http://www.akirakai.com/

1972

A graduate of the Art Department of Nippon University with a major in Photography.

1988

Establishes foton inc., which becomes the first photography company in Japan to specialize in digital imaging.

2004

Publishes first photography collection titled “Hoobism” (Little More Co.,Ltd.).

2004

Holds a one-man exhibition at Bunkamura Gallery in Tokyo.

2005

Participates in the “2005 Canon Visual Impression”, a group exhibition at the Canon S-Tower in Tokyo.

2005

Holds second one-man exhibition at Bunkamura Gallery in Tokyo.

2006

Holds a group exhibition at the Canon S-Tower Open Gallery in Tokyo.

2006

Holds a one-man exhibition at the Roppongi-Hills Heartland in Tokyo.

2007

Holds a one-man exhibition at the Roppongi-Hills Heartland in Tokyo.

2007

Publishes second photography collection titled “ THE DANCING WIND” (Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd.).

2010

is presented as one of twenty superlative photographers, selected from all over the world on the book named 「The Complete Photographer」published from Dorling Kindersley Books UK.

[ Awards ]

2002-2004

wins the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association ( APA ) Awards three years in a row.　(for the first time ever in the Award's history) Shigene Kanamaru prize in 2002, Public Advertisement prize in 2003 and Public Advertisement Encouraging prize in 2004.

2008

wins The Japan Book Publishers Association's Chairman Prize at the 42nd The Art of Bookbinding Contest. （"THE DANCING WIND" 2009, publisher :Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd.）

2009

wins The Japan Federation of printing industries Chairman's Prize at the 61st The National Calendar Contest（Year2010 Calendar of Toyo Ink Group by Akira KAI works ）