NEWS Singer Takahisa Masuda and Cody Sanderson Turn His Initial Into a Safety Pin, Out November 8

By J. Fresh·Nov 2, 2026, 7:23 AM ET·Cody Sanderson

Key details

Collaboration: CODY SANDERSON × TAKAHISA MASUDA, second release
Release date: Sunday, November 8, 2026, 11am JST
Prices: ¥15,400 to ¥495,000 including tax
Pieces: M Star Safety Pin, New Era 59FIFTY Dog Ear cap, two tees, two chains
Where: codysanderson.jp, Hankyu Men's Tokyo and Daimaru Shinsaibashi

Takahisa Masuda of the J-pop group NEWS has a second collaboration with the American jewellery label Cody Sanderson, and this time it's built around his own initial. World Styling, the company behind Cody Sanderson's Japanese store, announced it on November 1: the pieces go on sale on Sunday, November 8, at 11am Japan time.

The centre of it is the M Star Safety Pin, designed by the two together. Masuda's "M" forms the head of an oversized safety pin, combined with the star that is Cody Sanderson's signature motif. It's about 7.4cm long and 1.6cm wide, with the M in sterling silver and the pin in stainless steel, at ¥41,800 including tax. A gold version with the M in 18-carat gold costs ¥495,000.

The silver M Star Safety Pin on a white background: a long steel safety pin whose head is a ridged silver M with a star cut out of it

Everything else is made to carry the pin. A three-way collaboration with New Era adds a 59FIFTY Dog Ear cap at ¥16,500, a fitted cap with furry ear flaps, a white M on the front and metal eyelets on the front and brim to pin things through. Two tees, white and black at ¥15,400 each, have an eyelet at the neck for the same job. Two ball chains, ¥15,400 and ¥28,600, come in a 65cm length the label says it doesn't normally make.

The black New Era 59FIFTY Dog Ear cap with grey furry ear flaps, a white embroidered M on the front and silver eyelets on the front and brim

How to buy it

It's sold in three places only: Cody Sanderson's Japanese online store, which needs a member account, Hankyu Men's Tokyo and Daimaru Shinsaibashi in Osaka. Both department stores run their first two days, November 8 and 9, by advance lottery, then open to anyone from November 13 to 17. Pieces that sell out on the 8th and 9th aren't scheduled to be restocked for the open days.

Close-up of the black collaboration tee's neckline with the gold M Star Safety Pin fastened through the eyelet and a white signature label inside the collar

Our read

Idol merch usually means a photo on a tee. This is closer to how jewellery brands work with musicians in Japan, where the artist's name sells a real piece rather than a souvenir: the cheapest thing here costs more than most tour hoodies, and the gold pin is priced like fine jewellery, because it is. Cody Sanderson's Japanese site describes its work as Navajo technique rebuilt in a modern way, and the safety pin is a punk shape more than a Southwestern one, which is the point of the collaboration. The cap is the piece that puts it in front of people who don't buy silver.