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Asics

Japanese sportswear company from Kobe, founded in 1949 by Kihachiro Onitsuka; its name is an acronym of 'anima sana in corpore sano' and it is best known for running shoes with GEL cushioning, plus its Onitsuka Tiger line. via research ↗

Origin
🇯🇵 Japan
City
Kobe
Founded
1949
Company
Large 9,455 people
Consolidated group headcountvia research ↗ · 2025Wikidata says 9039
Owner
Publicly listed
Publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (7936)via research ↗
Price
€€€ €75–€200
median €160 · typical range of 8 products
Ethics
2.9 / 5
average of 2 sources ↓Good On You: It's a start
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Ethics
2.9/ 5

Weighted average of 2 sources

  • Good On You 3.0
    rating organisation · counts 64%
    It's a start (3/5) ↗ · 2026-04 · autoPeople: It's a start · Planet: It's a start · Animals: Not good enough
  • MoralScore 2.8
    journalism / NGO report · counts 36%
    56/100 ↗ · 2026-10 · autoGeneric score over 10 categories (environment, social, ethics…) · sector: Chaussures
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Sourcing & ethics

Large Tokyo-listed Japanese sports-shoe company founded 1949 in Kobe; production is outsourced to contract factories in Asia. In 2017 workers fainted at a Cambodian factory making Asics products. Larger brand.

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Production

  • 🇰🇭 Cambodiaapparel (contract factory, 2017 fainting incident)en.wikipedia.org ↗outside Europe

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