YOSHI

YOSHI is a Japanese hairdressing and barber scissor brand that you’ll mostly meet through its distributors rather than a corporate storefront. The retailers that stock it list models consistently as Japan-made, and the line reaches buyers through specialty channels in the Southern Hemisphere: Scissor City in New Zealand and Exclusive Shears in Australia. The brand’s own history is thinly documented, so the listings carry most of the detail.

A range that mixes geometry and steel

What’s clear from the catalogue is variety. YOSHI spans both straight and offset shears across a range of blade lengths, with several offset crane-handle and crane-pattern models for stylists who want a more ergonomic grip. The steel choices are equally mixed and, helpfully, often named right on the model titles. The 6.5-inch Kingdom-B carries VG10, while the Cobalt VG1 cutters use that grade. The Dragon Art range is described as a high-grade Japanese super stainless alloy, and there’s a Damascus model built in 16 layers with Japanese ATS-314 Hitachi steel as the final cutting layer, the part that actually meets the hair.

Pricing sits mid-range, roughly $200 to $400, which is normal for Japan-made professional shears.

Because there’s no brand site, the Scissor City and Exclusive Shears listings are the authoritative sources for current specs and availability. If you’ve cut with YOSHI or know more of its backstory, we’d welcome it through the contact page; the Japan brands hub lists comparable makers.