Best Design from Japan

Japan Design Rankings

Japan at World Design Rankings

Best Designers in Japan

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

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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

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The displayed Japan design rankings are based on the current aggregated scores of designers in Japan is between the years 2010 and 2023.

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Best designer in Japan, based on World Design Rankings 2023 data is Noriyoshi Usami. You should definetely check out the Noriyoshi Usamidesign portfolio of Noriyoshi Usami right now, it is amazing.

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