Artists Showcase: Tamaki Chihiro — Japanese Manga Artist
In July 2021, Japanese manga artist Tamaki Chihiro joined REVIVAL NFT Fund’s Medici Support Program and is set to auction her 4 NFT artworks with full support from the EMOGI team in the coming weeks.
Introducing Tamaki Chihiro
Tamaki Chihiro is one of Japan’s leading comic artists active on the global stage, writing in various genres. Her book “Walkinʼ Butterfly” has been translated into foreign languages and made into a TV drama.
“My dream is to become a permanent traveler without ever need to use fiat as payments.”
“When I learned about Bitcoin in 2016, I got an overwhelming feeling that the future is here and fell in love in an instant. The next day, I canceled all my insurance and put one-third of the returned money into Bitcoin. Love is blind, so I became a committed HODLer since then.
Bitcoin is an art born from the Internet. I believe all the elements of Bitcoin are perfect, such as the mechanism and origin of Bitcoin, the achievement of real decentralization, and of course, the mythical stories surrounding its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The inception of Bitcoin is just beautiful, and it still gives me chills when I think of it.
My current goal is to create a manga (or anime) for children that makes it easy and exciting to learn about the mechanism of money and capital, its history and future, and make it available to people worldwide. (Recruiting co-writers!)”
Past Events & Achievements
- Debuted in the manga magazine 『スピリッツ』 in 2001.
- Chihiro’s book 『Walkin’ Butterfly』 was made into a drama, which was then translated into six languages and nominated for the American Library Association Awards in 2008.
- Attended an autograph session at Japan EXPO in Paris in 2008. Chihiro’s book 『Fool On The Rock』 won the French Youth Recommended Book Award.
- Attended an autograph session at 『Cartnist2012』 held in Nice, France in 2012 and another one at 『Paris manga2013』 held in Paris in 2013.
- Volunteered in a manga production lecture at the University of Manila in the Philippines in 2016.
- Published a manga about a crypto investment that Chihiro experienced in 2017 — 『ビットコイン投資やってみました！』, which became a hit and was reprinted five times in a week.
- Attended an autograph session in Dongguan, China, and a talk show with Swedish cartoonists Osa and Kim at the Swedish Embassy in 2018.
- Drew illustrations to support Wuhan during COVID in a charity project in Yunnan in 2020.
