A short description that appears below the heading.
Ingredients
Organic Saponified Oils (Coconut, Olive and Jojoba), Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Guar Gum, Peppermint Essential Oil, Cornmint Essential Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil, Cedarwood Essential Oil, Lavandin Grosso Essential Oil, Orange Essential Oil, Rosemary Extract, Organic Aloe Vera.
That's it. Read it once. Then compare it against whatever is currently in your shower.
Reading Guide
The list above is grouped into three categories below — the cleansing base, the essential oils, and the supporting ingredients. Each one has a short plain-English explanation of what it does, why it's in the bottle, and where it comes from.
The glossary at the bottom of the page covers the technical terms — saponification, surfactant, antifungal, antimicrobial — for the athlete who wants the deeper read.
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The foundation of the soap. The part that actually cleans. Built from saponified organic oils instead of synthetic detergent — the difference between soap the old way and body wash the supermarket way.
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The functional layer of the formulation. Six essential oils, each chosen for a specific reason: cleansing, cooling, supporting the skin, or contributing to the scent that makes Kimura recognizable in the gym bag. This is where the formulation does the work that matters to a BJJ athlete.
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The smaller fraction of the bottle. Not the cleansing base, not the essential oils — the ingredients that make the formulation feel the way it does on the skin and last the way it does on the shelf.
The list is short on purpose. What it leaves out is just as deliberate as what it includes.
The antibacterial agent linked to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Banned from consumer hand soaps by the FDA in 2016. Still common in commercial body wash. Not in Kimura.
The chemicals used to make synthetic fragrance last longer. Hidden inside the word "fragrance" on most labels. Not used in Kimura — the scent comes entirely from the listed essential oils.
Synthetic preservatives classified as endocrine disruptors. Replaced in the Kimura formulation by rosemary extract.
No proprietary fragrance blends. No fragrance loophole. If a scent is in the bottle, the plant it came from is on the label.
The natural color of the formulation is the color in the bottle.
Cruelty-free. Always.
For the athlete who wants the deeper read on what's in the bottle and why it matters.
The chemical reaction that turns oil into soap. Fats and oils combined with an alkali (traditionally lye) produce a true soap molecule plus glycerin. Saponified coconut oil on the label means the coconut oil has been fully reacted into soap — it is no longer oil sitting in the bottle, it is soap. This is the old way of making body wash, and the reason Kimura behaves differently than detergent-based commercial washes.
The class of molecules that allow oil and water to mix, which is what makes cleansing possible. True soap (saponified oil) is a natural surfactant. Most commercial body washes use synthetic surfactants, sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, and others, which are cheaper to produce and harsher on the skin barrier. Kimura uses only the natural surfactants produced by saponification.
A general term for an ingredient that inhibits the growth of microorganisms. Bacteria, fungi, and some viruses. Tea tree and the mint oils in Kimura are naturally antimicrobial. This is a property of the plant, not a claim. Kimura is a body wash, not a medical product.
A subset of antimicrobial, specifically active against fungi. Relevant to combat sport athletes for obvious reasons. Tea tree oil is the most studied natural antifungal in skincare and is the primary reason it appears in the Kimura formulation.
A chemical that interferes with the body's hormone system. Parabens and phthalates are the two most common examples in personal care products. Both are absorbed through the skin and have been detected in human tissue samples. Both are excluded from the Kimura formulation.
An ingredient that draws moisture toward the skin rather than stripping it away. Vegetable glycerin in the Kimura formulation is a humectant, it is the reason the soap cleans without leaving the post-shower tightness most commercial washes produce.
The concentrated aromatic oil distilled from a plant. Essential refers to the essence of the plant, not to nutritional necessity. The six essential oils in Kimura are the entire scent of the product. There are no synthetic fragrance compounds added to extend, modify, or stabilize the natural scent.
See Saponification. When the label says saponified coconut oil, it means coconut oil that has been turned into soap. This is the cleansing base of the Kimura formulation.
A method of extracting oil from a plant without using heat or chemical solvents. Orange essential oil in Kimura is cold-pressed from the peel. Cold-pressing preserves the natural compounds in the oil that heat extraction would degrade.
A certification administered by the United States Department of Agriculture that audits the supply chain, ingredients, and production methods of a product. Kimura is certified to USDA Organic Standards by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF), an accredited third-party certifier.
Manufacturing in limited quantities rather than at industrial scale. Small-batch production allows for tighter quality control, fresher ingredients, and a level of human oversight that mass production does not. Kimura is produced this way in Vermont.
