1982 Receives the 26th Fashion Editors Club (FEC) Award, Tokyo
1986 Receives the 4th Mainichi Fashion Award, Tokyo
1989 Wim Wenders' film portrait of Yohji Yamamoto [Notebook on Cities and Clothes]
1990 Designs costumes for the Opera de Lyon production of Puccini's [Madame Butterfly]
1991 Receives the 35th Fashion Editors Club (FEC) Award, Tokyo
1993 Designs costumes for the Wagner Opera [Tristan and Isolde] in Bayreuth
1994 Receives the "Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"
Nomination from the French Minister of Culture
Receives the 12th Mainichi Fashion Award, Tokyo
Designs costumes for the Kanagawa Art Festival Opera [Susanoo]
1997 Receives the 40th Fashion Editors Club (FEC) Designer's Award, Tokyo
Receives the Night of Stars Award from Fashion Group, New York
1998 Receives the Award "Arte e Moda" given by Pitti Immagine, Florence
1999 Receives the 18th Annual Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
Awards' "International Award", New York
Designs costumes for Ryuichi Sakamoto's Opera [LIFE]
Designs costumes for Takeshi Kitano's film [BROTHER]
2002 Published [TALKING TO MYSELF] by Yohji Yamamoto
Designs costumes for Takeshi Kitano's film [Dolls]
2004 Receives the Medals of Honour called "Medal with Purple Ribbon"
Nomination from the Government of Japan
2005 Receives from The French Republic president the rank of Officer
in the National Order of Merit.
2006 Receives the "Honorary Royal Designer for Industry" from Royal Society of Arts
2008 Presents Y's fashion show in a World Heritage Site in Beijing
Raises the [Yohji Yamamoto Fund for Peace]
Receives the "Honorary Doctor" from the University of the Arts London
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