ASICS is an acronym of the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sane - “healthy body, healthy mind.”
My favorite running shoe. Devoted to sport, no need for emotional marketing BS, particularly involving America-hating celebrities.
Designed by a Japanese man, IIRC. Good shoes. A friend reported to me that New Balance running shoes are good, too.
ASICS originally was Onitsuka Tiger. Tiger shoes were my favorite in the Seventies and early Eighties. I still wear ASICS. I switched to Nike for a short time in the Eighties, but they were and are a pile of crap. Overpriced and they fall apart quickly, with the sole disconnecting from the uppers