Noboru Shiotani was born in April 1963 in Ogaki, Japan . In Shiotani's childhood music was his biggest past time. Leaving High School in 1981, Noboru Shiotani's interest in Music led him to Study at the Tokyo College of Sound Technology.

In his second year at College, Shiotani formed his first band called “ Africa Onani Roll”. AOR was very much a student band and being true to form; came to an end at the time of graduation.

Now 1983 and fresh out of college, Shiotani wasted no time in forming his second band, 69 Radio (pronounced Ro-Ku Ra-di-o). Shotani worked the Tokyo underground clubs with 69 Radio and within a year they had developed a more psychedelic sound and changing the band name to Radio Town (which I'm sure you'll not have any trouble pronouncing). Radio Town made a name for themselves in the underground music scene but split in 1986.

Later in that year, Shiotani formed his fourth and final band, “The Son” (no, not an evangelical band). The Son pumped out a couple albums in the two years they were together but the flowerpower music just wasn't turning everyone on anymore.

In 1988, Shotani moved into the ragtrade.

Initially, Noboru Shiotani sold used clothes at various markets in Tokyo . Being very particular about fabric and quality, Shotani would deal almost exclusively in Chirimen and Rayon. Shiotani would also sell traditional Aloha Shirts (Japanese Kimono designs etc.)

Shiotani kept this trade up from 1998 through to 99', however, in the Spring of 1993, Noboru Shiotani started to work on his own clothes and designs.

Shiotani kept this trade up from 1998 through to 99', however, in the Spring of 1993, Noboru Shiotani started to work on his own clothes and designs.

Shiotani's design partner at the time was Hideko Miyura, a partner also in the used clothes business. Using very basic design concepts, Shiotani and Miyura created their first brand; D-Mutation, trading under the Alias “Yuji Tokiwa”. With its clothes designed exclusively for men, although the label gained acknowledgement for designing a range for friends with cerebral palsy.

The brand itself did reasonably well, however, Shiotani was uncomfortable with the entire concept behind it and discontinued production and his partnership with Hideko so he could develop a more solid foundation from which to produce his designs.

In Late 1997, Shiotani returned with a new brand and an altogether new image; Glam-D. Much like D-mutation, Glam-D was designed exclusively for the men's market just this time with a lot more passion and avery different style.

Glam-D took off very well but Shiotani was still not completely satisfied with the overall picture. So in 1999 Shiotani took his designs to the next level. He would start a much wider range of clothing using an enticing variety of traditional and modern fabrics and producing clothes for both man and women.

It was in 1999 that Shiotani adopted the current brand name, GLAMDY, which is made and produced using Japanese fabrics and craftsmanship. Shortly after the birth of the GLAMDY range, Shiotani created an entirely different range, GLAMDY WORKS. The fabrics used in the WORKS range are imported from various countries worldwide and therefore have an altogether different style and feel.

Since 1999, Glamdy has done noting but expand to become the fashion powerhouse that it is today.