BGM, a Chinese brand new to this site, opens with the Imperial Japanese Army’s Shōwa 5th Type uniform — the 1930 pattern with its standing collar, scalloped breast pockets and red collar patches — in the BGM-015. It comes in two versions, A and B, and both are uniform-and-gear sets — the head sculpt and body are not included — aimed at collectors who already have a 1/6 body to dress.

BGM BGM-015 Shōwa 5th Type 1/6 uniform set, A version front and back with visor cap and short boots

The package

The A version is the field configuration. It pairs the khaki tunic and trousers with a raincoat, leggings (puttees) and short boots, plus a heat-resistant shirt, a mosquito-repellent mask and mosquito-proof gloves, a towel and a helmet with liner and cover — the kit for a soldier dressed for hot-weather field wear. The boots are made of genuine leather.

The B version is the service configuration: the same tunic and trousers with a long coat, belt, ribbon bars and shoulder patch, and tall long boots in place of the short boots and leggings. Both versions include the visor cap and the field cap, the helmet set, and gloves, so either one covers the uniform’s two headgear options.

BGM BGM-015 Shōwa 5th Type 1/6 uniform set, B version flat lay with long coat, belt and long boots

Availability

Domestic listings price each version at ¥499 with a pre-order cutoff of 14 November 2026 and a Q2 2027 release. Overseas, EKIA lists both versions at $119.96 (down from $124.99) with no pre-order cutoff shown, and EKIA’s own release estimate is 31 July 2027 — later than the domestic Q2 window, so the two dates are stated side by side rather than settled here.

More from BGM

BGM arrives with two releases at once — the BGM-015 Shōwa 5th Type here and the BGM-016 Type 3, the 1943 pattern, covered separately on this site. The two sets share the same field-kit contents in their A versions; what changes is the uniform pattern itself.