Number76 Publika

Number76 was born in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, in the year 2001. Founder Daisuke Hamaguchi started this tiny little hair salon with his only assistant back then and called it HairStyleShop NALU. He wanted to have a salon with the concept of a style shop, where customers can casually change the hair designs that they fancy just like how one changes his or her fashion items. Then, Hamaguchi's wandering journey began. He was in search of a chance to create new waves overseas, thus traveled to different countries around Asia, America, and other cities. He found an ideal place, which is Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, a city of multiculturalism with people of different fashion and cultural senses. He was deeply intrigued by how the locals and residents possess the power to create their own distinctive culture in their city. He decided to choose this charming capital as the destination of his journey, with the belief that one day Kuala Lumpur would too be a center of unique fashion cultures, just like Harajuku in Tokyo. The name Number76 was originally conceived from NALU. In Japanese, 7 (seven) is pronounced as "NANA" while 6 (six) as "ROKU". When abbreviated, “NANA” and “ROKU” merged together as NALU, hence Number76. Bearing the concept inherited from NALU, we hope to create new trends together with all of you.