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The motherland of street art, your favorite daily updates, check the latest walls, exhibitions, books and much more. The world is one.
Born 1989 in Sagamihara-shi, Kanazawa, Japan After graduating from high school, he felt uncomfortable living in the Japanese society and was determined to change Japan through art. While searching for his ways, he had a fateful encounter with Banksy’s work and since then he lived his life as a street artist. He drew his first work at the age of 18 in Harajuku, but he was caught by the police and soon realized the difficulty of street art activities in Japan. If this goes on, he thought that it is impossible to change Japan and in 2012 at the age of 21, he travels to London to study street art. In 2013, he exhibited numerous works at group shows held at Graffik Gallery (London), Bottleneck Gallery (New York) and others (Dubai, Los Angeles). In January 2014, he held his first solo exhibition at Graffik Gallery (London) with the title “MUGENGIKKOU”, and the sales went well beyond expectations, with buyers coming out before the show.
Furthermore, he was named “Japanese Banksy” from other artists. In April of the same year after returning to Japan, he held his first solo exhibition in Japan “Life is too short” in Tokyo, shifting his activities to Japan. In the next year, to convey the current situation of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, he produced a video work “FILM OF FUKUSHIMA 2016” in Fukushima, a disaster area, and received requests for mural in various parts of Japan.
From 2016 onwards, there were requests for mural from not only Japan but in New York, Shanghai, Philippines etc. and expanded the scope of activities to the world. In 2018, he established a new manga style, by shifting from a stencil style that has been described as Japanese Banksy. In 2019, he moved to Berlin, Germany, with his one and only style as a weapon, and is currently playing an active role all over Europe. In 2022, he published his first Art book “YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY” which captures 10 years of his life as a street artist.
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