Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Nike Cortez was created by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. The men first met in 1957: Bowerman was the track and field coach at the University of Oregon, and Knight competed on Bowerman's team. The two friends became business partners soon after Knight bought the distribution rights of Onitsuka Tiger brand athletic shoes from Japan for the USA.
Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 is a line of shoes released by Onitsuka Tiger in 1966. The shoe was first developed to be used by athletes for the 1968 Summer Olympics . This is the first shoe to use the trademark "Tiger Stripes" that would be featured in Onitsuka Tiger and Asics shoes.
Onitsuka Tiger shoes in store in Osaka. Asics relaunched Onitsuka Tiger in 2002, capitalizing on the trend of vintage sneakers. In 2003, Uma Thurman wore gold-colored Onitsuka Taichi sneakers with black stripes with her yellow outfit in the movie Kill Bill. [5] By 2007, the brand had opened 23 standalone stores. [3]
The Onitsuka Tiger Corsair was first designed by Bill Bowerman while still in a partnership agreement with Onitsuka Tiger. Shortly after its release, Bill Bowerman decided to part ways with the company and focus on developing original shoes for their own company, Nike, which led to them releasing their own version of the same shoe called the ...
It was there that he discovered Tiger brand running shoes, manufactured in Kobe by the Onitsuka Co., now known as Asics. Impressed by the quality and low cost of the shoes, Knight called Mr. Onitsuka, who agreed to meet with him. By the end of the meeting, Knight had secured Tiger distribution rights for the western United States. [14]
Replica of the shoe thrown at George W. Bush in a New York Museum . 7 April: Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the former Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan, was leaving the back door of the Sindh assembly building after taking oath as a newly elected member when he was hit by a shoe allegedly thrown by Agha Javed Pathan, a worker from the Pakistan Peoples Party.
Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride , who swears revenge on a group of assassins ( Lucy Liu , Daryl Hannah , Vivica A. Fox and Michael Madsen ) and their leader, Bill ( David Carradine ), after they try to kill her and her unborn child.
Onitsuka (written: 鬼束) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Chihiro Onitsuka ( 鬼束 ちひろ , born 1980) , Japanese singer-songwriter