Biography I am a freelance illustrator and graphic designer originally from Japan. I am also an avid traveller and have been living nomadically while working remotely. I have been abroad over 7 years in total and have studied, worked and lived in over 10 countries. Slow travel enables me to digest new cultures and build a deeper connection with new people while immersing myself in the local environment. These multicultural experience broadened my perspective of life and has become the major creative inspiration. My illustration is hugely influenced by my roots in 80-90s Japanese pop culture and education in Japanese calligraphy from childhood. It is based on hand-drawing and painted digitally with selected colour pallets which leave the result soft-organic and friendly feel. In my spare times, I mostly find myself in nature and taking photographs, listening to music or doing yoga. -- This is the English profile for my portfolio website. Any correction would be appreciated!

Joke of the Day When a cruise ship that has hit by iceberg is sinking, and you want to ask a man to jump into the ocean to reach the ship and rescue those women and kids that still left there, you should say the followings to convince if the man is: Italian - You can be popular among them. American - You can be a hero. Japanese - Everyone jumps in the ocean.

Speak like a leader | Simon Lancaster | TEDxVerona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBamfWasNQ&t=7s The speechwriter Simon Lancaster gave a speech about how to make a competing speech like a leader. He introduced a technique called rhetoric which stems from Roman empire, and has been wildly used by world’s leaders. In the talk, he explained the technique in six points. It scientifically proved that some particular techniques make the speech more memorable and grab the highest possible attention from audiences. He brought some quotes from past leaders after explaining each technique as case examples. The whole speech was very impressive, powerfully appealed to the audience. The points of each component were clear and easy to follow. At the end of the speech, he emphasised that rhetoric technique is what children need to study at schools, in order to integrate into society, lead others and speak up when necessary, as every child has the potential to become a leader, not only for exclusives. I agree with his idea. Especially in my home Japan, we only learned to be good and efficient of being in a group and we never learned how to be a good individual in which circumstance unlikely to make a future leader. *** If someone has a chance to read through and correct and/or suggest any better way to write, I'd highly appreciate it!