Arena Japan (Arena Descente)
Descente, a Japanese maker of sporting apparel, owns the Arena trademark in Asia and has been putting it on its swimwear since 1976. Today, Arena (along with Mizuno and ASICS) is a top domestic brand of performance swimwear in Japan.
Arena Japan shares no design or technological heritage with the products of (European) Arena. Hence there are essentially two distinct brands using the Arena name and logo, and they have existed almost equally long.
Arena Japan top-of-the-line racing suits are still made in Japan for quality control.
In 2009 the World Record was established by Ryosuke Irie of Japan in 200 Backstroke in Australia wearing Arena Japan swim racing suit.
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