Okayama canvas wallets and silk-screened bandanas alongside.
Made on fifty-year-old machines
Work is split among small artisan families outside Tokyo running old lathes and presses, covering sand casting, hand-bending, polishing and foot-stamped engraving.
Sold where Japanese heritage sells
Founded in 2014 by Junichi Kobashi, formerly RINOUMA, and stocked by specialists like Cultizm, Redcast Heritage and Blue Owl Workshop at mid-tier prices.
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Brand facts
Kobashi Studio is a Tokyo atelier founded in 2014 by Junichi Kobashi, formerly trading as RINOUMA. It makes handmade solid-brass accessories — key hooks, wallet chains, buckles, rings and jewelry — plus vegetable-tanned leather goods, Okayama canvas wallets and silk-screened bandanas. Production is split among small artisan families outside Tokyo working lathes and presses over fifty years old, covering sand casting, hand-bending, polishing and foot-stamped engraving. Kobashi traces his design lineage to his family's kimono-dyeing trade. Distribution runs through Japanese-heritage specialists including Cultizm, Redcast Heritage and Blue Owl Workshop.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Price
- $$
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Quiet luxury
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