When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired by fashion and music, especially when punk came out in '76 or '77. — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I actually came from the fashion side, so maybe I knew more about fashion - and music like hip-hop because I was a DJ - so it was really successful when we mixed it all up together. — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I think recognition outside of Japan is amazing. I don't feel like that kind of thing would ever happen to me, as I'm not like those kinds of designers - I don't want to express myself in such a categorized way. I kind of want to be in the middle of the majority and the minority. I don't really want… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
I arrived in Tokyo in around '81. Around that time, I visited London for about two months - it was the period just before Malcolm McLaren released his solo album Duck Rock. I'd met him when he came to Japan, so I visited him in London and spent one evening with him and his girlfriend over at his house. He… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
I used to skate a lot when I was a kid. I loved it and was quite good. When I came back to London in around '85, I got really into skating again. But at the time, it had no influence from hip-hop. It was just thrash rock, hardcore rock, and skulls and all black - that kind of style.… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
If I see a nice photography book in New York, and I don't want to have to carry that back to Japan with me,… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired by fashion… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
London has become really boring. I mean, years ago, London was really happening - there was swinging London and then punk. It was really different from other cities, and so I'd always wanted to go there and see what was actually going on. After that, hip-hop was the next thing happening, so to get the records or the proper clothing,… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
Some of the bigger companies seem to be copying only to make money, which creatively is very bad. I sometimes wonder if they have… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I still feel like I'm really into fashion. I even think sneakers are a fashion item as well. I'm still into sneakers and clothes.… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
In those days, in 80th, people were really hungry for information - and, somehow, I had pretty good access because I had friends in… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
When we started Nowhere, maybe the fashion industry recognized something was happening, but they just thought, Oh, those kids . . . whatever. They… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
Maybe Japan itself is a little similar in that a lot of young people seem to have a little knowledge but not too much… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
The biggest reason was that when I started deejaying, I'd said that the other DJs in Japan were like salaried employees who I really… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
