Verbal has been known as a talented MC, DJ and music producer for the past decade and Yoon is traditionally a graphic artist. But together they are the force behind design company Ambush® and undoubtedly Tokyo’s ultimate fashion power couple.

Their hip-hop-meets-rock aesthetic with touches of kitsch in vivid Mattel toy-like colors have seen them featured in global Louis Vuitton and Doc Martens campaigns and their style was profiled in the New York Times among many other fashion rags.

“It’s great that we are being recognized because when you’re famous and you have a fashion brand, it’s inevitably going to be taken the wrong way,” says Verbal.

He and Yoon, speaking in their stylish Shibuya-based atelier, are no strangers to misconceptions