<figure id="attachment_295760" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-295760" style="width: 5504px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="05aab7b3"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/TZ1_9422-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-295760" class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Yoshida is a hair stylist who is popular for his &#8220;Inaba Hair. His own hair style is, of course, Inaba hair.</figcaption></figure>
 A young hairdresser is attracting attention for his unusual service: he can make your hair look exactly like B&#8217;z vocalist Hiroshi Inaba. There is a young hairdresser who is attracting attention for this unusual service.
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 Mr. Shun Yoshida, who works at &#8220;nex the salon coall,&#8221; a beauty salon in Omotesando, has been a hair stylist for five years this year. Although still in his 20s, he is a hardcore B&#8217;z fan. His love for B&#8217;z is so great that he has started a service to completely recreate Inaba&#8217;s latest hairstyle, which has created quite a stir on social networking sites (all statements in parentheses below are by Mr. Yoshida).
 I got into B&#8217;z because of my mother&#8217;s influence. Ever since I was a child, the music was always playing at home, and I naturally became a fan too. Now I can recognize any B&#8217;z song by listening to the intro for one second. I always check out their live performances and magazines, and I have more than 20 items at home, including clothes and shoes that Inaba wore.
 He uses a cut and color technique, which he says is a trade secret, to recreate Inaba&#8217;s latest hairstyle. The course fee is 18,700 yen (tax included) and takes about two hours. Mr. Yoshida shrugs, &#8220;I really wanted to set the price at 178 (Inaba) yen, but the company got mad at me.
 What was difficult was to balance the &#8216;common sense of cutting&#8217; and &#8216;Inaba&#8217;s style. For example, when it was common sense to comb the hair to reduce the amount of hair, I would intentionally leave it where it was to make it look heavier. After I became able to make such small adjustments, people began to comment on the high quality of my work.
<h3> I didn&#8217;t give up because of &#8220;FRIDAY The reason I didn&#8217;t give up was thanks to &#8220;FRIDAY</h3>
<figure id="attachment_295772" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-295772" style="width: 777px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="858a959b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/image.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-295772" class="wp-caption-text"> A man who actually experienced the course. The man&#8217;s original gray hair is utilized and even Inaba&#8217;s signature highlights are recreated (from his Instagram).</figcaption></figure>
 Mr. Yoshida&#8217;s &#8220;Inaba hair&#8221; is now a hot topic. However, there were many difficulties before it took root.
 In today&#8217;s hairdressing industry, it is common practice to advertise one&#8217;s specialty on one&#8217;s social networking service. Because of this, specialists have already been decided for each genre, for example, &#8220;This person is the best for hair straightening,&#8221; and when I started, there was already no room for me. After much trial and error, I found &#8220;Mr. Inaba&#8217;s Hair.
 The service was launched last spring. At first, it was an &#8220;alone&#8221; challenge.
 It became a bit of a topic of conversation among B&#8217;z lovers, but nothing at all,&#8221; he said. Only about one or two enthusiastic fans came to see me each month. I thought it was a bad idea, and I was also worried about what people around me would think. However, having someone who only needed me, even if it was only a few people, made me feel that being a hair stylist was fun for the first time.
 Besides, it was also thanks to &#8220;FRIDAY&#8221; that I didn&#8217;t quit. A few months before I started my service, I happened to have a chance to meet Mr. Inaba. At that time, we were wearing the same shoes, and we got to talking, and I even got him to sign my phone case. But that was no coincidence. When Mr. Inaba was featured in &#8220;FRIDAY&#8221; before, I had identified the shoes and bought them (laughs). I got the power from God himself, so I knew it would definitely work out.&#8221;
<figure id="attachment_295763" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-295763" style="width: 1322px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d771845f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/FNUsnC3VUAA2F8g.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-295763" class="wp-caption-text"> A phone case signed by Inaba himself. This one is not a commercially available one, but Yoshida&#8217;s own creation using his favorite photo.</figcaption></figure>
 By doing what he loved &#8220;as selfishly as he loved,&#8221; the number of customers gradually increased. Now, on average, he receives an order a day from one customer. When asked about his future goals, he replied with a fresh smile.
 One of my seniors advised me that I should cut while singing B&#8217;z (laughs). (Laughs.) That is still under consideration, but I would like to increase the variety of cuts in the future. Right now I can only do five or six patterns, but I hope to be able to meet more detailed needs so that more people can enjoy Inaba&#8217;s hairstyles.
 She will continue to &#8220;RUN&#8221; toward her dream.
<figure id="attachment_295777" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-295777" style="width: 5504px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="db635852"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/TZ2_1087-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-295777" class="wp-caption-text"> Mr. Yoshida spoke enthusiastically about his passion for the &#8220;outside part of the hair&#8221;. He promises to continue his love for B&#8217;z and spread &#8220;Inaba&#8217;s hair&#8221; to as many people as possible.</figcaption></figure>

 Takero Yui

 A young hairdresser is attracting attention for his unusual service: he can make your hair look exactly like B'z vocalist Hiroshi Inaba's. A young hairdresser is attracting attention for such an unusual service. Shun Yoshida works at "nex the salon coall," a beauty salon in Omotesando.

&#8216;I didn&#8217;t quit because of FRIDAY! Ambitions of the hairdresser who is the talk of the town for recreating Hiroshi Inaba&#8217;s hair style.

‘I didn’t quit because of FRIDAY! Ambitions of the hairdresser who is the talk of the town for recreating Hiroshi Inaba’s hair style.

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