Shoe sizes in Japan

Japan uses sizes that are the foot length in centimetres (JIS S 5037), but brands print a smaller US size beside it: on 14 of 16 brands’ charts, Japan 26 is a men’s US 8, which by the standard fits a foot up to 25.4 cm; Clarks’s gives US 9 and Golden Goose’s gives US 6.

By the standard, Japan 26 fits a foot up to 26.0 cm: a men’s US 8.5–9, women’s US 10–10.5, UK 7.5–8, EU 40.5–41.

Japan sizes on brand labels

On brands’ own charts, 6 of 16 men’s and 1 of 16 women’s Japan sizes are paired with the standard’s US size. This is the US size most brands print beside each Japan size, so if you know the size on your shoes, start here; where it differs from the standard below, go by the brand’s chart.

JapanUS men’sUS women’s
22.54.5 8 of 10 brands5.5 10 of 14 brands
235 9 of 11 brands6 10 of 15 brands
23.55.5 8 of 10 brands6.5 10 of 14 brands
246 9 of 12 brands7 10 of 14 brands
24.56.5 10 of 12 brands7.5 10 of 14 brands
257 13 of 15 brands8 11 of 15 brands
25.57.5 13 of 14 brands8.5 10 of 13 brands
268 14 of 16 brands9 10 of 13 brands
26.58.5 13 of 15 brands9.5 10 of 13 brands
279 14 of 16 brands10 10 of 14 brands
27.59.5 13 of 15 brands10.5 9 of 12 brands
2810 14 of 15 brands11 9 of 13 brands
28.510.5 13 of 15 brands11.5 7 of 10 brands
2911 15 of 16 brands12 8 of 12 brands
29.511.5 13 of 14 brands12.5 4 of 7 brands
3012 14 of 16 brands13 5 of 9 brands

From the brands’ own charts (adidas, Brooks, Clarks, Crocs, Golden Goose, HOKA, KEEN, Merrell, Mizuno, Nike, On, Salomon, Saucony, Teva, UGG, Vans), each brand counted once and a chart another brand shares (Jordan uses Nike’s) once; sizes fewer than three brands print are left out. Full charts: adidas, Brooks, Clarks, Crocs, Golden Goose, HOKA, KEEN, Merrell, Mizuno, Nike, On, Salomon, Saucony, Teva, UGG, Vans.

Japan sizes to US, UK and EU by the standard

JapanFoot up toUS men’sUS women’sUKEU
22.522.5 cm4–55.5–6.53–435.5–36
2323.0 cm5–5.56.5–74–4.536–36.5
23.523.5 cm5.5–67–7.54.5–537–37.5
2424.0 cm6–6.57.5–85–5.537.5–38
24.524.5 cm6.5–78–8.55.5–638.5–39
2525.0 cm7–88.5–9.56–739–39.5
25.525.5 cm8–8.59.5–107–7.540–40.5
2626.0 cm8.5–910–10.57.5–840.5–41
26.526.5 cm9–9.510.5–118–8.541.5–42
2727.0 cm9.5–1011–11.58.5–942–42.5
27.527.5 cm10–10.511.5–129–9.543–43.5
2828.0 cm10.5–11.512–139.5–10.543.5–44
28.528.5 cm11.5–1213–13.510.5–1144.5–45
2929.0 cm12–12.513.5–1411–11.545–45.5
29.529.5 cm12.5–1314–14.511.5–1246–46.5
3030.0 cm13–13.514.5–1512–12.546.5–47

The standard (JIS S 5037) makes each size for its own foot length and allows a foot up to half a step either side. Here, as in our calculator, a foot gets the first size at least as long as it, so a size fits feet longer than the size before it, up to its own length, so you never get a size shorter than your foot. Where that range spans more than one size elsewhere, all of them are shown.

About sizes in Japan

  • Foot length in cm (JIS S 5037)
  • Girth/width is a separate letter: A, B, C, D, E, EE, EEE, EEEE, F, G.

Children’s shoes use the same scale. Kids’ sizes has every size with its foot length.

Brands whose own charts print Japan sizes: adidas, Brooks, Clarks, Crocs, Golden Goose, HOKA, Jordan, KEEN, Merrell, Mizuno, Nike, On, Salomon, Saucony, Teva, UGG, Vans, Veja. On their charts, 383 of 509 rows give a different US size from the standard conversion above, so for those brands go by the brand’s own chart.

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Sources: the system Japan uses; the Japan (JIS S 5037) scale; checked 2026-10-22. Conversions from the standard tables; brand labels from the brands’ charts.