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PFW Acne Studios Photocall

Takuro Kuwata attending the Acne Studios Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on October 01, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Acne Studios Photocall

Takuro Kuwata attending the Acne Studios Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on October 01, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Acne Studios Photocall

Takuro Kuwata attending the Acne Studios Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on October 01, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Patou Street Style

Street style, Matt Rose (Matt Kuwata) and Zutti Mattia arriving at Patou Fall-Winter 2024-2025 show, held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, on January 25, 2024. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Patou Street Style

Street style, Matt Rose (Matt Kuwata) and Zutti Mattia arriving at Patou Fall-Winter 2024-2025 show, held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, on January 25, 2024. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Kuwata wins 2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers

Satoshi Kuwata (C), the Japanese designer and founder of clothing brand Setchu, poses for photo after winning the 2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers, one of the most prestigious awards in the fashion industry, in Paris on June 7, 2023.

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Japan's Kuwata wins 2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers

Satoshi Kuwata (C), the Japanese designer and founder of clothing brand Setchu, is pictured with two models wearing his brand's clothes as he wins the 2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers, one of the most prestigious awards in the fashion industry, in Paris on June 7, 2023.

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Ex-Pirate Kuwata, Angels' Matsui at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (L) and the Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui (R) chat at Fenway Park in Boston before a game on Aug. 17, 2010. They were teammates on the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.

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Ex-Pirate Kuwata, Red Sox's Matsuzaka at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (L) chats with Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka before a game at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 17, 2010.

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Kuwata to return to Japan in mid-September

PITTSBURGH, United States - Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata, who decided to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates after the club designated him for assignment, tells reporters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 20 that he is planning to return to Japan in mid-September. (MLB)

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Kuwata decides to leave Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania - Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters on his decision to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates after the club designated him for assignment earlier this week. ''I'll return to Japan and take some time before making a decision (on whether or not to continue my playing career),'' Kuwata, 39, said.

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Japan's doubles team in 2nd place at Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese pair Kurumi Nara (L) and Hiroko Kuwata hold cups at the Citi Open tennis tourney in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 2, 2014, after losing the women's doubles final to a team of Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski 6-1, 6-2.

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Japanese, Canadian pair wins Citi Open doubles title

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski hold the champion cups high at the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 2, 2014, after beating Japanese pair Kurumi Nara and Hiroko Kuwata 6-1, 6-2 in the women's doubles final.

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Kuwata teaches baseball in Russia

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata shows his technique in a baseball workshop with boys and girls from local teams in Khabarovsk, Russia, on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, speaks to reporters in front of a hospital in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after identifying his father's body. Taiji Kuwata was killed in predawn a fire at his coffee shop and home in the city.

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Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Firefighters investigate the gutted coffee shop and home of Taiji Kuwata, the father of Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after Taiji Kuwata was killed in a predawn fire.

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Hatoyama leaves for U.S., making his diplomatic debut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates' shirt and cap throws a ball to former Japanese Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2009, before his departure for the United States. Hatoyama will throw a ceremonial first pitch at a major league baseball game in Pittsburgh, where he will attend the Group of 20 financial sumit.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata puts on a student cap after attending a commencement ceremony April 2 for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying. Kuwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (C) smiles before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying, in Tokyo on April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) poses with a student before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school in Tokyo April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Court urges gov't to settle suits with hepatitis C patients

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata, one of 13 plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the government and drug makers, wipes away tears in Osaka on Nov. 7 after the Osaka High Court called on the government and the drug makers to reach a negotiated settlement with the plaintiffs, who were infected with hepatitis-C through tainted blood products.

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Kuwata takes mound against Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Masumi Kuwata took the mound with a 5-3 lead with two on and two out in the eighth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners, getting pinch-hitter Ben Broussard to ground out to first. Seattle lost its sixth in a row.

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MLB rookie Kuwata debuts at Pirates home ground

PITTSBURGH, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (front) of Japan listens to the U.S. national anthem ahead of a game against the Texas Rangers at the team's home ground of PNC Park on June 12. The 39-year-old veteran was elevated to the big leagues from Pirates' Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis last week and pitched as a reliever against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 10.

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Kuwata's major league debut spoiled by A-Rod's 2-run shot

NEW YORK, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Masumi Kuwata of Japan pitches in the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 10.

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Kuwata tapped to make major league debut

NEW YORK, United States - Former Yomiuri Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata (file photo), now with the Pittsburg Pirates' Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis, has been elevated to the big leagues, a club spokesman said June 9. The 39-year-old veteran sprained his right ankle in a spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays on March 26 after colliding with home plate umpire Wally Bell.

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Kuwata out of action for up to 6 weeks

BRADENTON, United States - Injured Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata visits a Bradenton baseball park on March 27. Club officials said he is likely to need up to six weeks before returning to action, effectively leaving him out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' opening-day roster.

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Kuwata throws one scoreless inning

BRADENTON, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates non-roster invitee Masumi Kuwata pitches one scoreless inning in spring training action March 17. Kuwata allowed one hit and a walk against the Minnesota Twins in his first outing since spraining his left ankle on March 9. Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 7-3.

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Igawa fails to impress, Iwamura gets 1st hit

BRADENTON, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates non-roster invitee Masumi Kuwata speaks with reporters on March 10 as he sat out practice after spraining his left ankle while fielding a grounder in the previous day's relief outing against the Atlanta Braves. (MLB)

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Veteran right-hander Kuwata leaves Japan to join Pirates

NARITA, Japan - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States via Australia on Feb. 5, seen off by fans holding up a banner wishing him well. The 38-year-old has a minor contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in his pursuit of a career in the major leagues.

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Veteran right-hander Kuwata opts to join Pirates

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata said Dec. 18 in Tokyo he has chosen to join the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in his pursuit of a career in the major leagues. Kuwata revealed that the 38-year-old had received offers also from the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Kuwata to leave Yomiuri, hopes to continue playing

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters in Kawasaki on Sept. 24 about his intention to leave the Central League club at the end of the season.

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infections

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata (L) and Seiko Takeda, plaintiffs in a damages suit, hold a press conference after the Osaka District Court ruled on June 21 that the state and drugmakers were responsible for nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. The ordered them to pay a total 256 million yen in damages.

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1 more held for allegedly selling fake Oakley glasses

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows fake Oakley sunglasses which police confiscated from Megumi Kuwata, a Hyogo Prefecture woman, Jan. 21. Police said Kuwata, who has been arrested, had conspired with a couple in the same prefecture to sell the sunglasses on an Internet auction site. Oakley sunglasses are worn by famous athletes such as Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners and Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata.

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Kuwata re-signs with Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata smiles at a news conference after re-signing a single-year contract with the Japan Series champion worth an estimated 240 million yen. Kuwata, who made a dramatic comeback to the five-man rotation after being put in the mop-up role for the past few years, will also receive a bonus of 100 million yen for opting to remain with the Central League club instead of exercising his rights as free agent.

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Swallows' Iwamoto hits solo homer off Giants' Kuwata

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura hits a solo homer over the right-field fence off Yomiuri Giants starting pitcher Masumi Kuwata in the top of the second inning at Tokyo Dome on May 16. The Swallows won 1-0.

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Suzuki hits solo homer off Kuwata

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Baystars outfielder Takanori Suzuki watches the ball after hitting a solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Masumi Kuwata with no out in the top of the fourth inning at Tokyo Dome on April 26. Yokohama edged Yomiuri 4-2.

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Saeki hits game-leading solo homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Baystars outfielder Takahiro Saeki watches the ball after hitting a game-leading solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Masumi Kuwata in the top of the fifth inning at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 23.

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Toyota City has introduced Toyota's SORA fuel cell bus for public transportation.

On August 8, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, held a ceremony to unveil the newly introduced "SORA," a mass-produced fuel cell bus manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation. This is the first time that the city has introduced this vehicle in the Chubu region. A total of three vehicles were leased, two of which will be used by the Toyota Oiden Bus, a community bus running in the city, starting in September, and one will be used as an official vehicle. One will be used as an official vehicle, and the other will be used as a power supply vehicle in the event of a disaster. The vehicle introduced is the improved SORA, which Toyota began selling in August, with a total length of 10525mm, width of 2490mm, height of 3350mm, and a maximum capacity of 79 passengers. Toyota's Deputy General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources, Mr. Tadashi Kuwata, expressed his hope that many people will become familiar with the hydrogen society. (= August 8, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Kuwata to leave Yomiuri, hopes to continue playing

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters in Kawasaki on Sept. 24 about his intention to leave the Central League club at the end of the season. (Kyodo)

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Veteran right-hander Kuwata leaves Japan to join Pirates

NARITA, Japan - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States via Australia on Feb. 5, seen off by fans holding up a banner wishing him well. The 38-year-old has a minor contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in his pursuit of a career in the major leagues. (Kyodo)

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Veteran pitcher Kuwata to retire

BRADENTON, United States - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters about his intention of retiring in Bradenton, Florida, on March 26 after his bid to pitch in the major league this year ended in failure. (Kyodo)

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Veteran pitcher Kuwata to retire

BRADENTON, United States - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters about his intention of retiring in Bradenton, Florida, on March 26 after his bid to pitch in the major league this year ended in failure. (Kyodo)

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (C) smiles before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying, in Tokyo on April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues. (Kyodo)

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) poses with a student before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school in Tokyo April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues. (Kyodo)

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata puts on a student cap after attending a commencement ceremony April 2 for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying. Kuwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues. (Kyodo)

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1 more held for allegedly selling fake Oakley glasses

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows fake Oakley sunglasses which police confiscated from Megumi Kuwata, a Hyogo Prefecture woman, Jan. 21. Police said Kuwata, who has been arrested, had conspired with a couple in the same prefecture to sell the sunglasses on an Internet auction site. Oakley sunglasses are worn by famous athletes such as Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners and Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata.(Kyodo)

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Kuwata re-signs with Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata smiles at a news conference after re-signing a single-year contract with the Japan Series champion worth an estimated 240 million yen. Kuwata, who made a dramatic comeback to the five-man rotation after being put in the mop-up role for the past few years, will also receive a bonus of 100 million yen for opting to remain with the Central League club instead of exercising his rights as free agent. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Longtime friend Kuwata roots for Kiyohara comeback

Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters in Miyazaki, Japan, on Feb. 4, 2016, about the arrest of his former PL Gakuen high school and Giants teammate Kazuhiro Kiyohara for drug possession. Kuwata held out hope that Kiyohara will turn his life around. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Longtime friend Kuwata roots for Kiyohara comeback

Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters in Miyazaki, Japan, on Feb. 4, 2016, about the arrest of his former PL Gakuen high school and Giants teammate Kazuhiro Kiyohara for drug possession. Kuwata held out hope that Kiyohara will turn his life around. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese sports world shocked at drug arrest of ex-baseball slugger Kiyohara

File photo taken in October 1985 shows then-PL Gakuen high school baseball stars Masumi Kuwata (L) and Kazuhiro Kiyohara. Shock waves were sent rippling through the Japanese sports world when Kiyohara, who ranks fifth on Japan's all-time home run list with 525, was arrested for alleged drug possession in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo