Hajime Sorayama
Sorayama (空山) family name, Hajime (基) first name
Hajime Sorayama is active in many fields, such as art, industrial design, and fashion, and works with fetish posters and magazine covers.
Activities
Artist
Alternate Names
空山基 (Japanese)
Biography
1947: Feb 22. Born in Ehime Prefecture.
1969: Graduates from Chubi Central Art School.
1971: Becomes independent as a freelance illustrator after resigning from the previous advertising agency.
2014: October 15-20. Hosts “Koroten Art” with Horiyoshi III at Galleria Harajuku.
Interesting points
Hajime Sorayama is the designer of Sony's robot dog, AIBO.
Sorayama published “The Gynoids” (1993), and its theme was from the world of fetish and BDSM.
Selected Works
The Gynoids (Treville, 1993)
Torquere (Sakuhinsha, 1998)
Kinbaku: The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained and Tortured Artworks[1] (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2023)
Notes
- ↑ Kinbaku: The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained and Tortured Artworks is included among many artists Ko Minomura, Youko Ozuma, Yoji Muku, Ran Akiyoshi, Hajime Sorayama, Hiroaki Samura, Shoji Oki, Gengoroh Tagame, and Kyodo Miyabi. The expanded edition was published on December 30, 2024.
