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)
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BIO - LONG VERSION
Masaru Yamaguchi
Artist's Works in Ehonya's Library
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The Hare and the Tortois...
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- Aesop’s Fables
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★3 - 4 yrs
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A speedy hare and slow-but-sure tortoise decide to race. Who wil...
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Kintaro
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★3 - 4 yrs
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Kintaro, who is known for his tremendous strength, plays in the ...
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Little One Inch
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★3 - 6 yrs
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The very, very tiny “Little One Inch” is much taller and stron...
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Mercury and the Woodman
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★3 - 4 yrs
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A woodman loses his favorite axe in a lake. From the depths of ...
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Peach Boy
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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...