"A native of Tokyo's key fashion capital, Yuka is a stylist to the TV Stars"

Yuka Morinaga is a Harajuku local, a jewellery designer and a stylist to the stars. She's also a Taro Jin, one of Taro's close-knit collaborators who can not only help you upgrade your style, but also enhance your knowledge of Japan's fashion scene.

Based out of Harajuku, one of Tokyo's key fashion capitals, Yuka has gained respect and attention for being the woman responsible for nationally loved Japanese TV personality and comedian Kosakai Kazuki's iconic looks. Working with this local icon, Yuka crafts pieces that are both attention-commanding in their sophistication while still being casual and playful.

As a child, it seemed that Yuka's career path had already been laid out "I wanted to be a hairdresser" she explains, "I was even working part-time at a hair salon." But after discovering a book on an artist she admired, something changed forever. "In that book, I found an essay written by a stylist," Yuka says they spoke about the transcendent experience of witnessing their work on the stage.

"I remember a quote about how they [the stylist] felt when they saw the talent on the stage shining in the stylist's creation, that was such a formative moment for me." It was from here her life's ambitions shifted.

Yuka followed her newfound interest and found herself working at a production and management company where she first met Kosakai-san. After a few years of hard work and passion, Yuka honed the skills, confidence and industry respect to go and pursue a solo venture as a stylist, taking her creativity, years of knowledge and Kosakai-san as a client with her.

Over the years she's continued to grow working with other big-name Japanese talents who’ve graced Japanese stage and TV screen. One thing you'll notice about Yuka's key clientele is that they're all men. "I get along with male clients well" she explains, it's something about their easy-going attitude and her affable demeanour that works so harmoniously, and why she's clearly a favourite with comedians.