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Koyo Bear Sharpman

Sharpman

The shoe of champions

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Japanese table tennis shoe advertisement by Koyo Bear displaying the Sharpman Gripper and the Sharpman Nimble Table tennis player wearing the Koyo Bear Nimble at national championships in JapanKoyo Bear Sharpman Nimble advertisement from 1979
Sharpman Nimble LogoKoyo Bear Sharpman Nimble

Nimble

SHARPMAN Nimble

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1970s basketball shoe advertisement in front of Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Tōkyō Taiikukan) by Japanese sports shoe brand Koyo Bear.

1952

Established in 1952 in Kobe, Japan, Koyo Bear is one of Japan’s original sports shoe brands.

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Japanese table tennis magazine from 1972.American table tennis player Glenn Cowan visiting China in 1971 during the Ping Pong Diplomacy days Hans Alser and Kjell Johansson on a Koyo Bear Sharpman advertisement

Ichiro
Ogimura

Japanese table tennis legend, Ping Pong Diplomat, and creator of one of Koyo Bear’s classics, the Sharpman.

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Japanese table tennis legend Ichiro Ogimura
Japanese table tennis legend Ichiro Ogimura at a table tennis tournament in Tokyo