NHK Enterprises, NHK,
Tokyo, Japan
Illustrator for Towa No
Izumi on
NHK
- Worked on 20 illustrations used as
important props in the TV drama aired in 2012
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2012
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Flipbook Exhibition 4
"Light", Tokyo, Japan
Paticipated in the group exhibition of flipbook,
called Parapara Manga Kissa
Ten 4
- Created a flipbook made of transparent cell
called "In The Myst," and another kind of
"Black Lighted Flipbook" using highlighter pen.
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2011
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NHK Enterprises, NHK,
Tokyo, Japan
Illustrator for Sijuukunichi
No Recepi on NHK
- Worked on 46 illustrations used as
important props in the TV drama aired in 2011
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2010
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NHK, Group Gendai,
Tokyo, Japan
Animator and illustrator for Hikari
No Ijin, Kage No Ijin on NHK
- Worked on illustrations of Thomas Edison
and Nicola Tesla's childhood used in the TV
documentary aired in 2010
- Worked on animation part describing the
history of electricity
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2010
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Flipbook Exhibition 3
"Garden", Tokyo, Japan
Paticipated in the group exhibition of flipbook,
called Parapara Manga Kissa
Ten 3
- Created 5 Phoenakistiscopes with the shapes
and drawings of flower and bug related design
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2010
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Wako High School,
Kanagawa, Japan
Guest Lecturer
- Teach students about creating short movies
including animation
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2009-2013
2016
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Benesse, Tokyo, Japan
Illustrator for The Gigantic Turnip in
Benesse's educational magazine for toddlers
- Illustrated and wrote picture book of "The
Gigantic Turnip"
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2008
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Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan
Cartoonist for Kazaokimori No Kuro on
Kodansha's website called "Michao!"
- Created 4 episodes of cartoon about Kuro, a
crow kid who cannnot fly and his friends
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2008
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NHK, NHK Enterprises,
Tokyo, Japan
Animator for Minna No Uta's
Shiawase Daifuku on NHK
- Worked on animation for "Shiawase Daifuku,"
a song by Sansaro, for TV programm called "Minna
No Uta" aired in 2007-2008
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2007
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NHK,
Tokyo, Japan
Director and
Animator
for " Which Color Do You Choose For A
Rainy Day?"
- Worked on
animation for advertising 5th NHK Mini Mini Film
Award as a prize of 4th NHK Mini Mini Film
Award
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2007
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NHK, Tokyo, Japan
Won Grand Prix at 4th NHK Mini Mini Film
Award with "Memory
Player"
- Worked on animation along with the theme
"communication"
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2006
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NHK, Tokyo, Japan
Won
Best Technical Award at 3rd NHK Mini Mini Film Award with
"Crow
-Family-"
- Worked on animation along with the theme
"family"
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2005
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SBMM,
Buddiez, Tokyo, Japan
Creator of "Tobe Nasu Rocket (The Eggplant
Rocketship)" for Ohanashi
Ehon Club(The Children't Book Club)
- Organized staffs, wrote script, designed
illustration and animated characters
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Fall 2004
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Crow
Animation, Yokohama, Japan
Crow's Teeny Tiny
Exhibition
- Organized a personal exhibition at hair
salons, Pas a Pas and Step by Step
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Spring 2004
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Asahi
Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan
Illustrator for Asahi
Weekly
- Created Illustrations for essays published
on Asahi Weekly, the English Newspaper in Japan
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2003-2009
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G-Creators,
10GAUGE,
Tokyo, Japan
Story Board Artist, Layout Artist, 2DAnimator for Project PAPO on WOWOW
- Worked on 4 story boards of 5 minute
animation shorts
- Dealt with the whole process of production
as Layout Artist, Tradiitional Animator, etc
- Performed as a translator between foreign
CG artists and Japanese staffs
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2003-2004
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Sunrise,
Eyedentify,
Tokyo, Japan
Freelace Animator, Motion Capture Operator for SD Gundam Force series
on Cartoon Network
- Modified motion-captured data and created
character animation using Filmbox
- Worked under tight deadlines, creating 25%
of the 3D CG animation
- Performed as a liaison between a foreign CG
artist and a Japanese director and other staffs
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Spring 2003
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G-Creators,
Tokyo,
Japan
Flash Animator for DigiGirl,
the first flash-made animation TV series in Japan
- Created character animation, camera works
using Flash
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Spring 2003
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Dentsu
Eye, Tokyo, Japan
Animation Director for Merry
X'mas Doromi, an animated short for
Shinjuku MYLORD advertisement
- Created stories, designed and animated
characters and backgrounds using After Effects
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Fall 2002
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Nickelodeon
Animation
Studios, New York, NY
Senior Digital Animator for Little
Bill, a top-rated
preschool TV show
- Animated multiple-character scenes, using
2D puppets in After Effects and PhotoShop
- Worked under tight deadlines with
extremely specific requirements
- Guided Junior animators and fellow
animators to finesse their animatio
Freelance Coordinator and Translator for
interviews by Animage, Tokuma Shoten's Magazine
- Translated from English to Japanese and
vice versa for interviews regardin Nickelodeon's
production system
- Worked closely with Nickelodeon's press
department
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2000-2002
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NHK,
Studio Zero, Tokyo, Japan
Claymation Assistant for Petit
Petit Anime, an educational preschool
show
from the largest broadcasting company in Japan
- Attended to daily operations of Studio
Zero, Shinichi Suzukifs animation studio
- Created cute 3D clay characters and
background sets; coordinated shooting
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Spring 1999
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SQUARE
Soft, Tokyo, Japan
3D CG Animation Intern for Final
Fantasy VIII, a
successful video game for PlayStation
- Animated live-action style movements of 3D
CG characters using Soft Image
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1998-1999
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Tokyo
University Contents Program, Tokyo, Japan
- Learning how to become a producer
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Fall 2004-2007
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New York University Continuing
Education Program, New York, NY
- Gained proficiency in Maya's basic 3D CG
functions
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Fall 2001
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Keio University Graduate
School of Media & Governance, Tokyo, Japan
- Master's Degree, GPA: 2.6/3.0
- Final Project: Thesis on Character
Animation
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1997-1999
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Brown University, Providence,
RI
- Exchange Student, Film Study
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1997-1998
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Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- BA in Environmental Information, GPA:
2.8/3.0
- Gained proficiency in basic computer
science and computer art.
- Final Project: Interactive Picture Book
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1993-1997
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| Computer:
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After Effects, Photoshop,
Filmbox, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Maya, Soft Image,
Illustrator, Premiere, Director, Animation Master,
Hypertoon, Media100 MSWord, Quark, C programming,
HTML, on Mac, PC, UNIX |
| Language:
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Fluent in Japanese, English
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