CHARACTER FACTORY

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What is Character Factory?
We make it possible to develop marketing plans based on real results.
Original character creation led by famous Japanese artists with proven track records.
All characters are created through meetings with our clients, producing a character that matches perfectly their business and products.
Licensing out your newly made character will allow you to tap into a new revenue stream.
We make it possible to develop marketing plans based on real results.
Original character creation led by famous Japanese artists with proven track records.
All characters are created through meetings with our clients, producing a character that matches perfectly their business and products.
Licensing out your newly made character will allow you to tap into a new revenue stream.

★ Merits of Developing an Original Character ★

1

Long-term Use

Provided no revisions are made to the character you can use it for years to come.

2

Branding

Long-term use of your original character will enable you to create a brand image.

3

Expansion

An original character make advertising and garnering media attention cinch and
is easily shared across SNS.

★ Merits of Developing an Original Character ★

1

Long-term Use

Provided no revisions are made to the character you can use it for years to come.

2

Branding

Long-term use of your original character will enable you to create a brand image.

3

Expansion

An original character make advertising and garnering media attention cinch and is easily shared across SNS.

Artist

Each original character is crafted by our team of Japan’s top artists
with proven track records in corporate branding and animation.

Each original character is crafted by our team of Japan’s top artists
with proven track records in corporate branding and animation.

◎Partner Artists

  • AKANE
  • Asahina。
  • aska
  • Hajime Anzai
  • Okada Momo
  • kanabann graphics
  • Hanako Clulow
  • Kurohamu
  • Sachie Shimokawa
  • JINCO
  • Spooky graphic
  • DAI TAMURA
  • TICTOC
  • Kiyomi Nishii
  • Fujio Production
  • MORI CHACK
  • Fumi Watanabe
  • AKANE

    NARF&Co. designer based out of Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. She has an established reputation not only in the conventional cute and feminine style, but with her characters that have an edge to them created from such things as music or surfing culture. Akane is a top creator for NARF&Co. which is a company that consists of an elite team of creative directors, film makers as well as singers/DJ’s and is acknowledged for its remarkable balance between playfulness and keeping in fashion.

    AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE
  • Asahina。

    Currently resides in Oita City of Oita Prefecture. She has worked as an illustrator since 2002 and is particularly skilled at the Bezier style of illustration. Her major clients include Gakken Co., Ltd., Ehime Asahi Broadcasting, SHUFU TO SEIKATSU SHA CO.,LTD., Softbank Creative, Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd., Adobe Systems, OITA GODO SHIMBUN INC., the city of Oita, etc.

    Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。
  • aska

    Specializes in the simple yet cute and heart softening style of animal character illustration in addition to cute illustrations of sweets and other food. Cute and simple characters are this artist’s mainstay. Aska is currently working on creating Smartphone cover designs, puzzle magazines, cut illustrations, etc.

    aska aska aska aska
  • Hajime Anzai

    Concentrated on designing for large companies (JAL’s Reso'cha, JA Kyosai’s Shiawase Yume Club) Hajime is involved in a wide range of activities including character design, T-shirt design, magazine series publication, book design, Okada Momo animation, commercial narration, exhibitions, music bands and more. His major works include NHK’s Minna no Uta “Hoya Hoyara”, the picture book “Love! Love! Love!”, and “WASIMO.”

    Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai Hajime Anzai
  • Okada Momo

    Born in Tokyo, 1985 and graduated from the design department of Nihon University College of Art. Okada Momo started work as an illustrator in 2008. Momo has developed various artistic works using characters that have slightly blemished or wicked characteristics while maintaining a charming and eccentric cuteness. Her creations are known for their characteristic oval black eyes. She is currently involved in developing original character products, producing collaborations with famous characters, and character design for TV. Momo’s major works include Mickey & Friends Laugh Sketch, Laugh Sketch Kinnikuman and other projects like Mamamokomo TV. In recent years she has been branching out into hand drawn/hand made products and not only illustrations but creation of 3-D artwork, stuffed animals, and various accessories.

    Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo Okada Momo
  • kanabann graphics

    Original CG animation development.
    Drafting, planning, screenplays, storyboards, character design, background design, CG animation, all services provided. We also coordinate recording for music and voice overs to create a unique animation for our client that other companies simply can’t provide. In addition to creating animations we happily supply business related support.

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  • Hanako Clulow

    Hanako originally loved drawing pictures during her childhood years but became interesting in developmental psychology after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America and went on to major in psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Receiving heavy influence from a university environment steeped in outstanding artistry her passion for art and music was reignited, inspiring Hanako to begin selling things like prints, T-shirts and greeting cards with her drawings on them at local markets and art fairs after graduating college while working at Japan Airlines in London. This all lead to her meeting her current illustrator agent, Pickled Ink, and starting a career as an illustrator. After which she had 2 children in Japan and moved as a family to New Zealand in 2014. The majority of her clientele are from England and Japan. While in Japan, starting in 2013, Hanako was put in charge of the Hiyoko Club magazine’s supplementary picture book volumes and has since handled illustrations for their other supplementary books. In 2017 with Kodansha she published the Berri Berri Hagashite Asobu Picture Book, “Tabetaina, Aan!” In the UK she produced her debut piece with Catepillar Publishing in 2016 publishing “The River” and “Above and Below.” She then went on in 2017 to produce the “10 Reasons to Love a” series with Quarto Publishing in collaboration with the London Natural History Museum. There have been six issues published in the series, Turtle, Elephant, Bear, Whale, Penguin, and Lion. The mediums she draws for range from simple and bold character designs in board books to non-fiction picture books themed around nature and animals.

    Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow Hanako Clulow
  • Kurohamu

    Known for a colorful and energetic style with a specialization in creating mascot characters (Yuru Chara) Hamu Kuro gets requests for cover illustrations, cut illustrations, and character design for magazines and other publications from large publishing companies.

    Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu
  • Sachie Shimokawa

    Sachie is known for specializing in simple, energetic, cute, and fun character illustrations for children, creating art for product characters, picture books, teaching materials, smartphone applications and in a wide variety of fields.

    下川幸枝 下川幸枝 下川幸枝 下川幸枝 下川幸枝 下川幸枝 下川幸枝
  • JINCO

    As a character planner Jinco has taken part in the character and world outlook creation in projects such as the Tamagotchi series while participating as an individual in design related events. She not only specializes in character creation but also creates a world-wide image for characters through developing their personality, products, and usage. The characters that Jinco creates are loved by children and adults alike for their unique Jinco color scheme and universal personality.

    JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO
  • Spooky graphic

    In addition to working on conceptual projects such as graphic design, cute & cool character design, and storyboard production, Spooky Graphic, the head turning ghostly group, is a creative team made up of few exceptionally talented artists and also specializes in motion graphics along with character animation.

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  • DAI TAMURA

    In the caricature world competition, the ISCA Caricature World Competition in 2016 Dai Tamura took home the title of World Champion. Concentrating on sports illustrations Dai has created thousands of portraits marked by his specialized lively and vibrant style using pens and color markers drawing with dynamic movements of his hand. With an Instagram following of over 85,000 he has developed a friendship with and provided some NBA athletes with illustrations. He has worked for 7 years up until the year 2017 for a caricature creation company, having created caricatures for a total of 30,000 people, and has appeared in various media outlets like “Hirunandesu!” and “Pitanko Kankan.” Currently Dai Tamura is working on NBA and boxing world competitions projects for Rakuten, Inc. and Showtime Networks Inc. (US).

    DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA DAI TAMURA
  • TICTOC

    Illustrator based in Osaka. After working for a design studio doing product design for children’s toys, logos, and packaging design TicToc set out as an independent illustrator in 2003. TicToc draws heartwarming and cute illustrations centering on children, animals, and everyday life for nursery/children’s books, company mascot characters, and product illustrations.

    TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC
  • Kiyomi Nishii

    Able to produce artwork for a wide variety of fields such as character design, manga, and product illustration, Kiyomi Nishii’s work is concentrated around puzzle magazines (cover/problems), Mook magazines, and CD jackets for large publishing companies and record labels.

    Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Kiyomi Nishii Nishii Kiyomi
  • Fujio Production

    A production company established in 1965 and centered around the manga artists Fujio Akatsuka. The company produces manga as well as commercializes and publishes characters from popular manga such as “Tensai Bakabon”, “Osomatsu-kun”, “Himitsu no Akko-chan”, and “Mōretsu Atarō.”

    Fujio Production
  • MORI CHACK

    After working as a manga artist and commercial illustrator, in the year 2000 Mori Chack started a new series called, “チャッX(ChaX)” which took a cynical approach expressing the problems and inconsistencies of the world with cute characters. Since then he has garnered strong popularity at home in Japan and abroad. His great pieces of work include “GLOOMY The Naughty Grizzly”, “Hanyou Usagi (general purpose rabbit)”, “Kuma Kikai”, “Gao-kun no kawa wo kabuta Meimei-san”, “Tsurushiguma” and “Harapeko Zame no Slit Gill.”

    MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK MORI CHACK
  • Fumi Watanabe

    Fumi Watanabe specializes in accurate depiction illustrations of people, animals, vehicles, and food targeted to children and drawn with cute exaggerated features that kids enjoy. Fumi has experience in character creation for children’s hospitals and school teaching materials as well as creating illustrations for theme park walls, advertising car wrappings, and food packaging.

    Watanabe Fumi

◎Partner Artists

AKANE

NARF&Co. designer based out of Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. She has an established reputation not only in the conventional cute and feminine style, but with her characters that have an edge to them created from such things as music or surfing culture. Akane is a top creator for NARF&Co. which is a company that consists of an elite team of creative directors, film makers as well as singers/DJ’s and is acknowledged for its remarkable balance between playfulness and keeping in fashion.

AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE AKANE

Asahina。

Currently resides in Oita City of Oita Prefecture. She has worked as an illustrator since 2002 and is particularly skilled at the Bezier style of illustration. Her major clients include Gakken Co., Ltd., Ehime Asahi Broadcasting, SHUFU TO SEIKATSU SHA CO.,LTD., Softbank Creative, Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd., Adobe Systems, OITA GODO SHIMBUN INC., the city of Oita, etc.

Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。 Asahina。

aska

Specializes in the simple yet cute and heart softening style of animal character illustration in addition to cute illustrations of sweets and other food. Cute and simple characters are this artist’s mainstay. Aska is currently working on creating Smartphone cover designs, puzzle magazines, cut illustrations, etc.

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Hajime Anzai

Concentrated on designing for large companies (JAL’s Reso'cha, JA Kyosai’s Shiawase Yume Club) Hajime is involved in a wide range of activities including character design, T-shirt design, magazine series publication, book design, Okada Momo animation, commercial narration, exhibitions, music bands and more. His major works include NHK’s Minna no Uta “Hoya Hoyara”, the picture book “Love! Love! Love!”, and “WASIMO.”

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Okada Momo

Born in Tokyo, 1985 and graduated from the design department of Nihon University College of Art. Okada Momo started work as an illustrator in 2008. Momo has developed various artistic works using characters that have slightly blemished or wicked characteristics while maintaining a charming and eccentric cuteness. Her creations are known for their characteristic oval black eyes. She is currently involved in developing original character products, producing collaborations with famous characters, and character design for TV. Momo’s major works include Mickey & Friends Laugh Sketch, Laugh Sketch Kinnikuman and other projects like Mamamokomo TV. In recent years she has been branching out into hand drawn/hand made products and not only illustrations but creation of 3-D artwork, stuffed animals, and various accessories.

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kanabann graphics

Original CG animation development.
Drafting, planning, screenplays, storyboards, character design, background design, CG animation, all services provided. We also coordinate recording for music and voice overs to create a unique animation for our client that other companies simply can’t provide. In addition to creating animations we happily supply business related support.

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Hanako Clulow

Hanako originally loved drawing pictures during her childhood years but became interesting in developmental psychology after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America and went on to major in psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Receiving heavy influence from a university environment steeped in outstanding artistry her passion for art and music was reignited, inspiring Hanako to begin selling things like prints, T-shirts and greeting cards with her drawings on them at local markets and art fairs after graduating college while working at Japan Airlines in London. This all lead to her meeting her current illustrator agent, Pickled Ink, and starting a career as an illustrator. After which she had 2 children in Japan and moved as a family to New Zealand in 2014. The majority of her clientele are from England and Japan. While in Japan, starting in 2013, Hanako was put in charge of the Hiyoko Club magazine’s supplementary picture book volumes and has since handled illustrations for their other supplementary books. In 2017 with Kodansha she published the Berri Berri Hagashite Asobu Picture Book, “Tabetaina, Aan!” In the UK she produced her debut piece with Catepillar Publishing in 2016 publishing “The River” and “Above and Below.” She then went on in 2017 to produce the “10 Reasons to Love a” series with Quarto Publishing in collaboration with the London Natural History Museum. There have been six issues published in the series, Turtle, Elephant, Bear, Whale, Penguin, and Lion. The mediums she draws for range from simple and bold character designs in board books to non-fiction picture books themed around nature and animals.

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Kurohamu

Known for a colorful and energetic style with a specialization in creating mascot characters (Yuru Chara) Hamu Kuro gets requests for cover illustrations, cut illustrations, and character design for magazines and other publications from large publishing companies.

Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu Kurohamu

Sachie Shimokawa

Sachie is known for specializing in simple, energetic, cute, and fun character illustrations for children, creating art for product characters, picture books, teaching materials, smartphone applications and in a wide variety of fields.

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JINCO

As a character planner Jinco has taken part in the character and world outlook creation in projects such as the Tamagotchi series while participating as an individual in design related events. She not only specializes in character creation but also creates a world-wide image for characters through developing their personality, products, and usage. The characters that Jinco creates are loved by children and adults alike for their unique Jinco color scheme and universal personality.

JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO JINCO

Spooky graphic

In addition to working on conceptual projects such as graphic design, cute & cool character design, and storyboard production, Spooky Graphic, the head turning ghostly group, is a creative team made up of few exceptionally talented artists and also specializes in motion graphics along with character animation.

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DAI TAMURA

In the caricature world competition, the ISCA Caricature World Competition in 2016 Dai Tamura took home the title of World Champion. Concentrating on sports illustrations Dai has created thousands of portraits marked by his specialized lively and vibrant style using pens and color markers drawing with dynamic movements of his hand. With an Instagram following of over 85,000 he has developed a friendship with and provided some NBA athletes with illustrations. He has worked for 7 years up until the year 2017 for a caricature creation company, having created caricatures for a total of 30,000 people, and has appeared in various media outlets like “Hirunandesu!” and “Pitanko Kankan.” Currently Dai Tamura is working on NBA and boxing world competitions projects for Rakuten, Inc. and Showtime Networks Inc. (US).

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TICTOC

Illustrator based in Osaka. After working for a design studio doing product design for children’s toys, logos, and packaging design TicToc set out as an independent illustrator in 2003. TicToc draws heartwarming and cute illustrations centering on children, animals, and everyday life for nursery/children’s books, company mascot characters, and product illustrations.

TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC TICTOC

Kiyomi Nishii

Able to produce artwork for a wide variety of fields such as character design, manga, and product illustration, Kiyomi Nishii’s work is concentrated around puzzle magazines (cover/problems), Mook magazines, and CD jackets for large publishing companies and record labels.

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Fujio Production

A production company established in 1965 and centered around the manga artists Fujio Akatsuka. The company produces manga as well as commercializes and publishes characters from popular manga such as “Tensai Bakabon”, “Osomatsu-kun”, “Himitsu no Akko-chan”, and “Mōretsu Atarō.”

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MORI CHACK

After working as a manga artist and commercial illustrator, in the year 2000 Mori Chack started a new series called, “チャッX(ChaX)” which took a cynical approach expressing the problems and inconsistencies of the world with cute characters. Since then he has garnered strong popularity at home in Japan and abroad. His great pieces of work include “GLOOMY The Naughty Grizzly”, “Hanyou Usagi (general purpose rabbit)”, “Kuma Kikai”, “Gao-kun no kawa wo kabuta Meimei-san”, “Tsurushiguma” and “Harapeko Zame no Slit Gill.”

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Fumi Watanabe

Fumi Watanabe specializes in accurate depiction illustrations of people, animals, vehicles, and food targeted to children and drawn with cute exaggerated features that kids enjoy. Fumi has experience in character creation for children’s hospitals and school teaching materials as well as creating illustrations for theme park walls, advertising car wrappings, and food packaging.

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Concerning the Contract
We will supply legal support to create a contract that satisfies your company as well as the artist.
① Depending on the project and the artist, original characters are purchased by or leased to the company.
② Prices vary depending on the artist.

Example Development Flow

We conduct meetings to develop a character
based upon your corporate and product image.

(KAPPA SUSHI)
◎By then proceeding to decide upon an artist we can provide our clients with top quality proposals.
Meeting → Deciding the Artist → Begin Development → Proposal

◎By then proceeding to decide upon an
artist we can provide our clients with top
quality proposals.

Meeting → Deciding the Artist → Begin Development → Proposal
Expansion after Development

Announcements via SNS and your homepage, creation of novelty goods, chat
application digital goods, we offer our experienced marketing plans for expanding
your characters influence. With our proven track record, we will support you just as
an advertising agency would to make branding a breeze.

Announcements via SNS and your homepage, creation of novelty goods, chat
application digital goods, we offer our experienced marketing plans for expanding
your characters influence. With our proven track record, we will support you just as
an advertising agency would to make branding a breeze.

◎Development Example

License out

By licensing out your popular character to other companies
you can permanently receive royalties for its use.

By licensing out your popular character to other companies
you can permanently receive royalties for its use.

◎Licensing will be conducted by Pierrot Co., Ltd.

Along with creating a large number of animated shows and films like Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, and Mr. Osomatsu, Pierrot has branched out into character licensing for the use of such animated content within Japan and abroad. Utilizing their management system and previous success in licensing in/out we can ensure grow and carefully manage your character while overseeing its development worldwide.

Licensing in/out with Pierrot

★ Especially Recommended for the Below! ★

Increasing company and product recognition,
Companies that want to use a character for PR but think licensing costs are too high

Increasing company and product recognition,
Companies that want to use a character for
PR but think licensing costs are too high

Companies who are thinking of re-designing their current character

Companies who are thinking of re-designing
their current character

Businesses that want to set themselves apart from their competition

Businesses that want to set themselves apart
from their competition

Companies who want to start the “license out” business model

Companies who want to start the “license
out” business model

Companies that want to create original animation

A free seminar can be conducted at your office
to explain the above.
Please feel free to contact us.

A free seminar can
be conducted at your office to explain the above.
Please feel free to contact us.