STRICT-G Releases Gundam SEED Freedom Niwaka Coin Purses With Sanui Orimono
Bandai will open pre-orders on Premium Bandai at 13:00 on Friday, November 6, 2026 for four STRICT-G coin purses made under Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom.
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Reporting from 3 sources: Dengeki Hobby Web, Inside, Nijimen.
Why it matters
The release pairs a Gundam SEED Freedom character line with a Fukuoka textile house and a local comic mask rather than the franchise's usual mecha iconography, and Bandai is also placing it at the Hikeshidama pop-up alongside the STRICT-G store rollout.
Key Facts
- Bandai opens Premium Bandai pre-orders for the STRICT-G Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Niwaka Coin Purse at 13:00 on November 6, 2026.
- The Niwaka Coin Purse lineup covers four characters: Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, Lacus Clyne and Cagalli Yula Athha.
- Each Niwaka Coin Purse costs 3,300 yen including tax, measures about 10.5 cm by 6.0 cm, and uses 100% silk outer fabric with a synthetic leather lining.
- STRICT-G stores begin general sales of the Niwaka Coin Purse on November 14, 2026, with shipping scheduled for December 2026.
- Premium Bandai reservations for the Niwaka Coin Purse run from 13:00 on November 6 to 23:00 on November 23, 2026.
The purses are a collaboration with Sanui Orimono, a Hakata-ori weaver whose craft the announcement dates at more than 780 years. Each purse is built around the Niwaka mask, the half mask used in the Fukuoka performing art Hakata Niwaka, with the character's eye area worked into the mask. A rice paddle charm hangs from the zipper slider. The four characters are Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, Lacus Clyne and Cagalli Yula Athha, and each mask eye area and body color differs by character. The outer fabric is 100% silk and the lining is synthetic leather. Each purse measures about 10.5 cm wide by 6.0 cm tall and costs 3,300 yen including tax, with shipping billed separately. Premium Bandai reservations close at 23:00 on Monday, November 23, 2026. STRICT-G stores begin general sales on Saturday, November 14, 2026, with shipping scheduled for December 2026.
Sanui Orimono is described as preserving Hakata-ori while pursuing new possibilities, and the Niwaka mask is one many people in Fukuoka associate with Hakata. Bandai Co., Ltd. handled planning, and the copyright line reads Sotsu and Sunrise.
The design is deliberately comic. The characters' eye areas are cut into the half mask, and Nijimen notes the four purses carry different eye areas and body color schemes, so the same mask reads differently across the set.
- STRICT-G Tokyo Odaiba Store: DiverCity Tokyo Plaza 7F, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo; open 11:00 to 20:00, weekends 10:00 to 21:00.
- STRICT-G Tokyo Solamachi Store: Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi 4F, Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; open 10:00 to 21:00.
- STRICT-G NEOPASA Shizuoka (outbound) Store: Shizuoka Service Area, Shin-Tomei Expressway outbound line, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka; open 8:00 to 21:00.
- STRICT-G Taga SA (outbound) Store: Taga SA outbound line, Inukami-gun, Shiga; open 10:00 to 20:00.
The purses are also planned for the Hikeshidama POPUP. Premium Bandai sales can end once the prepared quantity is reached, and the product photos are of items still in development. The announcement notes the goods may be sold outside Japan.
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