Asics Gel Kayano Sneaker
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Asics Gel Kayano: one name, two lives
The Gel Kayano has existed since 1993 and is named after Toshikazu Kayano, the Asics designer who created it. Since then a new generation appears every year, and the count is now well above thirty. But on this page you’ll see something unusual: the line is now sold in two completely different shops.
On one side are the current numbers, from thirty-one onward. Those are running shoes in the original sense: stability models for long distances, with lots of cushioning and support for those who overpronate. You buy those to train in.
On the other side are the reissued generations, notably the Gel Kayano 5 from 1999 and the Gel Kayano 14. These have returned not as sports shoes but as fashion shoes, which you can tell by the names beside them: KITH, atmos, Vivienne Westwood. Their appeal lies precisely in what they reveal about their era, with layered panels and visible tech where a modern running shoe is smooth.
The number therefore tells you which world you’re in. High and recent means running store, low and reissued means fashion store. What they share is the GEL cushioning in the heel and the emphasis on stability; what separates them is why people buy them.
There are also variants with their own names in between. Trainer and Lite-Show are derivative versions, and the 5 360 has a continuous sole construction all the way around. For a line to compare it with: the Gel Nimbus is the neutral counterpart without the stability build, and the Gel Lyte is the branch that has always leaned toward fashion.
On this page you can see which versions of the Asics Gel Kayano are currently hottest according to the Hypescore, from what price they can be found and at how many shops they are in stock.
Which Asics Gel Kayano gives off the strongest hype signal?
The Hypescore reads the signal strength of every Asics Gel Kayano colorway. Community votes, resale movement, search demand and scarcity together decide how much hype a sneaker gives off, expressed in GSv. On the left the strongest hype signals, on the right the colorways just being picked up and rising fast.
Strongest hype signal
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ASICS GEL-KAYANO 14 “Birch / Pure Silver” (1203A537-200)ATOMICAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $160 · 3 shops71GSv - 2
Asics GEL-Kayano 14 “Cream / Raw Indigo” (1203A537-116)RADIATINGAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $160 · 3 shops64GSv - 3
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 12.1 “White / Graphite Grey” (1203A759-104)RADIATINGAsics Gel Kayano · from $119 · 3 shops61GSv - 4
Asics Gel-Kayano 14 “Concrete Pure Silver” (1203A537-025)RADIATINGAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $160 · 3 shops56GSv - 5
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 12.1 “Cream / Carbon” (1203A759-105)SEISMICAsics Gel Kayano · from $119 · 3 shops54GSv
Just in, rising
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ASICS GEL-KAYANO 20 “Black / Clay Grey” (1203A388-003)CHARGINGAsics Gel Kayano · from $170 · 3 shops42GSv - 2
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 12.1 “White / Graphite Grey” (1203A759-104)RADIATINGAsics Gel Kayano · from $119 · 3 shops61GSv - 3
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 14 “Cream / Cocoa Powder” (1203A537-118)CHARGINGAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $165 · 3 shops47GSv - 4
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 14 “Black / Cream” (1203A537-002)SEISMICAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $165 · 3 shops49GSv - 5
ASICS GEL-KAYANO 14 “Cream / Obsidian Grey” (1203A537-113)SEISMICAsics Gel Kayano 14 · from $87 · 3 shops50GSv