atmos Announces The New Balance 1906R “Blue Moon”

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Matt Varga November 11th, 2025 (updated)

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Updated November 11th, 2025: atmos has officially announced the New Balance 1906R “Blue Moon,” an inverted take on the model’s classic “White/Gold” colorway. The sneaker is expected to release exclusively in Japan in the very near future.

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Original article published October 7th, 2025:

For longer-tenured hobbyists, it’s startling to realize that the tech runner movement has been around long enough for genuine bring-backs, something we saw as the Boston brand brought the New Balance 1906R “Neon Nights” to the fore a few years after it alighted secondary markets. In a slightly adjacent story, atmos is also circling back to 2022, this time using the original “White/Gold” colorway as a jumping-off point for its own New Balance 1906R make-up.

As seen in our lead image, loading a shot of 2022’s New Balance 1906R “White/Gold” and hitting the “invert color” option reveals the exact colorway at hand. Naturally, the result is a complete reversal of the now easily identifiable colorway, a far more nocturnal pair with flares of brightened detailing in heel cage and embedded in the sole unit. Following the typical atmos tease cadence, creative director Hirofumi Kojima only shares this one shot, meaning we can’t spot if any atmos co-branding sets this collab effort apart from its mainline counterpart, or if the color story is truly the only change on tap.

Release details for the atmos x New Balance 1906R remain unclear, but you can count on this pair being a Japan exclusive. Catch a detailed look at the shoe below.

Atmos New Balance 1906r Inverted 2 — atmos x New Balance 1906R @koji198139

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Mens atmos x New Balance 1906R "Blue Moon"

SKU: U1906RAC

RETAIL PRICE: $N/A

RELEASE DATE: 2025

Asia 2025

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in video editing and writing in the music world — primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers led him to switching over to footwear. An avid collector, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to either the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-ups. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.