Major Awards & Selections Award Winner — Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2025 Award Winner — Mitaka no Mori Animation Festa 2026, 24th Indies Animation Festa Official Selection – In Competition — SPARK ANIMATION 2026 (Canada / Academy Award®-Qualifying Festival) Official Selection – Music Video Panorama — Turku Animated Film Festival 2026 (Finland) Official Selection — Breath of the City and Forest Film Festival 2026 Official Selection – International Short Film Competition — 2nd Tochigi International Film Festival Official Selection – International Competition — Big Cartoon Festival 2026 (Russia) Competition Nominee — Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2026 Seed of a Star One day, my daughter casually said the words, “Seed of a Star.” Those simple words quietly planted a seed in me. Drawn to their gentle sound and poetic resonance, I began to imagine stars descending into a silent forest and a landscape inhabited by tiny creatures. The story begins as stars softly fall from the night sky into the forest. When they reach the ground, they become tiny seeds, eventually sprouting and blooming into “star flowers.” The small creatures of the forest gather around them, playing music as they quietly watch over the flowers. Through the light and sounds spreading across the nighttime forest and the gentle passage of time, I wanted to create a world that feels both peaceful and warm. I created the film using Blender, a tool I have worked with for many years. The forest, stars, flowers, and tiny creatures reflect my love of nature and are rendered with a simple, handcrafted feel. By carefully shaping the light, shadow, and textures, I sought to create a landscape that seems to drift somewhere between reality and imagination. Rather than synchronizing the music and images precisely, I wanted them to gently accompany and resonate with one another. The music was composed by cokiyu, a musician with whom I have collaborated on previous works and who has also contributed music to Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. For this film, her delicate piano melodies are accompanied by her clear, ethereal voice, perfectly complementing the atmosphere of the nighttime forest. The lyrics carry the themes of the story, with each word resonating quietly, almost as if speaking directly to the viewer. Her voice gently deepens the visual world, enriching its sense of light, time, and the poetic universe of Seed of a Star. I hope that Seed of a Star will quietly take root in the hearts of those who watch it, allowing their own imagination and feelings to gently unfold.

“Drifting in a Dream” is a video work that portrays the comfort and light of drifting through a dream. It was created with the aim of freeing the viewer’s mind and offering a moment to be enveloped in a quiet, beautiful dream world. By surrendering to the soft light and sound, I hope it brings back a sense of pure happiness that may have been forgotten. For the production, I used Blender, the 3DCG software I have relied on for many years. I chose Cycles for rendering and devoted meticulous attention to expressing the texture of light and atmosphere. In particular, for the lighting, I repeatedly refined the settings, making full use of softly diffused light and volumetric effects so that viewers could feel a sense of calm. For the music, I commissioned cokiyu, an artist known for creating many fantastical, dreamy pieces and for contributing music to the film Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. She delicately expressed the concept of “comfort and light in a dream,” and the visuals and music come together to create an ethereal experience.

This video work depicts a surreal world based on the theme of “dreamscapes.” One of the characteristics of dreams is that scenes suddenly change. Strange scenes just before waking, memories connected in fragments—I visualized the experience of dreams I have had so far as a video. The tool used was Blender, which I have been using and loving for many years. Taking advantage of the free viewpoints unique to 3D animation, I created a world that exists somewhere between reality and fantasy. The music for this work is an original composition by musician no.9, who provided a song for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The sound design, synchronized with the visuals, further enhances the sense of floating and uncertainty that dreams possess. Please enjoy this new dream experience, where sight and sound intersect.

Deep in the forest, a tiny creature gently plays music――. Each time that sound echoes through the woods, seeds sprout, plants are born, and the world comes alive with color. This work is a magical, heartwarming animation centered on the connection between music and life. It portrays the power of sound and the miracle of life born from harmony with nature. The film was created using Blender and expressed through a charming low-poly visual style. By adopting a simple yet warm design, we aimed to create an atmosphere that gently envelops viewers in the world of the story. We also paid close attention to the subtle direction of light and movement, carefully depicting the forest awakening each time the music resonates. The music is an original composition written by cokiyu, a musician known for creating many fantastical pieces and for contributing music to the film Kokuhaku, starring Takako Matsu. The delicate, dreamlike melodies breathe life into the visuals and add deeper color to the story. Please enjoy this gentle tale of magic, where a small sound can change the world.

[Concept] “Spheres of Life” is a video work that portrays the story of a sphere born from water as it undergoes a series of transformations, with its energy eventually nurturing a tree. While maintaining a constant shape, the sphere continues to change organically. Through the accumulation of these transformations, it ultimately leads to the birth of new life, and in the end, a tree begins to sprout. I visually expressed the universal process in which life is passed on through changing forms and gives rise to new beings. [Backstory] Life is in constant flux, continually connecting to the future. In this work, I depicted a sphere transforming into various forms, with every stage of that process eventually becoming an element that nurtures a tree. The themes of the cycle and chain of life, and the idea that changes in existence lead to the birth of new life, are expressed through symbolic visuals. [Method] This piece was created using Blender, the 3DCG software I have used and loved for many years, making full use of physics simulations and procedural modeling techniques. I focused on the sphere’s organic metamorphosis and the delicate depiction of the moment the tree begins to sprout, translating the dynamism and fragility of life into the video. [Music] For this work, the musician no.9, who provided music for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, composed an original piece especially for this project. Its delicate yet dynamic sound resonates with the visuals, accentuating the beauty of life’s transformation and rebirth.

This work is the music video for my own track “metamorphosis,” released on the beatmaker label “XXX//PEKE//XXX” by Sasakrect Inc. The visuals were created using Blender, bringing the chaotic noise and destructive aesthetics of the track to life. Like fragments of sound colliding, distorting, and rebuilding themselves, the imagery undergoes irregular and unpredictable transformations. As sight and sound clash and resonate with one another, the piece portrays a new order emerging from chaos. Please experience the beauty of chaos, where visuals and sound intertwine.