Tatsuro Kiuchi

Tatsuro Kiuchi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1966. A biology major and graduate of International Christian University in Tokyo, he made the switch to an art career after graduating with distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Tatsuro began illustrating children’s books with several publishers in the US and Japan, eventually branching out into editorial work for magazines, book jacket illustrations and advertising commissions. Tatsuro's first picture book The Lotus Seed (text by Sherry Garland / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. He has also been commissioned by such clients as Royal Mail to design their Christmas Stamp Collection in 2006, and Starbucks for their Worldwide Holiday Promotion “Pass the Cheer” in 2007. He has been contributing a serial comic strip titled The Earthling, appearing regularly in a quarterly magazine. His work has been recognized by Communicatin Arts, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators (Gold and Silver medals), The Original Art, Society of Illustrators LA, Art Directors Club, 3x3, The Association of Illustrators Images, Design Week Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair. Tatsuro is a member of Tokyo Illustrators Society, and teaches illustration at Aoyamajuku. LINK tatsurokiuchi