A BATHING APE
Before his hiatus from music, Ignition Man appeared on the track "Don't Be Gone" with Osumi on the album "Ain't No Stoppin' The DJ" by DJ Hazime. He was also featured on the tracks "Alcoholic Drive" and posse cut "Planet of The Bapes" on the albums "Nigo (B)ape Sounds" by Nigo, "(B)ape Sounds Mixtape" by DJ Kent of FORCE OF NATURE, and "(B)Ape Sounds Mixtape [11Monkeys Liquidwebb Mix]" by Cipha Sounds in 2004. The three albums were released by Ape Sounds Records, a subsidiary of Nigo's clothing brand A Bathing Ape. In 2012 and nine years after his retirement, Ignition Man would make a guest appearance on the song "The Sound Distillation" by Japanese rock band BACK DROP BOMB for their album "The Ocracy". After the end of the SWAGGER line, Ignition Man founded the fashion brand KAKOI in May of 2017, specializing in hats and apparel.