Keiichirō Saitō (斎藤 圭一郎, Saitō Keiichirō; born on January 18, 1993) is a Japanese director and key animator, best known…Keiichirō Saitō (斎藤 圭一郎, Saitō Keiichirō; born on January 18, 1993) is a Japanese director and key animator, best known for directing the first season of both Bocchi the Rock! and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
Kaho Nakamura (中村佳穂, Nakamura Kaho; born May 26, 1992) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress. She released…Kaho Nakamura (中村佳穂, Nakamura Kaho; born May 26, 1992) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress. She released her debut EP, Kuchi Utsushi Romance (口うつしロマンス), in 2014 and is best known as the voice of Suzu Naito in Belle.
Sōichirō Yamamoto (山本 崇一朗, Yamamoto Sōichirō; born May 30, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for writing…Sōichirō Yamamoto (山本 崇一朗, Yamamoto Sōichirō; born May 30, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for writing and illustrating Teasing Master Takagi-san, Fudatsuki no Kyōko-chan, In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, When Will Ayumu Make His Move? and Mane Mane Nichi Nichi, some of which were run simultaneously during their publication.
Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) (born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist. Shiota has lived…Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) (born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist. Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 1996. Educated in Japan, Australia, and Germany, Shiota interweaves materiality and the psychic perception of the space to explore ideas around the body and flesh, personal narratives that engage with memory, territory, and alienation. Shiota has exhibited worldwide. She made her debut in Japan at the Yokohama Triennale in 2001 with Memory of Skin and represented Japan in the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.
Yoji Shinkawa (Japanese: 新川洋司, Hepburn: Shinkawa Yōji; born 25 December 1971) is a Japanese artist. He is best known…Yoji Shinkawa (Japanese: 新川洋司, Hepburn: Shinkawa Yōji; born 25 December 1971) is a Japanese artist. He is best known for collaborating extensively with video game director Hideo Kojima as the lead character and mechanical designer, and art director, for most of his games, including the entirety of the Metal Gear Solid franchise and the Death Stranding duology.
Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known…Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Although Yuji Naka made a tech demo around which Sonic's gameplay was based, the character in his prototype was a ball that lacked any specific features and was based on Ohshima's game proposal. Sonic Team considered numerous potential animal mascots before deciding on Ohshima's design, with an armadillo or hedgehog being the top choices because their spikes worked well with the concept of rolling into enemies. After leaving Sonic Team, Ohshima formed an independent game company called Artoon in 1999. There he went on to work on such games as Pinobee (2001), Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002), and Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space (2004). In 2010, Artoon was absorbed into AQ Interactive, and Ohshima and other key members of Artoon left to form Arzest. Early in his career, he was credited under the nickname "Big Island" in a number of games, which is a literal translation of his family name.
Hiroji Kiyotake (清武 博二, Kiyotake Hiroji), born December 21, 1960, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a game designer…Hiroji Kiyotake (清武 博二, Kiyotake Hiroji), born December 21, 1960, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a game designer for Nintendo and has been a part of the history of Nintendo since 1983.
Masato Ishioka (石岡正人, Ishioka Masato) is a Japanese director, screenwriter and business executive who had an early…Masato Ishioka (石岡正人, Ishioka Masato) is a Japanese director, screenwriter and business executive who had an early career as an adult video (AV) director.
Noboru Rokuda (六田登, Rokuda Noboru; born July 23, 1952 in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He…Noboru Rokuda (六田登, Rokuda Noboru; born July 23, 1952 in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his professional debut in 1978 with Saigo Test, for which he won the Shogakukan New Artist Award. He won the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for F.
Murasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫, Yamada Murasaki; September 5, 1948 – May 5, 2009), born as Mitsuko Yamada (山田 三津子, Yamada…Murasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫, Yamada Murasaki; September 5, 1948 – May 5, 2009), born as Mitsuko Yamada (山田 三津子, Yamada Mitsuko), was a Japanese manga artist, feminist essayist and poet. She was associated with the alternative manga magazine Garo.
Chizuko Ueno (上野 千鶴子, Ueno Chizuko; born 12 July 1948) is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist". Her…Chizuko Ueno (上野 千鶴子, Ueno Chizuko; born 12 July 1948) is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist". Her work covers sociological issues including semiotics, capitalism, and feminism in Japan. Ueno is known for the quality, polarizing nature, and accessibility of her work. She was married to Daikichi Irokawa.
Yusuke Nakahara (August 22, 1931 – March 3, 2011) was a Japanese art critic, curator, scholar, lecturer, university…Yusuke Nakahara (August 22, 1931 – March 3, 2011) was a Japanese art critic, curator, scholar, lecturer, university president, art festival organizer, and cultural administrator. He is perhaps best known as the figure who spearheaded the influential 1970 Tokyo Biennale, Between Man and Matter at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The exhibition was a watershed moment in Post-1945 Japanese art for its promotion of avant-garde Japanese and international art practices as demonstrated by disparate artists who worked in varying mediums within the then-underrepresented movements of Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimalism, and Mono-ha. The exhibition is seen as a reaction against the concurrent Expo ‘70 in Osaka for embodying the attributes of Japan's Post-World War II economic resurgence and ascension to major world status. Nakahara was a prolific writer in the Japanese art world as he published innumerable exhibition reviews, books, academic essays, magazine articles, and chapters. His writings have appeared in journals such as Bijutsu Techo, Mizue, and Geijutsu Shincho. Originally trained as a physicist, Nakahara's approach to art criticism and curation was grounded more in scientific methodologies than art historical pedagogy based on his frequent incorporation of references to human perception, physical spatiality, and kinetics, among other theoretical ideas. Since his passing in 2011, contemporary Art historians and critics consider Nakahara a significant figure in Post-1945 Japanese art history and is likened to other critics of his generation, including Ichiro Haryu, Yoshiaki Tono, and Shinichi Segi.
Saburō Muraoka ( 村岡三郎, Muraoka Saburō, 25 June 1928 – 3 July 2013) was a Japanese modern and contemporary artist born…Saburō Muraoka ( 村岡三郎, Muraoka Saburō, 25 June 1928 – 3 July 2013) was a Japanese modern and contemporary artist born in Osaka.
Hiro Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロ, Fujiwara Hiro; born December 23, 1981, in Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. The manga…Hiro Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロ, Fujiwara Hiro; born December 23, 1981, in Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. The manga artist was once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro (和泉 ヒロ) at the end of the 1990s, but has abandoned the name after she won the Best Rookie award in the LMS for Kaeri Michi, Yuki no Netsu. Her first series, Kaichō wa Maid-sama! (会長はメイド様!, translation Maid Sama!) was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa. This series is licensed for North America, and an anime adaptation was broadcast during Spring 2010.
Saho Tenamachi (手名町紗帆, Tenamachi Saho; born Nov 25) is a Japanese manga artist from Wakayama Prefecture. She graduated…Saho Tenamachi (手名町紗帆, Tenamachi Saho; born Nov 25) is a Japanese manga artist from Wakayama Prefecture. She graduated from the Comic Art Course in the Faculty of Manga at Kyoto Seika University.
Nio Nakatani (Japanese: 仲谷鳰, Hepburn: Nakatani Nio) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating the yuri…Nio Nakatani (Japanese: 仲谷鳰, Hepburn: Nakatani Nio) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating the yuri manga series Bloom Into You, which has been a commercial success and spawned a media franchise encompassing an anime, light novels, a stage play, and an anthology manga spinoff. Nakatani is also known as a creator of doujinshi works, particularly those based on the Touhou Project series. Her current work is My Beloved Apocalypse, currently being serialized in Dengeki Daioh. Nakatani is a native of Shiga Prefecture. She is a graduate of Kyoto Seika University.
Maki Satoh (佐藤まき, Satō Maki), known by the pen name Est Em (えすとえむ, Esu to Emu; "S and M", stylized as est em), is a…Maki Satoh (佐藤まき, Satō Maki), known by the pen name Est Em (えすとえむ, Esu to Emu; "S and M", stylized as est em), is a Japanese manga artist.
