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イラストレーター / アーティスト
Illustrator / Artist

利光春華
Haruka Toshimitsu

1983年東京都生まれ。東洋美術学校グラフィックデザイン科卒業。アパレル会社勤務を経て、2008年にイラストレーターとして独立。

動物や植物を中心に、日常の中にある小さな幸せや何気ない瞬間を、温かみのあるタッチと鮮やかな色彩で描く。広告、書籍装画、パッケージ、プロダクトデザインなど幅広い分野で作品を手掛ける一方、個展やグループ展を通してオリジナル作品を発表している。

原画制作にとどまらず、作品から生まれた世界観をステーショナリーや雑貨などのプロダクトへと展開。動物たちの日常を描く「Animal Days」をはじめ、絵を通して暮らしに彩りを添える作品づくりを続けている。

2017年に初の著書となるビジュアルストーリーブック『Ribbon』（上ノ空）を刊行。2026年には江國香織の小説『川のある街』（朝日文庫）の装画を担当。トヨタ自動車、資生堂、アフタヌーンティーなど、多数の企業やブランドにイラストレーションやアートワークを提供している。

Haruka Toshimitsu was born in Japan. After graduating from technical college, worked for an apparel company. Started her career as an artist while working at an apparel company. Involved in the show visuals for apparel brands presented at Tokyo Collection “MULTIPLE MARMELADE 2005 Spring / Summer”. Taking this as an opportunity she retired from the apparel company and became independent as an illustrator.

She has many major corporate clients in Japan such as fine arts / commercial facility installations / video production (Music Video) / magazine illustrations / book covers / package design / brochures / fabric textiles / web page design and so on.

She loves watercolor and uses it. She expresses the gap between fantasy and reality. She colorfully expresses adorable girls / animals / botanical arts and cuts out fragments of the story as fine art. On the other hand, her great sense of balance is good at optimizing art and commerce. Her main target, a well-educated and high-disposable income female. She is constantly exploring and providing the visuals they seek.

In December 2017, the first visual story book “Ribbon” was published. Since then, she has been active as an art director who creates her own world view such as stage, costumes, props, etc., not limited to her illustrations.


Awards:
Selected for the 1st "10 CARDS FOR MILANO SALONE"-"Nantoka no Mori" Japan
The 133rd "THE CHOICE Kazunari Hattori Judgment"-"Missing Season" Semi-Selected Japan
Selected for the 3rd "TIS (Tokyo Illustrators Society) Open Call"-"Laughing Cat, Crying Dog" Japan


Selected Clients:
Toyota, Sony, Shiseido, Benesse, Wacoal, Lawson Entertainment, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Sazaby League, Watabe Wedding, Magazine House etc.