He was wearing a grey bomber-style jacket with black lining and hood, light blue bleached jeans that were ripped at the bottom and grey hi-top trainers when he went missing.
Everyone called him Mike until some way into his studies at the LSE when, in a sudden change of style, he swapped his grey suit for sharp beatnik attire and insisted on being called the rather more working class-sounding "Mick".
Dressed in a shiny grey suit and tie and carrying a Baywatch-style float, Mr Hasselhoff took to the platform to ringing applause and a standing ovation.
"I wear things to make myself feel good, but my style changes every day according to my mood, " muses Hidemichi Sawa, dressed in a grey waistcoat and shirtsleeves as he strolls through fashionable Daikanyama with girlfriend Chika Hamamoto.