✦ Tokyo based Bilingual Designer 🇯🇵×🇺🇸✦ Winner of the Creative Quarterly Award for Professional Graphic Design 🏆✦ Specialized in Logo Design & Brand Localization 🗼Tokyo native designer with experience working with companies, associations, and artists from over 25 countries.Started painting using a Macintosh 512k at the age of three. Graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, managing multiple projects to develop domestic and international brand strategies, including product development at a California-based wine/spirits production company.After living in the U.S. for ten years, moved back to Tokyo and started freelancing for international clients, specializing in graphic design, brand and product logos, book covers, and UI/UX design for websites. Currently the CEO of zaffiro Incorporated, an international art design studio.