BIO - LONG VERSION

Masaru Yamaguchi

Masaru Yamaguchi

Born in Setagaya, Tokyo.
Graduate of Design - Nihon Bijutsu Gakko.
Member of the Tokyo Illustrators Society

Prizes:
・Mainichi Shogyo Design Prize - Tokusen Prize
・Asahi Kohoku Prize - Bumon Sho prize
・Yomiuri Kokusai Manga Taisho Yushusho
3-time recipient of the top prize

Published works:
・Bunkacho Media Geijutsusai Shinsaiinkaisuisen
 ( Recommended ) “Dango no Sukeninjutsushugyo”(Fure-berukan)
・“Nazonazo Daiboken” (Seibido Publishers)
・“ANGEL RING”

Original TV commercial character design for Meiji “Ka-ru Papa” and “Kinokonoyama Takenokonosato” and “Otoku Chan” character
design for Uni and Apita

Created a 3D work assembling pieces of wood used for IBM Zenpe-ji newspaper advertising and the picture book “Katachi no Nakani Naniga Aru” (Fure-berukan)

http://www.tis-home.com/masaru-yamaguchi

web site

Artist's Works in Ehonya's Library

  • The Hare and the Tortois...

    The Hare and the Tortois...

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    Aesop’s Fables
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    Masaru Yamaguchi
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    Kyoko Shimbo

    ★3 - 4 yrs

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    A speedy hare and slow-but-sure tortoise decide to race. Who wil...

  • Kintaro

    Kintaro

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    Masaru Yamaguchi
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    Kyoko Shimbo

    ★3 - 4 yrs

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    Kintaro, who is known for his tremendous strength, plays in the ...

  • Little One Inch

    Little One Inch

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    Masaru Yamaguchi
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    Kyoko Shimbo

    ★3 - 6 yrs

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    The very, very tiny “Little One Inch” is much taller and stron...

  • Mercury and the Woodman

    Mercury and the Woodman

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    Aesop’s Fables
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    Masaru Yamaguchi
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    Kyoko Shimbo

    ★3 - 4 yrs

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    A woodman loses his favorite axe in a lake. From the depths of ...

  • Peach Boy

    Peach Boy

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    Masaru Yamaguchi
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    Kyoko Shimbo

    ★3 - 4 yrs

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    Peach Boy decides to save the villagers from the terrible Oni. O...

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