Yusuke Nakamura

Yusuke Nakamura (Japanese:中村 佑介, Hepburn: Nakamura Yusuke, born 26 January 1978 ) is a Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and musician. Born in Takarazuka, Hyogo, He graduated from the design major of Osaka University of Arts. He has been drawing since he was a child. He loves video games. When he was at Osaka University of Arts, he aimed to get a job at a game company, and studied computer and design in a CG course. Also, since he originally liked records and CD jackets, he also drew jackets of fictional artists as a hobby.

Person

Manga artist Masakazu Ishiguro was his university classmate. They have influenced each other's work and remain close friends. His hobbies include manga, video games, collecting Transformers figures, and watching adult films. He actively participates in lectures and talk shows. During exhibitions, he holds autograph sessions, carefully inscribing illustrations alongside his signature. People Influenced by him include Takahiro Matsumoto, Kenji Ozawa, Fujiko F. Fujio, Mitsuru Adachi, Yoko Kondo, Momoko Sakura, and Woody Allen. His favorite illustrators are Seiichi Hayashi, Seizo Watase, Minoru Yonezawa, Satoshi Hyodo, and Norman Rockwell. His drawing procedure is a rough sketch with a pencil, a draft→ inking (Copic Multiliner), → scanning the sketch to a computer → coloring it with Photoshop. Therefore, most of the original drawings are only line drawings. The reason why there are many profiles in the figures is because "I want to draw them with curves". Because side views allow for more graceful lines than front-facing poses. Masafumi Goto of the rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION commissioned him to design album covers starting with their debut, The Time Is Nigh. He also manages and produces the internet radio show Yonashi Hosshitsu (Pear Broadcasting Room).

List of major works

CD jacket

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Pink (2011,Waikiki Records) Kaoru (2013) YOU (2014,Waikiki Records) Comics Tele Nichi (2003,Starz Publishing) Always (2006 - 2007,Osaka University of Arts) And Yet the Town Moves Official doujinshi ~ Marukocho Shopping Street 2010 Summer Festival Special Issue ~ (2010,Shonen Gahosha,by Masakazu Ishiguro)-back cover illustration Thursday no Frutto (2011, Akita Shoten)-Title and illustration Cover of ADVENTURE TIME: Marceline & The Scream Queens (2017,Nebulasha) Gal Doctor Ayape Vol. 2 (2019)-Illustration Kamonogatari 8 Special Edition (2020,Kodansha)-Illustration Card Anime TV series The Tatami Galaxy (2010) And Yet the Town Moves E11-Courtesy of Background Illustration Love and Lies (July 2017) Ep11-End Card