Ajiro was born in Tokyo in 1980, and is a painter and graphic designer based in Tokyo.  He started his career as an artist in 2010. Viewers of his works are endeared to the treasured characters consist of people, animals and imaginary creatures drawn from his own dreams and imagination.  In addition to supplying artworks for various media (such as books and promotional visuals for a stage production), he released two entirely self-produced animated shorts “medusa” and “door” in 2015.  The highly lauded shorts opened a new door to the “Ajiro world”.