Chaqueta de vuelo única Custom King Rainbow Country A-2, arte trasero del caza Nakajima Tipo II, talla 34

A Rainbow Country A-2 reworked through a one-off Custom King program into a singular aviation art object. Its back panel stages a Nakajima Type II fighter in a cloud vignette with Hinomaru symbolism, turning the most American of flight jackets toward Japanese wartime aircraft imagery.

The Piece

The jacket is at once a high-grade Japanese A-2 reproduction and a singular custom object. Built on a Rainbow Country base and developed through a one-off full custom program under the Custom King banner, attributed to Kusano-san, it departs from conventional American squadron narratives and embraces the Nakajima Type II fighter and the wider visual language of Imperial Japanese wartime aircraft art.

The back panel is the soul of the garment. A hand-rendered aircraft sits in a cloud-like field, with lettering reading “Nakajima Type II Fighter”, an interceptor slogan and kanji detail arcing above and below. The vignette isolates the plane as nose-art portraiture rather than technical diagram, and the Hinomaru references move the imagery away from familiar Allied themes into rarer territory. Some lettering is partially stylized, which preserves the presence of the painter's hand.

The whole is coherent: a dark leather body shading from deep seal to russet brown, a red-brown waistband rib, mixed-tone sleeve knits and an internal leather rising-sun motif. The front keeps a clean A-2 pocket layout with minimal interruption, with custom insignia at the sleeve and further custom details inside. Surface variation, rubs and tonal irregularity give the leather an aged, inhabited depth against which the artwork reads clearly.

Rainbow Country is respected in the Japanese reproduction world for leatherwear of real substance, and the base gives the artwork the authority it needs. The jacket makes no claim to be a wartime original; it stages a dialogue between wartime iconography and postwar collector culture, where makers and collectors reinterpret military archetypes into new heirlooms. It speaks to collectors of Japanese reproductions, military aviation enthusiasts, art-jacket collectors and archive fashion buyers alike.

Details

• Maker: Rainbow Country
• Model: A-2 flight jacket (base pattern)
• Line/Series: Custom King one-off full custom, attributed to Kusano-san
• Theme: Imperial Japanese Army aviation; Nakajima Type 2 single-seat fighter; Hinomaru insignia; WWII-inspired crossover military custom
• Material: Leather shell with mixed knit components
• Color: Deep seal-to-russet brown body; red-brown waistband knit; mixed-tone sleeves
• Size: 34 (marked)
• Measurements: Shoulder 41 cm · Body width 48 cm · Sleeve 60 cm · Length 58 cm
• Edition: One-off full custom model
• Back: Hand-rendered aircraft cloud panel reading “Nakajima Type II Fighter”, with interceptor slogan and kanji detail
• Front & Interior: Clean A-2 pocket layout; custom insignia at the sleeve; red waistband rib; mixed sleeve knits; internal leather rising-sun motif

Condition

• Visible use, yet the jacket still presents strongly as a collector-grade one-off; nothing reads as structural damage.
• Verdigris.
• Color variation and tonal shifts.
• Rubbing.
• Small knit hole at the exterior of the right rib.
• General use and handling signs.
• Additional small holes or minor wear may be present.

Authenticity & Care

Rainbow Country base with a one-off Custom King full custom execution attributed to Kusano-san; a Japanese-made reinterpretation, not a wartime original. Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.

Delivery from Japan

Packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Returns follow our published policy.

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