A Fashionable Fusion: KUROMI Meets Italian Luxury
Get ready for a stylish fusion! Sanrio’s beloved character KUROMI teams up with the chic Italian fashion brand N21 (Numero Ventuno) for an exclusive collaboration. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, when these items will start hitting shelves at Isetan Shinjuku Store and select retailers.
N21 × KUROMI
The N21 × KUROMI collection lines up a range of cute and cool fashion items. Think a leather card case with a long strap featuring KUROMI’s swaying black tail, bags and charms printed with the iconic N21 logo alongside KUROMI, plus T-shirts and sweatshirts. This is a collection for adults that perfectly captures KUROMI’s charming gap-moe—she might look rough, but she’s actually incredibly girly at heart.
From top left: Logo Sweatshirt (¥60,500 incl. tax), Charms (¥11,000 each incl. tax), Logo T-shirt (¥38,500 incl. tax)
A Spicy Valentine’s Treat
Adding to the excitement is a spicy chocolate box perfect for Valentine’s Day. From the strong personas of N21 and KUROMI comes a selection of chocolates wrapped in cinnamon and pepper. Housed in a special paulownia wood box printed with a collaborative logo, you’ll find eight chocolates in three different flavors.
Valentine’s Chocolate (¥3,888 incl. tax)
The “Orange Cinnamon” is a rich milk chocolate with refreshing orange and cinnamon, encased in a jet-black printed chocolate with bamboo charcoal. “Raspberry Pepper” offers an adult taste where the sweet-and-sour raspberry gives way to a spicy peppery aftertaste that lingers. “Creamy Nut” features smooth chocolate with hazelnut cream, topped with candy-coated almonds and pecans.
Street Style Meets Baseball
But wait, there’s more! Also dropping is a triple collaboration cap with N21, MLB, and ’47—the latter founded in Boston in 1947. Featuring logos from five teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, the designs layout the N21 logo, MLB emblems, and heart and rose motifs.
All N21 × MLB × ’47 Items (¥16,500 incl. tax)
All N21 × MLB × ’47 Items (¥16,500 incl. tax)
Top left: Los Angeles Dodgers with Patch (¥23,100 incl. tax), Other Items (¥16,500 incl. tax)
Luxury Plush Collaboration
For the plush lovers, there’s a new collaboration item with Germany’s premium stuffed toy brand, Steiff. A nude beige-colored teddy bear makes its debut wearing a logo T-shirt. The design faithfully recreates the ribbon attached to the back of the shirt, making even its behind-view utterly adorable.
N21 × Steiff Teddy Bear (¥38,500 each incl. tax)
New Colors for the Cultured Tote
Furthermore, new colors—beige and pink—have arrived for the tote bag that uses the “Sodateru TOWEL” (Cultivating Towel). This towel becomes smoother and more pleasant to the touch with each wash. By layering cotton on the inside of the towel fabric, it achieves a fluffy softness. The side features D-rings, allowing you to customize it by attaching logo straps or chains.
N21 × SodateruTOWEL Tote Bag (¥20,900 each incl. tax) *Shoulder strap sold separately Logo Shoulder Belt (¥11,000 incl. tax), Chain Shoulder Belt (¥11,000 incl. tax)
Release Details and Pop-Up Events
The KUROMI collaboration items will be released sequentially from January 14, 2026. More details are scheduled to be announced via the N21 official LINE account in early January 2026.
■ N21 POP-UP EVENT
【Hankyu Umeda Main Store, 1st Floor Kotokoto Stage 11】
・Period: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 – Tuesday, January 20, 2026
【Isetan Shinjuku Store, Main Building 2nd Floor Center Park】
・Period: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 – Tuesday, February 3, 2026
【United Arrows Roppongi Hills Store】
・Period: Friday, February 6, 2026 – Sunday, February 15, 2026
（C）2026 SANRIO CO., LTD. APPROVAL NO. L663715
TM/（C）2026 MLB
Written by Hori Megumi
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