Onitsuka re-releases Tiger Ohbori

Interesting, thanks.

Oh how I wish to get a pair of the old Tigre Marathons just to compare to modern shoes. No mid sole and just a cardboard like insole and plain nylon upper. But the out sole wore like iron.

Interesting. But it really doesn't look like the original much at all to me.

The heel collar is so short and wide that I imagine your feet might run right out of them at speed. But these do look a lot more ergonomical for walking / casual activity than the Oni '66. Thanks for the share 😎

Looks like a modern update of the originals. Loved the Jayhawks and the white X -Calipers and Montreals.

I had the Tiger marathons, then later the Jayhawks and Oboris.

The orange Jayhawks were my favorites and they lasted a long time.
I shaved considerable weight off them and wore them in many of my races.

Later I had the first Reebok's in this country and tried to sell a few but no one wanted them.
I ran my fastest marathons in the Jayhawks and the Reebok Ron Hills.
The Jayhawks were my favorites due to the plentiful toe room and comfortable fit.

Yep. Original style upper but the sole minds me more of their squash squash shoes they sold in Australia back in the 80s.

Remember the Jayhawk Gold?

My brother brought back a few pairs he was given during the pacific conference games in Japan.

They were only in Japan at that time.

They happened to be my size, but were real narrow. I have really narrow feet, and these things hurt. Took the few iterations to get it to human size.

My two (2) favorite racing shoes from that era were the Tiger Cub’s and the Reebok World Ten. I tried training in the Lydarid EB (grey with a red diamond), but they were too much shoe for me.

Haven't they already been selling the Tiger for years?

Back in the early to mid 1970s most of my cross country team bought Onitsuka Tigers, or, for a little more money (I think) Adidas Roms (I'll assume that was the name). Now, looking back, I seem to recall that my pair of very lightweight Tigers lacked padding and arch support. (Maybe that's just my current mind comparing those shoes from half a century ago to what I run in now, which is what I need to wear to ward off injuries in my 60s.) Yet we young guns didn't get injured much back then! The Adidas were of a white leather and were heavier, but still a step-up.

We were all thrilled with our Tigers and Roms. To us, they were supershoes, because we thought they raised our running to new heights, since we hit faster times. They must have helped, especially compared to what my high school coach suggested we run in -- Converse Chuck Taylor basketball shoes! He put it in writing in his self-penned runner's handbook we received prior to each XC season.

I imagine there must be a psychological aspect to wearing the latest and greatest shoes, now and then. (The physiological benefit of better shoes, borne out in improvements vs the clock, is a no-brainer nowadays.) Reminds me, in a way, of what girls and women have said about bun huggers -- that when wearing them, they often feel faster.

In the fall of '75, all the varsity guys on my high school team wore the Tiger Corsair, or the Adidas Country.

I immediately went out and bought a pair of Tiger Corsairs for my first season of cross country...

And the rest is history. Ha!

I had the Jayhawk shoes, and the blue racing flats... trained in these all through high school, no injuries to speak of!
In 1977 I got a pair of scarlet red Onitsuka trainers with a thick sole. I can't remember what the model was?! I got 'em on sale, I was almost suspicious of them as some sort of unpopular cast off shoe, but I trained in them for months and got pretty fit, the best "ride" I'd had up to that point--certainly better than the early waffle trainers from Nike.
Never was able to find a second pair.

Yep , the gold Jayhawks were great racing flats for me . I even trained in them. very durable. f course I was a lot lighter on my feet back then .

Punched holes in them like Ian Thompson ( Euro Games)

I agree with you those types of shoes back then were our super shoes and you had an expectation of running faster wearing them. Placebo or not , we or at the very least I did run faster wearing them. Man it was so much fun back then.

Have a pair of the original issue Onitsuka Tiger Marathons (blue) that I'm looking at right now.

I've looked at a lot of Google Image photos of re-issued Tigers and none of them look exactly like the originals.

Issued for senior year XC in '74. Remember the first day wearing them on the roads when coach drove us out to a point from which we ran back to the school. Felt like flying.

Wore them in track that year in indoor races and on asphalt tracks outdoors. I was a heel runner and liked them better than spikes.

Since HS, they've mostly been in the closet. Bring them out once in a great while to wear at a running club social event. Onitsuka Tiger still fully legible on both bottom soles. And the white label with "Made in Japan" underneath the laces.

The Rom was my first real running shoe. Soon after I discovered the Tiger Cortez which eventually was re-named Corsair because Nike copyrighted the Cortez name. I was okay with the Rom but compared to the Cortez it felt a bit like a brick. But I have soft spot for both.