Best Design from Japan

Japan Design Rankings

Japan at World Design Rankings

Best Designers in Japan

Rank Name Surname Score
1 Katsumi Tamura 253 14 22 11 5 -
2 E-graphics communications 128 2 10 12 6 -
3 Tetsuya Matsumoto 110 2 9 6 9 1
4 Yuta Takahashi 43 2 2 3 3 -
5 Yasumichi Morita 36 2 2 3 - 1
6 Masato Kure 22 2 2 - - -
7 Shunmyo Masuno 12 2 - - - -
8 Anri Sugihara 31 1 3 1 2 -
9 Kazuaki Kawahara 30 1 2 2 - 3
10 Denso Design 16 1 2 - - -
11 Eisuke Tachikawa 25 1 1 3 - 1
12 Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato 25 1 1 2 2 -
13 Ryoichi Niwata 19 1 1 2 - -
14 Duncan Shotton 11 1 1 - - -
15 Hidebumi Yamaguchi 11 1 1 - - -
16 Kota Sagae 11 1 1 - - -
17 Akira Nakagomi 11 1 1 - - -
18 Yoshiki Kawamukai 11 1 1 - - -
19 Nobuya Hayasaka 14 1 - 2 - -
20 Masato Sekiya 13 1 - 1 1 -
21 Ryuta Ishikawa 10 1 - 1 - -
22 Masakatsu Matsuyama 10 1 - 1 - -
23 SonyMusic Solutions inc. 9 1 - - 1 -
24 Naoki Kawamoto 6 1 - - - -
25 Keiichi Hayashi 6 1 - - - -
26 Narumi Corporation 6 1 - - - -
27 Naoya Matsumoto 6 1 - - - -
28 Aya Codama 6 1 - - - -
29 Kazunobu Nakamura 6 1 - - - -
30 Kotaro Anzai 6 1 - - - -
31 Emi Kawasaki 6 1 - - - -
32 Yoshiki Uchida 6 1 - - - -
33 Shunji Yamanaka & fuRo 6 1 - - - -
34 Kimio Fukutani 6 1 - - - -
35 Takahiro Eto 6 1 - - - -
36 Akihito Shimizu 6 1 - - - -
37 Takumi Takahashi 6 1 - - - -
38 Jun Watanabe 6 1 - - - -
39 Keiichiro Yanagi 6 1 - - - -
40 Tomoya Akasaka 6 1 - - - -
41 Yuichiro Katsumoto 6 1 - - - -
42 Yuma Murakami 6 1 - - - -
43 Nobuaki Miyashita 46 - 3 7 1 -
44 Tomohiro Kaji 15 - 3 - - -
45 Aiji Inoue 34 - 2 5 - 2
46 Noriko Hirai (Nina) 32 - 2 5 - 1
47 Takuji Kamio 27 - 2 1 3 2
48 KAZ Shirane 14 - 2 1 - -
49 Yumiko Yoshikawa 10 - 2 - - -
50 Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd. and UDS Ltd. 10 - 2 - - -
51 Masahiko Sato 38 - 1 4 5 1
52 Uds Ltd. 36 - 1 4 3 3
53 Yoshiaki Tanaka 19 - 1 3 - 1
54 Satoshi Kurosaki 19 - 1 2 2 -
55 Atsuhiko Sugiyama 16 - 1 2 1 -
56 Takanori Urata 16 - 1 2 1 -
57 Shogo Tabuchi 13 - 1 2 - -
58 Mania Carta 13 - 1 2 - -
59 Yuko Suzuki 13 - 1 2 - -
60 Hiroyuki Niwa 18 - 1 1 3 -
61 Takako Yoshikawa 15 - 1 1 2 -
62 Shinn Asano 12 - 1 1 1 -
63 Katsufumi Kubota 12 - 1 1 1 -
64 Kei Tamai 12 - 1 1 1 -
65 Kazunaga Sakashita 9 - 1 1 - -
66 Kairo Kusamoto 9 - 1 1 - -
67 Ryoji Iedokoro 9 - 1 1 - -
68 Nakamura Kazunobu 9 - 1 1 - -
69 Krista Watanabe 9 - 1 1 - -
70 Kaoru Mizuno 9 - 1 1 - -
71 Naoya TOCHIO 9 - 1 1 - -
72 Shigeki Matsuoka 9 - 1 1 - -
73 Strickland 9 - 1 1 - -
74 Canuch 9 - 1 1 - -
75 Nakamura Co. 9 - 1 1 - -
76 Chengshen Tan 9 - 1 1 - -
77 Uds Ltd. 13 - 1 - 2 1
78 Shunichiro Ninomiya 10 - 1 - 1 1
79 Hajime Tsushima 8 - 1 - 1 -
80 Ryohei Kanda 8 - 1 - 1 -
81 Hikohito Konishi 8 - 1 - 1 -
82 Shota Urasaki 8 - 1 - 1 -
83 Yuki Ijichi 8 - 1 - 1 -
84 FOURDIGIT Inc. 8 - 1 - 1 -
85 Shingyo Ozawa 7 - 1 - - 1
86 Atsushi Maeda 7 - 1 - - 1
87 Masaki Hirokawa 7 - 1 - - 1
88 Lily Sugiyama 7 - 1 - - 1
89 24° Studio 5 - 1 - - -
90 Specialnormal Inc. 5 - 1 - - -
91 Yusuke Tominaga 5 - 1 - - -
92 Daisuke Iguchi 5 - 1 - - -
93 Gwenael Nicolas 5 - 1 - - -
94 Rianti Hidayat 5 - 1 - - -
95 Satoshi Okada 5 - 1 - - -
96 Yoko Kakuchi 5 - 1 - - -
97 Tomoatsu Hattori 5 - 1 - - -
98 Shiro Nakane 5 - 1 - - -
99 Takeshi Sawada 5 - 1 - - -
100 Tomohiro Horibe 5 - 1 - - -
101 Mitsuharu Kojima 5 - 1 - - -
102 Tomomi Nakamura 5 - 1 - - -
103 Mitsunori Yamase 5 - 1 - - -
104 Kiyoharu Hirose 5 - 1 - - -
105 Tomoharu Hijikata 5 - 1 - - -
106 Motoki Ishikawa 5 - 1 - - -
107 Yukiko Kuribayashi 5 - 1 - - -
108 Arisa Nakayama 5 - 1 - - -
109 Hiroshi Udo 5 - 1 - - -
110 Futoshi Masuda 5 - 1 - - -
111 hers design inc. / Saraya Co.,Ltd. 5 - 1 - - -
112 Nagano Interior Industry Co.,Ltd. 5 - 1 - - -
113 Katsunari Shishido 5 - 1 - - -
114 Keitaro Sugihara 5 - 1 - - -
115 Toshio Tsushima 5 - 1 - - -
116 NSDAt 5 - 1 - - -
117 Yusuke Watanabe 5 - 1 - - -
118 Katsuhiro Ohkuchi 5 - 1 - - -
119 Katori archi + design associates 5 - 1 - - -
120 Shilushi Inc. 5 - 1 - - -
121 Team JIZAI ARMS 5 - 1 - - -
122 Murayama Inc 5 - 1 - - -
123 Masateru Yasuda 5 - 1 - - -
124 Tatsuhiro Nishimoto 5 - 1 - - -
125 Masami Takahashi 5 - 1 - - -
126 Yasushi Uemura 5 - 1 - - -
127 Yuya Kimura 5 - 1 - - -
128 Michihiro Matsuo 48 - - 8 4 2
129 Moriyuki Ochiai Architects 38 - - 7 - 5
130 Yasuhito Takeuchi 21 - - 4 1 1
131 Shunsuke Ohe 46 - - 3 8 5
132 Good Place 19 - - 3 1 2
133 Taiju Yamashita 15 - - 3 1 -
134 Hisanori Ban 12 - - 3 - -
135 Atsushi Morita 12 - - 3 - -
136 Kairi Eguchi 12 - - 3 - -
137  KiyokaYamazuki 12 - - 3 - -
138 Akitoshi Imafuku 25 - - 2 3 4
139 Jun Murata 18 - - 2 2 2
140 Keiji Ishikawa 16 - - 2 2 1
141 Shinjiro Heshiki 16 - - 2 2 1
142 Masahiro Yoshida 11 - - 2 1 -
143 Mayumi Ehara 10 - - 2 - 1
144 Kenji Fujii 10 - - 2 - 1
145 H220430 8 - - 2 - -
146 Kotoaki Asano 8 - - 2 - -
147 Kei Sato 8 - - 2 - -
148 Toshihiko Sakai 8 - - 2 - -
149 Hiroki Hakamada 8 - - 2 - -
150 Riki Watanabe 8 - - 2 - -
151 ANTBEE CO,.Ltd 8 - - 2 - -
152 Franck Giral 8 - - 2 - -
153 Hisamichi Kasai 8 - - 2 - -
154 Kunihisa Akiyama 13 - - 1 3 -
155 Go Fujita 12 - - 1 2 1
156 Hironari Itoi 10 - - 1 2 -
157 Osamu Hamada 10 - - 1 2 -
158 Yuichiro Imafuku 10 - - 1 2 -
159 Takusei Kajitani 10 - - 1 2 -
160 Masuo Fujimura 9 - - 1 1 1
161 Tsuyoshi Omori 9 - - 1 1 1
162 Otaka Noriko 9 - - 1 1 1
163 Dodo Design Co., Ltd. 9 - - 1 1 1
164 Yoshihiro Matsuura 7 - - 1 1 -
165 Naoyuki Fukumoto 7 - - 1 1 -
166 Kazuyoshi Takata 7 - - 1 1 -
167 Kiyoshi Sugimoto 7 - - 1 1 -
168 Hayato Ishii 7 - - 1 1 -
169 Kenzo Noridomi 7 - - 1 1 -
170 Shigetaka Mohizuki 7 - - 1 1 -
171 Tacto Inc 7 - - 1 1 -
172 Makoto Furihata 6 - - 1 - 1
173 SATOH Hirotaka 6 - - 1 - 1
174 Satoru Nakahara 6 - - 1 - 1
175 Hitomi Otake 6 - - 1 - 1
176 Shoichiro Takei 6 - - 1 - 1
177 Shoichiro Takei 4 - - 1 - -
178 Yoichi Kondo 4 - - 1 - -
179 Kenji Ido 4 - - 1 - -
180 Hiroyuki Morita 4 - - 1 - -
181 Hiromi Maeo 4 - - 1 - -
182 Katsuya Arai 4 - - 1 - -
183 Martin van der Linden 4 - - 1 - -
184 Hiroyuki Futai + EP3 4 - - 1 - -
185 Saburo Hazumi 4 - - 1 - -
186 Keiko Akatsuka 4 - - 1 - -
187 Tamako Ogura 4 - - 1 - -
188 Yukihiro Yamaguchi 4 - - 1 - -
189 Kazunori Takeishi 4 - - 1 - -
190 Atelier OPA 4 - - 1 - -
191 Jun Rekimoto 4 - - 1 - -
192 Takehiro Tobinaga 4 - - 1 - -
193 Kensuke Aisaka 4 - - 1 - -
194 Makoto Nakayama 4 - - 1 - -
195 Hajime Narita 4 - - 1 - -
196 Kentaro Yamazaki 4 - - 1 - -
197 Kayo Kinase 4 - - 1 - -
198 Kei Miyazaki 4 - - 1 - -
199 Mayumi Yoshida 4 - - 1 - -
200 Atsuko Fukui 4 - - 1 - -
201 Atsuhito kitora 4 - - 1 - -
202 Oka Yuko 4 - - 1 - -
203 Eita Saito 4 - - 1 - -
204 Yuji Tokuda 4 - - 1 - -
205 Makiko Taguchi 4 - - 1 - -
206 Manabu Chiba 4 - - 1 - -
207 Hiroki Takada 4 - - 1 - -
208 Cosmos More Co.,Ltd. 4 - - 1 - -
209 Kokutou Uemori 4 - - 1 - -
210 Kimiko Ida 4 - - 1 - -
211 Maya Miyama 4 - - 1 - -
212 SCHEMA, inc. 4 - - 1 - -
213 Hiroo Okubo/Chop+archi 4 - - 1 - -
214 Shinya Hirata 4 - - 1 - -
215 Yukari Sato & Takashi Terada 4 - - 1 - -
216 Yuichi Horikawa 4 - - 1 - -
217 Kousaku Hirano 4 - - 1 - -
218 Miltz 4 - - 1 - -
219 Tomo Miura 4 - - 1 - -
220 Naoki Terada 4 - - 1 - -
221 Shinya Nomiyama 4 - - 1 - -
222 Hideyuki Hiramoto 4 - - 1 - -
223 Kentaro Nagai 4 - - 1 - -
224 Ayane Sato 4 - - 1 - -
225 Hiroki Suzuki 4 - - 1 - -
226 Shotaro Hino 4 - - 1 - -
227 Atsuko Tateno 4 - - 1 - -
228 UDS Ltd. 4 - - 1 - -
229 Akihiro Ichinose 4 - - 1 - -
230 Noriaki Takeda,Ikuma Yoshizawa 4 - - 1 - -
231 Yousaku Tsutsumi 4 - - 1 - -
232 Takahiro Ichimaru,Tetsuya Tatenami 4 - - 1 - -
233 Kaori Osawa and Masashi Yamanaka 4 - - 1 - -
234 Yu Zhuang 4 - - 1 - -
235 Yuko Takagi 4 - - 1 - -
236 Tsukasa Okada 4 - - 1 - -
237 Toshiaki Tanaka 4 - - 1 - -
238 Shintaro Fujiwara 4 - - 1 - -
239 Masaru Eguchi 4 - - 1 - -
240 Masakatsu Matsuyama 4 - - 1 - -
241 Mate Meszaros 4 - - 1 - -
242 Jun Yamazaki and Takuya Osawa 4 - - 1 - -
243 Kei Harada 4 - - 1 - -
244 Sosuke Nakabo 4 - - 1 - -
245 Norihito Narutomi 4 - - 1 - -
246 Naoyuki Aoki 4 - - 1 - -
247 Takaharu + Yui Tezuka 4 - - 1 - -
248 Takeshi Okuwada 4 - - 1 - -
249 Masahiro Yoshida 4 - - 1 - -
250 Junichiro Kawazoe 4 - - 1 - -

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Designers in Japan were ranked based on the number and level of design awards won. Best designers from Japan are sorted and listed above based on the number of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron Design Awards won, total score for each designer is calculated based on the table below.

Color Legend Award Level
Platinum Design Award +6 Points
Golden Design Award +5 Points
Silver Design Award +4 Points
Bronze Design Award +3 Points
Iron Design Award +2 Points

Best designers in Japan are displayed in this page. To learn more about each designer, you will want to check their profiles and design portfolios.

The displayed Japan design rankings are based on the current aggregated scores of designers in Japan is between the years 2008 and 2025.

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Best designer in Japan, based on World Design Rankings 2025 data is Katsumi Tamura. You should definetely check out the Katsumi Tamuradesign portfolio of Katsumi Tamura right now, it is amazing.

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