Born in Shiga, Japan, DRAGON now lives in Yokohama.

He regularly travels around the world painting live at events, music events, gallery openings and peace camps. He has also produced commissioned work for a variety of clients in the music, publishing, advertising and magazine industries.

His work has recently been featured in books such as ILLUSIVE, Contemporary illustration and Illustration Now 2 by Taschen.

Dragon was invited in 2008 and 2009 by Peace Boat (NGO) to visit refugee camps in Aqabe, Jordan live painting for charity for a period of 3 weeks.