Welcome to Keisuke Iwahata's web site! Here you can explore paintings and characters created by Keisuke Iwahata, an illustrator born in Numazu City, Shizuoka, Japan.

I learned figure painting yesterday and today at Astale, which is a local art class where I take art lessons on a regular basis.  Yesterday, every one of my classmates took turns sitting as a model.  Today I sketched a nude, which embarrassed me.  I understand figure painting is a good practice for me.

I’ve wanted to create an extreme cop character for a long time such as Kankitchi Ryotsu, the leading character of “Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo” (literally meaning “This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward”), one of the most popular long running cartoon in Japan, or Honkan-san (literally meaning police officer), who appears in “Tensai Bakabon” and features his eyes connected into 1 eyeball.
I wonder how to develop such characters that leave a strong impression on readers.  I’ve been developing my idea.  Some day, I will create as punchy a character as Ryotsu Kankichi or Honkan-san.

One of my favorite hobbies is taking a trip by myself, especially to Tokyo.

Akihabara is the first place to visit in Tokyo.  Akihabara is rich in not only secondhand videogame consoles such as good old Nintendo Family Computer but also game software.
It’s fun to stop by secondhand videogame shops and make a real find.
In addition, I am always fussy about my appearance.  So I like going to Shinjuku to get cool clothes or trousers.

I was born on April 29, 1986, when Nintendo Family Computer or Famicom was very popular nationwide.  The beeps that Nintendo made used to scare me and make me cry when I was a little child.  But as I grew up, I got used to such beeps.
I really had a good time playing videogames with my friends at home. 
When I was in the hospital, a time to play videogames was limited.  We often exchanged videogames with each other and enjoyed them.

I still love to play videogames, which aids me in conceiving the idea of original game titles or characters.

When I was on the 4th grade, I was in the hospital for treatment for leukemia.
At that time, I was always reading comic books.
My favorite cartoon was “Tensai Bakabon” (literally meaning Genius Bakabon) written by Fujio Akatsuka.  I really enjoyed the episodes that involved a lot of trouble by the leading character Bakabon’s Papa and his son Bakabon.
When I read his cartoon at the age of ten, I thought that I wanted to try to create such funny characters as Fujio Akatsuka did.
It is Fujio Akatsuka’s “Tensai Bakabon” that triggered me to aspire to be a cartoon artist. 
I still have so many things to learn to make my dream come true.  I’d like to thank you in advance for any support and help you can provide.