About Us
About Razor Club
COMFORTABLE SHAVING REFRESHES YOUR DAY!
What is the Razor Club?
Kamisori Club is a men's grooming specialty store that was founded in 1903 and mainly sells razors. Utilizing the expertise it has cultivated over the past 120 years, it manufactures and sells original razors and grooming goods, supports product development, plans events, and oversees shaving techniques and tools featured in various media.
Shaving is a ritual.
Our mission is to find the cultural value in razors, which are often seen as just another blade, and to continue to pursue this.
Human beings have developed various cultures since the dawn of time on this earth. Similarly, the act of shaving has evolved through various stages to become shaving with a razor. The razor itself has also evolved through various forms from ancient times to the present, with particularly remarkable developments from the mid-18th century, and has continued to this day.
Shaving is an everyday activity seen among humans, especially men, and its cultural value has been overlooked because it is a repetitive, simple action. KAZOR CLUB has reaffirmed its belief that shaving is an activity that can be traced back to the origins of human culture, and that it promises us the "leisure" we seek in our extremely busy modern social lives.
Logo mark
This figure is the trademark of Razor Club. It is a "Father's sculptural character" that was devised to express gratitude to fathers by crossing two double-edged razor holders, which symbolize razors. We hope that you will experience a refreshing shaving experience as a tool for men to use every day.
Planning, manufacturing and sales of unique razors
We create unique products such as the classical shaving set, which is popular as a luxury gift for men, as well as tie-up and Razor Club original products, to provide a high-quality shaving experience.
- Manufacture and sale of Italian-made classical shaving sets
- Product planning and development in collaboration with manufacturers and shops
- Consulting on store planning and lineup
Preserving and passing on the culture of shaving
Since establishing the "Shaving Culture Museum 50 Takeuchi Razor Club" in 1989, we have been working to preserve and pass on the history and culture of "shaving" and "razors" by operating showrooms and barber shops.
→ BARNEYS BARBER'S SHOP by KAMISORI CLUB 148
Popularization and enlightenment of wet shaving
The "Beard Club," a group of beard professionals, is active in movies and television. Through demonstrations, shaving techniques and knowledge, and content supervision, they strive to popularize correct and comfortable wet shaving.
- Management of the Hige Club (a unique, professional performance group active in the field)
- Cooperation/supervision/technical guidance for various media such as movies and TV
- Promotional event planning and management
A classical barbershop in Yokohama
BARNEYS BARBER'S SHOP by KAMISORI CLUB 148
Simple, classical barber styles and beard designs that live on in Yokohama, the birthplace of Western barbering.
Including the Beard Club
Media Coverage and Event Examples
Television, radio, etc.
TBS Television "Matsuko's Unknown World", TBS Radio "Jane Sue's Life is Dancing", TV Tokyo "Moyamoya Summers 2" "Ad Town Heaven", Fuji Television "MATSU Bocchi", Radio Nippon "Matt Yasukawa's Straightforward Battle", BS Nippon Television, J:COM TV
Publishing
THE WORLD BARBER TOUR (2015)
History of the Razor (First Edition 1994 / 2021 Revised Electronic Edition)
Magazines, Web, etc. <br/>Weekly Bunshun / Nikkei Newspaper MJ / Nikkei Trendy / Shueisha Online / OCEAN / POPEYE / GINZA / GQ JAPAN / Men's JOKER / Ei Shuppansha Mook / All About / JCAST News / PROF RIKEI
Events Tokyo Auto Salon / Interior Lifestyle / Movember Charity / Kanagawa Prefecture Barbers Association / NTT Communications Rugby Club "Shining Arcs" / Various PR campaigns
Others <br/>Supervision of promotional videos for razor manufacturers
会社概要
商号 | 株式会社カミソリ倶楽部 |
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本社 | 〒206-0823 東京都稲城市平尾2-54-5 |
営業時間 | 10:00〜17:00 / 休日 土・日・祝日 |
設立 | 平成12年10月30日 |
資本金 | 1,000万円 |
顧問弁護士 | 萬 幸男 |
顧問税理士 | 久米税理士 |
取引銀行 | みずほ銀行、東京三菱銀行 そのほか |
主要販売先 | バーニーズ ジャパン(日本 バーニーズNY)、パナソニック コンシューマーマーケティング(株)、(株)東急ハンズ、(株)丸善、TUTAYA、(株)オンワード樫山 等(順不同) |
古物商許可番号 | 神奈川県公安委員会 第452490003855 竹内 教起 |
Partner & Fellow
Partner Fellows
We work with partners and fellows who have a wide range of skills and personalities.
Beard Club
The "Beard Club," a group of beard professionals, is active in movies and television. Through demonstrations, shaving techniques and knowledge, and content supervision, they strive to popularize correct and comfortable wet shaving.
- Management of the Hige Club (a unique, professional performance group active in the field)
- Cooperation/supervision/technical guidance for various media such as movies and TV
- Promotional event planning and management
Lady Barbers
These are three female barbers who work in the local community. We will be talking to them about their knowledge and tips on barbering from a female perspective.
President
Representative
Representative Director Yasuki Takeuchi ( Representative Introduction and Greetings )
Site Manager and Supervisor Norio Takeuchi ( profile )
History
The Beginnings of the Razor Club
Its foundation was the opening of the Suzutoku Safety Razor Factory in Kanda, Tokyo in 1903. They manufactured razors, but the war caused the supply of steel to stop and the factory was closed. So Takeuchi Kinzo opened a wholesaler of cutlery, focusing on razors. After the war, the company was renamed Sanpo Shoji Co., Ltd., and before trade liberalization, they picked up the Injector razor made by the American company Ever Sharp, thought it was amazing, and felt it was suitable for the stiff beards of Japanese people, so they imported and sold it in Japan.
This marked the beginning of the sale of Schick products in Japan.
Later, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its founding, the Shaving Culture Center Razor Club was opened in Harajuku in 1988.
In 2000, we opened a razor specialty store called Shinsei Kazori Club in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. At the same time, we started selling our products online, and in 2013, we moved to Yokohama, the birthplace of Western barbering, and opened a private shop & showroom as well as a barber shop.
1903年 | 東京上野末広町で,鈴徳安全カミソリ製作所開業 |
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1938年 | 戦時下に発令された国家総動員法によって鈴徳安全カミソリ製作所、工場閉鎖 |
1939年 | 東京神田元佐久間町にて高級刃物卸商竹内金蔵商店を開業 |
1948年 | 竹内金蔵商店、日本橋小伝馬町に移転。翌年49年に三宝商事株式会社に社名変更 |
1949年 | 日本安全剃刀工業(現、フェザー安全カミソリ株式会社)の販売代理店に加入 |
1960年 | カミソリの貿易自由化到来、米ジレット、米シックなど揃って日本市場へ上陸 |
1962年 | 替刃も完全自由化に、カミソリ市場激動期に突入、三宝商事は米シックを主力に取り組む |
1965年 | シック替刃広告に”15人の理容師がステンレス替刃の耐久性を推奨”を宣伝 |
1966年 | 三宝商事カミソリ専業大卸として販売拠点設置、問屋政策を通し全国小売り店へ |
1968年 | 流通改革に伴い大手量販店との取引開始。イトーヨーカドー、ダイエー、西友など |
1970年 | シック替刃式レザーの開発と普及に専念、理容業界への初の使い捨て刃となる |
1980年 | 当時の市場占有率、シック69.8%、ジレット10.2%、フェザー9.4% |
1989年 | 三宝商事創業50周年祝、ジレット、シック、英国ウィルキンソンほか感謝歴訪 ジレット、シック、ウィルキンソン、フェザー、他 本社代表より社主金蔵氏へ感謝状と同年12月8日 原宿に竹内カミソリ文化館を開設。 |
1992年 | 上記カミソリ文化館を日本橋本町に移転。文化事業の他に関連情報の発信基地に |
1994年 | 米国製カミソリ輸入貢献によりクリントン大統領よの直筆署名入り写真を拝受 |
2000年 | 京都のK社と資本及び業務提携、竹内 康起、三宝商事代表取締役会長を退任 新生カミソリ倶楽部を南青山に設立、高級カミソリ製造と市場開拓に着手 |
2006年 | ヒゲ文化を命題にヒゲ剃り道具、手入れ、造形、理容専科仲間とヒゲ倶楽部設立 |
2014年 | 横浜市青葉区にショールームを開設 (現在は閉鎖) バーニーズニューヨーク横浜店4Fにて理髪店を開業 |
About
Razor Club Books
The photojournalist traveled intermittently over the course of seven years on "THE WORLD BARBER TOUR," traveling a total distance of 60,000 km and meeting over 500 barbers.
And while they are at the mercy of rapidly changing circumstances such as the global recession and conflict, the lively expressions of the barbers who are trying their best to live their lives speak to the diversity of local climates and cultures, and I was able to encounter a number of dramatic stories.
A history of razors written by a man who pursued razor culture and was passionate about the razor business after the liberalization of imports after the war.
It also introduces stories such as the fierce market share battle between Schick and Gillette, and why they received an encouraging message from the US President. (First published in 1994)
To all manufacturers who wish to handle our products:
Regarding new products available at KAZOR CLUB
At Kazori Club, we mainly sell our own branded products, but we also have a number of items that we would like to introduce as a specialty store.
We respect the passion that goes into each and every manufacturer's products.
We do not compare ourselves to other companies.
However, I will definitely try out the products myself and ask any questions I have.
This is because we want to know more about the product and become fans ourselves. We are also a manufacturer and distributor of the product in Italy.
Therefore, we would like to share the values, worldviews, and stories that each item has. Specialized stores are skilled at promoting the merits of each product to the fullest, although it may be a bit self-serving.
We would like to communicate together the wonders of men's grooming, and we sincerely feel that this is the mission of the Razor Club.
Please feel free to introduce your wonderful products to us.
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