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Young Japanese Pop Art Stars [Artists

2023/02/21 TRiCERA ART

In recent years, the number of attractive artists in the pop art world has been increasing rapidly.
Among them, we have selected 10 artists who are highly acclaimed and continue to present their works energetically.

KYNE

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Kyne is an artist based in Fukuoka, Japan.
She studied Japanese-style painting during her college years and has been presenting her works since she was a student.
Around 2010, she established her current style of depicting women with cool expressions. She has been attracting attention both in Japan and abroad.
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(2) Masato Yamaguchi

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With the theme of "trans-reality (reality on the other side of reality)," Yamaguchi depicts women taking selfies (selfies) in a cool and cute manner.
He is also actively collaborating with apparel brands, and is a pop artist who is currently attracting a lot of attention.
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Rooo Lou

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Rooo Lou, born in 1988 in Osaka Prefecture, worked as a designer before shifting her method of expression to illustration.
Since then, she has been actively releasing her works, including collaborations with apparel brands.
Rooo Lou's minimal lines and pleasant colors depict a variety of people, young and old, male and female.
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(4) Kyara Ai

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Kyara Ai is known for her works depicting a neutral girl with a strong gaze.
Through SNS and other media, she has become interested in the dirt and contradictions that people have, and she says that she engages in expressive activities to always remember that she is not a stranger to the world.
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5) Erika Naka

Naka Ermika is an artist who is beginning to attract attention for her style of reconstructing abstract figures by incorporating fragments of logos, natural landscapes, and other objects of daily life into her paintings.
Her style, which breaks with traditional painting forms and stirs the imagination, is attracting collectors' keen attention.
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6) ZOE

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ZOE began doodling in 2020 and was told by "someone" who saw him do it, "From tomorrow, you will be an artist," which gave him his current artist name.
His bold use of color and his worldview filled with free imagination are the charms of his works.

7) Jodai Watanabe

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Drawing on 10 years of experience as a manga assistant, Jodai Watanabe continues his artistic activities with a focus on "putting the techniques of Japanese manga into the context of contemporary art.
His artwork of pop and cute girls gives viewers a refreshing impression.
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8) TIDE

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Continuing to draw black-and-white works, his recent works with cats as a motif have become popular both in Japan and abroad.
She has been exhibiting her works in group shows in London and New York, and has attracted a great deal of attention in the contemporary art scene both in Japan and abroad.
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⑨Moko Sawada

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Sawada Moko, born in Osaka in 1990, began her full-fledged artist activities while still in college.
She repeatedly draws images of girls and landscapes distorted by digital glitches. She is an artist whose popularity is growing, especially among her generation.
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(10) Nakai Bell

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Belle Nakai began painting in 2019 as a self-taught artist with no professional art education.
Based on cuteness, fun, and vividness, she creates new value by combining shoujo manga and composition art.
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