Product Description
The Onitsuka Tiger Tokuten White Burgundy is a 2024 release of one of Onitsuka Tiger's most quietly distinctive silhouettes, a heritage indoor court shoe that draws its design inspiration from the brand's 1980s archive rather than the running-derived lineage that grounds most of the catalog and that consequently brings a different visual register to the Tiger Stripes format, one that reads as preppy and sport-court rather than athletic and trail. The Tokuten, whose name translates loosely to "score" or "point" in Japanese, was originally an indoor court shoe, and the low-profile cupsole construction and clean, court-ready lines of the silhouette reflect that heritage in the way the shoe sits closer to the ground and presents a less bulky profile than the Mexico 66's wedge midsole provides. The suede upper is overlaid with leather Tiger Stripes in the signature lateral-to-medial crossing pattern that serves as Onitsuka Tiger's most immediately recognizable brand identification, the stripes in this case executed in Burgundy Red against the White suede base to create the specific two-tone color contrast that is the Tokuten's most classic presentation format. The jagged, distinctive character of the Tiger Stripes in the Tokuten's court shoe context gives the shoe a quality that reviewers have described as simultaneously vintage and contemporary, the stripes functioning as both heritage branding and design detail in the way the best archival logo applications do. A rubber gum outsole and cupsole construction complete the build, the gum sole adding the subtle warmth that lifts a monochromatic two-tone shoe out of pure function into considered lifestyle territory. Style code 1183C086-200, released February 11, 2024 at $70.
The Onitsuka Tiger Tokuten White Burgundy is the heritage indoor court shoe for the wearer who wants Onitsuka Tiger's 1980s archive silhouette in the most classically executed two-tone colorway the Tokuten offers, a shoe that communicates the brand's identity through a different material vocabulary than the Mexico 66 without abandoning the Tiger Stripes that define it.
The Onitsuka Tiger Tokuten White Burgundy was released on February 11, 2024 with a retail price of $70.
