WORLD CUTTING PHOTO CONTEST 2025

Show us your Love and Passion for hair cutting to the world!

Total number of entries: 1,410 from 56 countries worldwide in the past 5 years.

WCPC 2020~2024 works

Entry starts on Friday,
August 1, 2025!

Message from the winners!

MEN’S CLASSIC STYLE 2021
Winner Tomoki Hiratsuka

AVANT-GARDE SHORT STYLE 2021
Winner Lucian Busuioc

AVANT-GARDE SHORT STYLE 2024
Winner Kenshiro Okumura

New concept and categories!
More chance! Entries will be accepted
in the renewed 5 categories!!

NEO CLASSIC STYLE

Traditional × Contemporary

A classic style created by brand new sensibility with a modern
twist added on nostalgic and traditional elegance.

NEO CLASSIC STYLE
[Men’s] Final judges

Barber Barber UK

Johnny “Baba” Shanahan

Naughty Barber Shop

Mike Chau

Apache

Masahiro Kawakami

Dampfer

Hiroshi Okabe

ENTRUST

Atsushi Kunimoto

NEO CLASSIC STYLE
[Ladies’] Final judges

Stephen Moody

ARTIST SALON & ACADEMY

Lucian Busuioc

VARSITY HAIR EDUCATION

Lucas Doney

RIRO Salon

Ricardo Rodrigues

Let’s check the prizes and judges!!

AVANT-GARDE STYLE

Creativity × Precision

A bold avant-garde style created by unique design
particular about details down to the millimeter.

AVANT-GARDE STYLE
[Men’s] Final judges

Pivot Point, CUT LABS

Sinan Ergün

CROÍ LONDON

Hayden Cassidy

Tonzo

Andre Macedo

MR.BROTHERS CUT CLUB

Tomoya Nishimori

OCEAN TOKYO WHITE

Shinji Shimekake

AVANT-GARDE STYLE
[Ladies’] Final judges

Mazella & Partners

Jean-Baptiste Mazella

John Manolakis

ROM CONCEPT

Romeu Felipe

VARSITY HAIR EDUCATION

Clinton Norris

Let’s check the prizes and judges!!

BE CREATIVE STYLE

Culture × Pursuit

A freestyle with no boundary of genre. Express your favorite
fashion and culture to the fullest and inspire people!

BE CREATIVE STYLE
Final judges

Whitney VerMeer

ERDBEERSCHNITTE

Cihan Bulut

ABSTRACT concept

Anthony Galifot

WONDER

Hiroshi Kasahara

Let’s check the prizes and judges!!

Lots of chance!
Get a prize in each category!!

Let’s check the prizes
in each category!

NEO CLASSIC STYLE

AVANT-GARDE STYLE

BE CREATIVE STYLE

The winning works to be
picked up on 2026 calendar!

HOW TO APPLY

Applicant: Hairdresser, barber and trainee of both occupation in worldwide
Entry period: August 1st – October 15th, 2025
Announcement of the result: December 15, 2025 (planned)
How to announce: MIZUTANI official HP
(https://global.mizutani-scissors.com/en/)
Instagram
(@mizutaniscissors_oﬃcial)
Facebook
(＠mizutani1921)
Categories: NEO CLASSIC STYLE (2section) Men’s / Ladies’ section
AVANT-GARDE STYLE (2section) Men’s / Ladies’ section
BE CREATIVE STYLE（1section）
Photography: Up to 3 photos with different camera angles may be submitted per work.
*One upper body view is required to be included.
*The photo layout must be vertical.
*Be sure to give the model a haircut.
Data Format: JPEG / PNG
*Photo data must be stored more than 2MB with JPEG or PNG format.
How to apply for: From the MIZUTANI SCISSORS website entry form
*Limited to one entry per person per category only.