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Can this mallet compete with higher-profile alternatives? Find out as Jonathan Taylor reviews the Mizuno M.Craft Tokyo Putter.
New for 2026 is the M.Craft City Series, featuring four distinct models. Mizuno tells us that these models are inspired by the spirit and character of Japan’s most iconic cities, namely Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya.
In this review I test the Tokyo S putter in Grey Ion (or black). The Tokyo is their fang mallet design. Mizuno call it their Channel Wing design and the S variant indicates a slant neck.
This putter is Mizuno’s answer to the Odyssey and Scotty Cameron mallets, which are so prominent on Tour.
Although I wasn’t convinced by the profile of the fangs, I obtained really strong performance thanks to easy alignment and a forgiving, high MOI construction.
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Having reviewed and loved the look of the Kyoto blade putter from Mizuno, I was a little underwhelmed by my first look at the Tokyo. My current gamer is the Odyssey Milled 7X (as used by Xander Schauffele), and so I am familiar with the look. The fangs (or wings) of the Tokyo have a chamfered edge and the depth of the face seems a little shallow. In fact, when I got the tape measure out, the face depth was only 2mm less than the Odyssey so perhaps I’m being a bit picky.
The head (forged in Japan) is constructed from Pure Select 1025E mild carbon steel and is nicely proportioned to offer easy alignment. The pure milled face has been refined to offer a smoother roll and purer acoustic feedback.
The Grey Ion finish frames the ball nicely. There is a complementary black KBS CT Tour shaft and a handsome Lamkin Deep Etched Grey Cord grip which offers a secure hold.
The Tokyo is available in a slant neck (S) with 40′ of toe hang, and as a Double Bend (B) which is face balanced. Each version is available in premium black or nickel finishes, but there is no LH option.
A quality head cover with a soft furry liner, magnetic closure (I prefer magnets to Velcro) and a leather look completes the package.
So far, so good. But how does the Tokyo perform on the course?
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Because my current gamer is pretty similar in concept to the Tokyo, I immediately felt comfortable with the Tokyo on the course. Unlike the bladed Kyoto, the Tokyo offered strong alignment assistance and sat nicely behind the ball. It’s available in 34″ and 35″. My test putter was my preferred 34″ length. The head weight is recorded as 380 gms at both shaft lengths. There are two adjustable weights in the head. The 10gm weights, which I presume are standard. was just right for me.
The 40′ of toe hang on offer with the slant neck suited my stroke nicely. If you want a different feel, the double bend model (Tokyo B) offers face balance.
A break in the weather meant that I have been able to test the Tokyo on our surprisingly good greens on my home heathland course.
Alignment support is provided by the top edge alignment line and the two wings. To my eye, the face sat perfectly square to the alignment line and wings. All this is a roundabout way of saying I found it easy to aim, and, more than that, the ball invariably set off just where I was aiming. When you consider the popularity of this putter style on Tour, it’s perhaps no surprise!
The Tokyo also offers forgiveness. The feel of a ball struck from the centre of the milled face was solid, but I was easily able to distinguish an off-centre strike from one out of the sweet spot. However the loss of distance from deliberate (and accidental!) off-centre strikes was minimal. Furthermore I still got good end-over-end roll from those off-centre strikes.
I quickly became confident with the Tokyo. The ball felt good off the face, went where I was aiming, and distance control was a strong feature. I’m not sure it will replace the Odyssey Milled 7X in my bag just yet, but I certainly plan some side by side testing as our greens get even better.
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To summarize, It should be no surprise that the Tokyo offers easy alignment, stability and distance control because that’s what this style of putter offers.
Specifically, for me, alignment was so easy to achieve that I think this putter requires consideration if you are in the market for a mallet/fang putter.
It is not as high-profile as offerings from Odyssey and Scotty Cameron but it is well-constructed and competitively priced so I’d give it a look.
RRP: £299 / $299
Shaft lengths: 34″ or 35″
Grip: Lamkin Deep Etched Grey Cord
Models: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya.
More information: Mizuno website
Mizuno was established as a company back in 1913 when it made baseball bats. Mizuno golf equipment was first manufactured in 1933, along with skis and a few years later, tennis racquets. Mizuno’s international reputation for producing the finest quality sports equipment was established in the 1970s when it started to export its golf clubs to Europe. Mizuno irons have been used by some of the great ball strikers and, to this day, they are renowned for their superb feel.
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