Brooklyn, New York, United States
Luigi Scarcella Perino graduated from the IED Istituto Europeo di Design in 2007 in Art Direction. He moved in New York City in September of the same year and in 2008 he was hired as a storyboard artist for American biographical drama film Cadillac Records written and directed by Darnell Martin produced by Sony Music Film and Parkwood Entertainment, in 2015 he founded Half Sumo, a NY based creative agency. He was 3 times USA middleweight champion of Kyokushin Karate winning the USWC in Los Angeles in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2019 and 2023 he was selected to represent the United States at the 12th and the 13th World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo. Thanks to his passion for martial arts Luigi found in 2018 the Half Sumo Collective Streetwear and fightwear brand.
Half Sumo Collective is an independent Martial Art brand forged, found and curated in New York. The City, fueled by never ending noise, dirty bodegas, hidden record shops, people of every race and belief. We learn through all of them just the same, as problems arise, so too do we, always moving forward, whatever it takes, preferring enthusiasm over envy, encouragement over pessimism. We live life with trust, despising violence, but don’t get us wrong: we love the fight. The fight against our weakness, our limits, the fight against our fears. We are the challenger not the surrender, taking the responsibility of the victory or the defeat ; to better not only ourselves, but the lives and efforts of those around us.