I was born in Miyagi prefecture in 1980.

My mother’s art books surrounded me, and my childhood was spent immersed in crafts and painting. I was very much into hip-hop music, and strove to be a professional DJ during my college days, while studying English literature. That hip-hop spirit nurtured in those days still influences my activities and my art creations. Meanwhile I had a chance encounter with a leather shoe shop, and I jumped onto the path of fabricating shoes. I was fascinated by the “artistry” of shoes expressed in its functional artistry.

Before moving to Tokyo, I had handled many kinds of shoes, from sneakers to leather shoes, while working at a large shoe chain store for a year. Then I trained as a shoemaker in Tokyo and in Vienna, Austria, for 10 years. In Vienna, I worked at a shoe workshop and in shoe manufacturing. I spent my free time visiting artists’ ateliers and art museums, where I was absorbed by the creative artistry. This experience inspired my career as an artist.

Returning to Japan in 2011, I launched my workshop-shoemaker’s class, and aside from making bespoken shoes and teaching shoemaking, I continued to learn under some Japanese artists and craftsmen for 4 years to extend my range of expression. Over 10 years until my independence in my 20s, I devoted myself to long and arduous days of training in pursuit of developing my techniques. The following 10 years in my workshop since its opening were days of anguish and excitement, as I sought my original expression.

It has been 20 years since I’ve engaged in shoemaking. Opportunities for collaboration with artists of various genres from all over the world have increased recently. Every experience has made me discover new things about myself, and has enhanced my enjoyment of creating art pieces in resonance with other artists. Misawa will keep pursuing the new value of “shoe art.”

2017

「Rogue Space」 Chelsea, New York

2018

「Sway Gallery」London

2018、2020

「Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Centre designed by Kengo Kuma」Tokyo

2022

「Moerenuma Park designed by Isamu Noguchi」Sapporo

2023

「The Arts House」(the Old Parliament House) Singapore

2024

「Gallery Ecouffes」Paris

2017

Exhibition at the InterContinental Carlton Cannes, coupled with the Cannes Film Festival

2018

Exhibition at Mercedes-Benz (Kobe, Japan)

2019

Collaboration with Donald Kilpatrick III at M Contemporary Art Gallery in Detroit
Exhibited official tribute work to Syd Mead at AXIS Gallery in Tokyo
Exhibition at Kutsuhaku 2019, ISETAN Shinjuku

2022

Exhibited at 「StART Art Fair」(Seoul, South Korea)

2024

Exhibited at New York Fashion week FW (Chelsea Industrial)
Exhibited at Paris Fashion week FW (La Maison des Métallos)

2018~2024

Deliver to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency

2020

Received "Silver gifts" from Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress.
Selected as one of the 24 leading shoes in the era

2021

Providing tap shoes for Kazunori Kumagai's solo performance at the opening ceremony of the TOKYO 2020 Olympics

2023

NEXT ATOM (ASTRO BOY) for the future project (supervised by Tezuka Productions)
Selected as an artist for PARCO Upcycling Project

2024

Invited as a guest instructor to Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York
A manga work depicting Misawa's half-life is released

2017

Canal plus (TV)、Huffington Post、Le Film Francais (France)
the Los Angeles Times (USA)

2018

The magazine “SHOEPHILE” (the cover story and main feature)
CENTURION (American Express, CENTURION card members magazine)
Esquire Magazine, Her World Magazine (Singapore)
shoegazing blog (Sweden)
NHK WORLD「TOKYO FASHION EXPRESS」(TV)

2019

「cinema.pl」(Poland)
Pen Magazine International (France)
XTOTV“Punto Vida”(TV) (Bolivia)
「AsiaX」 (Singapore)
RBB Radio (Berlin, Germany)

2020

TBS Radio「After 6 Junction」
「FA magazine」(Japan)

2021

PARTNER (Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos card members magazine)

2022

TECTURE MAG
PT MAGAZINE (SAISON platinum card members magazine, Japan)
Nikkei Newspaper (Japan)
BS ASAHI「JIBUNRYU」 (Documentary TV program)
NHK WORLD「Direct Talk」

2023

CNA, Documentary TV program「Remarkable Living」 (Singapore)
聯合早報（Lianhe Zaobao） (Singapore)
PARCO Journal

Syd Mead (Industrial designer)
Spike Lee (Film director)
Park Chan Wook (Film director)
Adrian Brody (Film actor)
Jaden Michael (Film actor)
Angourie Rice (Film actress)
Millicent Simmonds (Film actress)
Henning Schmiedt (Pianist, Berlin)
Kazunori Kumagai (Tap dancer)
AKB48 (Idol group)
The Japanese Imperial Household Agency
And many others.

2010

Germany, International Efficiency Contest of Shoemakers "Gold medal" and "Honor prize"

2015

The 33rd Japan leather crafts exhibition "Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Award"

2022

GLOBAL FOOTWEAR AWARDS(USA)"BEST OVERALL WINNER”

2023

Dynamic Contemporary Artist Award (3D)
GLOBAL FOOTWEAR AWARDS(USA)"BEST OVERALL WINNER"
And many others