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Brand profile
Poten
Japanese headwear brand making unbranded ballcaps in the Okayama factory that supplies Nippon Professional Baseball teams.
TokyoOrigin
UnisexFocus
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Poten
Made in a pro baseball factory
Caps are sewn in an Okayama factory that supplies Nippon Professional Baseball teams — access founder Hironobu Iguchi spent three years securing.
No logos, only 19 stitches
Six-panel caps carry no exterior branding; the identifying mark is a signature 19-stitch brim visible only up close.
Fabric range beyond cotton twill
The same six-panel shape runs in Japanese twill, corduroy, suede, denim and cowhide, in both fitted and adjustable sizing.
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Brand facts
Poten is a Tokyo-based headwear label founded by Hironobu Iguchi, a former hat designer and lifelong baseball obsessive who also runs parent company Gwynn Co. and the Ebisu shop Tamaniwa. Its caps are sewn in an Okayama factory that supplies Nippon Professional Baseball teams, a facility Iguchi courted for three years. Six-panel silhouettes in Japanese twill, corduroy, suede, denim and cowhide carry no exterior logos, only a signature 19-stitch brim. Sold in fitted and adjustable sizing through a small stockist network.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Price
- $$
- Typical prices
- Caps hats $170–$182
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Minimalist / Contemporary