Takumi
Iwase
Born
in Tokyo, 1973
Graduated Musashino Art University, Major; Spatial Art Design
TOKYOGUNS;
created many kinds of Club Flyers with as start of his work, and these brought
him a great deal of attentions as new age illustrator and designer. One of
his major work is character "b" which was created for Akasaka BLITZ
(sponsored by TBS). He also has been working with all sorts of medias such
as TV title, magazines and music etc... Basically his creations are influenced
by both of Japanese and American culture and also blended with his original
black humor. Those diversity of his art sence have been popular among Japanese
young generations.
<Exhibitions>
- 1998 - Joined "00"'s at Kichijoji Parco
- Nov. 1998 - The first individual exhibition at "Rocket" (Gallery
at Omotesando)
- April 2001 - The second individual exhibition at Shibuya Parco
<Major
Artworks>
Music;
- Japanese Pop singer "Tomoe Shinohara"'s VideoClip Artwork
- Japanese Rock bank "AIR" (Polystar label) Artwork
- TV commercial animation for Japanese bank "Spitz"'s single CD titled
'Spika' / 'Kaede'
- Artworks for Music Label "HAPPINESS RECORDS"
- "HARD FLOOR" (scmi) Artwork
- Illustrations on Posters, T-shirts, Tickets for "Spitz"'s live tour
"SPITZ BERGEN TOUR 1999"
- Compilation Album "Club Latino" (Universal victor) CD jacket artwork
Magazines, Publications;
- "Street Bikers" (News Publishing)
- "non-no" (Shueisha)
- "Login" (ASCII)
- "Bar-f-out"
- "COOL TRANCE" (Wani publishing)
- "floor"
etc...
Others;
- Character "b" for Akasaka BLITZ (Live House sponsored by TBS broadcasting
company)
- Artworks for Internet program "Az" (NTT OCN)
- Title artwork for TV program "Esu Efu" (Fuji TV)
- Opening animation for TV program "Ninkimono de Ikou!" (TV Asahi)
- Title artwork for TV program "BONITA" (SPACE SHOWER TV)
- Character Design and Art direction for SONY PlayStation Game soft "R"
- Animation and title design for TV program "b"
- Artworks for YAMAHA instrument "DJ-X"
- Main Character design for NIKE JAMPAN FOOTBALL Pre World Cup TV commercial
Fashion;
- T-shirt Brand "TOKYOGUNS" 1997-1998
- "MILK, MILKBOY" (t-shirts design)
- "IGNITION45" (T-shirts, Sweet shirts, Jacket design)
- "67 mission" (T-shirts, Sweet shirts, Jacket design)
etc...
