AS Monaco has revealed its new away kit for the 2025/26 football season, created in collaboration with Japanese sportswear brand Mizuno. The design, inspired by Monaco’s Japanese Garden, blends cultural symbolism with fresh aesthetic elements to mark a stylistic shift for the Principality’s club.
The shirt features a striking pattern on the front panel, drawing on the meticulous design of Zen gardens. Repeating lines and circular shapes mirror the raked sand formations found in traditional Japanese landscaping, reinterpreted through the layout of Monaco’s own Japanese Garden – a landmark nestled near Larvotto that symbolises the Principality’s ties to Japan.
The shirt’s dominant blue tone references the kit of Japan’s national team, known as the ‘Blue Samurai’, and is meant to evoke qualities of discipline, honour and resilience. It is the first time in AS Monaco’s history that this combination of blue and gold has featured on an official kit.
Gilded accents and environmental focus
The shirt’s gold embellishments – adorning the collar, sleeves, club crest and Mizuno’s ‘Runbird’ logo – add a refined touch, intended to capture both Monaco’s elegance and the reverence of Japanese design. The club’s rallying cry “Daghe Munegu” is printed in gold on the back, just below the collar.
The kit is constructed from 100% recycled polyester, aligning with Mizuno’s ongoing push towards more sustainable production methods. It is the second kit to be unveiled by AS Monaco this summer, following the release of the home strip in June.
Launched with ‘MA’ aesthetic campaign
Monaco’s players showcased the new away kit in a campaign shot within the Japanese Garden itself, drawing on the Japanese design concept of MA – the balance between space and form. The visuals seek to express the harmony between movement, environment and identity, underscoring the fusion of cultures that defines the new kit.
AS Monaco will wear the away shirt for the first time in their third pre-season fixture this Saturday, 20th July, when they face Nottingham Forest at the SMH Group Stadium in Chesterfield.
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