The Tokyo-based licensing agency DENKI-MIRAI has been appointed to represent four talented Japanese illustrators 'Yoshimi Ohtani, Kazuki Okawara, Minchik, Takuya{truffle}', and is now seeking licensing partners across all categories.

Yoshimi Ohtani is an award-winning illustrator. She was born 1980 in Tokyo, Japan and started her freelance carrier in 2006. Her illustrations are characterized by a mixture of manga/anime style and design/art style. In her artworks, she tries to express traditional Japanese aesthetics - so called 'wabi-sabi, kare, iki' - and her modern sensibility.

Kazuki Okawara was born 1969 in the Japanese Saitama prefecture and graduated from Tama Art University. His works include illustration, animation, character design for books, games and web sites. However, maze illustration is one of his favourite categories. Most of his works have been published as children's books.

Minchik is a Japanese illustrator, animator, video creator, and a founder of the 'BEATON' creative studio located in the Fukushima prefecture. His works include posters, T-shirts, stickers, CD covers, music videos, and sales promotional material.
'Beatony Girls -wa-', one of his new artwork lines, is characterized by girls illustrated in sophisticated manga/anime style.

Takuya{truffle} is an illustrator, character designer, merchandises designer and born in Japan. His characters he designed have been selected as mascot or chosen for character merchandising by several leading Japanese companies including the professional Japanese baseball team. His illustrations can be seen in books, magazines and on websites.

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