- Hajime Sorayama
Hajime Sorayama (空山基, "Sorayama Hajime",
1947 —) is a Japanese illustrator.Biography
Hajime Sorayama was born in 1947 in
Imabari . He received his basic education at Imabari Kita High School. In 1965 he was admitted to theShikoku Gakuin University, where he began to study Greek- andEnglish literature . In 1967, he transferred toTokio 's Chuo School where he began to study art.Sorayama graduated in 1969 at the age of 22, and gained an appointment in an advertising agency. He became a freelance illustrator in 1971.
Notable works
Sorayama's first book "Sexy Robot", published by Genko-sha in
1983 , which made his robotic forms famous around the world. For the work, he used ideas from pin-up art, which in the book then appear as chrome-plated "female" robots in suggestive poses. A number of his other works similarly revolve around figures in suggestive poses, including highly realistic depictions in latex and leather.Other published books include "Hajime Sorajama", "Sorayama Hyper Illustrations" (1 & 2), "The Gynoids", "Naga" and "Torquere". A compendium was published as "The Complete Works 1964-99".
He has appeared on numerous occasions on the cover of "
Airbrush Action magazine". The cover ofAerosmith 'sJust Push Play is based on a Sorayama design. In the "Venture Bros. " episode "Past Tense," a character named Mike Sorayama builds robots nearly identical to those depicted by Hajime. Sorayama is thanked in the episode's credits.References
* [http://www.sorayama.net/ Sorayama's previous website] (contains explicit material)
* [http://hajimesorayama.com/ Sorayama's new website] , since April 2007.
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