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1948 Born in Kumamoto City

1970 Showed two works at an exhibition.Honorable Mention and Fine Arts Council Award Winner 

1971 Joined Towa Shoten as a designer.Mainly for export to Europe
    Three-dimensional object design and prototype etc.

1974 Joined Tokai Craft Art Company as a designer.stationery,
    So-called fancy miscellaneous goods such as cloth accessories, plastics, cans, etc.
    do the design.

    Cat "NYANKY", Penguin "FUNNY GROUP", Witch
    Character series such as "Witch World" and "Tsuppari"
    It became a big hit.

1988 Independence

1989 Christmas premium sales centered on cosmetics companies such as Shiseido
    Developed design and continued for about 20 years



2005 Released numerous tote bag designs.San Francisco MoMA
    Available at the museum shop.

2006 Started design licensing overseas 

2007 At "Maison & Objet" in Paris"Kawaii Mon Peluche","Cheri"Announced.
    Handled at the long-established department store Bon Marche





    start design

2009 "Mickey & Minnie""Winnie the Pooh"(Disney) collaboration design announced

    Monchhichi (Sekiguchi), "Anne of Green Gables" (Japanese animation project)
    collaborative design announced 


    Start Accessory Design 


2011 "Donald Duck" (Disney), "Hello Kitty" (Sanrio),
    "Paddington BearTM'collaborative design announced


    Sora Bea activities won the First Solar Award 












    Submitted his work to Kumanichi Charity Famous Shikishi Exhibition.continued








    The picture book "That Lovely Tutu" was translated and published in South Korea.


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