TAKA NO MI

鷹の実 — 'the hawk's fruit'. The hawk is the player we all want to be: eyes fixed on the ball, patient, then striking from above. The fruit is the ball it chases, what practice grows into, and — literally — the smoothies, iced coffee and matcha at the court bar.

The crest redraws chigai takanoha, the crossed hawk feathers that are one of Japan's most used family crests. Here the feathers double as two crossed padel rackets — padel is always doubles — inside a ring that is the ball. Two colours do all the work: Enji bordeaux and Shiro white, with Sumi ink for the lines.