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Akino Shin
Akino Jin
He photographs natural landscapes and architecture both in Japan and overseas. He is active in many areas, including serializing photo essays, judging contests, and participating in local revitalization projects. He runs the photography school Alto Focus and the photography school for seniors Alto Prism.

Hanako Akiyama
Hanako Akiyama
Born in Nara Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts, completed the research course at the same university, and worked in the same research lab. After that, he studied under photographer Mineko Orisaku. He takes snapshots of the city with the theme of "the breath and traces of everyday life."

Hiromi Ito
Hiromi Ito
Certified photo instructor by the Japan Photo Instructors Association (JPIO). Photographs are based on the theme of "Scenery with Trains." A train enthusiast, train foodie, and foodie. Loves riding steam locomotives. Favorite place is Maruseppuku Recreation Forest.

Kayoko Inoue
Kayoko Inoue
Born in Gifu City, he currently lives in Kiyosato, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, and is based in the Yatsugatake Mountains, photographing landscapes, starry skies, wildlife, railways, and fireworks all over Japan. He is active in a wide range of fields, including contributing to corporate calendars, books, and newspapers, and teaching photography classes and seminars.

Jun Imura
Jun Imura
Living in Yokohama. Photographer of wildlife and natural landscapes. After graduating from the Nippon Photography Institute, he worked as an assistant to landscape photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi before going freelance. With "wildness" as his main theme, he pursues wildlife around the world and natural landscapes in Japan.

Takuya Iwasaki
Takuya Iwasaki
Through his 20 years of night view activities, he has launched a number of night view specialty websites, including "Night View INFO," "Factory Night View Special," and "Night View Wallpaper.com." He is also active in a wide range of fields, including as a night view photography tour instructor, appearing on television, and writing books.

Yutaka Usui
Hiroshi Usui
Born in Yamagata Prefecture. Studied under the late landscape photographer Mitsumasa Akimoto. Calling Tochigi, Ibaraki, and Fukushima prefectures his home ground, he continues to take photos of flowers and landscapes throughout the seasons. He also devotes himself to teaching photography, including holding local photography classes.

Yasushi Okamura
Okamura Yasushi
Born in Yokohama. Dropped out of the photography department at Osaka University of Arts. He then moved to the foot of the Yatsugatake mountains in Shinshu in search of a field to photograph. He has been carrying out his life's work mainly in Nagano Prefecture. He won the Fuji Photo Salon Newcomer Award and is the representative of Okamura Yasushi Photography Office, Ltd.

Yuji Ogasawara
Yuji Ogasawara
Born in Aichi Prefecture. He started working at a camera manufacturer, working in the development department and showroom. He then made his debut as a photographer and held his first solo exhibition, "Admiring the Stars." He was awarded the Photo Master EX (Expert) Starry Sky category.

Yutaka Onda
Yutaka Onda
Representative of Shinshu Photo Planning. Born in Tokyo. Lives at the foot of Mt. Hakuba. Lifework is in the Azumino and Hakuba areas, especially the Northern Alps, Hakuba Sanzan, and Mt. Goryu, taking photos of seasonal landscapes and rural scenery. Also disseminating information on the latest local news.

Takeshi Kin
Takeshi Kanetake
As a fireworks photographer, he continues to take pictures of fireworks using his own method, the "Fukuda Style Photography Technique." His work is presented in various media, including photo exhibitions, events, and magazines. He is also increasingly being asked to give lectures and talks on fireworks, as well as teaching at photography classes.

Takeshi Kamiya
Takeshi Kamiya
He mainly photographs, plans and writes about domestic and international railways, with a focus on steam locomotives (SL). He is currently serializing "Photographing Park Locomotives" in the Icarus Publishing "Steam Locomotive EX" magazine. He holds photo sessions and other events with the goal of "making railway hobbies a hobby for more adults."

Tetsuo Kikuchi
Tetsuo Kikuchi
As a photographer and writer, he accompanied magazine reporters on interviews and took photos as an artist, which were published in specialist magazines such as "Yama to Keikoku" and "Takejin," as well as in calendars and postcards. In 2001, he was in charge of photographing the cover of the monthly magazine "Yama to Keikoku" for one year.

Noriko Kita
Noriko Kita
She studied under photographer Shoichi Maekawa. She focuses on light, color, and form, focusing on natural landscapes in Japan. Her major photo exhibitions include "MOMENT" and "FORME." She is the head of the "Kita Noriko Photo School."

Takuma Kimura
Takuma Kimura
A photographer and videographer living in Okayama Prefecture. He mainly takes advertising photos (landscapes, food, architecture, portraits, etc.), and photographs the scenery of Okayama as his life's work and artistic activity. He also takes aerial shots using the 12m long monopod Bi Rod and drones.

Noriko Kukimoto
Noriko Kukimoto
Born in Kobe. After working in a variety of jobs, he became a photographer. Currently, he teaches at Olympus College and Nikon College, and also teaches various photography courses and workshops, conveying the joy of photography with the motto of "fun and easy to understand."

Grassland Studies
Kusahara Manabu
Born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Moved to Isumi, Chiba Prefecture in 2015. Currently photographing stars and fireflies in the Sotobo region, centered around Isumi City. Founded the Isumi Starry Sky School in 2019 and regularly holds Isumi City Stargazing Events.

Eiichi Kobayashi
Eiichi Kobayashi
He provides his work for photography magazines, publications, commercials, etc. As a landscape photographer, he photographs beautiful landscapes all over Japan. Photographing landscapes in his hometown of Chiba is also one of his life's work. He is currently working as an instructor at the Fujifilm Photography School. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Association.

Jun Kobayashi
Atsushi Kobayashi
He lives in Gifu Prefecture. While working as an architect, he was fascinated by the world of photography and began taking photos with the theme of "scenery with families." His life's work is to beautifully record the time he spends with his family through photography and to convey the charm of his hometown, Gifu.

Saitou Koichiro
Saito Koichi
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture. Involved in advertising photography, taking pictures of people, food, etc. Involved in PR for Olympus (now OM Digital Solutions) cameras since 1999. Since then, has been taking photos for catalogs and web advertisements.

Miki Saito
Miki Saito
A photographer well-known for his fun and easy-to-understand lessons for women and beginners. He is active in a wide range of fields, including portrait photography and landscape photography. He has ample experience in Shichi-Go-San, Coming of Age Ceremony, pre-wedding photo shoots, and profile photo shoots. He has a track record of 350 wedding photography shoots.

Hirokazu Sakai
Hirokazu Sakai
Born and raised Tokyo Tokyo. Mainly works on product and portrait photography. In addition to his own photography, he also runs a studio, with six studios in Jiyugaoka and elsewhere. He photographs a wide range of subjects, including events, stage performances, and travel-related topics.

Rie Sakai
Rie Sakai
Born in Tokyo, he joined the office of photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi and became a freelancer in 2009. He has continued to photograph "Kanda River - the river and the lives of the people living in the surrounding area," and has recently been fascinated by the simple shapes of grass growing there, and is working on new works.

Tomizo Sakaida
Tomizo Sakaida
After working in the photo retail industry, he became independent and started working as a freelance photographer. He mainly takes photos of sports, motorsports, nature, pets, animals and landscapes, and also writes product reviews of cameras and lenses.

Yoshiyuki Shiizaki
Yoshiyuki Shiizaki
Born in Wakayama. After graduating from the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts, he worked in the photography research lab at the same university before going freelance. Currently, while continuing to create his own works, he is also active in a wide range of fields, including teaching amateurs at various photography classes, including as a lecturer at Canon EOS Academy.

Chiffon
He has a total of about 200,000 followers on social media. After graduating from university, he started working as a freelance photographer. His main genres are cityscape and minimalist photography, Other he also does snapshots, portraits, and product photography. He focuses on pastel and minimalist photography.

Atsushi Shirai
Atsushi Shirai
He lives in Aichi Prefecture. He studied under photographer Seizo Takada. He travels around the country, including his hometown of Mikawa, to take photographs. He is known for his appropriate advice and enthusiastic guidance. He has held solo exhibitions such as "Hakan" at the Canon Gallery Ginza. He has published the book "Shōkei" in the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter series.

Yuya Sugimoto
Yuya Sugimoto
She has a total of about 50,000 followers on social media. She was born in Tokyo and studied aeronautical engineering. She is the founder of "#Yomegraphy" and her activities have been featured on television and radio. Since then, she has worked as a photographer, giving talks, writing articles, taking corporate photos, taking sample photos, and directing preset sales.

Hiroshi Sugiyama
Hiroshi Sugiyama
Affectionately known to customers as "Sugicchi," he currently works as a travel photographer, taking pictures of landscapes around the world. His photographs are filled with gentleness, and he has an outstanding sensibility for capturing ordinary things in an artistic way.

Kazuo Suzuki
Suzuki Kazuo
He continues to produce fascinating works while taking on new fields and themes one after another, such as Oze, Urabandai, Oguni, cherry blossoms, and seasonal landscapes across Japan. He has consistently placed importance on the attitude of accepting the "voice" of his subjects.

Sayaka Suzuki
Sayaka Suzuki
Photographer, representative director of the Photography and Living Research Institute, and owner of Atelier Piccolo. He studied under video director Tan Hakata and photographer Shin Yamagishi, and went independent in 2012. While taking advertising photographs, he also holds many exhibitions of his work.

Yuichi Takasaka
Yuichi Takasaka
He was involved in the launch of Canada's first aurora tour in Yellowknife. He has provided images and time-lapse videos to various media outlets, including NASA and National Geographic. He is also a member of the global night sky photography project group "TWAN."

Masumi Takahashi
Masumi Takahashi
Living in Furano, Hokkaido. Landscape photographer. Started taking photos of the mountains of Hokkaido during university. He continues to express the natural scenery of Biei and Furano including the hills, with his own unique sensibility. He has published many books, including the photo collections "Fuga" and "Sun Pillar."

Mitsushi Takeshita
Mitsushi Takeshita
Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting. He used to photograph general landscapes, but in 2016 he started focusing on topography and geology. He currently covers mountains and coasts all over the world. He has published a photo collection and guidebook, "GEOSCAPE JAPAN."

Yasushi Tanizumi
Tanikado Yasushi
Born in 1973. In 1999, he decided to move to Canada and live there. He was overwhelmed by the aurora and the scenery and started taking pictures. He has written many books, including "Aurora Sky" and "Aurora Falling Town," and has held photo exhibitions such as "Nikon Salon." He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS).

Yutaka Taneki
Tanekiyo Yutaka
After graduating from the Department of German Studies at the Faculty of Foreign Studies Kyoto, he worked as an assistant to photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi for about three years before going freelance in 2007. He currently takes a wide range of photographs, from classic images remaining throughout Japan to snapshots of modern cities.

Takuya Tamura
Takuya Tamura
He photographs a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, snapshots, and sports (surfing), but he has also been promoting infrared photography using digital cameras, and has released works using infrared cameras. He also focuses on printing monochrome photographs on washi paper and art paper.

Haruo Tomizuka
Haruo Tomitsuka
After graduating from the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art, he went to the United States and established a photography studio in Hollywood. After returning to Japan, he started taking photos of Mt. Fuji and landscapes, and opened the Lake Yamanaka Photo Gallery. He has held many photo exhibitions both in Japan and overseas. He has also served as a lecturer and judge at photography classes.

Toshiaki Nakanishi
Toshiaki Nakanishi
He continues to take photographs of nature with a sense of the seasons, mainly in Mt. Hakuba, Kamikochi, Switzerland, etc. He is well versed in retouching and printing. He has written many books, including "How to Improve Mountain Photography," the photo collection "Kamikochi," and the guidebook "Mt. Hakuba and the Ushiro-Tateyama Mountain Range."

Takashi Nakamura
Takashi Nakamura
Born in Saitama Prefecture. Photographs a variety of subjects including portraits, food, and snapshots. As a member of the astronomy club in high school, he would look up at the starry sky and take photos. Since 2018, he has been working as an academy instructor at Olympus Digital College.

Nana*
Owner of "AURORA", a select shop that sells tableware and household items by artists. Her photos of photogenic food and suggestions on how to use tableware have gained popularity, and she has over 100,000 followers on social media.

Tatsuo Hata
Hata Tatsuo
After working as an assistant to photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi, he became an independent photographer. Using film and digital cameras, he has been doing research around Japan on the theme of "hometown." His photo production activities are centered around "New Zealand and Alaska."

Hattori Takanori
Hattori Takanori
He became an assistant to landscape photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi. After that, he worked behind the scenes at a photo processing production company, providing support in the early days of digital photography. He currently teaches at photography schools and the NHK Culture Center, and writes for photography magazines.

Takami Hayashi
Takami Hayashi
Airplane photographer and reporter. Based at Narita Airport, he creates photographs and conducts interviews. He also travels energetically to Japan Self-Defense Force air shows and other events around the country, presenting many of his works. His motto is "Take photos of your favorite airplanes."

Kisho Hayami
Hayami Kisho
After graduating from the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art, he studied under landscape photographer Akiaki Hayashi, and after working on the Canon Marketing Calendar in 2012, he became independent. He is a landscape photographer who continues to publish his photographs in various advertising media, including photo books and corporate calendars.

Akira Fukasawa
Akira Fukazawa
Born in Tokyo. Full member of APA (Japan Advertising Photographers Association). Currently active as an aviation photographer. Creates fun times through photography tours that provide a wide range of explanations not only about photography, but also about digital knowledge, developing and retouching, and even airplanes.

Takeshi Fukasawa
Takeshi Fukazawa
After graduating from Tokyo, he became a freelance photographer. While his main field is the Northern Alps in Shinshu, he also continues to photograph the sea and creatures of Amami and Okinawa. He has many fans thanks to his spot-on explanations in technical articles for camera magazines such as "CAPA."

Yuki Mizota
Yuki Mizota
Graduated from the Department of Cinematography at Nihon University College of Art. Photographs scenes he finds on his travels and in his daily life, and is involved in contributing to camera magazines, judging photo contests, and holding photography seminars. He has written "Camera Pachiri: Room Cats, Outside Cats" and co-authored many other books.

Toyo Mitsukawa
Mitsukawa Toyo
After graduating from the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art, he has worked in a wide range of creative fields at a publishing company. He currently teaches at a variety of cultural centers and is active in group and solo exhibitions, writing, serializing, etc. He is very popular as a friendly instructor who is easy to understand for beginners.

Yuya Muto
Yuya Muto
From the automobile development industry, he became a photographer. He has over 10 years of experience as a photographer. He has experience in photography consulting, such as setting up a corporate photography department. He also takes food and product photos and accompanies media interviews. He is also expanding into new businesses through NFT and the metaverse.

Masahiro Murase
Masahiro Murase
He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS). After working in the photography department at Heibonsha Publishing KK (now Magazine House KK), he went freelance. He mainly photographs entertainment-related and commercial products, and also works as an exclusive photographer for professional baseball teams (Seibu and Hanshin). He also has many connections with photography enthusiasts.

Kazushi Momoi
Momoi Kazushi
He studied under photographer Kenji Nagatomo. In addition to photography, he has written books on cameras and appeared on television. He has been a lecturer on NHK's "Yuyuyu Hobbies: An Introduction to Digital SLR Photography." His photography genres are diverse, including portraits and overseas landscapes.

Hiromi Morita
Hiromi Morita
Born in Nagano Prefecture. Currently residing in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture. Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS) and the Japan Society for the Study of Contemporary Photography (JSAHP). After encountering Shirakawa-go-go in 1979, he has continued to photograph Shirakawa-go as his life's work, and is now expanding his activities nationwide.

Yasumaro Yaita
Yaita Yasumaro
After graduating from university, he worked for a publishing company before becoming a photographer. He also works as a lecturer for a camera manufacturer, providing photography instruction focusing on starry skies and celestial bodies. He has written many books, including "Spoon Star and Breast Star," "Aurora," and "109 Mysteries of the Stars and the Universe."

Haruko Yamada
Haruko Yamada
Based in Yokohama, his photography genres are diverse, including architectural photography, various studio photography (portraits, products), and events. He is a certified photo instructor of the Japan Photo Instructors Association (JPIO). His motto is "Fun, friendly, and easy to understand."

Junichi Yamamoto
Junichi Yamamoto
He lives in Sapporo. After 23 years of working as a company employee, he set up his own company, Pure Peak Photo. He currently photographs the natural scenery and animals of Hokkaido. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS). He is the founder of the "Fun Photography Classes."

Manabu Yamamoto
Yamamoto Manabu
Graduated from the Department of Photography, Faculty of Arts, Osaka University of Arts. After graduation, he worked at the same university's research lab. He studied under photographer Seizo Takada while still a student. While continuing to take photos that evoke the Japanese "emotion," he also teaches at photography classes at Canon EOS Academy and other institutions.

Shiho Yoshizumi
Yoshizumi Shiho
He began taking photographs in earnest after entering high school. He mainly takes close-up photographs of flowers, with the theme of the "heart" of nature. In addition to holding solo exhibitions, he also gives lectures and writes for photo magazines. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS).

Masanobu Wakasa
Masanobu Wakasa
Born Hokkaido. In 2006, he started a Hokkaido photography guide to introduce the fields he has photographed. He has held exhibitions in Shinjuku, as well as traveling exhibitions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea. He pursues animals in all four seasons.