The art market has been rapidly expanding in size in recent years.
The following is a list of young Japanese artists under the age of 40 who are, or have the potential to be, central players in the global art market.
They are already growing in popularity and prices are soaring, so they will be mainly available on the secondary market, such as auctions.

1) Yukimasa Ida

Born in 1990 in Tottori, Japan. Lives and works in Yokohama, Japan. 2019 Completed the graduate course in oil painting at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Major awards include the CAF Award (Special Jury Prize) in 2004. Major exhibitions include "Here and Now" at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in 2009, "King of limbs" at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in 2008, and "Rhapsody" at Mayfair Salon in 2007. He has published a collection of his works entitled "YUKIMASA IDA: Crystallization" (Bijutsu Shuppansha).

Yukimasa Ida is already an internationally acclaimed painter.
In 2021, Sotheby's Hong Kong co-sponsored the auction "JAY CHOU x SOTHEBY'S" with Taiwanese singer and art collector Jay Chou, in which his work was one of the main attractions. It sold for well over the maximum expected price and became the talk of the town.
The consistent theme of the exhibition was "once in a lifetime". His representative works include the "Portrait" series, in which he depicts family, friends, and celebrities such as Basquiat and Andy Warhol, and the "End of today" series, in which he depicts his own mental landscapes and familiar unknown people on the day he meets them.
In 2021, Ida's collaboration with Dior and the fact that Yusaku Maezawa brought Ida's work to the International Space Station (ISS) made news and attracted attention from various scenes. In 2021, Ida attracted attention from various scenes.

(2) Miu Komatsu

Born in 1984 in Nagano Prefecture.
Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. Currently a specially invited professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design and a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.
While a student at Joshibi Junior College of Art and Design, his copper print work "49 Days" was highly praised and paved the way for him to become a professional.
Starting with copperplate prints, in recent years he has expanded his production area to include acrylic paintings and Arita porcelain.

Komatsu's style of production is characterized by a strong expressive power with excellent performative qualities.
He actively engages in live painting, while presenting works based on the theme of divine beasts.
In a live painting in July 2022, he dared to create a painting for several tens of minutes in a chaotic situation that could be described as a trance-like state.

Warm Isomura

1992 Born in Tokyo
2016 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Painting, Oil Painting
2017 Graduated from Genron Chaos*Lounge New Art School 2nd term

Recent major solo exhibitions
2020 "OFF THE SIDELINE" EUKARYOTE, Tokyo
Nangantanpa" Ginza Tsutaya GINZA ATRIUM, Tokyo
2019 "Our Security Goods" Ginza Tsutaya GINZA Art Wall, Tokyo
2018 "LOVE NOW" (EUKARYOTE / Tokyo)

Isomura has used a variety of techniques to express himself, including painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Among his works, those that reflect his own background and social issues that connect him to people close to him are the most notable. Symbolic motifs such as hell and the departed can be seen in some of his works. Sometimes humorously, sometimes ironically, he depicts hell, the place where the wicked fall, to express his criticism of the real world, which tends to label all people as "evil" in a uniform manner. Since 2009, he has been working with artist Rintaro Umino on an installation work, "Agitators In 2009, he began collaborating with artist Rintaro Unno on the installation "Agitators: Dreams or Floating Signages," challenging new methods of production and expression.

4) Kotao Tomozawa

Kotao Tomozawa, a student of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts, is known for his self-portraits covered with a slime-like substance and realistic oil paintings of dolls.
He has won the Keiichiro Kume Prize and the Ueno Geiyu Prize while still an undergraduate student, and is hotly sought after by collectors.
He is said to be the most popular young artist whose works are the most difficult to purchase. His future trends are not to be missed.

5) KYNE

Fukuoka-based artist.
She studied Japanese-style painting at university and has been showing her works since she was a student.
Around 2010, she established her current style of depicting women with cool expressions. She has attracted attention both in Japan and abroad.