Biography
Name: Kouzou Sakai
Occupation: Illustrator
He has loved animals, birds, insects, plants and making sketches of them since he was little. After having graduated from Dept. of Animal Science and Biotechnology in the University, he worked at design production. And he has been working as freelance Illustrator since 2002.
Kouzou is represented worldwide by Folio illustration agency.
To discuss commissions or image licensing, please contact Folio.
Folio Illustration
www.folioart.co.uk
info@folioart.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7242 9562
Selected clients
Amazon, Apple, BBC, Carrefour, Coca-Cola, Condé Nast, Forbes, McDonald’s, Monocle, Nature, New York Times, Wired and more.
Awards
3×3 Professional Show No.18 / Merit / USA / 2021
World Illustration Awards / Longlist / UK / 2020
3×3 Professional Show No.17 / Merit / USA / 2020
World Illustration Awards / Highly Commended / UK / 2019
3×3 Professional Show No.15 / Merit / USA / 2018
Work experience
｢Monocle｣ Magazine / Monocle / UK / 2016-2024
｢Runner’s World｣ Sports magazine / Rodale, Inc. / USA / 2008-2024
｢Nestgov/FCW｣ Magazine / Government Media Executive Group LLC. / USA / 2024
｢5280｣ Magazine / 5280 Publishing, Inc. / USA / 2024
｢Quanta Magazine｣ Web contents / Simons Foundation / USA / 2022-2024
｢THE TRANSMITTER｣ Web contents / Simons Foundation / USA / 2024
｢Mortlach Whisky｣ Package / Diageo plc / UK / 2023
｢Forbes JAPAN｣ Business magazine / ATOMIXMEDIA Inc. / Japan / 2017-2023
｢Nextgov/FCW｣ Magazine / Government Media Executive Group LLC. / USA / 2023
｢Ascend｣ Web contents / Harvard Business Publishing / USA / 2023
｢The Report on Cyber Resilience｣ Report / ISTARI / UK / 2023
｢Cell Reports Methods｣ Science magazine / Cell Press / USA / 2023
｢Genentech｣ Web contents / Genentech inc. / USA / 2021-2023
｢Haymarket｣ Web contents / Haymarket Media Group / UK / 2023
｢ByFaith｣ Quarterly magazine / METALEAP CREATIVE / USA / 2022
｢Resources｣ Magazine / Resources for the Future / USA / 2022
｢Consumer Reports｣ Web contents / Consumer Reports, Inc. / USA / 2021-2022
｢The Journal of MR PORTER｣ Web contents / MR PORTER / UK / 2018-2022
｢The New York Times｣ Web contents / The New York Times Company / USA / 2021
｢MODUS｣ Web contents / RICS.org. / UK / 2021
｢Computing｣ Magazine / Incisive Media / UK / 2021
｢Fast Company｣ Magazine / Fast Company, Inc. / USA / 2021
｢BBC Sky at Night｣ Magazine / Immediate Media Company Ltd. / UK / 2021
｢Esquire UK｣ Magazine / Hearst UK / UK / 2021
｢UCSF Magazine｣ Web contents / University of California San Francisco / UK / 2021
｢Usbek & Rica｣ Magazine / Usbek & Rica / France / 2017-2021
｢The ENTREPRENEURS 3｣ Business magazine / Monocle / UK / 2020
｢SYSTRA｣ Magazine / Usbek & Rica / France / 2020
｢Fraud Magazine｣ Magazine / ACFE, Inc. / USA / 2020
｢American Way｣ Magazine / Ink / USA / 2020
｢SilverKris Magazine｣ Magazine / Ink / Singapore / 2019-2020
｢WIRED JAPAN｣ Web contents / Condé Nast Publications / Japan / 2019
｢JWT Intelligence｣ Web contents / J. Walter Thompson Company / USA / 2019
｢LIVE｣ Magazine / Novartis / Switzerland / 2019
｢The Lancet HIV｣ Magazine / Elsevier Inc. / UK / 2019
｢Medium｣ Web contents / A Medium Corp. / USA / 2018 – 2019
｢America｣ Magazine / LES EDITIONS AMERICA / France / 2019
｢The Monocle Travel Guide Series｣ Book / Monocle / UK / 2018 – 2019
｢The Lancet Infectious Diseases｣ Magazine / Elsevier Inc. / UK / 2018
｢STEP JOURNAL｣ Magazine / STEP / UK / 2018
｢ProSale｣ Magazine / Hanley Wood Media, Inc. / USA / 2018
｢Monocle The Summer Weekly : issue 2｣ Newspaper / Monocle / UK / 2017-2018
｢International Thyroid Awareness Week｣ Campaign / Merck / Germany / 2018
｢The Design Economy 2018｣ Report / Design Council / UK / 2018
｢MAYDAY｣ Magazine / Trouble co. / Denmark / 2018
｢BBC FOCUS｣ Magazine / Immediate Media Company / UK / 2018
｢The Forecast｣ Magazine / Monocle / UK / 2017-2018
｢Monocle The Winter Weekly : issue 1-4｣ Newspaper / Monocle / UK / 2017
｢Project｣ Magazine / APM / UK / 2017
｢ADWEEK｣ Magazine / ADWEEK / USA / 2017
｢nature｣ Magazine / Nature Publishing Group / UK / 2017
｢Inside Intercom｣ Web contents / Intercom / USA / 2017
｢Children of the Salt Road / Kindle in Motion｣ Book / Amazon.com, Inc. / USA / 2017
｢Radio Times｣ Magazine / Immediate Media Co. / UK / 2017
｢British Airways High Life｣ Magazine / British Airways / UK /2017
｢SPECTRUM｣ Science media / SIMONS FOUNDATION / USA / 2017
｢PURSUIT｣ Magazine / De Beers Group Of Companies / USA / 2017
｢YAUATCHA LIFE｣ Annual culture magazine / Hakkasan Group / USA / 2017
｢FOLI｣ Packaging / Doyle Collection / UK / 2017
｢A Plus｣ Business magazine / CPA / Hong Kong / 2015-2017
｢CNN.com｣ News media / Cable News Network / USA / 2016
｢glass｣ Innovation magazine / J. Walter Thompson Company / USA / 2016
｢CIMA FM｣ Financial magazine / CIMA / UK / 2016
｢The Guardian｣ Animation / Guardian Media Group / UK / 2016
｢J-novel｣ Novel magazine / Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha / Japan / 2014-2016
｢NEW HORIZON｣ English textbook of junior high school / TOKYO SHOSEKI / Japan / 2016
｢The Timeless Shape of Happiness｣ Advertising / Coca-Cola x McDonald’s / 22 countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa / 2015
｢The New Republic magazine｣ Culture magazine / The New Republic / USA / 2015
｢Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage｣ Novel book / Harvill Secker / UK /2014
｢Moon Festival｣ Advertising / McDonald’s / USA / 2010-2013
｢Échale una mano al Medio Ambiente｣ Shopping bag / Carrefour / Spain / 2011
｢WIRED MAGAZINE｣ Culture magazine / Condé Nast Publications / USA / 2009
｢Microsoft.com｣ Web contents / Microsoft / USA / 2005
｢Honda Web｣ Web contents / Honda Motor / Japan / 2003-2007
etc…
Featured in
｢Neocha｣ Web magazine / Neocha / Hong Kong / 2016
｢Photoshop Creative｣ Art magazine / Imagine Publishing / UK / 2016
｢Künt No.5, No.6｣ Art magazine / Künt Magazine / Turky / 2016
｢TFM｣ Web magazine / Floating Magazine / India / 2016
｢Illustration Now! 2014｣ Calendar / Taschen / Germany / 2013
｢Illustration Now! 2013｣ Calendar / Taschen / Germany / 2012
｢Illustration Now! Vol.4｣ Art book / Taschen / Germany / 2011
｢The New Wave of Japanese Illustration｣ Art book / Norma Editorial / Spain / 2011
｢The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration｣ Art book / HarperCollins Publishers / USA / 2010
｢atlas of illustration｣ Art book / Page One Publishing / Spain / 2010
｢XFUNS No.45｣ Art magazine / Tiwan / 2009
｢Göoo Magazine #7 ｣ Art magazine / Argentine / 2009
｢dpi magazine special edition 2｣ Art magazine / Taiwan / 2009
｢idea illustrator no.20｣ Art magazine / Portfolio and interview / Taiwan / 2009
｢dpi magazine no.105｣ Art magazine / Portfolio and interview / Taiwan / 2009
Exhibition
｢MUSIC MUST ALSO BE SEEN｣ Caracas, Venezuela / 2013
｢MONSTER TRAIN｣ Cagliari, Italy / 2013
｢Bird｣ Koenji, Tokyo / 2012
｢BAETULONA｣ Barcelona, Madrid, Buenos Aires / 2011
｢Festival Della Creativita’ 08｣ Florence, Italy / 2008
Copyright
All images on this site are protected under the copyright laws. The copyright remains the exclusive property of Kouzou Sakai or a commissioning agency or company. The images may not be downloaded for manipulation or storage, the images may not be reproduced in any form or used in any way whatsoever without written permission from Kouzou Sakai or the commissioning agency or company, any violation in any way would be an infringement of copyright laws and lead to prosecution. Comping is usage, please ask first.