Tomoaki "Nigo" Nagao

Nigo's Age & Date of Birth

Birthdate: December 23, 1970

Where did the nickname Nigo come from?

Nigo actually means number two in Japanese. It was given to him as a nickname because he resembles Hiroshi Fujiwara, a Japanese fashion designer and disk jockey.

Influences

citing his mother and father, a nurse and a billboard sign-maker respectively, as major influences in the development of his character, and DJ/Head Porter designer Hiroshi Fujiwara, a generation older and one of Japan's earliest hip-hop jockeys, as his business model.Metropolis Magazine

Interesting Quotes

Everyone thinks I'm a gangster, but I'm really normal.Newmarxisme

I just want to see my things in America, I don’t care if it makes money.nymag - the new NY store

hip-hop: “I never understand what they’re talking about, but the look is cool.”nymag - about hip hop and his love for urban music

After I met Pharell, his friends would come to Japan, and everyone told me, you should open a store in America. So I felt like, I guess I should open a storeNewmarxisme - on why he opened a US store

After I met Pharell, his friends would come to Japan, and everyone told me, you should open a store in America. So I felt like, I guess I should open a storeNewmarxisme - on why he opened a US store

I was going to New York a lot to get jewelry made by Jacob the Jeweler, and Jacob told Pharell about me.Newmarxisme - on how he met Pharrell

There's an idea that Ape equals Nigo. And I'm not going to live for 100 years. So I'd like it if people came to know about Ape without knowing about me. I think that'd be interesting.Newmarxisme - on the brand legacy