Uniqlo. Uniqlo Co., Ltd. (????????????????????????, Kabushiki-gaisha Yunikuro) (US: YOO-nee-kloh; Japanese pronunciation: [j??nik????o]) is a Japanese casual wear designer and retailer. The company is a subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. History Origins in Japan A Yamaguchi-based company, Ogori Sh??ji (which, until then, had been operating men's clothing shops called "Men's Shop OS") was founded in March 1949 in Ube, Yamaguchi. On 2 June 1984, it opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, under the name "Unique Clothing Warehouse". Initially, the brand was going to...