class
lecture course
about
In the Lecture Course, Yamagata will be the main instructor, and guest lecturers active in various fields will be invited each time to unravel the origins of their creations and work styles in an interactive format. The course is designed to provide hints for thinking about the future of fashion, and to give students new perspectives and insights into their own lives and creations.
curriculum
A guest will be invited to each talk session. Each time, a different guest will be invited based on the theme.
This is not a course for making things, but for sharing various thoughts and experiences.
Many participants wish to participate in discussions, listen to lectures, or take supplementary courses.
<schedule >
- Orientation -
Week1 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Week2 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Week3 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Week4 Discussion + Guest Lecturer
Week5 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Week6 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Week7 Yoshikazu Yamagata + Guest Lecturer
Networking session or Final exhibition
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19:00 - Introduction of guests and classroom lecture by Yamagata
20:30 - Talk session between Yamagata and guests
22:00 End of class
Lecturer
Yoshikazu Yamagata
Course duration and frequency
First semester: May - September Wednesdays 19:00 - 22:00 Total 7 times
Second semester: November - March Wednesdays 19:00 - 22:00 Total 7 times
※ In addition to basic classes, special classes may be held.
※ Each semester consists of 7 classes + orientation + social events.
※ The class can be taken for half a year or for the full year.
※ Time may be extended depending on the session.
※ Online courses are also available.
※ Students who take this course will be issued a digital student ID card.
※ A certificate of completion will be issued to those who successfully complete the course.
Past Guest Lecturers
・Yusuke Koishi（小石祐介） / President of NOAVENUE
・Toru Yasuda（安田登） / Noh actor
・Shunichi Mugita（麥田俊一）/ Fashion journalist
・Reiko Sudo（須藤玲子） / Textile designer, representative of “Nuno”
・Masahiro Shiraishi（白石正裕）/ Representative Director of Fashion Shiraishi Ltd.
・Yushi Hamada（濱田祐史 ） / Photographer
・Mikinori Kojima（児島幹規） / Chief Editor of SOEN
・Chikashi Suzuki （鈴木親）/ photographer ・Madoka Nishi / photographer photographer
・Madoka Nishi （西まどか）/ Editor in Chief of Idea
・Ichizo Adachi（安達市三） / President of CORK ROOM
・Masanobu Sugatsuke（菅付雅信） / Editor
・Daisuke Nakanishi , Taka Nakanishi （中西大輔 , 中西多香）/ ASHU
・Yuri Suyama（須山悠里） / Graphic Designer
・Nobuyuki Ota（太田伸之） / Former President of Issey Miyake
・Teppei Sugaya（菅谷鉄兵） / SUPERGA Designer
・Kenji Utsumi （内海健治）/ Maison Margiela Artisanal Designer
・Ryohei Kawanishi（川西遼平） / Former Creative Director of Land Road
・Kori Ieyasu（家安香） / President of TREND UNION Japan
・Takayuki Kobayashi （小林孝行）/ flotsam books
・Masaru Tatsuki（田附勝） / Photographer
・Fumito Ganryu（丸龍文人） / FUMITO GANRYU Designer
・Yusuke Sumi （角悠介）/ Roma (gypsy) Researcher of the language “Romani”
・Tomo KOIZUMI（小泉智貴）/ TOMO KOIZUMI Designer
・Kazuya KAWASAKI （川崎和也 ）/ Speculative Designer,Synflux President
・Labianna Joroe / Drag Queen
・Makoto Nagahisa(長久允 ) / Film Director
・Makoto Toda（戸田真琴） / Writer, Film Director
・Koji Oyamada（小山田孝司） / Stylist
・Takenori Miyamoto（宮本武典 ） / Arts Maebashi Chief Curator
・Akira Naka（中章） / AKIRANAKA Creative Director
・Yoshiyuki Miyamae（ 宮前義之）/ A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE Designer
etc.
Tuition
Admission fee 15,000 yen (tax included 16,500yen)
Course fee 85,000 yen (tax included 93,500yen)
※ Those who have taken this course in the past will be exempt from the admission fee of 15,000 yen.
※ If you take multiple courses at the same time, there will be a discount of 10,000 yen off.
Application deadline
First semester of 2025: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Application documents
Please submit the following two items digitally according to the format by the application deadline.
1 Application form for all courses
2 Resume for coconogacco
Click here for application information
Submission deadline (2nd semester of FY 2025): Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
