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Profile of Koji Ishikawa

Profile of Koji Ishikawa

Koji Ishikawa's"Colorful Animals hide and seek" series (poplar-sha)are strong sales.
The number of copies is over 1,750,000 copies in the whole series.
This series has obtained high evaluation internationally.
Translations appeared in France, South Korea and China.

Koji Ishikawa

Picture-book author,Illustrator,Graphic Artist
koji@kojiishikawa.com

Place and Date of Birth
Chiba pref in Japan, 4 October 1963

Art School Attended
Musashino Art University

Prize

1986 Kodansya Competition of Pictures for Kids grand prix
2004 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition of Children's Books Selected

Books

2000  "Happy Painter Life"  (IDG Japan)
2002  "Living with 100 Dogs"  (Gakken)
2003  "Life with Paper Dogs"  (Kodansya)
2005  "Paper Dogs travel around the world"  (kawade-syobo-shinsya)
2006  "COLORFUL ANIMALS HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
      "COLORFUL RIDES HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
      "HAPPY TOYS HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
      "COLORFUL CLOTHES HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
2007  "Who's tail"?  (KODANSYA)
      "What is this sound?"  (KODANSYA)
2008   "Trip of Little Ship"  (popular-sya)
      "COLORFUL FRUITS HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
      "ANIMAL PATTERN HIDE AND SEEK"   (popular-sya)
2009   "BABY SMILE" (popular-sya)
      "BABY HELLO" (popular-sya)
      "Book of Eggs" (Doshin-sya)
      "Panda's ONIGIRI" (PHP)
      "Toy-Block Boy" (popular-sya)
2010   "BABY HUGGY " (popular-sya)
       "Flowers bloom" (Doshin-sya)
       "Everyone fly!" (Doshin-sya)
2011   "COLORFUL VEGETABLES HIDE AND SEEK" (popular-sya)
       "Toy-Block Boy and Toy-Block Girl" (popular-sya)
       'Vehicle of the land' and 'Aerial vehicle' (Doshin-sya)
      "Masks"(Kaisei-sya)
      "COLORFUL BIRDS HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
2014   "Heavy Vehicles" (Doshin-sya)
      "Masks2"(Kaisei-sya)
      "CHRISTMAS HIDE AND SEEK"  (popular-sya)
and more…