Asics

ASICS traces back to 1949, when Kihachiro Onitsuka set up shop in Kobe, Japan. The name is an acronym of the Latin "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano": a sound mind in a sound body. GEL cushioning, first used in two ASICS running shoes in 1986, runs through every pair of Asics sneakers here.

The Asics GEL-1130 leads the range. It returned to general release in 2021, and men's Asics GEL-1130 pairs sit alongside kids' sizes. The Asics GEL-NYC rounds it out: built from ASICS archive references, it was first released in 2023 with Awake NY.