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		<title>Yoko Tanji</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoko Tanji&#8217;s fantastical works possess striking textures and colours, and are so diverse in content and style it is almost as if they have been produced by various artists. As well as creating her own illustration masterpieces, she works as an illustrator for both magazines and book covers. For more of Yoko Tanji’s works, visit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/yoko-tanji/</link>
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		<title>Yoko Tanaka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once based in Los Angeles and now in Thailand, illustrator Yoko Tanaka creates pieces that are adorable but slightly morbid and reminiscent of children&#8217;s fairy tale books. The soft, limited palette combined with the medium of acrylic on wood lends her paintings a beautiful endearing texture and depth. For more of Yoko Tanaka’s works, visit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/yoko-tanaka/</link>
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		<title>Loworks / Himuro Yoshiteru</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loworks / Himuro Yoshiteru is a Japanese graphic designer and illustrator. He has worked with companies such as NIKE, Yahoo and Ford, and has sold his work on sites such as Tokyocube. To see more of Loworks / Himuro Yoshiteru work, please visit his online portfolio »]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/loworks/</link>
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		<title>Taiyo Matsumoto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taiyo Matsumoto is one of Japan&#8217;s foremost seinen mangakas. His works are a combination of European, American and Japanese comic art forms, making his work purely unique, with a captivating franetic energy. Several of his works have been published in English, from his most famous work in the west, Tekkonkinkreet: Black &#38; White (which has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/taiyo-matsumoto/</link>
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		<title>Michael Wandelmaier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Wandelmaier is an illustrator and graphic designer who currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Though formally trained as a civil engineer and geologist, Michael has chosen to pursue a career in the arts. He uses both traditional and digital media in his work (taken from his website). For more work my Michael Wandelmaier, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/michael-wandelmaier/</link>
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		<title>Hayato Nishimaki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regarded as one of Japan&#8217;s up and coming surrealist artists, Hayato Nishimaki has been exhibited at the Geisai Art Show in Tokyo as well as at the special Geisai Museum 2 Show, hosted by Takashi Murakami. Hayato Nishimaki has a selection of one-off, hand-drawn ink/acrylic gouache piece available to buy at the Tokyocube online store. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/hayato-nishimaki/</link>
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		<title>Rin Nadeshico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rin Nadeshico ( born in 1984 in Chiba) has turned 19th century depictions of the Yamato Nadeshiko on their head by inserting modern, young independent women in their place amongst historical backdrops of Mount Fuji and other similar cultural emblems. Unfortunately Rin Nadesico&#8217;s website seems to be offline at the moment, hopefully temporarily.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/rin-nadeshico/</link>
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		<title>Erika Yamashiro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okinawa-born, Tokyo-based painter Erika Yamashiro uses soft pastels and cute motifs, such as black cats and butterflies, to create fantastical landscapes. For more of Erika Yamashiro artwork, visit her website.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/erika-yamashiro/</link>
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		<title>nook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brooklyn-based illustrator and designer nook. For more, visit nook&#8217;s website.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/nook/</link>
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		<title>Hikari Shimoda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hikari Shimoda was born in Nagano, Japan in 1984 and studied at the Kyoto Saga University of Art. With children as a motif she, as she explains in her own words, &#8220;pick(s) up their warped attitude or feeling toward the outer world and express(es) it through their physical body which has not been balanced yet. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/hikari-shimoda/</link>
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