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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.